US BCSD initiates collaborative projects, platforms & partnerships to scale solutions to ecosystems, energy, carbon, materials, water and equity challenges
ABOUT
The US BCSD was founded in 1992 to give leading US businesses a platform to work together to design, implement and scale sustainability solutions. Today, the US BCSD’s cross-sector platforms, projects, and partnerships bring leading companies together to solve circular economy, carbon, energy, water, and equity challenges across North America. The US BCSD is a Global Network partner of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development.
OUR TEAM
Andy Mangan, Founder
Andrew is co-founder of the US BCSD. He received a master’s degree from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and attended the Columbia School of International Affairs as an International Fellow. Prior work included serving as deputy land commissioner for natural resources with the Texas General Land Office, as a congressional correspondent for the Associated Press, and as a commercial salmon fisherman in SE Alaska.
Claude Griffin, Executive Director
Claude is Executive Director of the US BCSD. He has over 40 years of program and project experience in commercial and government sectors, industry, energy, environmental restoration, conservation and social investment. Prior to retirement from Shell, he served as External Relations Advisor for Social Investment Environmental Programs in the US. Claude holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from North Carolina A&T State University.
Joe Powell, Climate Advisor
Joe Powell (Joseph B. Powell, PhD) is Fellow and former Director of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers and served as Shell’s first Chief Scientist – Chemical Engineering from 2006 until retiring at the end of 2020, culminating a 36-year industry career where he led R&D programs in new chemical processes, biofuels, enhanced oil recovery, and advised on R&D for energy transition to a net-zero carbon economy.
Charlie Green Jr, Intern
Charlie Green Jr is an Intern with the US BCSD, focusing on BCSD Diversity Equity and Inclusion Program, BCSD Regional Decarbonization Programs, and US BCSD Communications. Charlie Green Jr. is a Senior at Tennessee State University, where he pursues Bachelor of Science degrees in Architectural Engineering and Urban Studies with a concentration in Urban Policy and Planning as well as a minor in Non- Profit Management and Leadership.
Horkiz Rouzi, Strategist
Rouzi is a strategist and business development specialist in the Energy industry. She is the Managing Director of RHIS Group, with 14 years of experience in strategy, development, project, and portfolio management. Rouzi is fluent in several languages. She lived and worked in Asian countries before she relocated to the United States. Rouzi was the regional secretary of the International Association for Drilling Contractors (IADC) in Asia for several years. She actively involves non-profit organizations as a volunteer and coaches young entrepreneurs. She also co-chairs the International Association of Business Communication (IABC) Houston Scholars Program.
Programs at a Glance
We’re matchmakers and connection creators - and we can help leverage
OUR NETWORK to bring great sustainability ideas to scale!
CARBON
COLLABORATIVE
The Carbon Collaborative is a regional decarbonization platform designed to mobilize the collective energy & motivation of businesses focusing on producing measurable, long-term carbon emission reductions while enhancing economic vitality.
LOUISIANA WATER synergy PROJECT
From 2011 to 2017, the US BCSD worked with 20-30 diverse companies in the lower Mississippi River Basin to address a range of water supply, water quality, storm water and coastal resiliency risks.
A key outcome was establishment of a water quality trading system in Louisiana.
ENERGY EFFICIEncy in BUILDINGS
The Energy Efficiency in Buildings Laboratory (EEB Lab) addressed the challenge that globally, buildings are responsible for nearly one-third of final energy consumption (and over 40% of primary energy consumption) with a similar proportion of associated CO2 emissions.
MATERIALS MARKETPLACE
The US BCSD’s Materials Marketplace connects businesses to develop and scale new reuse and recycling market opportunities. Over 2,200 businesses and organizations are using the Materials Marketplace across North America and have diverted 5,300 tons of material to higher and better use.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
The US BCSD recognizes climate impacts are disproportionately experienced by underserved communities and will work to ensure a just transition for all communities that are dependent on fossil fuels.
A key component of the US BCSD’s mission is equity and inclusion for the most vulnerable populations. One pathway is to connect students and professors from Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) with ongoing activities of the Gulf Coast Carbon Collaborative (GC3), a cross-industry platform designed to mobilize the collective energy of businesses to implement decarbonization solutions while enhancing economic vitality. Research institutes, government, agencies, and nonprofits work with the companies in this effort. GC3 working groups are focused on electrification, nature-based sequestration, carbon capture & storage, and low carbon tech like hydrogen, hydro and nuclear technologies.
An additional step is to establish decarbonization projects that minority-serving institutions could directly participate in and benefit from. The first of these projects is the development of the US BCSD’s Green Brownfields Initiative (GBI). The GBI uses market mechanisms to promote the conversion of underutilized brownfield properties back into productive use, with a primary emphasis on enhancing the land's ecological or environmental attributes. The Initiative has applicability at thousands of sites across the United States, anywhere that industrial activity has produced unused properties that hold ecological potential.
US BCSD & WBCSD Relationship
Collaboration links global thought leadership to action-oriented, regional sustainability projects.
The US BCSD and WBCSD work together for meaningful action on urgent sustainability challenges.
The US BCSD brings 20+ years of experience with real projects, teaming with US members, government academic and NGO partners on common solutions and creating pathways to better finance, implement and communicate results.
The WBCSD brings decades of world-class thought leadership from its network of 200 global companies to grasp beyond-the-horizon views of what’s coming next and break-through solutions to deal with sustainability’s business challenges.
The US BCSD links to WBCSD’s rich global idea flow and serves as a project proving ground and implementation platform in the US.
ACT, ENGAGE, ENABLE, COLLABORATE
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Phone: 512.981.5417 | Email: info@usbcsd.org | Mail: 2314 Pecan Valley Court, Missouri City, TX 77459