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Kara Hurst

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Kara Hurst leads sustainability and social responsibility at Amazon worldwide.

Kara Hurst leads sustainability and social responsibility at Amazon worldwide. Teams under sustainability focus on responsible supply chain management, Frustration-Free Packaging programs, customer packaging experience, renewable energy and energy efficiency, circular economy, sustainability science and innovation, sustainable transportation, and external engagement. Previous to Amazon, Hurst served as the CEO of The Sustainability Consortium (TSC), named one of Scientific American's "Top Ten World-Changing Ideas" of 2012 Prior to TSC, Hurst served as Vice President of BSR, building several global industry practices and leading BSR's NY and DC offices, as well the global partnership practice with governments, multi-laterals, and foundations. Prior to BSR, Hurst worked a variety of NGO and political positions in Silicon Valley, in Washington DC at the Urban Institute, and for two elected officials – Mayor Willie Brown of San Francisco and in New York for the late Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan (D-NY).

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Unleashing the global circular economy

Unleashing the global circular economy

October 31, 2018

WithJoel Makower, Kara Hurst, Cyrus Wadia and Del Hudson

A demystifying exploration into the phenomenon that is the "circular economy," why recycling will not get us there, how organizations around the world are unlocking upstream solutions, and why upending models across industries is a $2.3 trillion opportunity. Today’s economy is phenomenally wasteful: from clothing and food to buildings and smart devices - most of what's produced and consumed follows a ‘take, make, dispose’ model.

Getting to Scale: How Amazon, Walmart and RMI Catalyze Sustainability

How — and why — the world's biggest buyers deploy clean energy

February 10, 2018

WithKara Hurst, Laura Phillips, Zach Freeze and Miranda Ballentine

What do the nation's biggest brick-and-mortar retailer, an e-commerce giant and the U.S. military have in common?

They are some of the world's biggest buyers of energy, and they are all scaling their efforts to procure renewables. 

Here, the heads of sustainability at Walmart and Amazon and former assistant secretary of the U.S. Air Force (now head of RMI's Business Renewables Center) tackle sustainability solutions at a global scale with a focus on economic prosperity. 

  • Renewable Energy
  • Risk & Resilience
  • Energy & Climate

Amazon, Sustainability and Packaging

What is Amazon doing to advance sustainable packaging?

March 28, 2017

WithKara Hurst

Ever experience "wrap rage" when shopping online? You wrestle with kitchen scissors through inches of sealed plastic to get that new pair of headphones free and think, "Why is there so much?" And have you ever removed a product from a box within a box within a box and think, "There has to be a better way"?

  • Design & Packaging

The science behind The Sustainability Consortium

The science behind The Sustainability Consortium

April 4, 2014

WithKara Hurst, Charlene Wall-Warren and Elizabeth Sturcken

How does the consortium drive greener consumer product development? The organization's CEO, the managing director of EDF and the sustainability director of the BASF Corporation weigh in.

  • Consumer Products
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How Steve Jobs Inspired a Sustainable Future

October 6, 2011

By Kara Hurst

Can we take Jobs' legacy of fanatical dedication to continual improvement and apply it to business areas like supply chain, workers' rights, and business impacts globally, we will all be living in a better world.

  • Design & Packaging
  • Employee Engagement
  • Leadership
  • Supply Chain

Imagining The Future

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