Christopher Wellise

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    AngelHack

    - Present 8 years 2 months

    Environment

    Mentored a team from Nairobi Kenya (#ReportTAKA) focused on using technology to improve lives in the Kibera slum by managing an overwhelming problem of refuse clogging waterways resulting in flooding and lose of life and property. This team's journey and tribulations, as well as others can be seen in the documentary film, "Seed"​ directed by Andrew Wonder available in Spring 2017.

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    Board Member

    MONTEREY BAY SALMON & TROUT PROJECT

    - 3 years 5 months

    Environment

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    Board Member

    Renewable Energy Buyers Alliance (REBA)

    - 2 years 1 month

    Environment

    REBA is an alliance of large clean energy buyers, energy providers, and service providers that, together with NGO partners, are unlocking the marketplace for all nonresidential energy buyers to lead a rapid transition to a cleaner, prosperous, zero-carbon energy future.

Publications

  • Show me the Money – Societal LCC or Optimizing for Societal and Business Value in Core Business Transactions

    Science Direct

    Selected to be a keynote presentation at the CIRP LCE conference in Copenhagen on April 30th-May 2nd, 2018, to be delivered by Yann Risz, Managing Director of Aligned Incentives and lead author.

    Co-written with Chris Wellise, the Chief Sustainability Officer at HPE and Matthew Swibel, Director of Enterprise Risk and Sustainability at Lockheed Martin, this paper explores the growing trend of translating the societal impacts of products into monetary terms and assessing those societal life…

    Selected to be a keynote presentation at the CIRP LCE conference in Copenhagen on April 30th-May 2nd, 2018, to be delivered by Yann Risz, Managing Director of Aligned Incentives and lead author.

    Co-written with Chris Wellise, the Chief Sustainability Officer at HPE and Matthew Swibel, Director of Enterprise Risk and Sustainability at Lockheed Martin, this paper explores the growing trend of translating the societal impacts of products into monetary terms and assessing those societal life cycle costs in parallel to traditional Total Cost of Ownership measures. Please join us in Copenhagen at the CIRP LCE conference.

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  • The Living Progress Challenge proposal phase is complete

    HPE Blog, Community Series

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  • Linkage of Bioaccumulation and Biological Effects to Changes in Pollutant Loads in South San Francisco Bay

    Environmental Science and Technology

    The developed world has invested billions of dollars in waste treatment since the 1970s; however, changes in ecological or biological responses are rarely associated with reductions in metal pollutants. Here we present a novel, 23-yr time series of environmental change from a San Francisco Bay mudflat located 1 km from the discharge of a suburban domestic sewage treatment plant. Samples of surface sediment, the bioindicator Macoma balthica, and metals loading data were used to establish links…

    The developed world has invested billions of dollars in waste treatment since the 1970s; however, changes in ecological or biological responses are rarely associated with reductions in metal pollutants. Here we present a novel, 23-yr time series of environmental change from a San Francisco Bay mudflat located 1 km from the discharge of a suburban domestic sewage treatment plant. Samples of surface sediment, the bioindicator Macoma balthica, and metals loading data were used to establish links between discharge, bioaccumulation, and effects. Mean annual Ag concentrations in M. balthica were 106 μg/g in 1978 and 3.67 μg/g in 1998. Concentrations of Cu declined from 287 μg/g in 1980 to a minimum of 24 μg/g in 1991. Declining Cu bioaccumulation was strongly correlated with decreasing Cu loads from the plant between 1977 and 1998. Relationships with bioaccumulation and total annual precipitation suggested that inputs from nonpoint sources were most important in controlling Zn bioavailability during the same period. Ecoepidemiological criteria were used to associate failed gamete production in M. balthica to a metals-enriched environment. Reproduction persistently failed between the mid-1970s and mid-1980s; it recovered after metal contamination declined. Other potential environmental causes such as food availability, sediment chemistry, or seasonal salinity fluctuations were not related to the timing of the change in reproductive capability. The results establish an associative link, suggesting that it is important to further investigate the chemical interference of Cu and/or Ag with invertebrate reproduction at relatively moderate levels of environmental contamination.

