-what is your job title and employer?
Manager, Business Policies and Practices Center for Environmental Leadership in Business, Conservation International
-what are your responsibilities?
My team develops tools and methodologies we use to help private sector companies incorporate protection of biodiversity and ecosystem services (such as water procurement and climate regulation) into their sustainability strategies. I focus on supply chain management tools that help companies incorporate environmental considerations into their purchasing and procurement systems and processes and on climate research and incorporation of the climate dimension in our existing tools.
-what are some challenges for your organization?
Fundraising is always a challenge, but it especially challenging in the current economic climate. We rely mostly on foundations and major individual donors – many of whom have lost a great deal of their funding ability in the past year – so we have had to work harder to bring in the funds we need and have had to be more creative about fundraising.
-what are some cool things about your work?
There are a lot of cool things about my work! I find it especially rewarding to work with such a passionate, talented and dedicated group of people. It’s also amazing that Conservation International’s work is grounded in our experience in the field. Although I haven’t yet had the opportunity to travel to our field sites, this is where we develop our approaches to conservation and where we put them in action and most staff work directly with practitioners on the ground.
Elizabeth A. Baer, mailto:Baerebaer@celb.org
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