Category Archives: EDF Climate Corps

EDF Climate Corps Heads to Baltimore: Come see us at Net Impact

By | Published: October 25, 2012

The EDF Climate Corps team is heading to Baltimore this week for the annual Net Impact Conference to begin fellow recruitment efforts for the 2013 summer fellowship. EDF Staff Elena Kocherovsky, David Fox, Jocelyn Climent and Liz Delaney are looking forward to connecting with prospective students and hosts, reconnecting with alumni fellows and attending the [...]

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Pfizer Cuts GHGs 20%, Employees Follow Suit

By | Bio | Published: October 23, 2012

Fellow: Jason Sekhon, 2012 EDF Climate Corps fellow at Pfizer Inc., MBA/MS candidate at University of Michigan Erb Institute Organization: Pfizer Inc. Opportunity: Over 100,000 employees at the world's largest research-based pharmaceutical company Summary: Pfizer is already well on its way to company-wide sustainability, and I'm glad to be contributing by writing employee engagement plan [...]

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Unveiling the Secret Sauce for EDF Climate Corps

By | Bio | Published: October 16, 2012

EDF founded Climate Corps in 2008 armed with a hunch and seven smart, young people. Five years later, we have placed nearly 300 elite graduate students in about 200 leading companies, cities and universities to uncover valuable energy savings. Today, EDF announces Climate Corps' latest results. In the course of each engagement, EDF Climate Corps [...]

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Embedding sustainability and making it stick

By | Published: October 10, 2012

By Jos Hill, Sustainability Consultant, EDF There’s nothing like an inspired workforce to boost a company’s productivity and returns. While many factors can affect job satisfaction, employees increasingly want to help the environment while on the job. This summer, Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) gathered together sustainability leaders from 23 companies to discuss ways to embed [...]

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Hidden water, growing costs: My summer uncovering potential water savings at AT&T facilities

By | Bio | Published: September 25, 2012

By: Ravindra Bhandari, 2012 EDF Climate Corps fellow at AT&T, MBA candidate at Babson College I distinctly remember watching “An Inconvenient Truth” when the documentary was first released. It struck a deep emotional chord in me. I felt an obligation to do something but did not know where to begin. That changed this summer. As [...]

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Private Equity Firms Realize the Value of Participating in EDF Climate Corps

By | Published: September 18, 2012

In recent weeks, the eight EDF Climate Corps fellows who have been embedded at private equity firms and their portfolio companies began giving their final reports to senior management about their efforts to identify strategic opportunities to increase energy efficiency and returns. We've been impressed at the level of engagement by top leaders at The [...]

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EDF Business heads to RILA

By | Published: September 17, 2012

While retailers have a significant impact on climate, they also have a significant opportunity to reduce carbon emissions within their business and throughout their supply chain. This is why a team from EDF Business will be attending the Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA) Sustainability Conference in Phoenix, AZ from September 19-21. The conference provides an [...]

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Where You'll Find Us in August and a Look Ahead

By | Published: August 3, 2012

This cruel, cruel summer has gone by faster than most of us expected, and racing in our direction is a busy fall full of great conferences. Here is a look at where we’ll be this fall: Jake Hiller, Chris Riso, David Fox and Sitar Mody are attending the ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in [...]

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Shorenstein Fellow Reflects on Returning to EDF Climate Corps for Year Number Two

By | Bio | Published: July 23, 2012

Fellow: Jaxon Love, 2012 EDF Climate Corps fellow at Shorenstein, MBA/MAcc Graduate at Lundquist School of Business, University of Oregon Organization: Shorenstein Opportunity: Jaxon Love began his 2012 EDF Climate Corps fellowship a year ahead of the pack Summary: Jaxon Love is one of three 2012 EDF Climate Corps fellows participating in the program for [...]

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Fighting the Same Fight: EDF Climate Corps Crosses Paths with C40, BBC, Others

By | Published: July 13, 2012

By Katie Ware and Andrew Willens Heat waves. Droughts. A disappointing climate summit. This summer’s headlines have been less than encouraging for the fight against global warming. Nonetheless, the EDF Climate Corps team sees reason for optimism. Rio+20 did not produce the binding international climate commitments many had hoped for, but it did demonstrate "big [...]

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