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Saks, UnitedHealth Group, Wells Fargo hire their first sustainability executives

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Right to Left. Top row: Patrica Lewis, Patrick Krieger, Eugenia Unanyants-Jackson, Arana Kukatai, Emily McGarvey. Middle row: Robyn Luhning, Fatima Hadj, Ben Ratner. Bottom row: Anne Simpson, Yogesh Chauhan, Tim Reichert. Image via Jesse Klein.

在职业转会方面,第一季度总是很忙。假期结束后,公司和候选人准备以新发现的能源扮演新角色。今年1月至3月遵循这一趋势,尤其是随着国家,城市和公司开始放弃大流行限制,返回办公室和面对面的事件。

But even more importantly, it seems 2022 is the start of a new era in roles centered on environmental, social and governance skills. Many companies, including nine on this list, created their first sustainability lead roles and filled them with top talent.

第一次

Saks, the luxury retailer, pulled卡拉·查孔(Cara Chacon)away from Patagonia to become the company’s first senior vice president of ESG. Chacon was the outdoor retailer's vice president of social and environmental responsibility for 11 years, leading many climate commitments and global human rights issues at the well-known company. She will bring that knowledge to this first-time position for Saks.

Room & Board, the furniture company, created a new leadership role, director of sustainability, filled by艾米丽·麦加维(Emily McGarvey), formerly at Star Impact Consulting. UnitedHealth Group (UHG) namedPatricia Lewisas the insurance company’s first chief sustainability officer. She previous was UHG’s chief human resources officer. HubSpot, the marketing software firm, hiredYogesh Chauhanas its first director of ESG. Chauhan was previously the BBC’s chief adviser on corporate responsibility and environment, with 19 years of ESG planning and operations experience.安妮·辛普森从政府转移到私营部门,为资产经理富兰克林·邓普顿(Franklin Templeton)留下加利福尼亚公共雇员退休系统。她加入了全球可持续发展负责人,这是一个新创造的角色。必威体育2018

The Plastics Industry Association promoted帕特里克·克里格(Patrick Krieger)to the newly created role of vice president for sustainability. Meanwhile, PGIM, the $1.5 trillion global investment subsidiary of Prudential Financial, announcedEugenia Unyandant-Jacksonas its first global head of ESG. Hines, the international real estate firm, madeJames Morrisonits head of ESG for the firm's Asia and Pacific region, following up on the appointment of the company’s first chief carbon officer from last year.

Momentum in green finance

Green finance is the new hot topic around town, and hires in this sector have reflected the industry's increased focus on unlocking money for sustainable investments.

Wells Fargo also hopped on the trend of hiring its first chief sustainability officer,罗宾·鲁宁。她将监督富国银行可持续金融研究所以及公司更一般的气候计划。

汇丰银行雇用了一些可持续性人士必威体育2018法蒂玛·哈杰(Fatima Hadj)in the newly created climate investment strategist role,Laëtitia Tankwe作为可持续性实施和保证必威体育2018主管,娜塔莉·布莱斯(Natalie Blyth)作为其全球商业银行可持续性负责人,必威体育2018Christian Desegliseas group head of sustainable infrastructure and innovation, andChris Webb作为碳市场负责人。

OnePlanetCapital, a venture capital fund focused on early-stage climate solutions, appointedAnthony Chantas investment director to target companies and projects that will benefit the environment.Cornelia Gomezjoined General Atlantic, the equity firm, as the global head of ESG, and JPMorgan Chase hiredBen Ratneras its executive director of sustainability.

C-Suite的新手

雇用了最著名的垂直农业公司之一Arama Kukutai作为首席执行官,取代了马特·巴纳德(Matt Barnard),后者将继续担任董事会执行董事长。ERM,可持续性咨询公司,必威体育2018聘请了新的首席执行官Tom Reichert,afterKeryn Jamesstepped down after nearly five years at the company. ERM also hired维斯维斯·斯里达兰(Visvesh Sridharan)作为首席ESG分析师

More career moves

其他备受瞩目的人在2022年初进行了职业生涯,包括壳牌的可再生能源负责人,Elisabeth Brinton, who stepped down after less than two years, and moved on to Microsoft as its corporate vice president of sustainability.Thomas Brostrøm,目前可再生能源的高级副总裁搬到可再生生成角色的负责人,史蒂夫·希尔(Steve Hill),currently executive vice president for Shell Energy, became the head of energy marketing to replace her.

Trove是与Lululemon,Levi's,Patagonia,Rei和Eileen Fisher等品牌合作的循环购物领袖,带来了这些高管:格雷格·弗里斯(Greg Ferris)加入首席产品官;Hitesh Chudasamabecame vice president of engineering, andJamin Nieri被任命为运营高级副总裁。同时,雪莱·布兰斯滕从Microsoft加入Trove的董事会。

Adidas's senior director of global environment,特雷西·尼尔森(Tracy Nilsson), moved to ISS, the facility management company, to become its global head of sustainability. At Accenture,Eric Olson成为北美可持续发展战略的新董事总经理。必威体育2018以及领先的回收纸产品生产商Sustana带来的杰弗里·克劳福德(Jeffrey Crawford)as the new vice president of sustainability. XpertSea, a tech and finance company in the aquaculture space, hiredRoxanne Nanningas CSO.

At RMI,卡梅利塔·凯利·米勒(Carmelita Kelly Miller)成为能源平等策略的总监。该组织称,这一新角色的创建是为了确保RMI的能源解决方案是公平的,公正的和包容的。在媒体方面,《纽约时报》通过吸引了气候覆盖伊丽莎·巴克莱(Eliza Barclay)来自Vox作为意见部分的新气候编辑器。

Coming to a board near you

最后,本季度对董事会进行了一些更改。ref,该非营利组织从事食物浪费,并增加了几个人沙尚克·莫汉(Shashank Mohan), managing director of BlackRock;埃里克·伍兹(Eric Woods),Sysco现场运营副总裁;帕梅拉·墨菲(Pamela Murphy),著名的慈善家;和杰弗里·罗德斯(Jeffrey Rhodes), CFO of ThermoKing.

可再生能源项目开发人员低碳,任命了影响投资者和技术主管Ed Colligan作为导演。And the Sustainable Green Printing Partnership (SGP), an authority in sustainable printing certifications, electedBirdley James, from Miller Zell, to its board. EdgeEnergy, the Cincinnati-based solar tech company, added industry veteranKameale Terry,co-founder and CEO of ChargerHelp!, as an adviser.

And inside GreenBiz’s own family, one of our fearless leaders,乔尔·麦克沃尔(Joel Makower), joined the board of the nonprofit Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute, which is working to make products more responsible and circular.

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