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Nelson Switzer is a Managing Partner at Climate Innovation Capital. His career has included advising and leading the sustainability, environmental, and corporate responsibility offices of some of the world’s most influential companies, including Nestlé, PwC, Centrica, and the Royal Bank of Canada. He is recognized as a pioneer in the fields of sustainability strategy, sustainable finance, and ESG, and as an expert in climate change, water, and pollution. In this episode, he shares how the investor class and capital markets unlock bold opportunities to course-correct our future and how all stakeholders can collaborate to mitigate climate risks to business and the planet. 

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Nelson Switzer:

Nelson Switzer is Managing Partner at Climate Innovation Capital, Nelson’s career has included advising and leading the sustainability, environmental and corporate responsibility offices of some of the world’s most influential companies, including Nestlé, PwC, Centrica and the Royal Bank of Canada. He is recognized as a pioneer in the fields of sustainability strategy, sustainable finance and ESG, and as an expert in climate change, water and pollution. 

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Learn more about Climate Innovation Capital at https://climateic.com/ 

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James Citron is the CEO of Pledge, the world's first software platform to empower brands to find their purpose and integrate impact into their core to create better businesses and achieve sustainable social impact. In this episode, he shares how to leverage technology most effectively to ensure that every donation dollar does the greatest good, and how companies, nonprofits, and donors can combine their efforts to provide much-needed support through these very turbulent times.

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James Citron

James Citron is the CEO of Pledge, the world's first software platform to empower brands to find their purpose and integrate impact into their core to create better businesses and achieve sustainable social impact. Previously, He founded and/or led the growth of three of the largest mobile messaging and engagement companies in the United States and the world allowing the delivery of billions of text, picture, and video messages for thousands of enterprise customers and reaching one out of two Americans each month. He is also actively involved with leadership at the wireless carriers, and industry trade organizations, a frequent speaker at digital conferences, and a lecturer at universities on social entrepreneurship and mobility.

Resources

Learn more about Pledge at https://www.pledge.to

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When it comes to social impact, Starbucks has been leading the pack for decades. In fact, it’s hard to keep track of all their initiatives, from local community grants to groundbreaking standards it created to source ingredients like coffee beans and cocoa.

In this episode of Lead With We, I got the chance to chat with Virginia Tenpenny, Starbucks’ Chief Social Impact Officer, who shared how Starbucks brings purpose to life on a daily basis, the future of leadership, localizing large-scale impact, and the importance of treating your employees like partners.

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Virginia Tenpenny

Virginia Tenpenny is a global social impact leader with 20 years of U.S. and international experience involving philanthropy, civic engagement, hunger relief, women’s empowerment, opportunity creation for underserved communities, sustainability, and ethical sourcing. As the Chief Social Impact Officer at Starbucks, she leads complex enterprise-wide initiatives and scales social impact strategies that promote thriving communities and deliver positive business results.

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Connect with Virginia on LinkedIn

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Matt Bertulli serves as the CEO and co-founder of Pela, an international company leveraging sustainability to make “everyday products without everyday waste”. With products ranging from phone covers to sunglasses to Lomi composting machines, Pela sits at the forefront of how business reimagines and reengineers how we live while building a high-growth business. Inspiring and ingenious in equal parts, Pela reveals what a multistakeholder movement looks like to realize a sustainable future.

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Resources

Learn more about Pela at https://pelacase.com/

Connect with Matt on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mbertulli/?originalSubdomain=ca

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Kevin Edwards is the General Manager and Host of the Real Leaders Podcast, a Top 100 Podcast for both US and Canada Business News. Since 2015 he’s recorded more than 500 interviews with impact CEOs to educate and inspire listeners about the future of leadership. In this episode, Simon and Kevin share how to combine your personal and professional lives to be the best leader you can be, and how business leaders can and must show up to thrive in these changing and challenging times.

