joel makower
Award-Winning Writer, Speaker, and Strategist on Corporate Sustainability Practices and Clean Technology.
MEET JOEL MAKOWER
For more than 30 years, Joel has been a well-respected voice on business, sustainability, and innovation. As an award-winning writer, speaker, and advisor on corporate sustainability and climate tech, he has helped both large and small companies align sustainability and innovation with business success.
Joel is a talented communicator who can cut through the hype and haze to provide clarity and perspective on a range of issues. He brings a clear understanding of the opportunities and challenges facing mainstream companies as they seek to integrate sustainability into their strategy, operations, practices and products in a way that drives bottom-line performance and top-line growth. He understands how sustainability aligns with innovation, and how leadership companies integrate the two.
His balanced, engaging, empowering approach to these topics has inspired executives in a wide range of companies and sectors to create strategic roadmaps, more effectively foster innovation, articulate a vision internally and externally, form high-impact partnerships, and communicate more effectively with a broad range of stakeholders. He has advised sustainability professionals and teams, as well as entrepreneurs and venture investors, on how to break through business as usual to leverage sustainability as a platform for growth, reputational benefit and risk mitigation.
Joel is chairman and co-founder of Trellis Group Inc., (formerly GreenBiz Group), the leading media and events company at the intersection of business, innovation and sustainability. Through its industry-leading events, peer networks and editorial coverage, Trellis, with Joel’s leadership, has helped to define and advance the profession of sustainability inside both large and small companies.
A former nationally syndicated columnist, Joel is author of more than a dozen books. Along with Mark Mykleby and Patrick Doherty, Joel is co-author of The New Grand Strategy: Restoring America’s Prosperity, Security and Sustainability in the 21st Century (St. Martin’s Press, 2016), about a business and investment strategy for America, born at the Pentagon, that embeds sustainability as a national strategic imperative.
Joel is a talented communicator who can cut through the hype and haze to provide clarity and perspective on a range of issues. He brings a clear understanding of the opportunities and challenges facing mainstream companies as they seek to integrate sustainability into their strategy, operations, practices and products in a way that drives bottom-line performance and top-line growth. He understands how sustainability aligns with innovation, and how leadership companies integrate the two.
His balanced, engaging, empowering approach to these topics has inspired executives in a wide range of companies and sectors to create strategic roadmaps, more effectively foster innovation, articulate a vision internally and externally, form high-impact partnerships, and communicate more effectively with a broad range of stakeholders. He has advised sustainability professionals and teams, as well as entrepreneurs and venture investors, on how to break through business as usual to leverage sustainability as a platform for growth, reputational benefit and risk mitigation.
Joel is chairman and co-founder of Trellis Group Inc., (formerly GreenBiz Group), the leading media and events company at the intersection of business, innovation and sustainability. Through its industry-leading events, peer networks and editorial coverage, Trellis, with Joel’s leadership, has helped to define and advance the profession of sustainability inside both large and small companies.
A former nationally syndicated columnist, Joel is author of more than a dozen books. Along with Mark Mykleby and Patrick Doherty, Joel is co-author of The New Grand Strategy: Restoring America’s Prosperity, Security and Sustainability in the 21st Century (St. Martin’s Press, 2016), about a business and investment strategy for America, born at the Pentagon, that embeds sustainability as a national strategic imperative.
Joel has spoken at hundreds of events and is a frequent keynote speaker at industry and company events throughout North America and around the world. His audiences vary widely — including senior executives, corporate supply chains, customer groups, trade associations, marketing professionals, and regional economic development bodies — from small roundtable discussions to large and diverse gatherings.
Joel's keynote speaking topics are tailored for each audience. Sample topics include:
• The State of Green Business: a frank assessment of key corporate sustainability trends and challenges — the good and the not-so-good — including both macro analysis as well as best practices and case studies.
• The VERGE Opportunity: focusing on how the convergence of technologies is transforming markets and accelerating sustainability solutions in a climate-constrained world.
