Topics: International Speakers Bureau, Inc. |
 Fee Range: $10,001 to $15,000 (fee note) |
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 Biography: Andrew's diverse background as a consultant, journalist, lecturer, and attorney enables him to provide the interdisciplinary leadership that today's complex sustainability challenges require. Since founding GreenOrder in 2000, Andrew has developed the firm into a trusted advisor to some of the largest enterprises in the world. He is perhaps best known for working closely with General Electric's senior management on the creation and implementation of its award-winning, multi-billion dollar "ecomagination" initiative. Other GreenOrder clients have included Allianz, BP, Citigroup, Coca-Cola, Duke University, DuPont, General Motors, Morgan Stanley, Office Depot, Pfizer, Pitney Bowes, Silverstein Properties (WTC redevelopment), Starwood Capital, Tishman Speyer, Vornado Realty, and Warner Bros. Studios. Andrew was profiled in a New York Times business section feature, "A Dollars-and-Cents Man with a Green Philosophy." He was named one of two dozen "Enviro All-Stars" by Outside magazine, and he was the only strategist on Inc. magazine's list of "50 entrepreneurs who are changing the way we live today." He served on the environmental advisory committees for the NYC2012 Olympic Bid and the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation. Andrew has written two books that have been published in five languages. His most recent book, The Control Revolution, was an Amazon.com bestseller named one of the ten most important books of the year by Industry Standard magazine and favorably reviewed in the New York Times, L.A. Times, Washington Post, and other publications. He has hosted an interview program on PBS, appeared on NPR, CNN, and The Today Show, and written for publications ranging from Wired, Spin, and The Nation to Foreign Policy, the New York Times, and the Washington Post. Andrew has served as a senior advisor to the Markle Foundation; project director at the Aspen Institute, where he continues to lead seminars regularly; lecturer at Columbia and Yale law schools; and research fellow at Harvard, NYU, and The Century Foundation. In 1999, he was named by MIT's Technology Review magazine as one of 100 young innovators who will shape the future of technology. A term member of the Council on Foreign Relations, Shapiro serves on the boards of Reboot and the Southern Center for Human Rights and on the advisory board of Meetup.com. He is a graduate of Brown University (Phi Beta Kappa) and Yale Law School. He served as a law clerk to Judge Pierre N. Leval of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and is a member of the New York State bar. His legal experience includes arguing a voting rights case in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. |
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Programs: ▪ Green Building (making a business case for green building) ▪ Sustainable Development: The Market for Green Real Estate Development ▪ Using Green to Win: Sustainable Innovation and Competitiveness ▪ Making Progress Profitable: How to find Value in Climate Change Mitigation and Environmental Stewardship ▪ Messaging Sustainability: Green Marketing Strategies and Best-Practices ▪ Profiting from Sustainability: The "Green is Green" Approach to Environmental Leadership ▪ Sustainability Consulting ▪ Marketing sustainable Design Services ▪ Gaining a Powerful Reputation: Building a "Green" Corporate Image ▪ Trends in Sustainability |
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