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    • Michelle Hornberger, Samuel Luoma, Daniel Cain, Cynthia Brown, Robin Bouse, Francis Parchaso, Janet Thompson
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  • Effect of carbamate pesticides on Cd and Zn bioaccumulation in a bivalve

    San Jose, California

    The goal of this research was to add to the limited body of knowledge that exists on the interaction of trace metals and organic pollutants. Specifically, the study set out to quantify the effects of carbamate pesticides on the uptake of trace metals to an aquatic organism.

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Projects

  • Renewable Energy Deal in Texas to Support Clean Data Centers

    Working with a passionate and dedicated team of my HP colleagues, I led the execution of a wind contract (Power Purchas Agreement) with SunEdison that resulted in 112MW of additional wind energy on the ERCOT grid in Texas to support clean data centers. The deal is sufficient to power all of HP's energy demand, including 100% of its global internal IT needs.

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  • Management of Carbon Disclosure

    As a Global Sustainability Mananger at HP, I am responsible for the management and overall quality of the company's CDP Climate Change response. Working closely with the supply chain, operations and HP business groups, I led the advancement of HP's climate change strategy and leadership, resulting in increasing HP's score in CDP from 66/100 (not performance rated) to 100/100 and an 'A' performance band in four years time.

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  • HP's First Complete Water Footprint

    We published the water footprint of our entire value chain for the first time in 2014. The results will be an important catalyst as we investigate ways to continue improving the efficiency of our products, supply chain, and operations.

    Our footprint study revealed that:

    Electricity consumption makes up 72% of our total water use, of which 56% of the overall total is consumed when customers use our products
    Manufacturing paper used by customers in our products makes up 21% of…

    We published the water footprint of our entire value chain for the first time in 2014. The results will be an important catalyst as we investigate ways to continue improving the efficiency of our products, supply chain, and operations.

    Our footprint study revealed that:

    Electricity consumption makes up 72% of our total water use, of which 56% of the overall total is consumed when customers use our products
    Manufacturing paper used by customers in our products makes up 21% of our total water use
    Electricity used by our suppliers accounts for 13% of our total water use
    The reason energy and water consumption are so closely linked is that power generation consumes large amounts of water. Since customer use is responsible for most water-related electricity consumption, our findings reinforce the importance of improving product energy efficiency in order to shrink our environmental footprint.

    Helping suppliers to use less energy, and using water efficiently in our own operations are also central to our approach. We reduced water use at our water-stressed locations by almost 9% between 2011 and 2013.

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  • From Procurement to Product Innovation - Environmental Total Cost of Ownership of server appliances

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    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), a defense supplier and a major purchaser in its own right, engineered a line of energy optimized servers based on the latest low-energy, high-performance
    processor technology, called Moonshot, to meet the computing demands of its customers with breakthrough energy efficiency. The case study included in this report shows how HPE’s
    Moonshot servers compare to traditional servers, in light of the Department of Defense’s acquisition
    guidance. The study…

    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), a defense supplier and a major purchaser in its own right, engineered a line of energy optimized servers based on the latest low-energy, high-performance
    processor technology, called Moonshot, to meet the computing demands of its customers with breakthrough energy efficiency. The case study included in this report shows how HPE’s
    Moonshot servers compare to traditional servers, in light of the Department of Defense’s acquisition
    guidance. The study finds that replacing traditional servers with extreme low-energy (ELE) servers like Moonshot would have the potential to cut annual greenhouse gas emissions by up to 100 million tons—the equivalent of taking up to 20 million cars off the road for a year,approximately five times the direct emissions (Scope 1 and Scope 2) that HPE emits in a year. In this scenario, customers would save up to $12 billion in internal energy costs, and total environmental impact could be reduced by up to $20 billion.

