The Building Blocks of Climate and Nature Integration

Date and Time

May 6, 2025
3:45 pm-5:30 pm PDT

Location

San Diego, CA

Explore why integrating climate and nature is essential to achieving meaningful environmental outcomes and reducing business risk. This interactive session will feature expert insights and cross-sector perspectives to help you build a foundational understanding of how to align climate, nature, and societal goals. Learn best practices for tackling internal barriers, communicating the business imperative for nature integration, and navigating the emerging dual approach to sustainability. A roundtable exercise will follow the panel, offering a space for candid peer exchange and practical planning.
 
This side event takes place alongside Reuters Events: Net Zero USA, a convening of 200+ senior leaders focused on accelerating decarbonization through collaboration and innovation. You must be registered for the full Net Zero USA event to attend the BSR session. BSR members receive US$200 off registration with the code BSR200.

Scheduled Speakers

• Erin Augustine, Co-lead Global Sustainability and VP Sustainability, Operations and Supply Chain
• Kelly Gallo, Director, Technology Sectors, BSR
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Kelly Gallo
Director, Technology Sectors, BSR
San Francisco
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Kelly helps technology companies achieve their sustainability goals, with a focus on supporting high-growth companies in embedding resilient and inclusive practices that both support business strategy while addressing societal and environmental impacts. Through BSR’s Sustainability Management service offerings, Kelly works with members to prioritize material sustainability issues, develop issue-specific strategies, set ambitious yet realistic goals, and communicate sustainability initiatives to key stakeholders.
Prior to BSR, Kelly spent more than six years consulting on energy efficiency, sustainability, and renewable energy for California’s utilities and public-sector clients. She has also served as a Board Member for the US National Committee for UN Women, San Francisco Bay Area Chapter and Spark, a non-profit that seeks to advance gender equality by engaging the next generation in accessible forms of philanthropy.
Kelly holds a MA in International Relations from San Francisco State University and a BA in Global Studies from the University of California at Santa Barbara.
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Recent Insights From Kelly Gallo
• A Business Guide to Responsible and Sustainable AI / March 27, 2024 / Insights+
• Sustainable from the Start: Embedding ESG into High-Growth Business Strategy / August 30, 2021 / Blog
• Business Prepares for Its Curtain Call at the Global Climate Action Summit / September 4, 2018 / Blog
• Global Climate Action Summit Update—Will We See You There? / July 16, 2018 / Blog
• The Global Climate Action Summit: How Business Can Turn Up Climate Ambition / June 7, 2018 / Blog
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• Holly McHugh, VP, Sustainability and Social Impact
• Berkley Rothmeier, Director, Consumer Sectors, BSR
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Berkley Rothmeier
Director, Consumer Sectors, BSR
San Francisco
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Berkley leads BSR’s work with consumer products companies to align business and sustainability strategy and improve social and environmental performance. She also works across sectors to support BSR’s efforts to catalyze private-sector action on climate change and build value chain resilience.
With over a decade in the sustainable business field, Berkley has broad experience in reporting and disclosure, stakeholder engagement, issues management, and sustainability storytelling. Prior to BSR, she was part of Edelman’s Business + Social Purpose team and the Ceres water program. She has counseled companies in a variety of sectors and geographies, and she has collaborated with investors and NGOs to increase understanding of and action on sustainability topics.
Berkley holds a Master of Environmental Science from the Yale School of the Environment and a BA in Environment Studies from Yale University. 
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Recent Insights From Berkley Rothmeier
• Measuring Biodiversity: Is e-DNA Part of Your Data Collection Kit? / August 1, 2024 / Blog
• Why It’s So Hard to Track the Fashion Industry’s Emissions / May 16, 2024 / News
• Three Actions to Promote Women’s Economic Empowerment in the Apparel Sector / June 6, 2017 / Blog
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