Connie Sasala

Experience

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  Aspinwall & Co. Ltd.

  Jul 1988 - Aug 1990

  Senior Consultant, Policy Directorate

  Responsibilities entailed conducting analyses of technological advances for waste treatment and national/regional waste management strategies in the UK; evaluation of legislative trends in the UK, EU, and US; comparing international environmental standards; developing environmental policy statements for large firms; and developing/implementing an on-call resource system for a large DIY firm on ethical sourcing practices. Also created internal policy and methodology for conducting Environmental Impact Assessments in the UK and other countries. Show less

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  US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

  Aug 1990 - Dec 1996

  Director, Policy & Technology Innovations Division, Office of Policy, Planning and Evaluation

  As Director of the Policy and Technology Innovations Division, responsibilities included the identification and resolution of barriers within EPA's policy and regulatory framework that inhibited the development and use of innovative technologies, including those to mitigate global warming. Special assignments included the creation and implementation of the Clinton Administration's Bridge to a Sustainable Future (National Environmental Technology Strategy), and implementing the President's Environmental Technology Initiative, with EPA regions, states, OSHA, the Departments of Defense, Commerce, Energy, NGOs, and a multitude of private sector companies. ETI included strategic planning; selecting projects based on their relevance to the tenets of sustainability; and managing $104 million across 294 projects.Prior to being promoted to Division Director, responsibilities as an Environmental Scientist in the Office of Policy, Planning and Evaluation included analyzing sustainable principles emerging from the Rio Summit, CERCLA reauthorization issues, and developing alternative approaches for Agency and Administration officials. Show less

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  Safety-Kleen Corporation

  Jan 1997 - Oct 2001

  Senior Scientist and Consultant

  As a senior manager in a wholly-owned subsidiary (EDG Inc.) of corporations (Laidlaw/Clean Harbors/Safety-Kleen) that merged, and based on the recognition of rapidly evolving international best practice in economic, environmental and social issues management, created the Strategic Services practice within this precursor group to Cameron-Cole. The majority of the practice entailed working with numerous high-profile transnational corporate clients to create leading-edge sustainability programs with external reports, stakeholder engagement programs, and world-class accounting and reporting for non-regulatory requirements such as greenhouse gas emissions. Responsibilities also included designing, developing and implementing EHS regulatory compliance programs for other divisions within these corporations. Show less

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  Cameron-Cole, LLC

  Oct 2001 - Jun 2015

  Executive Partner, Chief Sustainability Officer

  Created Strategic Services based on rapidly developing international best practice in environmental, social and economic issues management, and grew this into one of the primary focus areas of the business. Responsibilities included crafting and implementing business strategy; developing business and managing key client relationships; directing a multi-disciplinary team to deliver advisory and verification services to clients; creating (on a continual basis) new services to meet emerging client needs; initiating and maintaining accreditations; training management and staff on current best practice; guiding marketing and communication activities; and representing the company at conferences, symposia and in technical working groups for the development of relevant standards and protocols. All major areas of sustainability / CSR / ESG were addressed by Strategic Services provided to F500 corporations, government agencies, NGOs and universities. Part of this practice included a concentration on climate change mitigation and adaptation strategies, GHG inventories, CAPs, renewable energy and third-party verification. Show less

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  Ternion Advisory Services Ltd.

  Jan 2016 - Aug 2016

  President and Principal Advisor

  Created a sole-proprietorship aimed at providing ESG, CSR, sustainability, supply chain, climate change and business strategy-related services to private and public sector clients. Services previously offered in prior practice were supplemented with topic-specific and process-related training as well as adaptation skill-building.

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  Edison Energy, LLC

  Aug 2016 - Dec 2017

  SVP of Sustainability | Director, Strategic Energy Solutions

  As Edison Energy's SVP of Sustainability and Director, Strategic Energy Solutions, responsibilities include assisting in new client origination, strategic energy analysis, alignment of sustainability goals with renewable energy procurement and portfolio renewable energy advisory services. Also responsible for company-level sustainability performance and reporting.

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  Eaton

  Dec 2017 - Aug 2019

  Global Director of Sustainability

  Responsible for developing and driving the enterprise-wide sustainability/ESG strategy across the value chain, and in alignment the company’s vision and aspirational goals. This included forming and leading a global Sustainability Governance Council, working with representatives from all major functions/divisions to identify material environmental, social and governance issues, select metrics, set long-term goals/short-term targets and create action plans to support annual performance. Also responsible for improving ratings/rankings of the company from ESG investor surveys, developing the company’s definition of “green” products and a taxonomy to account for associated sales out of 8 million products, and building a handprint calculator that provided credible product LCA data with minimal user input. Created a first-ever carbon and energy model that provided financial and GHG impacts of various levers to meet goals informed by climate change science. Other duties ranged from annual sustainability report writing/publication to social media outlet content creation to significant employee engagement events across a 100,000 person company. Show less

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  ERM: Environmental Resources Management

  Feb 2020 - Jun 2021

  Consultant Director, Sustainability, Climate Change and Sustainable Finance

  As part of the North America Corporate Sustainability (CS) team, responsible for driving new business, leading client engagements in sustainability, climate change, and sustainable finance, while helping manage ERMs' growing team.

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  Viileä Maa, LLC

  Jul 2023 - now

  Founder & Owner, Viileä Maa, LLC