Mike Dupee
Michael Dupee is a corporate sustainability and innovation expert, educator, and entrepreneur, with over 25 years of experience across the consumer products, graduate education, investment banking, and ecotourism fields.
Michael served as both the first Vice President of Corporate Sustainability and the first Vice President of Sustainable Innovation at the former Green Mountain Coffee Roasters and Keurig Green Mountain Inc. In these roles, he created and led an award-winning and internationally recognized corporate responsibility program, was named co-winner of the Best First Time Sustainability Report in North America by CERES, and deployed over $48 MM in strategic philanthropy, and developed innovative biomimetic and Base of the Pyramid projects. Green Mountain Coffee Roasters was named the #1 Best Corporate Citizen by CRO Magazine twice during his tenure.
He taught "Business Strategy for a Sustainable World", "Sustainable Operations and Green Supply Chains", and "Biomimicry as an Innovation Tool" in the Sustainable Innovation MBA program at the Grossman School of Business at the University of Vermont, one of the world’s leading Green MBA programs. He was recognized as Faculty Member of the Year in 2017 and as Best Adjunct Faculty Member in 2021.
Additionally, he has served as a Vice President at Goldman Sachs & Co., making and managing investments in distressed financial assets, co-founded an innovative and successful railbiking ecotourism venture, and acted as a Senior Advisor to a boutique consulting firm for their Environmental, Social, and Governance ("ESG") practice.
Michael holds graduate degrees in law, business administration, and biomimicry. He is based in Vermont where he lives with his son, makes music, and both plays and coaches baseball.
Sessions
Track: Innovation Expo
SB Working Groups foster collaboration among brand leaders, innovators, and stakeholders to drive meaningful solutions and tools for a sustainable future. Join us for an exploration that includes new circularity playbooks co-created... see more
The SB/Change Chemistry Scaling Future Fit Materials Working Group is working toward a future where all chemicals, materials, and products are safe, sustainable, and circular–from their creation to their disposal and re-use.... see more
As more businesses commit to a circular approach to product design and development, brands are eager to understand how to bring consumers along on the journey. The SB Go Circular Collaborative, a... see more
As part of its multi-year commitment to reimagine its coffee system to develop and provide plastic-free pods as an option for consumers, Keurig Dr Pepper has engaged in research and development partnerships... see more