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  • Indonesian Rainforest Sustainability

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    Out of a commitment to advance legal and responsible forestry HP demonstrated its support for tiger conservation by signing the WWF Corporate Tiger Declaration in 2011, pledging to avoid paper fiber sourced from tiger habitats. Expanding upon this commitment, sustainability representatives from HP traveled to the Riau Province on the Indonesian island of Sumatra in October of 2011 to better understand the issues surrounding forestry practices and wildlife conservation in the region, including…

    Out of a commitment to advance legal and responsible forestry HP demonstrated its support for tiger conservation by signing the WWF Corporate Tiger Declaration in 2011, pledging to avoid paper fiber sourced from tiger habitats. Expanding upon this commitment, sustainability representatives from HP traveled to the Riau Province on the Indonesian island of Sumatra in October of 2011 to better understand the issues surrounding forestry practices and wildlife conservation in the region, including threats to endangered species like the tiger. Meeting with WWF staff in Indonesia, the team surveyed controversial pulp and paper company operations on the Kampar Peninsula and met and spoke with local community leaders and conservation experts from the Indonesian Department of Forestry.

    As a major initiative to its paper policy, HP is partnering with WWF’s Global Forest & Trade Network (GFTN) in North America, an initiative linking more than 270 companies globally that share a commitment to responsible forestry.

    In 2009, HP launched a three year, global companywide plan to implement this policy, which is using a phased approach that targets HP branded paper currently found in the marketplace. As part of its commitment, HP reached its goal of 40 percent or more of HP-branded paper sold worldwide being Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certified or having at least 30 percent post-consumer waste (PCW) content by the end of 2011. In 2012, HP set a new goal of 50 percent or more of its branded papers being FSC certified or having at least 30 percent PCW content by the end of 2015. In 2011, HP became a member of FSC and is actively engaged with both FSC and GFTN in growing market demand for credibly certified paper in North America.

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Honors & Awards

  • Global Corporate Sustainability Awards - Outstanding Professional

    Global Corporate Sustainability Awards

    Christopher Wellise, HPE’s Chief Sustainability Officer won the GSCA Professional Award, which recognizes exceptional individuals who have made outstanding contributions to sustainability within their organizations. Individuals who demonstrated outstanding contribution towards sustainable development. Professionals working in different organizations including but not limited to industries, government agencies, NGOs, and academic institutes are eligible for the award.

    Individuals who…

    Christopher Wellise, HPE’s Chief Sustainability Officer won the GSCA Professional Award, which recognizes exceptional individuals who have made outstanding contributions to sustainability within their organizations. Individuals who demonstrated outstanding contribution towards sustainable development. Professionals working in different organizations including but not limited to industries, government agencies, NGOs, and academic institutes are eligible for the award.

    Individuals who demonstrated outstanding contribution towards sustainable development. Professionals working in different organizations including but not limited to industries, government agencies, NGOs, and academic institutes are eligible for the award. https://www.readtheair.jp/ja/post/read-the-air-presents-at-taiwan-s-global-corporate-sustainability-forum

  • Global Grand Prize for Innovation

    International Society for Professional Innovation Management

    The Living Progress Challenge, conceived, directed and executed by Christopher Wellise, the Sr. Director of Sustainability and Social Innovation at HPE was awarded the global Grand Prize for Innovation. The initiative combined the power of crowdsourcing, design thinking and co-creation to build technology solutions that impact the world and its inhabitants in a positive way.

    https://www.3blmedia.com/news/how-hpe-living-progress-challenge-uses-technology-better-lives

  • Recipient of Gary Fazzino Award, Corporate Affairs Excellence

    HP, Department of Corporate Affairs

    The Gary Fazzino Excellency Award - named in honor of HP’s former head of Government Relations who was a powerful and positive force for HP, the tech industry, and the local community for more than 30 years - celebrates Corporate Affairs employees or teams who exemplify leadership excellence, innovation and/or performance excellence.

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