
Sarah Penndorf
Director, Energy and Climate Practice
3Degrees
Sarah Penndorf is a sustainability expert with 16+ years working in corporate, nonprofit, consulting, and startup environments. She joined 3Degrees in 2011 and launched the 3Degrees renewable energy procurement business line. She leads global renewable energy and carbon reduction strategy engagements for large clients, who come to 3Degrees with varying levels of renewables sophistication and needs, often with facilities in 100+ markets. Sarah’s expertise includes the establishment of procurement priorities and principles, global renewable options analysis and strategy development (U.S., UK, China, Japan, Singapore, Australia, India, Argentina, Brazil), GHG accounting, executive-level workshops, renewable procurements and financial analysis, and contract management. Sarah has also led first-of-its-kind projects to procure high impact renewables in challenging markets. She is at the forefront of supply chain renewables, having performed in-depth research on barriers to increasing renewables in manufacturing markets, and invented solutions to accelerate adoption.