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ANDREW IN THE NEWS
‘Is the World Better Off Because Your Company Is In It?’: Examining Corporate Climate Responsibility, Cheddar News
Taking Business Net Positive with Paul Polman & Andrew Winston, Outrage + Optimism
Facebook Event November 17, 2021: Paul Polman & Andrew Winston on “Net Positive: How Courageous Companies Thrive by Giving More Than They Take”, Event by Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto
Climate Change: Threat & Opportunity with Andrew Winston, 12 Geniuses
Redefining the raison d’être: What it takes to build a net-positive company, MarketScreener
‘The Big Pivot’ → Andrew Winston (Author): Companies Winning When Making Sustainability a Priority, Corporate Sustainability with Philip Beere
Fossil Fuel Jobs Will Disappear, So Now What?, MIT Sloan Management Review
The Way Forward For People And Our Planet: An Earth Day Special, NPR: Living on Earth podcast
The Big Pivot Core ESG Principles with Andrew Winston, Inside Ideas with Marc Buckley
Young, gifted and woke, UPM.com
How Did Business’s Role in Society Change in 2020? Harvard Business Review
Tackling Climate Change With Economic Incentives and Circular Economics, The Syndicate
COVID-19, Climate Change, and the Forces Shaping Our Future, MIT Sloan Management Review
How to Set Ambitious Corporate Targets and Accelerate Integration of the 17 SDGs, UN Global Compact Academy
Why BlackRock’s Climate Shift Is A Big Deal, Climate2020 podcast
ANDREW WINSTON
Andrew Winston is a globally-recognized expert on megatrends and how to build companies that thrive by serving the world. He is one of the most widely read writers on sustainable business in the world, with regular columns in Harvard Business Review and MIT Sloan Management Review. Andrew’s book Green to Gold has reached more than 100,000 people in seven languages. Inc. Magazine included Green to Gold on its all-time list of 30 books that every manager should own.
His more recent book The Big Pivot was selected as one of the “Best Business Books” by Strategy+Business magazine. And Andrew’s newest book, Net Positive: How Courageous Companies Thrive by Giving More than They Take, is co-authored with the renowned CEO Paul Polman and due in fall 2021.
Andrew was selected for Thinkers50 Radar list of “30 thinkers to watch in 2020.” He’s been quoted in or appeared in major media such as Bloomberg, The Wall Street Journal, Time, BusinessWeek, New York Times, and CNBC. Andrew is the author of the Harvard Business Review (HBR) Magazine “Big Idea” cover story, “Leading a New Era of Climate Action.” His views on strategy have been sought after by many of the world’s leading companies, including 3M, DuPont, HP, J&J, Kimberly-Clark, Marriott, PepsiCo, PwC, Trane Technologies, and Unilever.
Andrew is a highly respected and dynamic speaker, reaching audiences of thousands with an entertaining message of practical optimism: the world’s challenges are great, but business has the tools, resources, and creativity to build a thriving world. He has spoken on 5 continents, bringing his inspiration to leadership meetings of the top executives of multinationals, to large industry conferences, and to high-profile events like the World Innovation Forum and TED.
Andrew’s work is based on significant business experience and education. His early career included advising companies on corporate strategy while at Boston Consulting Group and management positions in strategy and marketing at Time Warner and MTV. He received his BA in Economics from Princeton, an MBA from Columbia, and a Masters of Environmental Management from Yale. He lives in Greenwich, CT with his wife and two sons.