• The New Grand Strategy: a business plan for America, born at the Pentagon, that embeds sustainability as a strategic national imperative — and the opportunities it offers business.
Joel is also a skilled moderator, called upon by companies and conferences around the world to conduct on-stage or on-camera one-on-one interviews, or to host lively and intelligent panel discussions with executives and thought leaders, for in-person, video, and online events.
He also has served as the emcee of dozens of events, including multi-day conferences, harnessing his talents as an engaging host, a nimble thinker, and a quick wit to create events that rise above “conference as usual.”
The Climate Change Opportunity
The specter of climate change is already upon us, roiling markets, supply chains and business continuity, and the world’s largest investors are demanding accountability and transparency. All of which represents an opportunity for companies to become more resilient and adaptive amid an uncertain future. Joel Makower, a veteran of 30 years in the worlds of business, sustainability and clean technology, lays out the strategies and technologies that will help companies navigate this dynamic environment — and how to be ready to survive and thrive in a climate-constrained world.
From Here to Sustainability
Nearly every company is assessing itself through the lens of environmental and social sustainability. For a handful of leadership companies, it requires asking the question: “How do we compete in a world in which energy, water, materials and toxicity are constraints to growth, and what are the opportunities that result?” Today, sustainability is not just about “doing less bad” or “greening the bottom line.” It’s about reducing risk — supply chain, reputation, financial and more. It’s about growing the top line through innovation, new markets, increased productivity and enhanced ability to attract and retain talent.
When Technology Meets Sustainability
A convergence is taking place among energy, information, building and transportation, food and carbon-removal technologies, representing one of the next great waves of business innovation — and a boon to solving the planet’s biggest challenges. This mash-up of clean technology, sustainable business and smart everything is creating vast opportunities for companies to develop ultra-efficient and innovative products, services and business models for companies, cities and customers. And it’s creating new opportunities for those at every rung of the economic ladder.
Prosperity, Security, Sustainability: America’s Trillion-Dollar Opportunity
In an era of climate change, economic uncertainty and global turmoil, business as usual is giving way to bold, audacious thinking: How can America’s private sector realign its interests in a way that builds resilience and well-being while strengthening its economy and environment? It’s a trillion-dollar business opportunity that affects every sector, and the inspiring subject of my new book (to be published by Palgrave Macmillian in June 2016), about a new “grand strategy” for America, born at the Pentagon, that embeds sustainability as a strategic national imperative.
What You’ll Learn:
A convergence is taking place among energy, information, building and vehicle technologies, representing one of the next great waves of business innovation — and a boon to the environment. This mash-up of clean technology, sustainable business, and smart everything is creating vast opportunities for companies to develop ultra-efficient and innovative products, services, and business models for companies, cities, and consumers. It’s one of the most significant drivers of business innovation and strategy. What You’ll Learn:
Nearly every company is assessing itself through the lens of sustainability. For a handful of leadership companies it involves asking the question: “How do we compete in a world in which energy, water, materials, and toxicity are constraints to growth?” Today, being green is not just about “doing less bad” or “greening the bottom line.” It’s about reducing risk — supply chain, reputation, financial and more. It’s about growing the top line through innovation, new markets, increased productivity, and increased ability to attract and retain talent. I tell how leaders align sustainability with business value.
What You’ll Learn:
Joel's keynote speaking topics are tailored for each audience. Sample topics include:
• The State of Green Business: a frank assessment of key corporate sustainability trends and challenges — the good and the not-so-good — including both macro analysis as well as best practices and case studies.
• The VERGE Opportunity: focusing on how the convergence of technologies is transforming markets and accelerating sustainability solutions in a climate-constrained world.
• The New Grand Strategy: a business plan for America, born at the Pentagon, that embeds sustainability as a strategic national imperative — and the opportunities it offers business.
