GWC Water Webinar: 'A Role for the Business Community'

"Meeting the Financial Challenges of Improved Water Management in the West": A GWC Webinar Series

Session Three

A Role for the Business Community

Wednesday, Oct. 14
Noon to  p.m. Mountain Time
Zoom Webinar

Many members of the business community are increasingly concerned that western water scarcity is a threat to producing and selling their products, and more generally, to maintaining the healthy social and economic conditions that are needed to sustain strong economies. A variety of initiatives are now underway to address this concern, and to address water management issues both within and outside of their sphere of operations.

 

Registration (Webinar access will be sent to the email address provided)

Via Zoom from noon to 1 p.m. Mountain Time
Webinar is free and open to the public.
1 Colorado CLE applied for

View the full suite of sessions here: GWC Water Webinar Series
All session are free and open to the public.

 

Speakers:

Mike Bernier
Director of sustainability and environmental affairs
Swire Coca-Cola

Mike Bernier is the Director of Sustainability and Environmental Affairs for Swire Coca-Cola, USA, where he has led the corporate sustainability efforts since 2008. Mike’s primary focus areas include water, energy, and waste efficiency initiatives in plants, source water protection strategies, and community water stewardship partnerships.

Todd Reeve
Chief executive officer
BEF/Business for Water Stewardship

Todd Reeve is BEF’s CEO, where he pursues innovations at the intersection of corporate sustainability, renewable energy, and environmental water restoration. Todd created BEF’s Water Restoration Certificate® (WRCs) Program—the only national program that enables corporations and businesses to balance their water footprint by supporting projects that restore environmental flows to benefit depleted rivers, wetlands, and aquifers. He developed the nation’s first 10-year Model Watershed restoration program, directly supporting NGO-led efforts to achieve comprehensive ecological restoration outcomes across Pacific Northwest watersheds. Todd has overseen the development and funding of over 40 water restoration and Model Watershed projects across 11 states and Mexico. He leads work with companies, tribes, and NGOs to develop water program strategies, and he has published numerous articles profiling solutions to achieve improved flow and habitat conditions in western rivers and streams. Todd is the co-creator of Change the Course, a national water restoration campaign founded in partnership with National Geographic and Participant Media. He is the Director of the Business for Water Stewardship, a network of businesses focused on securing water for business, nature and communities.

 

Moderator:

Doug Kenney
Western Water Policy Program director
Getches-Wilkinson Center
Doug Kenney is Director of the Western Water Policy Program within the University of Colorado Law School in the Getches-Wilkinson Center for Natural Resources, Energy and the Environment. He is also founder and current chair of the Colorado River Research Group. He has written extensively on several water-related issues, including law and policy reform, river basin and watershed-level planning, climate change adaptation, and water resource economics. Dr. Kenney has served as a consultant to a variety of local, state, multi-state, and federal agencies, including several Interior Department agencies, EPA, and the US Forest Service; and national governments and NGOs in Asia and Africa. Additionally, he has made presentations in 21 states (and the District of Columbia), 8 nations, and 5 continents. He has a B.A. in biology from the University of Colorado, a M.S. in Natural Resources Policy and Administration from the University of Michigan, and a Ph.D. in Renewable Natural Resource Studies from the University of Arizona.

Dial-In Information

Please register to attend at:

https://coloradolaw.secure.force.com/events/evt__SiteEventDetail?id=a1a1M000007uPT0

(Webinar access will be sent to the email address provided)

Wednesday, October 14, 2020 at 12:00pm to 1:00pm

Virtual Event
Event Type

Lecture/Presentation, Meeting/Conference, Virtual

Interests

Environment & Sustainability

Audience

Students, Faculty, Alumni, General Public, Staff, Industry & Business Community, Postdoc, High School Students

College, School & Unit

Law School

Website

https://www.getches-wilkinsoncenter.c...

Cost

Free, registration required

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