Peter Shapiro, Executive Producer, Green Apple Festival New York, NY | Photograph by Alex Tehran
CEO and President
WEA Corp.
New York, New York
The Insider 
John Esposito, 52, has made environmental impact a priority as CEO and president of Warner Music Group's distribution arm, WEA--and has saved big money in the process.
"In 2004, we had the NRDC do a survey of our paper practices. We started vetting paper suppliers, and we ended up saving a million dollars. We converted our video release catalog to paperless, which saves hundreds of thousands of dollars, and we plan to do the same with our audio catalog. Our eco-team, which has 15 employees from different departments, looks for new challenges, such as how to switch CDs from plastic jewel cases to cardboard digipacks. The efficiencies of the jewel case are extraordinary, so 70% of CDs still use it. We have a lot of work to do on that."
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Recent Comments | 12 Total
August 5, 2008 at 12:45pm by K Wozkak
It would certainly be nice to see more organizers becoming conscious of these issues. I enjoy music festivals a lot but the large ones generate so much waste it isn't funny. Even a place as energy-conscious as San Francisco leaves their beloved Golden Gate Park littered year after year (although I have noticed improvements lately). It will be interesting to see how the actions of these individuals meet their assertions, above.
August 21, 2008 at 12:49pm by Bill Taylor