Kevin Winston of Amazon speaking at 2019 Business & Environment Conference

Kevin Winston of Amazon

Kevin Winston, global environmental affairs leader for Amazon, answered questions during lunch Monday. No one needed to be convinced that Amazon is big and influential, but his comments revealed just how much Amazon influences everything from retail strategy to sustainability.

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Steve Moore, keynote at 2019 Business & Environment Conference

Steve Moore of the Murdock Trust

Wednesday’s keynote speaker also hails from an influential organization, also with roots in the tech industry – although the Northwest tech industry.
Steve Moore, executive director of the M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust, spoke at lunch Tuesday. While the Murdock Trust is not as large or well known as Amazon, it too has the ability to influence the actions of others.

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Meet the Regulators Panel at the 2019 Business & Environment Conference

2019 Meet the Regulators Panel

The traditional kickoff panel for Business & The Environment, “Meet the Regulators”, once again proved informative.

Regulators Share 2019 Highlights, Look Ahead to 2020
Answering questions from moderator Geoff Tichenor of conference title sponsor Stoel Rives, regulators from the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality, Washington Department of Ecology and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 10, agreed on several themes…

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Useful Tips from Business & The Environment Panelists

Over the course of two days, those who attended the 2019 Business & The Environment Conference heard enough good advice to fill a book. We’ve selected 10 tips from different panels to share here…

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See the Water & Forests Panel Video

Transforming traditional problems into historic opportunities…

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