Cargill’s Jill Kolling on partnering with farmers to build more sustainable food systems

Jill Kolling, vice president of global sustainability at Cargill, says that it’s important for the farmers and ranchers it works with to be able to withstand the impacts of climate change. “Resiliency is important for our business as a whole,” Kolling says. “Nourishing the world in a safe, responsible and sustainable way is now our purpose at Cargill.”

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ENGIE North America’s Ken Cowan on its transformation and integration of acquired companies

Ken Cowan, vice president at ENGIE North America, says the energy company, which has a legacy in traditional energy sources, is committed to renewables, “both wind, solar and services to really meet our customers’ needs.”

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Dow’s Julie Zaniewski on its partnership with recycling leader Avangard Innovative

Julie Zaniewski, North America sustainability director at Dow, says that the company’s plans for 2020 include living out its sustainability strategy. That includes keeping plastic out of the environment and bringing circular economy solutions to life.

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Ecolab’s Emilio Tenuta and Dow’s Mary Draves on their strategic partnership

Emilio Tenuta, Ecolab’s Senior Vice President of Corporate Sustainability, and Mary Draves, Dow’s Chief Sustainability Officer and Vice President of Environment, Health and Safety, joined GreenBiz Editorial Director at GreenBiz Studio to discuss their partnership. Tenuta says that Ecolab has been working on what it called “strategic supplier initiative” that allows them to identify suppliers that enable them to bring sustainable solutions to the market. Dow is among those suppliers.

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Rebekah Moses of Impossible Foods says its products are a climate mitigation tool

A few numbers — 96 percent less land, 87 percent less water, and 89 percent low GHG emissions.

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Microsoft’s Elizabeth Willmott on the company’s carbon neutrality commitment

Microsoft has been committed to reaching carbon neutrality in its operations since 2012. It has since set a goal to reduce its scope 3 emissions by 30 percent. Elizabeth Willmott manages the company’s carbon program, which partners with other internal teams and external supply chain companies to expand how it is reducing its climate impacts.

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Kaiser Permanente’s Rame Hemstreet on reaching carbon neutrality by mid-2020

The Oakland-based company working to wean itself off of natural gas as it has done with carbon-intensive electricity.

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Dana Gunders of NextCourse on the future of food waste reduction

“People like to see that their employers are working on something like food waste reduction,” Gunders says.

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Method’s Saskia Van Gendt on its Chicago manufacturing factory and recyclability

Saskia Van Gendt says there seems to be new energy around companies’ responsibility to take care of the environment.

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Consumers Energy’s Teri VanSumeren on the company’s Clean Energy Plan

Consumers Energy, Michigan’s largest energy provider, committed to reduce its carbon emissions by 90 percent by 2040.

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