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Andrew Savitz States Environmental Metrics Have Become More Quantifiable

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Andrew Savitz

  • , PriceWaterhouseCoopers
  • male
  • Caucasian
  • 1953 (Age: 71 years old)
  • Andrew Savitz - Interview - Sustainability Consulting
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Andrew Savitz is a creative business leader, advisor, author and speaker, with over 20 years of hands-on experience assisting corporation to become leaders in sustainability and environmental performance and reporting. An internationally known expert on corporate social responsibility and sustainability, Savitz is the author of The Triple Bottom Line: How the Best Run Companies are Achieving Economic, Social and Environmental Success - and How You Can Too (Wiley, August 2006).

As a lead partner in PricewaterhouseCooper's global Sustainability Business Services practice, Savitz was PwC's liaison delegate to the World Business Council for Sustainable Development and represented the firm on environmental and sustainability related matters at the Conference Board. Savitz authored PwC's widely cited 2002 Sustainability Survey- the first of its kind in the United States.

Now working as a senior consultant at Sustainable Business Strategies, Savitz assists companies to assess, design, develop and implement sustainability programs from vision to reporting, including policies, procedures and programs related to human rights, supply chain management, HIV/AIDS, political contributions, environmental, health and safety management and compliance, community and investor relations, codes of conduct, and international and national standards and guidelines including the United Nations Global Compact, the Global Reporting Initiative, the CERES principles, the Dow Jones Sustainability Index, and the McBride principles.

Prior to PwC, Savitz served as General Counsel in the Massachusetts Office of Environmental Affairs. He directed all legal matters for the Commonwealth related to environmental affairs, environmental law, regulations and policy. As the Commonwealth's first Assistant Secretary for Environmental Law Enforcement, he was instrumental in creating the Massachusetts Environmental Crime Strike Force which coordinated the environmental enforcement of criminal and civil laws throughout Massachusetts. Savitz also worked on the regulatory and policy aspects of Environmental Impact Assessments under the Massachusetts Environmental Policy Act (MEPA), and on efforts to improve the Commonwealth's hazardous waste cleanup, air pollution control and coastal zone development laws.

While attending Georgetown University Law Center at night, Savitz was a staff member for United States House of Representatives, Commerce, Consumer and Monetary Affairs Subcommittee. He conceived and organized hearings on regulatory policy related to finance and consumer protection. He drafted the Corporate Democracy Act, which was introduced to Congress in 1980 and presaged many of the corporate governance issues being debated today.

Andy Savitz is a graduate of Georgetown University Law Center, where he was an editor of the Georgetown University Law Review. He attended New College Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar, earning a degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics. He received his undergraduate degree from The Johns Hopkins University.

Well the environmental metrics are actually pretty quantifiable now at this point. How much carbon do you emit? How much water are you using? What's your electricity use? And you can do it per unit of production. So you can normalize it based on you know... you can show that you're being either...(Full transcript available to logged in subscribers.).

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Video 1 of 14 Andrew Savitz States Witnessing Homelessness In Paris Impacted His Professional Career Choices
  • Andrew Savitz - Interview - Sustainability Consulting
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Video 2 of 14 Andrew Savitz Discusses Importance of Developing Expertise in a Specific Area
  • Andrew Savitz - Interview - Sustainability Consulting
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Video 3 of 14 Andrew Savitz Shares Thoughts on Going To Law School
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Video 4 of 14 Andrew Savitz Discusses Current Sustainability Consulting Practice
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Video 5 of 14 Andrew Savitz States Consultants Need To Be Able To Prioritize
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Video 6 of 14 Andrew Savitz Shares Thoughts on Being An Intellectual Entrepreneur
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Video 7 of 14 Andrew Savitz Defines Concept of Sustainability Jujitsu
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Video 8 of 14 Andrew Savitz Discusses Impact of Internet on Conveying Information
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Video 9 of 14 Andrew Savitz Provides Definition of Global Reporting Initiative
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Video 10 of 14 Andrew Savitz States Environmental Metrics Have Become More Quantifiable
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Video 11 of 14 Andrew Savitz States Sustainability Is Difficult To Measure Because It Is More Layered
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Video 12 of 14 Andrew Savitz States There Is Still Skepticism About Sustainability
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Video 13 of 14 Andrew Savitz States Small Business Have Led The Way In Terms of Sustainability
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Video 14 of 14 Andrew Savitz Discusses Challenges Facing The World As China And India Increase Standard of Living
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