Jim Fava - Managing Director
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Jim Fava has over 30 years experience working with companies and organizations to develop and apply the concepts and tools of sustainability to their processes and products. He regularly interacts with senior management to help them understand sustainability and how they can use that knowledge to create long-term business value. He led the development of an environmental decision-making framework that included five environmental strategy options (compliant, informed, market driven, competitive advantage and sustainable). For more than 10 years, he has chaired Five Winds' Product Sustainability Roundtable (PSRT - http://www.psroundtable.com) whose mission is to improve the performance of member companies by providing support and advice to their product-oriented programs, which achieve both environmental and business benefits. Jim has a Ph.D. in Environmental Toxicology from the University of Maryland. He is regularly invited to speak at engagements throughout the world, and has played a critical role in the creation of the ISO 14000 family of standards (including life cycle assessment). He is currently serving on the World Resources Institute (WRI) / World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) Steering Committee for the Scope 3 and Product GHG Protocol efforts. Contact Jim Fava at: |
