John Friedman is Managing Director - ESG & Sustainability at Grant Thornton LLP. Prior to that, he led Sustainability at WGL, and headed corporate responsibility communications for Sodexo Worldwide.
John is an award-winning communications professional and internationally recognized sustainability expert with more than 25 years' experience in internal and external communications and a decade in the areas of corporate responsibility and sustainability. His background includes developing and implementing effective and award-winning programs that maximize stakeholder engagement, community relations, organizational development, change management, and strategic philanthropy.
John has helped companies ranging from small companies to global enterprises to live their values and tell their authentic stories; enhancing their ability to increase prosperity while being protective or restorative to the environment and enhancing the human condition. @JohnFriedman on twitter, John has been recognized by Triple Pundit (#2), the Guardian (#14) and Fast Company's Brandfog blog as a 'leading voice' in sustainability; his insights are regular features on Huffington Post, CSRWire's Talkback and ‘Sound Living with John Friedman’ on EcoPlanetRadio.
An Albany State (New York) communications graduate, John earned a management certificate as part of the Lafarge/Duke Management Training program at the Fuqua School of Business in 2000. He makes his home in the Washington, DC suburbs.
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