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Sustainability - Presentation 2

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  • Tuesday, 12 March 2013
  • 00:12 - 00:12
  • Duration: 13 mins
  • Publication date: 12 Mar 2013
  • Location: IETTV_Room, IETTV_Venue, London, United Kingdom
  • Part of event Global Grand Challenges Summit

About the session

Climate change and the impact of population growth on resources are among the greatest risks to mankind's existence, yet efforts to mitigate these risks have been partial and haphazard. There is still no consensus on how sustainable development can be reconciled with strong growth in emerging and developing economies that is lifting billions out of poverty. This presentation asks whether a global systems approach to engineering innovation can bolster political efforts to reconcile economic growth with environmental sustainability.

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    Allard Castelein

    Royal Dutch Shell plc, Vice President of Environment

    Allard Castelein joined Shell in The Netherlands in 1987. For the first couple of years he held roles in trading, sales and marketing. From 1992 he lived and worked in Malaysia, Hong Kong, Saudi Arabia and the United Kingdom in various roles in marketing, planning consultancy, business development and general management. In 2002 Allard returned to The Netherlands to join the Executive Board of the Nederlandse Aardolie Maatschappij, a Shell-Exxon JV. In 2003 he became Commercial Manager for Shell's European Upstream business. In this role he led a major reorganisation and change management program. Since mid-2009, Allard is Vice President Environment for Shell. He leads the Environment function and is accountable for strategy, standards, controls and strategic partnerships. Born in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, in 1958, Allard graduated in medicine at Erasmus University. He holds non-executive and advisory positions with the World Environment Center, the International Petroleum Industry Environmental Conservation Association, the X Prize Foundation and The Netherlands 2028 Olympic bid.
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