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Integrating Sustainability Across Your Business

January 17, 2022

Introducing key focus areas and how Walmart takes a shared-value approach to sustainability, engaging all levels of the company to embed it into everyday business practices Walmart has made a bold and forward-leaning commitment to become a regenerative company. What does this mean in practice, and what does it mean for the company’s operations looking forward? Sharing how Walmart is using its scale to spur change throughout the global value chain and speed up adoption of best practices that yield results on climate action. What insights can Walmart share about how it has been successful in its collaboration efforts? Walmart’s…

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Empowering Action – Making Sustainable Growth Every Employees’ Business

January 17, 2022

Sharing Unilever’s sustainability journey to date and how the last decade influences the next decade Explaining how the company aligns sustainability with driving business growth How Unilever embeds that strategy into the company to ensure all employees are driving change A deep dive on its three beliefs – companies with purpose last, brands with purpose grow, and people with purpose thrive Rebecca Marmot Chief Sustainability Officer Unilever Rebecca is the Chief Sustainability Officer of Unilever. She is responsible for driving the company’s overall sustainability strategy and transformational change on priority areas of Unilever’s Sustainable Living Plan (USLP): climate change and…

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The Path to Carbon Zero and Navigating Scope 3 Emissions

November 23, 2021

Making a plan to reduce and ultimately remove Microsoft’s carbon footprint emitted either directly or by electrical consumption since the company was founded Grounding in science and math to invest in new carbon reduction and removal technology that will help achieve Carbon Negative status Expanding internal carbon tax to “scope 3 emissions” and understanding why it’s necessary for our journey to being Carbon Negative Empowering customers and suppliers around the world and ensuring effective transparency and communication — Lucas Joppa Chief Environmental Officer Microsoft As Microsoft’s first Chief Environmental Officer, Dr. Lucas Joppa leads the development and execution of Microsoft’s…

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Protecting the Future of Sport – Solutions for Athletes and the Planet

November 23, 2021

Impact of climate change on athletes, sport and communities Scaling innovation to drive tangible change – taking an end-to-end approach to sustainability: from what products to make, to how to make them, how to get them to consumers and how to take them back Embedding sustainability in everything we do – from innovation, to design, manufacturing, marketing and retail Leveraging bold, science based targets to inspire change across the entire industry Building on strong relationships to drive change with suppliers and other partners — Noel Kinder Chief Sustainability Officer Nike Noel Kinder is Nike’s Chief Sustainability Officer (CSO). As the…

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Fireside Chat: Sustainable from the Start: Embedding Sustainability Across the Value Chain

November 15, 2021

A sustainable future is larger than any one organization, initiative, policy, or individual. It’s time to get past individual company heroics and get to the point of collective action The journey to achieving collective goals begins with a deep commitment to sustainability at the forefront of all business practices On the backdrop of the company’s accelerated goal to achieve net-zero emissions by 2040, PepsiCo Beverages North America Chief Sustainability Officer Jason Blake will discuss how to embed sustainable innovation across the value chain, from the very beginning of the product lifecycle and throughout operations Jason Blake SVP and Chief Sustainability…

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Behind the Scenes of Netflix’s Net Zero + Nature by 2022 Commitment

November 15, 2021

Making a commitment to achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions by the end of 2022 and every year after that by Reducing internal emissions, Retaining natural carbon sinks and Removing carbon from the atmosphere Digging deeper into the science and calculations behind our strategy and footprint Designing and launching a Net Zero target in a 6 months’ time period Reaching millions of households with the message of a sustainable future Emma Stewart Netflix Sustainability Officer Netflix Emma Stewart, Ph.D., is the Netflix Sustainability Officer where she is responsible for the company’s climate and environmental strategy and execution. She joined Netflix…

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Collaborating Across the Supply Chain to Innovate for Sustainability

November 12, 2021

Establishing, building, and underscoring sustainability as a corporate value Applying 3M’s Sustainability Value Commitment to transform businesses and industries Approaching challenges with a science-based mindset and pursuing collective action Collaborating across 3M’s supply chain to share our expertise and amplify impact Gayle Schueller SVP & Chief Sustainability Officer 3M Dr. Gayle Schueller is 3M’s Senior Vice President and Chief Sustainability Officer. Gayle started in 3M’s corporate laboratory as a product development engineer and has over 29 years of technical and business leadership experience. Her career spans a broad range of businesses from electronics to healthcare to consumer industries. She has…

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Rethinking Our Approach: How to Make Sustainability the Beating Heart of What We Do

November 12, 2021

As part of Amazon’s mission to be Earth’s most customer-centric company, Amazon is giving customers access to more sustainable products, from thousands of Amazon-branded products it develops and manufactures, to millions of retail and third-party items sold in Amazon’s store. If we built our business practices around sustainability first and foremost, what would change about how our products and processes look and perform? What are consumers’ expectations of Amazon related to sustainability and what is Amazon doing to innovate on behalf of customers across product development, packaging, and more? In 2020, Amazon launched Climate Pledge Friendly, a program that uses…

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Leadership, Corporate Culture, and World-Class Sustainability Programs

November 12, 2021

Embedding sustainability into an organization’s values and strategic objectives Understanding stakeholder priorities and communicating sustainability progress with them with transparency and humility Setting performance targets to build sustainability into your processes in the same way companies think about safety and quality Addressing key climate change challenges within our industry Chris Raymond Chief Sustainability Officer Boeing Chris Raymond is the chief sustainability officer and vice president of Global Enterprise Sustainability for The Boeing Company, and a member of the company’s Executive Council. As Boeing’s first chief sustainability officer, Raymond is responsible for further advancing Boeing’s approach on environmental, social and governance…

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Sustainable Agriculture in an Era of Climate Change

November 12, 2021

Addressing climate change and driving positive change in the global food system as one of the world’s biggest buyers of beef Identifying priority impact areas to address through our global food system Sharing sustainable practices that make sense environmentally, economically, and socially Collaborating with stakeholders across the world to accelerate and continuously improve sustainability throughout the sector Marion Gross SVP, Chief Supply Chain Officer McDonald’s Marion Gross serves as Senior Vice President and Chief Supply Chain Officer, North America. In this position she is responsible for executing the strategic direction of McDonald’s Supply Chain including the oversight of nearly $14…

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Integrating Sustainability Across Your Business

Empowering Action – Making Sustainable Growth Every Employees’ Business

The Path to Carbon Zero and Navigating Scope 3 Emissions

Protecting the Future of Sport – Solutions for Athletes and the Planet

Fireside Chat: Sustainable from the Start: Embedding Sustainability Across the Value Chain

Behind the Scenes of Netflix’s Net Zero + Nature by 2022 Commitment

Collaborating Across the Supply Chain to Innovate for Sustainability

Rethinking Our Approach: How to Make Sustainability the Beating Heart of What We Do

Leadership, Corporate Culture, and World-Class Sustainability Programs

Sustainable Agriculture in an Era of Climate Change

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