Scott Noesen
BS Chem Eng Purdue '79
Scott Noesen is President and CEO of WorldView Consulting LLC, a firm that helps businesses and non-profit institutions integrate sustainable thinking and processes into all phases of their activities. Scott will be teaching a number of SNRE Short Courses and also advising on master's projects.
Noesen retired from The Dow Chemical Company in December of 2008, after 33 years of service. As Director of Sustainability and Business Integration, he was responsible for directing and integrating Sustainability activity into the core business processes of the company — with an emphasis on implementing one of Dow's critical Sustainability 2015 Goals — Sustainable Chemistry.
Noesen also managed Dow's Corporate Environmental Advisory Council (CEAC) — a standing council of various external stakeholders that provides guidance to Dow on corporate sustainability issues. He is also Dow's Liaison Delegate to the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD).
Noesen has extensively participated in various external forums on the subject of Sustainability and has been a key contributor on a number of related external advisory boards and programs, including:
- The Erb Institute at the University of Michigan, a three year, dual master's degree program in business and environmental studies.
- The Center for Sustainable Systems at the University of Michigan
- Sustainable Enterprise Institute Advisory Board at the University of North Carolina's Kenan-Flagler School of Business.
- The Center for Corporate Resilience at the Ohio State University.
- Guest lecturer for the Prince of Wales Business and the Environment executive education program at Cambridge University.
