Plenary: From Pledges to Performance: The New Era of Corporate Leadership

As the regulatory and political landscape around climate shifts, corporate leaders are recalibrating — not retreating. This panel brings together sustainability executives from Google, Crocs, and Watershed to explore how companies are adapting their climate strategies amid evolving policy signals, growing stakeholder expectations, and an increasingly complex operating environment. From tightening measurement and reporting to finding new business cases for decarbonization, these leaders share what it looks like to stay the course — and raise the bar — when the ground is moving beneath you. Moderator:  Kathryn Wendell, Executive Director, Center for Ethics and Social Responsibility (CESR), CU Boulder Leeds School of Business  Panelists: Kendra Tupper, PE, Head of Carbon Reduction Planning & Strategy, Google Deanna Bratter, Chief Sustainability Officer, Crocs, Inc. Eli Gordon, Head of Sustainability Advisory – North America, Watershed By registering for this event, you agree to share your registration information with the organizers of CO Climate Week.