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Mike Dupee

Chief Executive Officer
Sustainable Brands

Michael Dupee is a corporate sustainability and innovation expert, educator, and entrepreneur, with over 25 years of experience across the consumer products, graduate education, investment banking, and ecotourism fields.

Michael Dupee is a corporate sustainability and innovation expert, educator, and entrepreneur, with over 25 years of experience across the consumer products, graduate education, investment banking, and ecotourism fields.

Michael served as both the first Vice President of Corporate Sustainability and the first Vice President of Sustainable Innovation at the former Green Mountain Coffee Roasters and Keurig Green Mountain Inc. In these roles, he created and led an award-winning and internationally recognized corporate responsibility program, was named co-winner of the Best First Time Sustainability Report in North America by CERES, and deployed over $48 MM in strategic philanthropy, and developed innovative biomimetic and Base of the Pyramid projects. Green Mountain Coffee Roasters was named the #1 Best Corporate Citizen by CRO Magazine twice during his tenure.

He taught "Business Strategy for a Sustainable World", "Sustainable Operations and Green Supply Chains", and "Biomimicry as an Innovation Tool" in the Sustainable Innovation MBA program at the Grossman School of Business at the University of Vermont, one of the world’s leading Green MBA programs. He was recognized as Faculty Member of the Year in 2017 and as Best Adjunct Faculty Member in 2021.

Additionally, he has served as a Vice President at Goldman Sachs & Co., making and managing investments in distressed financial assets, co-founded an innovative and successful railbiking ecotourism venture, and acted as a Senior Advisor to a boutique consulting firm for their Environmental, Social, and Governance ("ESG") practice.

Michael holds graduate degrees in law, business administration, and biomimicry. He is based in Vermont where he lives with his son, makes music, and both plays and coaches baseball.

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Next-generation innovations: reimagining single serve coffee

As part of its multi-year commitment to reimagine its coffee system to develop and provide plastic-free pods as an option for consumers, Keurig Dr Pepper has engaged in research and development partnerships and implemented innovations that disrupt wh... View More

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Let’s go circular: New tools for consumer communication and engagement

As more businesses commit to a circular approach to product design and development, brands are eager to understand how to bring consumers along on the journey. The SB Go Circular Collaborative, a working group of select SB Member brands, has been wor... View More

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Welcome to Day 2 of SB’24 San Diego

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Next-generation innovations: reimagining single serve coffee

As part of its multi-year commitment to reimagine its coffee system to develop and provide plastic-free pods as an option for consumers, Keurig Dr Pepper has engaged in research and development partnerships and implemented innovations that disrupt wh... View More

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Navigating the Carbon Market: Strategies to Balance Risk and Impact

The carbon market requires a deeper understanding of carbon credit quality and other associated risks to effectively scale and advance significant climate action. We invite you to join us for an engaging conversation with Telekom, BeZero, Varaha, and... View More

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Unlocking Impact: Key Considerations for Purchasing Carbon Credits to Maximize Community Engagement

There are many things to consider when making high quality carbon credit purchases, and many channels to navigate along the buying journey. Join us for an insightful session with Microsoft, UpEnergy and Carbon Streaming that aims to simplify the proc... View More

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How to Engage Your Customers and Employees in Your Sustainability Efforts

Communicating with your employees and customers about your sustainability efforts is crucial to demonstrating your commitment to doing what is important for the planet. It invites them to join the action and understand the integrity of your company a... View More

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The New Era of Investing in Nature

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Regenerating Local

Sustainable Brands COO, Mike Dupee will kick off the main-stage program by sharing his observations on the state of our collective pursuit of a just and regenerative future. He will give updates on recent noteworthy activities within the global Susta... View More

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