Kai Wang Email & Phone Number

Chattanooga, Us

WAP Sustainability is a global sustainability consulting firm supporting manufacturers, brands, sustainability consultancies, and standards developers with technical expertise in carbon accounting (operational & embodied), product transparency, material health & toxicity (green & safer chemistry) and ESG Program Development. WAP Sustainability's expertise includes greenhouse gas inventories (GHG), carbon accounting programs, Offset/REC procurement, ESG/sustainability reporting (CDP, GRI etc), life cycle assessments (LCA), Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs), healthy material programs including GreenScreen for Safer Chemicals, Health Product Declarations (HPDs), and Declare Labels, and other strategic sustainability planning and communication services.Kai's specialties at WAP Sustainability include Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs), Health Product Declarations (HPDs), Greenhouse Gas Inventory Accounting and Sustainability Reporting such as CDP, Higg Index, etc.

- Collected data with regard to energy consumption, water usage, waste disposal and so forth;- Established sustainability baselines;- Identified areas for improvement and developing projects for enhancement;- Coordinated joint projects with external partners.

- Identified opportunities for improvement in energy efficiency;- Developed retrofit projects based on the opportunity identification, and provide financing options to fund the projects;- Identified and developed potential technical suppliers;- Evaluated technical/economic feasibility of potential investment projects;- Helped clients develop energy efficiency initiatives in their supply chains (clients include IKEA and Tesco);- Collaborated in the development of a pilot project for Global Foundries in their Singapore facility; - Enabled clients in the hospitality industry to achieve 20% of energy savings by upgrading and/or optimizing HVAC systems;- Managed the technical risks by working with the technical suppliers/contractors.

Bentonville, Arkansas, Us

- Developed a training program for up to 200 key suppliers to establish their internal auditing capability, and designed corresponding evaluation tools to monitor and drive progress;- Pioneered a program to cut energy costs in two manufacturing plants of strategic suppliers of toys and towels;- Led and implemented changes with these suppliers to help them realize over 40% energy cost savings;- Collaborated with a team of multi-functional stakeholders including external experts, workers, engineers, and consultants on different goals;- Trained key suppliers to adopt best practices for operations that improved compliance with Walmart’s code of conduct for environmental and social responsibility;- Monitored and reported the suppliers’ social responsibility performance, including EHS, labor rights, and environmental compliance;- Achieved the corporate goal that 95% of the productions shall be from plants with highest ratings on environmental and social practices by 2012.

Master Of Sustainability Solutions, Environmental Studies

Bachelor, Business Administration