Nick Aster is a leading sustainability executive, editor, publisher, speaker, event chair and marketing professional with a focus on climate change and global sustainability. For the past twenty years Nick has focused on the subjects of climate change, systems thinking, clean energy, corporate social responsibility, economic justice, and navigating complex future challenges. Specifically he has led efforts to help companies and organizations communicate across these issues, drive growth in the marketplace and organize conferences and events. His most recent position is director of marketing for North America at South Pole, the world's leading provider of sustainability consulting and carbon offset projects.
A veteran of Mother Jones, TreeHugger and the founder of Triple Pundit, the leading voice in the business of sustainability, Nick is also consistently hired by companies and organizations to build editorial and event experiences that communicate CSR to both consumer and business audiences.
With a background in corporate communications and journalism, Nick has moderated hundreds of panels at conferences all over the world, interviewing C-level executives from REI, Patagonia, SAP, Panasonic, Kendall Jackson, Solar City, BMW, Procter and Gamble, United Airlines and many more.
His expertise includes investigative reporting, communications, brand building, stakeholder engagement and the creation of highly engaging conference content. Nick also directed content for GatherLab, a conference and media startup focused on system entrepreneurship. Recent speaking engagements have included Sustainable Brands, GreenBiz, Cleantech Forum, Net Impact, Companies vs. Climate Change and more.
In 2005 Nick founded the world's most well-read sustainable business publication, TriplePundit.com, sold to 3BLMedia in 2017. At the time of the sale, TriplePundit reached more than a million individuals a month through articles, videos, blog posts and other media.
He lives in Philadelphia with his wife, the bestselling author and podcast host, Jo Piazza and his son Charlie, who likes to chase pigeons, daughter Beatrix who likes to scream a lot and baby Eliza. They can all be found at their Catskills house from time to time. Nick also works very hard to promote his wife’s writing, and suggests you buy The Sicilian Inheritance today!
Please get in touch if you would like to talk about anything! Nick can be reached at nick - at - nickaster.com