Emma Stewart, Ph.D. Email & Phone Number

Los Gatos, Ca, Us

I serve as Netflix's inaugural Sustainability Officer, where together with teams from across the company, I seek to decarbonize the company in line with climate science, support creators in representing sustainability accurately and organically on screen, and respond to high levels of interest from our more than half a billion members in our sustainability stories. See our film and all the details at sustainability.netflix.com.

Cologny, Geneva, Ch

Earth Decides is a diverse community of world-class experts and storytellers who cultivate informed optimism amongst decision-makers in support of credible action. https://www.earthdecides.org/community

New York, Us

New York, Ny, Us

I led the High Tech practice, including a signficiant advisory role designing Netflix's sustainability strategy, at ENGIE Impact. ENGIE Impact is a global advisory business within ENGIE Group, a $70bn global energy services company operating in 70 countries with 165,000 employees. ENGIE is leading the decarbonization transition as the largest independent power producer in the world, the leading installer of microgrids globally, and has 29GW of installed renewable capacity. ENGIE has divested $16B from coal, halved its carbon footprint, and invested $12B to transition its energy product portfolio away from fossil fuels (now at only 3% of Engie’s total energy mix), all in three years. ENGIE is the largest green bond issuer in the world, with $14B in total bonds outstanding, and has the first Science-Based Target approved for a major utility.

Washington, Dc, Us

I led the Urban Efficiency and Climate effort at World Resources Institute, regularly named among the top 5 environmental think tanks globally by the Global Go-To Think Tank Index Report. My global team of researchers and technical advised cities and corporations on climate action planning, clean & efficient buildings, and transport electrification.

San Francisco, Ca, Us

Autodesk is the world’s largest software company serving cities, building, and infrastructure owners, and their design consultants. After "greening the company", I was promoted to creating and selling sustainability software and services across the company. My team won numerous contracts, including multi-million dollar Department of Defense R&D grants to dramaticaly reduce the cost and effort of auditing buildings for retrofit, the single best way to prevent climate change. I was also responsible for advising on M&A and equity investments, interfacing with the media, and speaking at high-profile events such as The Economist Insights, Greenbuild, and CityAge.

Berkeley, Ca, Us

By invitation, created and taught a new course on “Intrapreneurship for Sustainability: Driving Environmental Change from within Corporations” to MBA and PhD students. Haas is the #1 business school globally in CSR and #6 globally in entrepreneurship, according to the Financial Times ranking. Haas' part-time MBA program is ranked #1 in the US by US News & World Reports.

Stanford, Ca, Us

By invitation, created and taught a new course on “Intrapreneurship for Sustainability: Driving Environmental Change from within Corporations” to MBA and PhD students.

Washington, District Of Columbia, Us

I was honored to be selected by The Aspen Institute as one of 15 First Mover Fellows. According to the Institute, the Fellowship is for exceptional institutional intrapreneurs – accomplished innovators recognized as top performers in their companies. And they have a compelling idea about a new product, service, business process or model they urgently want to implement that will help their companies develop a culture in which business success is defined in financial, social and environmental terms. The First Movers Fellowship experience offers these individuals a chance to become part of a growing community of innovators who share a passion about their work and belief in the new possibilities for business. It also serves as an innovation lab where Fellows develop the skills to make their innovations real and successful in their organizations.

San Francisco, California, Us

I launched and directed Environmental R&D at BSR, a non-profit business membership association that provides its 250 Fortune1000 member companies with research and consulting in environmental and social best practice. Professional Experience• Advised and conducted research for Fortune500 companies on environmental issues covering climate, water, land use, biodiversity, toxicity, and product design• Built, defined and funded new global R&D function at BSR ($800,000 raised)• Outlined and prioritized an organization-wide research agenda based upon the analysis of global trends• Developed and managed multi-year, multi-sector, multi-partner projects from inception through execution• Identified and formed strategic partnerships with select research, policy, multilateral and NGO organizations • Negotiated participation of key industry players (e.g. Shell, Goldman Sachs, BP, Unilever, Chevron, McD)• Managed teams ranging from three full-time staff to 14 part-time staffIllustrative Initiatives: • “Environmental Markets: Risks & Opportunities for Business”, a 2-year project engaging major companies on the emerging market mechanisms trading in air, climate, water quality and biodiversity assets.• “Decarbonizing the ICT Supply Chain”, a 2-year initiative with support from the Electronics Industry Code of Conduct to undertake root cause analysis and address obstacles to enhance embodied product energy• “China Water Quality Initiative”, a 1-year initiative with Beijing University to develop new metrics, tools and techniques for disclosure and improved performance in apparel water quality management

New York, New York, Us

Programmatic design, strategy development and project scoping for three of EDF's flagship programs (Corporate Partnerships, Strategic Partnerships, and Oceans)

Stanford, Ca, Us

Helped to create and teach new “Social Entrepreneurship” course, a joint venture between Stanford Graduate School of Business School and Humanities Graduate SchoolGenerated ideas and partnerships between the two schools and managed team of 14 case writersTeaching Fellow for "Environmental Entrepreneurship" course

Johannesburg, Gauteng, Za

• Consulted on sustainable development alternatives in developing world contexts, including trust funds, carbon offsetting, community wildlife management, social auditing• Clients included: EU, IUCN, Dept for International Development (UK), WWF-UK

• Created a comprehensive directory of the fuel cell industry as it applies to transportation

Phd, Environmental Science, Policy And Management

Bachelor Of Science - Honours