John Powers is the VP of Global Renewable Energy and Carbon Advisory for Schneider Electric Sustainability Business. The renewables and carbon team provides renewable energy consulting and advisory services to commercial, institutional and industrial (C&I) energy users in over 40 countries around the world. In his 19 years in the renewable energy industry, Mr. Powers and his team have advised some of the largest brands in the world on carbon reduction, renewable energy acquisition, and sustainability strategies. To date, the Schneider renewables and carbon team has advised its C&I clients on the purchase of more than 13 GW of wind and solar power in the Americas, Europe, Asia and Australia. The Schneider team is also at the forefront of innovative solutions including supply chain renewable and carbon aggregation programs for the likes of Walmart, the pharmaceutical industry through the Energize program and Pepsico, and provides global carbon offset strategy consulting and sourcing services for hundreds of thousands of tons of verified emissions reductions each year. Mr. Powers earned a BSE in mechanical engineering from Duke University.