• Driving Better Business Travel Practices. Summary. (February 2020)
  

• Carbon Offsets in Corporate Climate Strategies: The State of Play and Emerging Leading Practices. Meeting Summary. (July 2021) 

• Investing in Nature-Based Solutions: Behind the Scenes of a Forest Restoration Fund. Meeting Summary. (May 2021)

• Comparing Notes on Voluntary Carbon Offsets. Summary. (March 2019)
  

Circular Economy

• Special Session with Rheaply CEO Garry Cooper and Materials Marketplace founder Andrew Mangan. Garry Cooper, the CEO of Rheaply, and Andrew Mangan, founder of the US BCSD and the Materials Marketplace (MM) shared first-hand about Rheaply's recent acquisition of the MM, their plans to accelerate material reuse at scale, and emerging methods for quantifying the carbon savings associated with implementing reuse in manufacturing. Session recording (November 2022)

• Getting Aligned Around Circular Terms, Metrics and Standards. (July 2021)

• Influencing Upstream Suppliers to Enable Closed-Loop Solutions. Summary.(May 2021)

• Behind the Scenes with Closed Loop Partners: Collaborative approaches to solutions in the plastics supply chain with Kate Daly, Managing Director, Center for the Circular Economy, Closed Loop Partners, and Lisa Boyd, Senior Director of Corporate Responsibility, Target. (February 2021)

• Refocusing on the “E” in Circular Economy: Making the Economic Case for Circular Business Models and Product.  Summary. (Nov 2020)

• Circular Economy: Topic launch meeting.  Summary. (Sep 2020)
  

Member-only document summarizing the CEF member hosted/featured events, offers & recommendations for COP28. PDF Summary, V16 as of December 1, 2023

• Broadening engagement and working with partners to advance DEIJ. (April 2022)

• The role of business in advancing environmental/climate justice. (March 2022)



• Corporate KPIs that drive positive DEIJ outcomes. (March 2022)

• Systemic Approaches to DEIJ-Getting Beyond Well-Meaning Programs to Create Real Change. Summary. (May 2021)

• Connecting DEIJ to Health Inequities. Summary. (April 2021)

• Environmental Justice.  Summary. (March 2021)

• Dismantling Sexism in the Workplace. Summary. (July 2020)
  

• CEF's Employee Engagement in Sustainability Reference Book, Vol.4. An anonymized collection of insights and tools gleaned from the five virtual sessions CEF has held on the topic. This document will be updated as additional sessions occur. 

• Behind the Scenes: Peer Internal Sustainability Training Resources (October & Nov. 2022)

• Education Best Practices: Creating a Foundational Understanding of Sustainability. (February 2022)

• Valuable KPIs — How to Measure and Showcase Real Value from Engagement. (February 2022)

• Strategies to Activate and Maintain Employee Engagement. (January 2022)

• Unlocking the Value in Employee Sustainability Engagement. (August 2021)

• Employee-Led Sustainability Groups: Comparing Lessons and Challenges. (April 2021)

• Residual Grid Emissions Data For the U.S.: What is available, what is needed? Summary. (November 2022)

• Confidential CEF Member Feedback to RE100 — Confidential notes
• Private Member Dialogue with RE100-Presentation (November 2020)
• October 2020
• August 2020

• Pathways for US Energy Innovation, a Conversation with David Sandalow, Inaugural Fellow at Columbia University's Center on Global Energy Policy, and Dr. Varun Sivaram, Senior Advisor to U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry. Report Key Findings | Sandalow/Sivaram Slides. (October 2020)
  

• CEF Peer Exchange on What Level to Report & Risks to Different Approaches for CSRD. Summary (March 2024)

• CEF Peer Exchange on Team Size, Organization and Resources for CSRD. Summary (February 2024)

• Leading ESG Indicators, an ESG Navigator research project with Trane Technologies. Session slides (April 2023)

• CDP: Comparing Notes on Process and Recommendations. (August 2022)

• Comparing notes on proposed SEC climate rule. (May 2022)

• Discussing the New SEC Proposed Climate Rule: CEF Member Conversation with former SEC senior advisor Satyam Khanna. (March 2022)

• Comparing Notes on the Rapidly Evolving ESG Reporting Landscape. Summary. (June 2021) 

• Comparing Notes on TCFD Scenario Analysis. Summary. (March 2021) 

• Views from the Financial Sector on TCFD Reporting. Summary. (March 2021) 

• Making ESG Reporting Work for Companies, special guest Dan Esty. Key Ideas; Identifying Obstacles to Broader and More Actionable ESG Reporting. (January 2021) 
  

• Comparing notes on UNGA/ Climate Week/ COP27 plans and insights. (July 2022)

• Private Meeting with John Kerry, U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate. Meeting Highlights. FMC slides. CEDI slides. CCE slides. (January 2022) 

• Trends in Asia Shaping the Global Sustainability Landscape with Dr. Parag Khanna, Founder & CEO of Climate Alpha and Founder & Managing Partner of FutureMap. Recording link. (January 2022)

• Private Conversation with EPA’s Environmental Justice Steering Committee. (July 2021)

• Conversation with DOE Deputy Chief of Staff Jeremiah Baumann. (June 2021)

• Peer-to-Peer Huddle: Reflections on Climate Week and UNGA Meetings. Summary.  (October 2020)

