CEO Water Mandate and Gap Inc. Live at VERGE 2018

VERGE FB Live Speakers

Last week, the CEO Water Mandate and Gap Inc. participated in a Facebook Live conversation on “Tackling the Global Water Crisis: How Businesses Can Help” as part of the VERGE 18 Conference and Expo.

The conversationalists included:

  • Jason Morrison, Pacific Institute President and Head of the CEO Water Mandate
  • Heather Cooley, Pacific Institute Director of Research
  • Lisa Hook, Women + Water Program Manager, Gap Inc.
  • Cora Kammeyer, Pacific Institute Research Associate (moderator)

Watch the live recording here:

https://www.facebook.com/pacificinstitute/videos/337759716800973/

The 15-minute discussion focused on the biggest global water challenges we face today, and how and why the private sector can be part of the solution. Heather Cooley provided an overview of the global water crisis.  Lisa Hook highlighted the excellent work that Gap Inc. is doing to improve access to safe water, sanitation and hygiene in the communities where Gap Inc. has operations, with a specific focus on women. Jason Morrison stressed the need for businesses to engage in water-related collective actions that “can really help move the needle on water sustainability…because no one company is going to be able to do it alone; it’s going to take partnership.”

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Cora Kammeyer, Pacific Institute
Cora Kammeyer joined the Pacific Institute in 2017 as a Research Associate. Cora conducts research and analysis on water policy and management issues in California, and supports the Institute's corporate water stewardship initiatives. Prior to joining the Pacific Institute, Cora worked for a global environmental nonprofit on a project focused on using water markets to provide wetland habitat for migratory birds in California's Sacramento Valley. She also worked with a San Francisco-based startup that uses behavioral science techniques to encourage residential water conservation. Cora received a B.A. in Environmental Studies with a minor in Spanish from the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB). She also received a Master’s Degree in Environmental Science and Management from the Bren School at UCSB, where she was a Sustainable Water Markets Fellow.