Kai Nakamura

• Directed enterprise sustainability roadmap across 120+ retail locations, aligning annual priorities, owners, budgets, and milestones with executive ESG commitments. • Built GHG Protocol Scope 1, 2, and priority Scope 3 inventory; improved data completeness from 68% to 96% and established audit-ready calculation controls. • Launched energy and refrigerant-reduction portfolio that cut operational emissions 18% and utility spend $1.4M annually through LED, controls, and equipment upgrades. • Owned ESG reporting inputs for CDP, GRI, and investor questionnaires; partnered with Finance and Legal to validate metrics, narratives, and evidence. • Engaged 40+ strategic suppliers on emissions data, packaging, and responsible sourcing; created scorecards and quarterly review cadence. • Delivered executive dashboards in Power BI and monthly stakeholder communications that turned climate targets into accountable business actions.

• Managed monthly environmental and operational data collection for 18 facilities, standardizing activity data and emission factors under the GHG Protocol. • Prepared ESG disclosures, board materials, and sustainability scorecards covering emissions, energy, safety, community investment, and governance controls. • Modeled abatement opportunities that identified 11% reduction potential; supported renewable procurement analysis and a 6.5 MW efficiency pipeline. • Automated Excel data-validation workflows and Power BI dashboards, reducing reporting cycle time 30% and improving leadership visibility into trends. • Coordinated 25+ internal and external stakeholders during assurance requests; maintained evidence library and resolved data-quality exceptions. • Facilitated employee engagement campaigns that increased participation in energy-saving initiatives to 72% across participating sites.

• Coordinated environmental compliance across 14 warehouses and fleet operations, maintaining permits, inspection schedules, manifests, and corrective-action logs. • Conducted site audits and incident investigations; reduced repeat findings 35% by standardizing root-cause reviews, training, and follow-up ownership. • Tracked fuel, electricity, waste, and refrigerant metrics and prepared monthly dashboards used for budgeting and operational planning. • Partnered with Safety, Facilities, and third-party haulers to improve recycling and diversion, increasing landfill diversion 22 percentage points. • Updated ISO 14001-aligned procedures and delivered practical compliance training to 180+ employees and supervisors. • Supported agency correspondence and permit renewals with accurate records, clear stakeholder communication, and on-time submissions.

Relevant study: environmental policy, climate systems, life-cycle assessment, and environmental management systems. LEED Green Associate certification.