Introduction

[Evan Harvey]

Hello all,

 

My name is Evan Harvey and I direct the sustainability effort at NASDAQ OMX, helping to make the exchange and all of its listed companies more transparent, efficient, and responsible. In this capacity, I oversee the research, analysis, writing, and publication of virtually all major sustainability reports. I am also responsible for investor outreach, media relations, sustainability partnerships, executive speechwriting, and major event planning. More than twenty years of experience in marketing and communications serves me well in this role, but I have augmented those skills with new learning in resource management, environmental science, and human rights. Powerful and persuasive writing is an essential tool when communicating the environmental crisis, building political consensus, and solving economic dilemmas.

 

1.       My sustainability journey

·         I grew up in the shadow of some notable environmental disasters — Love Canal, Bhopal, Chernobyl, Exxon Valdez — so my generation was forcibly educated in the fragile nature of this planet. Science was not my passion, but the concept of “sustainability” offered an enticing intellectual inroad. Can we find ways to do more with less — to reduce our consumption of resources without compromising our quality of life — before time runs out on us? I was engaged in this idea long before it became part of my job at NASDAQ OMX. In terms of my job, I began by leading an environmental responsibility effort at our office, helping colleagues organize recycling programs, provide energy awareness, circulate everyday best practices. That put me in touch with our facilities team, senior management, HR, and other key advocates. And when the company decided to put a public face on our program — to expand the scope, extent, and goals of our sustainability philosophy — I was eager to jump in.

 

2.       My current projects

·         CDP calculation

·         UN Global Compact communication of progress

·         GRI G4 corporate sustainability report

·         Sustainable Stock Exchanges initiative

·         Event planning, education, outreach

 

3.       Possible synergies

·         Speakers or topics for listed company webinars

·         Report writing expertise or insight

·         Carbon calculation

 

 

 

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Evan Harvey
Director of Corporate Sustainability

The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc.

 

Office: +1 301.978.5041
Mobile: +1 347.728.6216
evan....@nasdaqomx.com