Send us a text Sarah Martinez is the VP of ESG at Prime Data Centers. She has also held sustainability leadership positions at Target, Clorox, and Disney. Prime Data Centers is an international co-location data center provider at the center of a fast-growing industry. That means they build, own, and operate data centers for tech companies, cloud providers, and AI companies, among others. Sarah discussed what she’s learned from various roles, companies, and industries, and how those expe...

Send us a text Cristina Lobo Guerrero is a third year climate change and sustainability consultant at the Big Four consulting firm, EY. Growing up in Colombia, Christina had parents who introduced her to the joys of nature and scuba diving, and since then she was sure she’d work in this field. While creating her specialized major in environment and sustainability at the University of Texas, and then pursuing a Masters Degree in Sustainability Management at Columbia University, Cristina starte...

Send us a text Mike Schwartz helps drive corporate sustainability at Republic Services, a Fortune 300 company with 42,000 employees, more than 13 million customers, 17,000 trucks, 5 million daily pickups, 75 recycling centers, 5 million tons of materials processed in recycling centers, and upwards of 73 renewable energy projects. Needless to say, Mike, a former sustainability analyst and consultant, keeps quite busy. In this episode, we dive into: Recycling misconceptions Recycling techn...

Send us a text David C. Smith knows a thing or two about the evolving legal landscape that corporate sustainability is facing. As a law partner at Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, and with a Masters of Law degree specializing in energy with a concentration in climate law, he is an expert on the risks, opportunities, and implications of recent climate legislation. In this episode, we dive into: Climate policy and complianceThe historical context of climate legislationThe role of federal initiati...

Send us a text Virgin Voyages isn’t like other cruise lines. They’ve set out to create an “Epic Sea Change For All.” As Virgin’s Sr. Director of Social Impact & Sustainability, Jill Stoneberg is captaining their purpose to make business a force for good and change the world for the better. In this episode of "Inspiring Perspectives,”Jill discusses everything that happens to make a voyage possible, “It's basically a small town floating on the water.” So, as you can imagine, strategiz...

Send us a text Sam Vionnet is the author of the book Impact Thinking and the founder and CEO of Valuing Impact. The impact measurement consulting company uses innovative methodologies, data, and expertise to help organizations and businesses integrate the value of human, social, and natural capital into decision-making processes and corporate strategies. Sam says impact valuation is a means of capturing the interaction of businesses and their investment with society and monetizing it. They’ve...

Send us a text In addition to being our Director, Communications Strategy here at thinkPARALLAX, Sami Grover is a communications strategist, branding expert, climate writer, and the author of the book We’re All Climate Hypocrites Now. In his recent article “Greenblushing: The Case for Honest Sustainability Communications,” Sami explains why companies (some of our clients included) are hesitant to be too bold, or to speak too loudly about their sustainability efforts—often for fear of in...

Send us a text Alyscia Raines is a workplace culture strategist and CEO at ADR Consulting Group, partnering with companies of all sizes to create an environment where every individual feels valued and empowered. Alyscia and her team are dedicated to fostering equitable workplace cultures that celebrate diversity and inclusivity—not only because it’s the right thing to do, but also because it's just good business. Whether you’re building a belonging and inclusivity program, considering one, or...

Send us a text Brittany Pettit is the Global Outbound Product Manager, ESG Management at ServiceNow, a cloud computing platform to help companies manage digital workflows for enterprise operations. With over 10 years of experience in the software industry, she knows a thing or two about the role of technology in the corporate sustainability space. We discussed the evolution of corporate sustainability and how it has grown in the footsteps of other more mature business functions like HR ...

Send us a text Brad Stevenson is the founder and CEO of Premiums for the Planet, an insurance membership program that unites climate-conscious organizations into a force for change. Insurance? you’re wondering. Yes, insurance. Brad believes that we can—make that should—harness the power of insurance to save the world. In our conversation, he explains how insurance companies, with their trillions in assets, significantly influence what gets insured and, thus funded, making them a regulat...

