Robert ter Kuile

Feature News

Skills - the global currency of 21st century economies
Skills have become the global currency of 21st century economies. Without proper investment in skills, people languish on the margins of society, technological progress does not translate into economic growth, and countries can no longer compete in an increasingly knowledge-based global society.
Home Energy Management Market Will Surpass $2 Billion in by 2020
May 16, 2012 - Even as deployments of smart grid infrastructure have accelerated in recent years, the once hyped home energy management (HEM) market has struggled to gain traction.
Rethinking the role of government in cleantech
Is it time for a different tune when it comes to government involvement in cleantech, focusing more on enabling the private sector to deploy capital to assume risk in cleantech?
Is The World Ready For Your Innovation?
Our current retail system is set up to sell new products, which are used and then disposed of – very much a linear (and inefficient) process. The Closed Loop system implies that once products are used they can be reconditioned and brought back into the sales loop
Europe`s future depends on cities resilient to climate change
Around three quarters of Europeans live in cities. Most of Europe's wealth is generated in cities, and urban areas are particularly at risk due to climate change.

Robert ter Kuile

Senior Director of Environmental Sustainability - Global Public Policy Group, PepsiCo Inc., USA

Robert ter Kuile is the Senior Director of Environmental Sustainability in the Global Public Policy group for PepsiCo where he actively develops, implements and operationalizes the global public policy on environmental sustainability initiatives and is responsible for developing, maintaining, and partnering with global stakeholders, shareholders and policy makers.

Prior to joining the Public Policy and Government Affairs team, Robert served as the Director of Energy and Climate Change for three years in PepsiCo's Global Operations developing and implementing energy and carbon reduction strategies. Robert also served as a Corporate Environmental Manager at Frito-Lay North America (a Division of PepsiCo) for six years.

Prior to joining PepsiCo, Robert served in various governmental roles for what is now the Texas Commission of Environmental Quality, and has held several environmental and sustainability consulting roles.

He is an active member of his Church in Farmers Branch, Texas, USA where he lives with his wife and two daughters.