Jennifer DuBuisson (MESM '08), Senior Director of Global Sustainability at Levi Strauss & Co., is featured in Trellis for her leadership in launching the company's groundbreaking LEAP (LS&Co. Energy Accelerator Program) initiative with Schneider Electric. The program aims to transition 70 garment suppliers in India to renewable energy over the next three years, potentially delivering significant supply chain emissions reductions across the fashion industry.
The LEAP initiative addresses a critical challenge in fashion sustainability, where upstream activities account for 70% of the industry's climate emissions. Through pooled power purchase agreements and onsite renewable installations, the program offers a scalable model for industry-wide transformation. As DuBuisson notes in the article, the initiative takes a pragmatic approach: "We're a little bit renewable-energy-mechanism agnostic... These are solutions in the market today that we need to be accelerating."
DuBuisson's work exemplifies the systems-thinking approach central to Bren School education. The program's potential for ripple effects across the fashion industry—since suppliers work with multiple brands—demonstrates sophisticated understanding of supply chain dynamics and collaborative sustainability strategies.
Beyond her corporate leadership, DuBuisson serves on the steering committee of the Bren Alumni Corporate Sustainability Network (CSN), helping to plan the December 4, 2025 CSN Summit, and will serve as a guest lecturer for the Innovation Focus program this spring.
Read the full Trellis article: Inside Levi's and Schneider's bid to clean up garment supply chains
Jennifer DuBuisson earned her Master of Environmental Science and Management from the Bren School in 2008. She and her husband Max DuBuisson (MESM '08), a founding member of the Bren Alumni Advisory Council, continue their engagement with the Bren School through volunteer leadership and philanthropy.