Check out my Q1 2017 Gowdy Report, which covers top sustainability news, recommended events and though leaders, and select J. Gowdy Consulting projects.

 Jeff Gowdy and Tim Bent of Big Wave Strategies recently completed the 2014 Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory for Metro Nashville and Davidson County. 

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Jeff Gowdy returns for the third consecutive year to guest lecture in Prof. Mark Cohen's Strategies for ESG Data in Financial Analysis class in the full time MBA program at the Owen...

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Jeff will guest speak the Owen Graduate School of Management school Net Impact chapter's MBA Career Panel Lunch 'n Learn, along with other recent alumni now working in sustainbility with Silicon Ranch and International Paper.

In 2007, the...

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Jeff Gowdy will return as an Adjunct Professor of Management in the Subject Areas of Strategy and Business Economics, Ethics and Social Responsibility.  

Jeff was hired in 2009 to teach sustainability and CSR in the Executive Development Institute and Owen and subsequently hired to teach in the MBA program in 2010 to the present year.

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For the fourth straight year, Jeff Gowdy will speak at the Sustainable Brands New Metrics conference.

Jeff will be speaking on the topic of science, ethics, and purpose-based goal setting, along with Bob Willard and Geoff Kendall of the Future Fit Business Benchmark.

The conference is held November 14-16, 2016, at the Royal Sonesta hotel in Boston and is sponsored by MIT.

The article "How General Mills and Kellogg are Tackling Greenhouse Gas Emissions" references the assessment that Jeff Gowdy and Andrew Winston conducted on behalf of Oxfam.

The assessment focuses on the two major Food/Ag companies are working to reduce their Scope 3 greenhouse gas emissions in line with the latest science.

 Jeff Gowdy and Andrew Winston will present on corporate sustainability goal setting at the GreenBiz Forum 2016. The workshop will be held on the opening morning of the event. Additional speakers to be announced later!