In support of this year’s Robert and Melani Walton Sustainability Solution

Sustainability Solutions Festival, Arizona State University is hosting a weekly webinar series starting on March 1st.

Data centers will use more electricity in the future and are playing a piloting role in working on the zero-carbon solution. One creative opportunity is using data centers for demand response and in other ways to add resilience to the power grid. See one application in Wyoming.

Learn what Microsoft and Iron Mountain are doing to develop smart systems that can synchronize with renewables. Learn how they are working with other companies in their ecosystems – where the opportunities and the risks lie.

Panel Includes

Jim Hanna, Director Datacenter Community Development, Microsoft

Kevin Hagen, VP ESG Strategy, Iron Mountain

Moderator: Alicia Marseille, Director of Innovation at Rob and Melani Walton Sustainability Solution Service

Webinar 2: How Chief Sustainability Officers Can Facilitate Zero Investments and Improve Their Organizations' Capacity and Capability to Meet Zero Carbon Goals.

Learn what risks are relevant in making good carbon reduction/offset decisions and how your actions can engage stakeholders inside and outside your organization. What frameworks can you use to manage key policy and implementation risks? Hear from sustianbilty managers from Xyleme Inc, a global water company about their journey to decarbonized their supply chain and the efforts of the Responsbible Business Alliance.

Austin Alexander, Vice President, Sustainability and Social Impact at Xylem Inc

Alberto Bozzi, Vice President & Chief Procurement Officer at Xylem Inc

Deborah Albers, Vice President, Responsible Business Alliance

Moderator: William Brandt, Director of Strategic Integration, LightWorks, Arizona State University

Big organizations can use their scale to drive internal change internally and within their supply chains. What are the challenges, risks, and rewards of collective and collaborative actions? Discover strategies for reducing carbon impacts through purchasing partnerships and practices. Panel announced shortly.

Digital tools and smart systems will enable companies and consumers to make choices that will manage their carbon footprint.  Novel approaches to data sharing and permission will create value chains that will give businesses and consumers better choices on managing their pathways to net-zero carbon.  Learn about consumer and producer trends in organic agriculture. Panel announced shortly.