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The Future of Business and the Environment

The Wall Street Journal’s fifth annual conference on the business of the environment took place in Santa Barbara, California, March 21-23, 2012. As always, the focus at ECO:nomics was on discussion, debate, and the pursuit of real solutions. For full coverage of the conference, click here for selected video and here for the Special Report published by the Journal on March 26, 2012.

Provocative interviews by the Journal’s expert editors included:

  • Bill Gates on what it will take to deliver affordable energy while slashing carbon emissions Video Video Video
  • Gov. Jerry Brown on the tensions between good politics and sustainable energy policy in California Video Video Video
  • Visionaries Dean Kamen, Elon Musk and J. Craig Venter on what’s holding back energy innovation Video Video Video
  • T. Boone Pickens and former Pennsylvania Gov. Edward Rendell on making sure the U.S. takes advantage of the energy bonanza Video
  • David Rubenstein, a founder and managing director of Carlyle Group, on how private equity and sustainability can go together Video
  • Robert McDonald, CEO of The Procter & Gamble Company, on putting consumer products on a more sustainable path Video
  • Daniel Yergin and Vinod Khosla on how long fossil fuels will dominate Video
  • David Steiner, CEO of Waste Management, on transforming his company and new ways to profit from what people throw away Video Video
  • Edward Cohen, president and CEO, Atlas Energy and Aubrey McClendon, chairman and CEO, Chesapeake Energy on the case for natural gas, with a response from Hudson Riverkeeper Paul Gallay Video
  • Aris Candris, president and CEO, Westinghouse Electric and James Rogers, chairman, president and CEO of Duke Energy on nuclear energy Video
  • Sharan Burrow, general secretary of the International Trade Union Confederation and Natural Resources Defense Council president Frances Beinecke on green energy, the environment and the economy Video
  • C. S. Kiang, chairman of China’s Sustainable Development Technology Foundation and Mark Tercek, president and CEO of The Nature Conservancy on how we should view China’s role in the world’s energy, environmental and economic future Video
  • Jim Talent, Former U.S. Senator from Missouri and advisor to Mitt Romney on energy policy Video

Others voices heard at ECO:nomics included:

  • Shawn Qu, Chairman, President and CEO, Canadian Solar Video
  • Tulsi Tanti, Chairman and Managing Director, Suzlon Group
  • Daryl Hannah, Actress and Founder of the Sustainable Biodiesel Alliance Video
  • John Paul DeJoria, Chairman and CEO, John Paul Mitchell Systems
  • Dara O’Rourke, Chief Sustainability Officer, GoodGuide Video
  • Dan Pickering, Co-President, Tudor, Pickering & Holt
  • John Pinkerton, Chairman and CEO, Range Resources Video
  • Daryl Hannah, Actress, Activist and Founder, Sustainable Biodiesel Alliance Video

ECO:nomics participants also joined an array of working groups to come up with smart ways to deal with some of the most crucial environmental issues for companies and investors. Vinod Khosla reported on his group’s discussion about green investing. Betty Noonan, senior vice president of Panasonic Consumer Marketing Company of North America, came back with recommendations about marketing green efforts. Eric Spiegel, CEO of the U.S. unit of Siemens, joined Rocky Mountain Institute chairman Amory Lovins in shedding light on energy efficiency. Mark Williams, downstream director at Royal Dutch Shell plc, and IHS Cambridge Energy Research Associates chairman Daniel Yergin discussed the outlook for fossil fuels. Bank of America’s global technology and operations executive, Catherine Bessant, and Duke Energy chief executive James Rogers talked about the best ways to capture a CEO’s ear on environmental issues.

ECO:nomics GreenHouse: New in 2012, the editors of the Journal selected six cutting-edge, eco-friendly companies whose products promise to revolutionize the marketplace. Participants met the leaders of these companies in an interactive showcase of innovation, heard from their CEOs, and voted for the company they would most likely invest in. See AeroFarms CEO David Rosenberg:  Video

No PowerPoint. No Pontificating. No Hot Air.

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