Lori Collins

Spoke at the International Women's Forum in Helsinki, Finland in 2023 for the Advanced Leadership Workshop on what ESG means for leadership and governance. Served on two ESG panels in 2022 through the Kenan Institute Business Roundtables organized at UNC-Chapel Hill. Presenter on Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) investing panel at the NC Manufacturers Alliance Annual Conference in 2020 and the NC State Energy Conference in 2018. Discussed how ESG is having a growing impact on… Show more

Spoke at the International Women's Forum in Helsinki, Finland in 2023 for the Advanced Leadership Workshop on what ESG means for leadership and governance. Served on two ESG panels in 2022 through the Kenan Institute Business Roundtables organized at UNC-Chapel Hill. Presenter on Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) investing panel at the NC Manufacturers Alliance Annual Conference in 2020 and the NC State Energy Conference in 2018. Discussed how ESG is having a growing impact on businesses and financial risk management. Presentations available at www.CollinsClimate.com Show less

Participant in private roundtable sponsored by Energy Futures Initative in October 2021 to explore the concept of a clean hydrogen hub as a decarbonization pathway and driver of economic growth for North Carolina and South Carolina. See summary report attached. Led panel discussion on potential for green hydrogen at the UNC Clean Tech Summit in March 2022.

Co-author and task force team leader. Program launched through Women in Climate Tech to create a toolkit for business and government to assess: 1)Improving investor understanding of the connection of climate change and gender equity through enhanced disclosure; 2) risks facing net-zero and resilience commitments resulting from gender inequity at all levels; and 3)opportunities arising from addressing this inequity and the solutions to address climate change. Task Force overview:… Show more

Co-author and task force team leader. Program launched through Women in Climate Tech to create a toolkit for business and government to assess: 1)Improving investor understanding of the connection of climate change and gender equity through enhanced disclosure; 2) risks facing net-zero and resilience commitments resulting from gender inequity at all levels; and 3)opportunities arising from addressing this inequity and the solutions to address climate change. Task Force overview: https://womeninclimatetech.org/tecfd-working-group/ Show less

Conference Program Committee member for ClimateCAP hosted by Kellogg in 2022 and Duke University in 2018. ClimateCAP brings together MBA students, business leaders, and experts from around the world to assess the implications of climate change for business and investment. Business school partners include Duke University, Wharton, Harvard Business School, Michigan, Cornell, UNC, and more.

Project team member for U.S. Department of Energy funded program to develop metrics to help evaluate the societal and economic impacts of weather-related power outages (estimated to cost $25 to $70 billion annually in the U.S.)with a goal to help justify investments in resilience. Joint project by the NC Department of Environmental Quality, UNC Charlotte’s Energy Production and Infrastructure Center (EPIC), the NC Clean Energy Technology Center at NC State University and Duke Energy, the… Show more

Project team member for U.S. Department of Energy funded program to develop metrics to help evaluate the societal and economic impacts of weather-related power outages (estimated to cost $25 to $70 billion annually in the U.S.)with a goal to help justify investments in resilience. Joint project by the NC Department of Environmental Quality, UNC Charlotte’s Energy Production and Infrastructure Center (EPIC), the NC Clean Energy Technology Center at NC State University and Duke Energy, the largest U.S. electric utility. Show less

Steering Committee member for North Carolina's Climate Risk Assessment and Resiliency Plan, as called for in Governor Cooper's Executive Order #80. Co-authored chapter on energy sector resilience.

Conference Steering Committee member to help develop a research network with the vision of advancing urban sustainability in NC with broader implications for the Southeast region of the U.S.

Co-Chair for working group of the Southeast Energy Innovation Collaborative, representing more than 50 of the Carolinas’ business, government and research leaders working to position the Southeast as a U.S. energy innovation leader.

Clean Cities project team member at the RMI e-Lab Accelerator, an invitation-only four-day workshop that brings together teams throughout North America to work on high-impact and innovative projects at the electricity system’s distribution edge. Project teams leave the program with action plans for implementation of new ideas.