Daniel C. Esty

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Daniel Esty
Commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
In office 2011–2014
Personal details
Born	(1959-06-06) June 6, 1959 (age 64) Massachusetts, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Spouse	Elizabeth Henderson
Children	3
Education	Harvard University (BA) Balliol College, Oxford (MPhil) Yale University (JD)

Daniel C. Esty is an American environmental lawyer and policymaker. He is the Hillhouse professor at Yale University with appointments at Yale Law School and the Yale School of the Environment. From 2011 to 2014, Esty served as Commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. He launched a series of renewable power and energy efficiency finance programs, including Connecticut's first-in-the-nation Green bank and statewide property assessed clean energy (C-PAC) finance system.

Esty is a commentator on business, energy and climate change issues, and has been quoted in publications such as

Education

Esty earned his A.B. in economics from

Career

Prior to joining the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection, Esty was the Hillhouse Professor of Environmental Law and Policy at

Esty was a Senior Fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics in 1993 and 1994, served in a variety of senior positions on the United States Environmental Protection Agency from 1989 to 1993, and practiced law in Washington, D.C. from 1986 to 1989.

Esty spent the 2000–2001 academic year as a Visiting Professor at

He has advised companies on energy, environment, and sustainability issues and serves as the Chairman of the Esty Group, a corporate sustainability strategy group based in New Haven, Connecticut. He sits on the board of directors of the Energy Future Coalition, Resources for the Future, and the Connecticut branch of The Nature Conservancy.^[3]

Publications

Esty is the author or editor of ten books and a number of articles on environmental policy issues and the relationships between environment and corporate strategy, competitiveness, trade, globalization, governance, and development. His book published in 2006, Green to Gold: How Smart Companies Use Environmental Strategy to Innovate, Create Value, and Build Competitive Advantage, argues that pollution control and natural resource management have become critical elements of marketplace success and explains how leading-edge companies have folded environmental thinking into their core business strategies. The book was followed by Green to Gold Business Playbook: How to Implement Sustainability Practices for Bottom-Line Results in Every Business Function.^[4]

Personal life

He is married to Elizabeth Esty, former U.S. Representative for Connecticut's 5th congressional district and former member of the Connecticut House of Representatives.^[5] They have three children, Sarah, Thomas, and Jonathan.^[6]

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