Bob Willard, Author and Business Sustainability Champion
Bob Willard, Author and Business Sustainability Champion
Email:bobwillard@sympatico.ca phone: 905.668.3525 -http://www.sustainabilityadvantage.com/
Bob is a leading expert on the business value of corporate sustainability strategies. In the last five years, he has given hundreds of keynote presentations to corporations, governments, academics, and NGOs. Bob applies business and leadership development experience from his 34-year career at IBM Canada to engage the business community in proactively avoiding risks and capturing opportunities associated with sustainability issues.
He is the author of The Sustainability Advantage which quantifies potential bottom-line benefits from using sustainability strategies, and The Next Sustainability Wavewhich shows how to convince senior executives to commit to sustainability strategies. His most recent venture is a DVD presentation of The Business Case for Sustainability. It is used in webinars and videoconferences and helps reduce his carbon footprint from global speaking trips.
Bob is on the faculties of the Sustainable Enterprise Academy and the Education and Sustainability Academy; is on the advisory boards of The Natural Step Canada,Durham Sustain Ability, Learning for a Sustainable Future, and eQuilibrium; and is a member of the Education Alliance for a Sustainable Ontario, the International Society of Sustainability Professionals (ISSP), and the Canadian Association of Professional Speakers (CAPS).
He has a BSc from McGill University (1964), an MEd from the University of Toronto (2000), and a PhD from the University of Toronto (2005). A resident of Ontario, he is the proud owner of his third hybrid car, a 2007 Honda Civic Hybrid.
Materials and resources:
A PDF of the slides from Bob Willard’s Opening Keynote is now available - The Business Case for Sustainability - along with his spreadsheets - 1-the-sustainability-advantage-worksheets-large-enterprise-version and 2-the-sustainability-advantage-worksheets-sme-version (right-click to download). The PowerPoint version of the slides can also be downloaded here: willard-fairleigh-dickinson-university.
