Patricia A. Calkins, Xerox's global vice president of Environment, Health and Safety would tell you she is in a very fortunate professional
circumstance. She spends each work day fostering sustainability and sustainable practices, perfecting her goal of finding what she calls,
'smarter ways to green'. Patty believes, because Xerox has done it, firms can indeed implement sustainability policies and strategies and see
their efforts positively affect bottom line results.
Expertise
A career focus on managing innovative Business practices to foster sustainability
Engineering discipline and business pragmatism
Expert in developing environmental leadership strategies
Background
A career focused on sustainability initiatives within AT&T and as a senior scientist with Abt Associates working directly with U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Bachelor of Arts degree in biology from Merrimack College
Master of Science degree in civil/environmental engineering from Tufts University
M.B.A. from the University of Rochester Simon School of Business
Member of the external advisory board for the University of Michigan's Center for Sustainable Systems and other boards, including the Central and Western New York Chapter of the Nature Conservancy and the Golisano Institute for Sustainability at the Rochester Institute of Technology
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Smarter Ways to Green: How to Make Sustainability Succeed in Your Business.
The environmental evidence speaks for itself. The planet is on a collision course with catastrophe unless we adopt sustainability as our global lifestyle. Everyone shares the responsibility for making a difference. But businesses can play a leading role by implementing a smart, goal-oriented "green" strategy that will make an important contribution to the environment and the bottom line.
Going Green: What's good for the Environment is Good for Business
Hear Patty Calkins, VP of Environment Health and Safety, describe how Xerox dramatically lowered its carbon footprint, and how Xerox customers meet their sustainability goals using the DocuShare content management platform.
November 13, 2009 - Net Impact North America Conference, Cornell University Johnson Graduate School of Management Ithaca, NY
Topic: Corporate Responsibility as a Game Changer
June 17, 2009 - Conference Board's Business and Sustainable Development Conference (website)
Xerox speaker: Patty Calkins, Vice President, Environment, Health & Safety
Corporate leaders are making bold choices and driving big change for sustainability through their own organizations and the markets where they operate around the world. They have learned that the best decisions for sustainability also bring big rewards for their employees, communities, business partners, and shareholders.
Achieving sustainability is not a one–time event but a continuing process of innovation and change. Join a group of leaders who will share how corporations working in tandem with governments and NGOs are redefining business success.
Washington, DC
Going Green: What's good for the Environment is Good for Business
Hear Patty Calkins, VP of Environment Health and Safety, describe how Xerox dramatically lowered its carbon footprint, and how Xerox customers meet their sustainability goals using the DocuShare content management platform.
June 12 - 13, 2008 - Product Development and Management Association Green by Design (website)
Topic: This first ever conference has been created to fill an unmet need in the marketplace for deep insights and best practices on building sustainability into the product development process. Attendees will include corporate directors of sustainability and environmental stewardship; directors of product development and design; executives responsible for supply chain management, business strategy and marketing as well as students and educators from prominent design schools.
Hilton Alexandria Mark Center, Alexandria, VA
May 28 & 29, 2008 European Leadership Summit (website).
Topic: The inaugural Xerox European Leadership Summit for Heads of Business took place at the Ritz Carlton Powerscourt, Dublin, Ireland (website).
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Participants at the Summit participated in a new two-part study in which Xerox Europe and Forum for the Future compared how future and current leaders feel about the effects of climate change and who will do the most to protect the environment.
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