Jeff Erikson
Senior Vice President
“The energy challenge that society faces is not one that can be addressed with incremental improvements to how we do things now. We are at the beginning of a complete transformation in how energy is generated and used.”
Based in Washington, DC, Jeff leads SustainAbility’s work in the energy sector and has expertise and experience working with numerous industries, including electric utilities, oil & gas, automotive, chemicals, ICT, retail, food and health care. He is a key advisor to numerous senior corporate leaders and has broad knowledge of the wide range of sustainability issues and business challenges facing his clients. Jeff has deep expertise in developing sustainable business strategy, articulating the business implications of global climate change and water scarcity, facilitating senior executive discussions and decision-making, and designing and facilitating engagements with external stakeholders. Jeff’s clients include American Electric Power, Baxter Healthcare, Chevron, Coca-Cola, ExxonMobil, Ford, HP, JC Penney, Pacific Gas & Electric, Shell Oil and Walmart. Jeff is the global lead for SustainAbility’s business development processes as well as the head of the Washington office.
Prior to joining SustainAbility, Jeff spent 14 years at Mobil Oil and ExxonMobil Corporation, where he was responsible for a broad range of engineering and environmental, health & safety issues, projects and programs. He also spent five years in commercial real estate development.
- Education
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- – Bucknell University, BS Civil Engineering
– Professional Engineer licensed in Virginia
- – Bucknell University, BS Civil Engineering
- Personal Interests
- Coaching basketball, bicycling, hiking
- Languages
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- English
Jeff on the web
Recent Thinking
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How & Why to Make the Shift from Dialogue to Collaboration with NGOs
As business and the sustainability agenda have evolved so too has stakeholder engagement.
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Bigger than It Appears - The XL Pipeline Debate
Why the fight over the XL Pipeline is about much more than just the immediate impacts of building th…
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Water Water Everywhere
World Water Week has focused critical attention on the global water crisis, but far more effort is n…
Jeff Erikson
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- Heather Mak
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- Shankar Venkateswaran
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