Eric Olson
Eric Olson is a senior executive and sustainability leader who works with leadership teams, boards, founders, and investors to build world-changing collaborations in climate action and resilience. Eric has over 25 years of experience building innovative multi-sector collaborations and sustainability consultancies, most recently as MD Sustainability Services for Accenture in NA. Previously he served as Senior Vice President for BSR (Business for Social Responsibility), where he spent 16 years of his career as a thought leader in sustainable business strategy, leadership in climate and energy, supply chain resilience and multi-stakeholder collaboration for impact at scale. Prior to that he served as a Vice President at the Boston Consulting Group and was a Partner and Founding Member of the Mitchell Madison Group, a global consultancy focused on strategic sourcing and risk management. Eric has a master’s in philosophy in Russian and East European Studies from Oxford University, where he was a Rhodes Scholar, and a B.A. in Chemistry and Russian from Macalester College.
Sessions
Track: Resilience Summit
This talk will outline important climate-related dynamics around the insurance industry and explain the potentially dangerous consequences of some concerning patterns we’re currently observing. Further, Premiums for the Planet will show how... see more