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Evidence for hope. Hope for action. Reasoned optimism to accelerate sustainability through pride & responsibility rather than guilt & despair.

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Moose Knuckles makes the world's warmest winter garments. In 2020, Montreal-based Moose set out also to become the most sustainable luxury winter outwear on the planet. As the company's first ESG leader, Scott developed and launched a strategy consisting of:- Battling Climate Change, including an inventory of all emissions and a costed strategy to achieve net zero emissions across all three scopes by 2025;- Protecting & Enhancing Biodiversity, including individual programs for clean chemistry, water impacts, and habitat compensation;- People & Communities, including philanthropy, DEI, social responsibility/compliance, & community engagement, and animal welfare;- Making & Moving Product Sustainably, including fibres replacement, sustainable design training & education, benchmarking through CFMB, participation at the SAC, and mitigation of logistics/shipping;- Living & Working Sustainably, including retail operations, employee engagement, real property development to LEED standards, and a global "green office" team;- Circular Business Models, including launch of a Peer2Peer Recommerce concept, and strategic valuation of circularity concepts from rental, leasing, to takeback and closed-loop manufacturing;- Governance & Operational Support, including marketing, performance and compensation structures, communications and thought leadership.

International

Investor and strategic advisor to various clients, generally in the sustainability sector, toward theirenhanced management, growth, strategy, and impact.• Vice-President (consulting), Colliers Project Leaders, 2018. Led strategic and interim management support for a social enterprise acquisition target, and supported the corporate M/A team in due diligence.• President (consulting), BuildGreen Environmental Services (now Urban Equation), 2015-2017. Led the renewal of this consulting firm that delivers strategic sustainability support to the real property industry. Developed and led a renewal strategy that included re-branding (as UrbanEquation), sectoral and service alignment, succession planning, and profitable growth.• Strategic advisor to various clients, generally in the sustainability sector, toward their enhanced growth, strategy, management, and impact.

International

TerraChoice combined expertise in environmental science and marketing to help genuine environmental leaders build market share and accelerate global progress towards sustainability.• Re-structured and re-envisioned the company around clients and TerraChoice’s distinct position in the wider sustainability and product space, seeing and developing new strategic opportunities.• Increased revenue fivefold, and turned-around financial performance to reliable double-digit net income.• Positioned the company for the 2011 sale to UL, one of the world’s largest and oldest certification organizations. • Led multi-year strategic initiatives as well as annual tactical and budget planning and execution.• Diversified service offerings while narrowing clients and markets.• Advocated and negotiated successfully with the Canadian federal government for various initiatives related to consumer protection and environmental labeling, including the eventual handover of intellectual property to TerraChoice.• Led and wrote the research series the “Sins of Greenwashing” and shaped public and corporate dialogue around “green” products based on that work.• Consulted widely and internationally, including to the largest power utility in the UK related to its conversion from coal to biomass. • Undertook a 60+ stop speaking tour (including two tours in Australia).• Won respect as an expert commentator in mass media including TV (eg. Canada AM, Business Week, CBC, CNBC), print (eg. The New York Times, The Economist, Newsweek, Marketing Magazine, The National Post, The Gazette, USA Today, The Sacramento Bee, and Fast Company), and digital.

Eastern Ontario & Quebec

(Then Jacques Whitford)• Doubled revenue and workforce to 60 people and $6 million.• First ever non-engineer in executive management.• Opened and grew the company’s first Québec office.• Created and built the environmental sciences and EMS practice group to a team of twelve.• Advocated to the Canadian federal government for policy and contracting support for environmental services.