Banksia Environmental Foundation

Paul V. Tebo, PhD

Paul V. Tebo is President - The Tebo Group, an organization focused on helping companies integrate sustainability as a framework for business growth. He is also a Visiting Executive in the Johnson School of Management at Cornell. He retired in April 2004 as Corporate Vice President - Safety, Health and Environment for the DuPont Company.

His 35-year career spanned professional and management roles in research, engineering, strategic planning, and as head of two billion-dollar global business units. Dr. Tebo had global responsibility for integrating safety, health and environmental excellence as a core business strategy, and for positioning and representing DuPont externally.

He championed DuPont’s "The Goal Is '0'" approach to environmental stewardship, and helped shape the DuPont commitment to "Sustainable Growth" including ambitious renewable energy and resource targets for 2010.

He also created and managed DuPont’s external global Biotechnology Advisory Panel.

Dr. Tebo received the 2000 Environmental Leadership Award from Tomorrow Magazine and the Conservation Leadership Award from The Conservation Fund. In 2002, Dr. Tebo received the Spirit of Keystone Award from The Keystone Center and, in 2004, received DuPont’s first-ever Sustainable Growth Lifetime Achievement Award.