Tom Eggert

Senior Lecturer - General Business

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Tom taught the first class on sustainable development on campus, and currently teaches classes on sustainability, corporate social responsibility and systems thinking. He founded the Business, Environment & Social Responsibility graduate certificate program and currently coordinates the Wisconsin Microfinance Partnership and serves as the executive director of the WI Sustainable Business Council. Tom also serves on the program committee for the Conservation Biology and Sustainable Development Program at the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies. B.S. (1981) University of Wisconsin; J.D. (1987) George Washington University; and (1991) M.P.A. University of Wisconsin.

Selected Published Journal Articles

Eggert, T. (2004). Environmental Charters: Wisconsin Recaptures Its Progressive Environmental Traditions. Environmental Quality Management (14), 1-15.

Eggert, T., Anderson, D., Meissen, R., & Sandborg, V. (2004). Partners in Learning: How A Business School And A Company Worked Together To Advance Sustainability. Teaching Business Sustainability

Eggert, T. (1999). Thinking Ahead: Protecting the Environment in the 21st Century. 6 Richmond Journal of Law & Public Interest 1

Eggert, T. (1999). Moving Forward By Looking Back: The Role Of Enforcement In Promoting Pollution Prevention. Pollution Prevention Review (9), 1-5.

Eggert, T. (1994). Factors Impacting the Development of State Natural Resource Damage Assessment Programs. The New Rules for Natural Resource Damage Assessments and Claims, 677-712.

Eggert, T., & Chorostecki, K. Rusty Trustees and the Lost Pots of Gold: Natural Resource Damage Trustee Cooperation Under the Oil Pollution Act. Baylor Law Review (45), 291-313.

Presentations

Sustainability in Wisconsin's Business Community

Societal Leadership Transitions: From Public Sector to Private Sector

Sustainability in a Small Town

Sustainablity Programs in Wisconsin

Sustainability in a Small Business

Corporate Report Wisconsin Roundtable
Sustainability in Wisconsin Businesses

The Role of Nuclear Power in Japan

Environmental Consortium at the University of Wisconsin
The Role of Government in Sustainability

Green Energy Summit
The Business of Water

Governor's Conference on Tourism
Sustainability in Wisconsin's Tourism Community

Energy Efficiency

The Challenge of Sustainable Consumption in India

The Business Case for Sustainability

4th Annual WI Sustainable Business Council Conference
The State of Sustainability Practice in WI

BioCycle National Conference
State Policies That Support Green Energy Enterprises

Economic Development in Rural Wisconsin
Growing Rural Wisconsin’s High-Technology Opportunities

Weston Roundtable
Student Competitons at the UW

Annual Induction Ceremony
Scholarship, Leadership and Service

SLN Networking Event
Sustainability and Micro-finance

3rd Annual WI Sustainable Business Council Conference
Trends in Sustainable Business Practice

Smart Business Forum Annual Conference
Sustainability, Beginning the Journey

UN Millenium Development Goals Conference
Business and the UN Millenium Development Goals

Weston Roundtable
Green Jobs 2010

Green Manufacturing Summit
Green Business: The Lay of the Land for 2010

EcoFair 360
The Business Case for Green

Green Economic Development Conference
The Business Case for the Triple Bottom Line

Green Energy Summit
Energy as a Sustainability Issue

Oneida County Economic Development Summit
"Green" Economic Development

Energy Independent Communities Conference
Making the Sustainable Business Case for Local Governments

WI Sustainable Business Council Conference
20 Trends in Sustainability

Sustainable International Partnerships
Developing International Partnerships in Sustainability

WI Sustainable Business Council Conference
Driving Sustainability within the Business Community

Green Tuesdays
The Natural Step and Business

Business Appreciation Luncheon
The Evolution of Green Business

Going Green Conference
Green Business Strategies

CUNA CDCU Institute
Ethics, Integrity and Society

Earth Day Teach-In
Climate Change and the Stern Report

Sustaining Wisconsin's Environment and Economy: Responding to Climate Change Conference
Economic Opportunities in Greenhouse Gas Mitigation

Earth Month Special Green Meeting
Going Green in the Office

Board of Visitors Annual Meeting
What the School of Business has to offer Retailers in the Sustainability area

Nelson Institute Community Forum
State of Sustainable Community Development: Notes from the Field

Multi-State Working Group on the Environment Annual Meeting
Environmental Innovation Programs: If You Build Them, Will They Come

Alumni Meeting
The Role of Public Sector Institutions in Society

Midwest Teacher Training Program Conference
Sustainability and Developing Economies