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Oliver Buchannon
Wesley Herche

I help companies and organizations turn sustainability commitments into operational reality. As Director of Energy and Sustainability at Prologis, I advance decarbonization strategies for enterprise clients including Amazon, Walmart, Target, Tesla, Maersk, CEVA, DSV, and others, deploying on-site solar, battery energy storage systems (BESS), EV charging infrastructure, and low-carbon construction materials (LCCM) across industrial supply chains. My work focuses on the gap between boardroom net-zero pledges and ground-level implementation, where most sustainability initiatives fail. I've spent 20+ years in strategic planning and identifying what separates companies that achieve measurable emissions reductions from those stuck in sustainability theater. This includes my PhD research at Arizona State University on energy systems, strategy consulting at Boston Consulting Group, and Scope 3 supply chain decarbonization and renewable energy at Amazon/AWS. I also served as a Senior Intelligence Officer with deployments in Baghdad, London, and Tokyo, experience that taught me how to turn complex, ambiguous situations into executable plans. The climate crisis demands action, not aspiration. I work with organizations ready to move beyond positioning statements to actual decarbonization. My approach combines technical rigor (I've published research in scientific journals), business pragmatism (I understand P&Ls), and operational execution (I know what it takes to deploy physical infrastructure). If you're navigating the gap between executive sustainability commitments and operational constraints, let's connect. I share actionable frameworks and insights from working in the trenches of corporate decarbonization.

Breaking Into Sustainability

Apr 1, 2026

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17 min read

Breaking Into Sustainability

A Strategic Guide for New and Transitioning Professionals

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Sotiria Anagnostou
Wesley Herche
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Two Global Energy Systems, or One Big Blind Spot?

Mar 24, 2026

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18 min read

Two Global Energy Systems, or One Big Blind Spot?

Unlocking the vocabulary and tools to design our global energy system

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Gary Dirks
Wesley Herche
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Decoder Special Report: The Jugaad (Bottom-Up) Energy Revolution

Mar 18, 2026

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12 min read

Decoder Special Report: The Jugaad (Bottom-Up) Energy Revolution

How Pakistan Is Rewriting the Energy Playbook (and how the Hormuz crisis changed the scorecard)

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Wesley Herche
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The Light Comes Into Focus

Mar 18, 2026

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17 min read

The Light Comes Into Focus

Sustainability Decoded: Tales from the Arena

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Wesley Herche
Sustainability Decoder, +1
Bill Gates Popularized 'Green Premium', But It's a Linguistic Trap That Makes Planetary Harm Look Rational

Mar 4, 2026

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9 min read

Bill Gates Popularized 'Green Premium', But It's a Linguistic Trap That Makes Planetary Harm Look Rational

Here's Your Reframing Playbook to Break Through the Inertia

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Wesley Herche
Sustainability Decoder, +1
 The Top-Down Energy Revolution

Feb 22, 2026

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13 min read

The Top-Down Energy Revolution

How China Built the 'Engine' of the Global Energy Transition

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Wesley Herche
Sustainability Decoder, +1
 The Sustainability Job Pivot

Feb 22, 2026

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5 min read

The Sustainability Job Pivot

From Evangelist to Integrator

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Wesley Herche
Prerana Tirodkar
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Sustainability Superpeers

Feb 22, 2026

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7 min read

Sustainability Superpeers

You already know who your superpeers are. You just haven't had the word.

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Sandra Leyva
Wesley Herche
Nikki Maginn
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The Polarization Complex

Feb 22, 2026

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10 min read

The Polarization Complex

Why Sustainability's Biggest Challenge Isn't What You Think

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Sandra Leyva
Wesley Herche
Antonio Vizcaya Abdo
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