Home

Main menu

  • Events
Greenbiz on Social Media
Twitter
Facebook
Instagram
LinkedIn
This site (RSS)
Search
Search
Vicki Walker avatar

Bob Langert

@BobLangert Bob Langert linkedin GreenBiz Group

Bob Langert has engaged in social responsibility issues since the late 1980s. Bob joined McDonald’s system in 1983 with management positions in logistics, packaging and purchasing.

Bob Langert has engaged in social responsibility issues since the late 1980s. Bob joined McDonald’s system in 1983 with management positions in logistics, packaging and purchasing. In the 1990s, he had responsibilities for the environment, energy management, animal welfare and Ronald McDonald Children’s Charities’ grants. He was appointed McDonald’s first VP to lead sustainability in 2006.

Bob led the development of McDonald’s 2020 Sustainability Vision and Framework, including McDonald’s commitment to the environment, supply chain sustainability and balanced menu choices. He retired from McDonald’s in 2015.

Currently, Bob is a columnist and editor-at-large for the GreenBiz Group, writing a regular column titled "The Inside View" and helping with the GreenBiz Executive Network. He also serves as Senior Sustainability Associate, The Context Network, the premier global and agribusiness consulting firm in advancing agriculture.  In 2019, his first book, The Battle To Do Good: Inside McDonald’s Sustainability Journey, was published.

Langert received his BA from Lewis University and his MBA from Northwestern University. In 2007, Langert was named as one of the 100 Most Influential in Business Ethics by Ethisphere.

  • Less
  • More

Contributes to

The Inside View

Heeding the lessons of 'sustainability vets' featured image

Heeding the lessons of 'sustainability vets'

March 16, 2020

By Bob Langert and Kathrin Winkler
What happens to all that knowledge after a corporate sustainability executive retires?
  • Careers
  • Jobs & Careers
An ode to the sustainability profession featured image

An ode to the sustainability profession

December 23, 2019

By Bob Langert
Sustainability, it turns out, has both rhyme and reason.
  • Leadership
Don’t let the negative 20% stop your sustainability story featured image

Don’t let the negative 20% stop your sustainability story

November 19, 2019

By Bob Langert
There's a relatively small number of naysayers about your sustainability program. Ignore them.
  • Marketing & Communication
  • Leadership
How critics become friends: Passion; patience; persistence  featured image

How critics become friends: Passion; patience; persistence

November 5, 2019

By Bob Langert
The secret sauce of leading change, thanks to animal scientist Temple Grandin.
  • Leadership
10 tips to address 'Entrenched Thinking Disease' featured image

10 tips to address 'Entrenched Thinking Disease'

October 21, 2019

By Bob Langert
How do you crack through those who are rigid in their views, both internally and externally?
  • Marketing & Communication
The big swing we need to mainstream sustainability featured image

The big swing we need to mainstream sustainability

September 23, 2019

By Bob Langert
Concentrating on culture, and the "who" of sustainable change, not just the "what," should be a bigger part of your portfolio.
  • Leadership
  • Employee Engagement
  • Transportation & Mobility
Lessons for a corporate suit … from Woodstock featured image

Lessons for a corporate suit … from Woodstock

August 12, 2019

By Bob Langert
What McDonald's former sustainability chief learned from the iconic music festival is still flowering 50 years later.
10 Minutes with Cassidy Johnston featured image

10 Minutes with Cassidy Johnston

April 8, 2019

By Bob Langert
Why a cattle farmer has a beef with some environmentalists.
  • Agriculture
10 Minutes with Ryan Bennett featured image

10 Minutes with Ryan Bennett

March 18, 2019

By Bob Langert
A new multi-stakeholder collaboration is trying to crack the code of sustainable chickens and eggs.
  • Agriculture
10 minutes with Tom Vilsack featured image

10 minutes with Tom Vilsack

February 18, 2019

By Bob Langert
Technology has made farming far more productive than in the past, but the story remains largely untold to consumers.
  • Agriculture
  • Marketing & Communication
  • Load more

Imagining The Future

Clownfish swim amid their host anemone in the Solomon Islands, which is part of the Coral Triangle due to its incredible marine biodiversity.

We need a Project Drawdown for conservation

ByLeah Gerber
digital water

Why I am doubling down on digital for water

ByWill Sarni
Food logistics concept art

This vision of the post-pandemic food system looks a lot like a microgrid

ByJim Giles
GreenBiz 20

View Program

Featured Contributors

Wylie Heiner avatar

Joel Makower

Chairman and Co-founder
Wylie Heiner avatar

Heather Clancy

Vice President and Editorial Director
Isa Anne Stamos avatar

Katie Fehrenbacher

Senior Writer & Analyst, Transportation
Wylie Heiner avatar

Deonna Anderson

Senior Editor
Sarah Golden avatar

Sarah Golden

Senior Energy Analyst & VERGE Energy Chair
Wylie Heiner avatar

Lauren Phipps

Circular Economy Accelerator
Wylie Heiner avatar

Jim Giles

Carbon and Food Analyst
Wylie Heiner avatar

Shannon Houde

Emotional Intelligence Coach
Heather Clancy avatar

Will Sarni

Founder and CEO
Vicki Walker avatar

Bob Langert

Former VP of Sustainability, McDonalds

Footer menu 1

  • About Us
  • GreenBiz Team
  • Editorial Team
  • Media Kit
  • Contact Us

Footer menu 2

  • Executive Network
  • Research Reports
  • White Papers
  • Webcasts
  • Newsletters

Footer menu 3

  • 350 Podcast
  • GreenBiz Careers
  • Community Job Board
  • Support
Twitter
Facebook
Instagram
LinkedIn
This site (RSS)
© 2022 GreenBiz Group Inc. GREENBIZ® and GREENBIZ.COM® are registered trademarks of GreenBiz Group Inc.