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Sustainability in the Energy Evolution
- Kate Clark, Director, Undergraduate Environment & Sustainability Program Clark Family School of Environment & Sustainability Western Colorado University (moderator)
- Sarah Sandberg, Head of Sustainability and External Affairs, PDC Energy Inc.
- John Messner, Commissioner, Colorado Energy & Carbon Management Commission
- Diego Plata, Mayor, City of Gunnison and Corporate Sustainability Analyst, Stantec
This panel will discuss sustainability in the energy evolution from the corporate, state government, and community perspectives, with a focus on stakeholder management and translating concept into action for the energy industry and communities. Panelists will collaboratively explore multiple perspectives on sustainability, demonstrating the complexities and nuances of stakeholder management, the importance of defined measurement tools and metrics, and practical, effective ways of ensuring sustainability in the energy evolution. Panelists will highlight key sustainability successes for their organization and challenges and opportunities for the future.
Ensuring Just Transitions
- Emily Artale, Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering, WCU-CU Partnership Program (moderator)
- Annie Beall, Climate-Ready Buildings Lead Building Decarbonization Team, Colorado Energy Office
- Luke Ilderton, Deputy Director, Energy Outreach Colorado
- Derrick Watchman, MBA,President, Sagebrush Hill Group LLC
This panel will address just transitions and related issues in the energy evolution, exploring a variety of perspectives from individuals, organizations, and communities that are actively working towards protecting people and ensuring ensuring that the production and consumption of energy is fair and just for all. This panel will highlight the importance, complexities, and nuances of ensuring just transitions across a variety of communities through multiple perspectives and will openly discuss problems of the past, present and future with a solutions-oriented look towards the future.
Sustainability in the Energy Evolution
- Kate Clark, Director, Undergraduate Environment & Sustainability Program Clark Family School of Environment & Sustainability Western Colorado University (moderator)
- Sarah Sandberg, Head of Sustainability and External Affairs, PDC Energy Inc.
- John Messner, Commissioner, Colorado Energy & Carbon Management Commission
- Diego Plata, Mayor, City of Gunnison and Corporate Sustainability Analyst, Stantec
This panel will discuss sustainability in the energy evolution from the corporate, state government, and community perspectives, with a focus on stakeholder management and translating concept into action for the energy industry and communities. Panelists will collaboratively explore multiple perspectives on sustainability, demonstrating the complexities and nuances of stakeholder management, the importance of defined measurement tools and metrics, and practical, effective ways of ensuring sustainability in the energy evolution. Panelists will highlight key sustainability successes for their organization and challenges and opportunities for the future.
Ensuring Just Transitions
- Emily Artale, Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering, WCU-CU Partnership Program (moderator)
- Annie Beall, Climate-Ready Buildings Lead Building Decarbonization Team, Colorado Energy Office
- Luke Ilderton, Deputy Director, Energy Outreach Colorado
- Derrick Watchman, MBA,President, Sagebrush Hill Group LLC
This panel will address just transitions and related issues in the energy evolution, exploring a variety of perspectives from individuals, organizations, and communities that are actively working towards protecting people and ensuring ensuring that the production and consumption of energy is fair and just for all. This panel will highlight the importance, complexities, and nuances of ensuring just transitions across a variety of communities through multiple perspectives and will openly discuss problems of the past, present and future with a solutions-oriented look towards the future.
