Eliot Metzger

Director of Sustainable Business & Innovation, WRI's Center for Sustainable Business

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Eliot is the Director of Sustainable Business & Innovation for WRI's Center for Sustainable Business. He manages research on innovative business solutions to global environmental challenges. His work focuses on opportunities for companies to tackle urgent sustainability issues, such as the implications of accelerating global resource consumption—the “elephant in the boardroom”. He has partnered with Fortune 500 companies to develop, test, and refine practical tools and guidance to advance disruptive new business models, internal carbon pricing, climate policy lobbying, clean energy investment, and thought leadership on the water-energy nexus.

Prior to re-joining WRI in 2007 (Eliot was a WRI intern in 2004), he worked at Eastern Research Group as a consultant to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. There, he helped develop and execute a variety of clean energy and water efficiency initiatives, including EPA’s energy and environmental management systems and WaterSense program.

Eliot holds an M.Sc. in Environmental Science and Policy from Johns Hopkins University, and Bachelors degrees in Environmental Science and Business from the University of San Francisco, where he was a Goldwater Scholar.

Blogs

Despite Shared Membership, US Chamber of Commerce and Business Roundtable at Odds Over Climate Policy
by Amy Meyer, Kevin Moss and Eliot Metzger - October 19, 2020
Two major trade associations, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and Business Roundtable, have opposite stances on climate action. And yet dozens of CEOs are members of both organizations.
With New Business Roundtable Statement, Are 200 CEOs Stuck in Yesterday’s Corporate Sustainability?
by Kevin Moss - August 22, 2019
The Business Roundtable's new "Statement on the Purpose of a Corporation" received a lot of positive press. That's surprising, because its take on corporate sustainability is insufficient and outdated.
3 Things Companies Can Do in 2018 to Push Global Climate Action
by Eliot Metzger and Deborah Drew - December 14, 2017
To address climate change, business leaders will ultimately need more supportive policies from governments. Here's how the two can work together.
Is Your Business Fit for Tomorrow’s Markets? How to Do the Math
by Eliot Metzger and Katie Pastor - August 15, 2017
As populations grow and emerging markets industrialize, companies face the long-term challenge of meeting surging consumer demand while minimizing environmental damage. A first step toward solving this dilemma is for each business to evaluate its own unique risks at a time when unchecked consumption is unsustainable.
Is the Tesla Model 3 Our Ride to a Sustainable Future?
by Eliot Metzger and Alyssa Fischer - July 11, 2017
Electric vehicles are cleaner, but they're only part of the climate solution.
Unchecked Consumption Is the Elephant in the Boardroom
by Eliot Metzger, Samantha Putt del Pino and Lindsey Longendyke - March 24, 2017
Many businesses measure growth by selling more stuff to more people. But in a resource-constrained future, companies can't thrive under this model.
From Risk to Resilience: It's Time for Business to Collaborate on Climate Change
by Moushumi Chaudhury and Eliot Metzger - March 13, 2017
WRI experts in business and climate resilience discuss how firms around the world are adapting to the megatrend of climate change.
Solving the Fresh Water Crisis
by Paul Reig and Eliot Metzger - June 22, 2016
Cities and women can be key players in managing future water demand, including reducing risks from the fastest-growing water users--energy and industrial activities.
4 Corporate Carbon Pricing Do’s and Don’ts
by Eliot Metzger - November 30, 2015
There has never been a better time to ask: what are you doing to price carbon?

Hundreds of companies are now pricing carbon, and hundreds more expect to in the next couple years. An internal price on carbon is...
Who Is Speaking on Climate Policy for Your Company?
by Kevin Moss and Eliot Metzger - October 29, 2015
Journalists, investors and more are increasingly asking companies: How are your trade associations influencing climate policy?

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Despite Shared Membership, US Chamber of Commerce and Business Roundtable at Odds Over Climate Policy

With New Business Roundtable Statement, Are 200 CEOs Stuck in Yesterday’s Corporate Sustainability?

3 Things Companies Can Do in 2018 to Push Global Climate Action

Is Your Business Fit for Tomorrow’s Markets? How to Do the Math

Is the Tesla Model 3 Our Ride to a Sustainable Future?

Unchecked Consumption Is the Elephant in the Boardroom

From Risk to Resilience: It's Time for Business to Collaborate on Climate Change

Solving the Fresh Water Crisis

4 Corporate Carbon Pricing Do’s and Don’ts

Who Is Speaking on Climate Policy for Your Company?

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Elephant in the Boardroom: Why Unchecked Consumption is Not an Option in Tomorrow’s Markets

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