Send us a text Aimee Griffiths is the Head of Social Impact at MoneyGram, a global fintech company, providing money transfer and financial services around the world. During our conversation we discussed how MoneyGram’s business is all about remittances, which are a lifeline for over a billion people living on less than a dollar a day in low and middle-income countries, and also how the company's commitment to social impact and sustainability is at the heart of its strategy. Case in point: Mon...

Send us a text Sheila Ongie, is our Head of Sustainability Strategy here at thinkPARALLAX and we thought this would be a good time, before we get too deep into the second half of 2024, to tap into her 15yrs of corporate sustainability experience to get a sense of what she’s seeing and hearing this year. In this episode we tackled a bunch of your corporate sustainability questions that are likely on your mind. We dove into topics like: How do you think clients are feeling about their sustainab...

Send us a text Kelem Butts is the VP of CSR Strategy at United Way of Metropolitan Dallas, and he believes that today’s most effective nonprofit-corporate relationships are not built on transactional exchanges, but instead long-term, strategic partnerships. Kelem’s perspective on his role and this topic is unique, because he looks at it through the lens of his 22 years at AT&T, where he spent most of that managing sustainability and charitable operations and partnering with the very...

Send us a text Our guest this week, Ramsay Siegal, has worked in a variety of roles in the energy and climate space for the past 15+ years, and while she has watched it all evolve, she now views the sector from a unique vantage point; early stage investor. And one thing we learned in this conversation (and that gives us a bit of hope) is that Ramsay is excited about the future of climate tech. A partner at Earthshot Ventures, the $94 million climate tech venture capital firm investing across ...

Send us a text Adam Kotin is the managing director of the Soil & Climate Initiative, the first independent third-party regenerative agriculture commitment and verification program open to any farmer, in any production system. The Soil & Climate Initiative (SCI) is a commitment and verification program that empowers and incentivizes farmers and the agricultural supply chain to transition acres to regenerative management to maximize regenerative outcomes - soil health, biodiversity, wat...

Send us a text Christina Berger is Senior Director, Corporate Communications, ESG and Policy at ThredUp, the online resale platform that modernized the thrift store experience. On a mission to inspire the world to think secondhand first, ThredUp believes that thrifting can help solve the fashion waste crisis and move us one step closer to a circular fashion future. Whether you're an individual or a brand looking to resell your goods with years of life left in them, ThredUp has leveraged techn...

Send us a text This week, we sat down with Andrew Behar, CEO of As You Sow, to discuss the organization's work in shareholder advocacy and investing in alignment with values; two powerful concepts that can drive positive change and benefits for both shareholders and stakeholders. You’ll find the finer details in the show, but in general, As You Sow engages with companies (some of the biggest and most influential) to reduce material risk and improve their operations - thus improving thei...

Send us a text Ali Mize is the Senior Director of ESG, Belonging and Corporate Philanthropy at Neiman Marcus Group and while that might sound like a lot to juggle, Ali credits the group's sustainability advancements to a highly specific approach. And as you’ll hear, they’ve made some incredible progress. In our chat we discuss the importance of having buy-in from the top (and from investors) and a materiality assessment in place, and about scaling sustainability progress through partnerships....

Send us a text Duncan Meisel is the Executive Director of Clean Creatives, a movement of advertisers, PR professionals, and their clients cutting ties with fossil fuels. Their pitch to creatives: fossil fuel clients represent a threat to our shared future. And since their founding, over 900 agencies have pledged to not work with them. In our conversation, we discuss how Clean Creatives - now a global movement - started after a realization that the creative industry plays a vital - even if s...

Send us a text Maisie Ganzler is the former Chief Strategy & Brand Officer at Bon Appétit Management Company and author of the new sustainability leadership book You Can't Market Manure at Lunchtime: And Other Lessons from the Food Industry for Creating a More Sustainable Company. An expert strategic advisor with deep experience in scaling organizations, branding, cross disciplinary management, forging supply chains, and sustainability, Maisie paints a picture of what it takes to not only...