• Lawmaker Education & Advocacy Day (LEAD) on Carbon Pricing: Members' Views on Engagement Opportunities with Roberta Barbieri (Pepsi) and Michelle Patron (Microsoft). (February 2020)
  

• Implementation Insights: Early feedback on ISO Net Zero Guidelines. Session recording, passcode: %k32Ed. (May 2023)

• Updates from “Scope 3 Peer Group” and “SustainCert Value Change” program.  Summary. (March 2021)

• Scope 3 Category 11: Strategies and Challenges. (March 2021)

• Comparing Notes on Remote Work Emissions: Methods and Strategies. (January 2021)

• Scope 3 Category 1: Setting Supply Shain Emissions Targets--Strategies and Challenges. Summary. (Oct 2020)

• Scope 3: Topic launch meeting. Summary. (Sep 2020)

• Member-recommended Scope 3 service providers (v 1.2, 10/30/20); also see CEF Member Recommendations for Service Providers (V2, 7/11/22)

• Confidential CEF Member Feedback to SBTi — Confidential notes
• 2018 and 2019 memos, featuring general concerns, scope 3-specific concerns, and recommendations.
• 2021 memo to SBTi on Net Zero draft guidance.

• Defining the Climate Transition Plan: What’s included, what’s not, and which framework(s) to follow? Summary. (March 2024)

• Behind-the-Scenes: PepsiCo Climate Goals Simulator with Roberta Barbieri, VP Global Sustainability, PepsiCo. Recommended resource: En-ROADS (October 2022)

• Lessons Learned from Research on Effective Climate Communications: What Works (and What Doesn't?) with Emma Stewart, Sustainability Officer at Netflix. Shared resources: 8 Principles for Effective & Inviting Climate Communication;  Count Us In campaign; Don't Look Up campaign. (June 2022)

• Lessons in Leadership and Life: A Conversation with Rick Ridgeway, an outdoor adventurer, writer, and advocate for sustainability and conservation initiatives. (March 2022)

• Building a Business Compass for Transformational Change with Sally Uren, CEO of Forum for the Future. Presentation Slides. (July 2021)

• How to Monetize the Business Case for Sustainability with Tensie Whelan, Clinical Professor of Business and Society and the Director of the Center for Sustainable Business at NYU Stern School of Business. (July 2021). Meeting Summary

• Net Positive with former Unilever CEO Paul Polman and Andrew Winston, founder of Winston Eco-Strategies. (July 2021)

• Challenges in Change Management: Troubleshooting Problems and Possible Solutions. (June 2021)

• "Lessons for Sustainability Leaders in Driving Transformational Change Across the Enterprise" with Leith Sharp, Director/Lead Faculty, Executive Education for Sustainability Leadership, Harvard Chan School of Public Health. Meeting Slides. (May 2021)

• Comparing notes on engagement strategies and plans for COP 26, co-chaired by Paulette Frank (Johnson & Johnson) and Roberta Barbieri (PepsiCo). (April 2021)

• High-Stakes Leadership at a High Stakes Moment: Conversation with Arnold Schwarzenegger and Lisa Jackson. (February 2021)

• Investing in Sustainability Innovation: Behind the Scenes of Amazon’s Climate Pledge Fund. (January 2021)

• CEF Members-Only Working Group: NextGen Goal-Setting:
• Session 1 Summary. (March 2020)
• Session 2 Summary. (April 2020)
• Session 3 Summary. (May 2020)
• Sessions 4 and 5 Summary. (June 2020)
• Session 6 Summary. (July 2020) 

• Steering Sustainability in the Era of COVID. Summary. (March 2020)

• Steering Sustainability in the Era of Coronavirus (April 2020)

• Corporate Investment in STEM Education (February 2020)

• Measuring ROI+ and Building More Effective Business Cases with John Platko, VP & Chief Strategy Officer at Antea Group. Presentation recording | Slides. (February 2018)

• Aligning Your Company’s Retirement Plans and Sustainability Commitments. Presentation recording | Slides. (December 2018)

• Building the Business Case for Sustainable Business Decisions. CEF Pre-read, "Measuring ROI+ and Building More Effective Business CasesSummary of Lessons Learned to Date" | Meeting Notes. (Special in-person meeting, November 2017)

• Envisioning a Leading Edge Sustainable Supply Chain Program. (May 2022)

• Minimizing Supply Chain Risks in China with Isaac Stone Fish, founder and CEO of the research firm Strategy Risks. (March 2022)

• Existing Standards & Approaches to Evaluate Supplier Sustainability Performance: What’s Working, Opportunities to Improve? (January 2022)
  

• "Influence is Your Superpower" with Zoe Chance, behavioral scientist at the Yale School of Management. (April 2022)

• "The Lost Art of Connecting," advice from Susan McPherson, founder and CEO of McPherson Strategies. Summary. (April 2021)

• Getting “Time Smart” in 2021 for Greater Impact (and Happiness), Dr. Ashley Whillans, Harvard Business School. Summary. (Jan 2021) 

• Comparing Notes on Corporate Sustainability Training Programs. Summary. (November 2020)

• Fueling the Tank for the Long Haul with Julia Novy-Hildesley, Professor of the Practice and Executive Director of Stanford's Change Leadership for Sustainability Program. (November 2022)

• Green Bonds 101: Inspiration and How-to from the Apple and Starbucks Bond Offerings.  Slides. (October 2017)
  

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