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Joshua-Witte

The New Horizon of Retail Sustainability and Profitability

With Joshua Witte, Director of Energy, Sustainability, and ESG at Dollar Tree Stores

Josh discusses how brands are now expected to adopt the principles of their customers, and why that is driving leading companies to invest in technology to drive sustainability and environmental stewardship.

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March 14, 2024

Welcome to Elevating Brick and Mortar.
The podcast about how operations and facilities drive brand performance.

Today we’ll hear from Joshua Witte, Director of Energy, Sustainability, and ESG at Dollar Tree Stores. Dollar Tree is a Fortune 150 company and one of the nation’s leading value retailers. They offer a wide selection of products at extremely competitive prices. At Dollar Tree, Joshua brings his experience in facilities/construction management and consulting, store and fixture design to drive sustainability in the brand.

About the Guest

Josh is a Facilities, Sustainability and Construction/Design professional with over 25 years experience in the industry. He has a wide variety of experience in facilities/construction management and consulting, store and fixture design, sustainability, building operations, customer/vendor relations, multi-million dollar project management, merchandising, commercial and industrial sales, real estate asset management and contract negotiation.

“We call it the three P’s in sustainability: people, planet, profit. And if you can blend all three of those together, it becomes table stakes for any organization that wants to be serious and continue moving forward.”

— Joshua Witte 

TIMESTAMPS

** 00:00 – Intro

** 00:25 – Josh’s Role

** 02:25 – Getting into Sustainability

** 06:56 – Dollar Tree’s North Star

** 13:09 – Rising Consumer Expectations

** 14:22 – Where’s your company going?

** 23:35 – Impact of Young Customers

** 29:55 – Future Forward

** 37:25 – Sustainability at Home

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