Joel is also a skilled moderator, called upon by companies and conferences around the world to conduct on-stage or on-camera one-on-one interviews, or to host lively and intelligent panel discussions with executives and thought leaders, for in-person, video, and online events.
He also has served as the emcee of dozens of events, including multi-day conferences, harnessing his talents as an engaging host, a nimble thinker, and a quick wit to create events that rise above “conference as usual.”
The Climate Change Opportunity
The specter of climate change is already upon us, roiling markets, supply chains and business continuity, and the world’s largest investors are demanding accountability and transparency. All of which represents an opportunity for companies to become more resilient and adaptive amid an uncertain future. Joel Makower, a veteran of 30 years in the worlds of business, sustainability and clean technology, lays out the strategies and technologies that will help companies navigate this dynamic environment — and how to be ready to survive and thrive in a climate-constrained world.
From Here to Sustainability
Nearly every company is assessing itself through the lens of environmental and social sustainability. For a handful of leadership companies, it requires asking the question: “How do we compete in a world in which energy, water, materials and toxicity are constraints to growth, and what are the opportunities that result?” Today, sustainability is not just about “doing less bad” or “greening the bottom line.” It’s about reducing risk — supply chain, reputation, financial and more. It’s about growing the top line through innovation, new markets, increased productivity and enhanced ability to attract and retain talent.
When Technology Meets Sustainability
A convergence is taking place among energy, information, building and transportation, food and carbon-removal technologies, representing one of the next great waves of business innovation — and a boon to solving the planet’s biggest challenges. This mash-up of clean technology, sustainable business and smart everything is creating vast opportunities for companies to develop ultra-efficient and innovative products, services and business models for companies, cities and customers. And it’s creating new opportunities for those at every rung of the economic ladder.
Prosperity, Security, Sustainability: America’s Trillion-Dollar Opportunity
In an era of climate change, economic uncertainty and global turmoil, business as usual is giving way to bold, audacious thinking: How can America’s private sector realign its interests in a way that builds resilience and well-being while strengthening its economy and environment? It’s a trillion-dollar business opportunity that affects every sector, and the inspiring subject of my new book (to be published by Palgrave Macmillian in June 2016), about a new “grand strategy” for America, born at the Pentagon, that embeds sustainability as a strategic national imperative.
What You’ll Learn:
- The Pentagon-inspired vision to align America’s economy, foreign policy, and environmental goals
- The three huge pools of demand waiting to be tapped by the private sector for profit • Why Washington, D.C. isn’t the key ingredient in our recovery (but local government and CEOs are) • How this revolution is already taking shape across America
- What this transition means for 10 key sectors
A convergence is taking place among energy, information, building and vehicle technologies, representing one of the next great waves of business innovation — and a boon to the environment. This mash-up of clean technology, sustainable business, and smart everything is creating vast opportunities for companies to develop ultra-efficient and innovative products, services, and business models for companies, cities, and consumers. It’s one of the most significant drivers of business innovation and strategy. What You’ll Learn:
- Why the VERGE economy is happening now, what it means, and who’s involved
- The new business opportunities for both technology and non-technology companies
- How VERGE will increasingly impact business operations and career paths
- The new value chains and knowledge networks that will increasingly shake up markets • Where the VERGE economy is headed and how to prepare for it.
Nearly every company is assessing itself through the lens of sustainability. For a handful of leadership companies it involves asking the question: “How do we compete in a world in which energy, water, materials, and toxicity are constraints to growth?” Today, being green is not just about “doing less bad” or “greening the bottom line.” It’s about reducing risk — supply chain, reputation, financial and more. It’s about growing the top line through innovation, new markets, increased productivity, and increased ability to attract and retain talent. I tell how leaders align sustainability with business value.
What You’ll Learn:
- What’s driving environmental issues to rise to the top inside the world’s biggest companies
- Strategies leading companies use to harness green thinking to create business value
- “How good is good enough?” when it comes to company environmental performance
- The challenges of communicating for environmental leaders
- How a new breed of green innovators is transforming markets
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