Sarah will be joining Steve for a Cultivating Courageous Sustainability Workshop at Pinchot University in Seattle on Thursday, January 21st from 6-9pm . For more info.
Sarah Severn worked at Nike for 21 years. Following 13 years in the advertising industry Sarah joined the Nike brand marketing team in Europe to establish their consumer insights department. A passionate advocate for environmental issues enabled her to change track in 1995 and relocate to Nike World Headquarters in Oregon as Global Director of the Environmental Action Team. From 1995 to 2000 she championed the introduction of sustainability into the business, from operations and supply chain through to product design and manufacturing. Following that she has had a number of senior roles within the corporate responsibility and sustainable business teams, with a focus on leading environmental stakeholder engagement activity, and tracking emerging issues and futures work.
As Senior Director of Stakeholder Partnerships in the Sustainable Business & Innovation (SB&I) team, her final role at Nike Inc. she was responsible for collective action within the Systems Innovation function. As one example in this capacity, Sarah led the development of Nike’s climate change advocacy strategy and initiated the BICEP coalition (Business for Innovative Climate and Energy Policy), and the ZDHC (Zero Discharge of Hazardous Chemicals) business coalition. Sarah is currently Strategic Advisor for Washington Business for Climate Action.