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Kevin Edwards

Kevin Edwards is the General Manager and Host of the Real Leaders Podcast a Top 100 Podcast for both US and Canada Business News. Since 2015 he’s recorded more interviews (500+) with impact CEOs than anyone else in the world to educate the mainstream about the growing impact movement and the future of leadership.

Resources

Learn more about Real Leaders: https://real-leaders.com

Connect with Kevin on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevin-edwards-360b15101

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Rob Cameron is Nestlé’s Global Head of Public Affairs and ESG Engagement. He brings 25 years of experience in the fields of sustainability and corporate responsibility. Nestle is the world's largest, most diversified food and beverage company. It has a unique global footprint and sells products in over 180 countries working to enhance the quality of life and build a healthier future for people across the. In this episode, we'll discuss how a company with such a complex and consequential footprint leads with respect to ensuring what it makes and how it makes it serves as many people as possible. And the precious planet we share.

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Rob Cameron

Rob Cameron is Nestlé’s Global Head of Public Affairs and ESG Engagement. He brings 25 years of experience in the fields of sustainability and corporate responsibility. Rob joined Nestlé in February 2021 from Sustain Ability, the internationally respected think tank and consulting firm, now part of the ERM Group, where he was Chief Executive and Executive Director from 2012. Prior to Sustain Ability, Rob was Chief Executive at Fairtrade International, the global umbrella organization for the Fairtrade movement, and was previously the owner and Executive Chairman of Flag, an international communications agency specializing in corporate responsibility. In addition to leading the Public Affairs team in its work internally and externally on Nestlé’s regeneration journey, he is also Secretary of the Sustainability Committee of the Board.

Resources

Learn more about Nestle at https://www.nestle.com

Connect with Rob on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robcameron1202

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Brenda Demers is the CEO of SmartyPants Vitamins, where she most recently led the company’s integration into the Unilever's Health & Wellbeing collective — while propelling the business to a Top-10 share position in the multivitamin category through her focus on marketing and operational excellence. In this episode, she shares how to build and scale a company that not only wins over employees and consumers, but also drives extraordinary growth while creating critical impact. She also explains why the company believes so deeply in giving back by making a matching nutrient grant donation to children in need with every bottle they sell.

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Brenda Demers

Brenda Demers is the CEO of SmartyPants Vitamins, where she most recently led SmartyPants' integration into Unilever's Health & Wellbeing collective — while propelling the business to a Top-10 share position in the multivitamin category through her focus on marketing and operational excellence. Prior to joining SmartyPants, Brenda spent more than 23 years leading businesses across the Beauty, Personal Care, Food, OTC Pharmaceuticals, and Vitamins, Minerals & Supplements categories globally.

Resources

Learn more about SmartyPants Vitamins at https://www.smartypantsvitamins.com

Connect with Brenda on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brendademer

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We're excited to launch this new POV format where, once a month, I go head-to-head with a featured guest. For our first POV episode, we welcome Heather Clancy, the Vice President and Editorial Director at GreenBiz. GreenBiz Group is a media and events, member-based company that recognizes the inextricable link between climate change and social change. Join Heather and I in a critical discussion around the climate and sustainability landscape, how business is showing up, and why we both believe there is strong cause for optimism.

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Heather Clancy

Heather Clancy is an award-winning journalist specializing in transformative technology and innovation. She started her reporting career on the business newsdesk of United Press International, and her articles have appeared in Entrepreneur, Fortune, The International Herald Tribune, and The New York Times.

Clancy was the launch editor for the Fortune Data Sheet, the magazine's newsletter dedicated to the business of technology. She co-authored the Amazon best-seller for entrepreneurs, “Niche Down, How to Become Legendary By Being Different.”

As editorial director for GreenBiz.com, Heather chronicles the role of technology in enabling corporate climate action and transitioning to a clean, inclusive, and regenerative economy.

Resources

Learn more about GreenBiz at https://www.greenbiz.com

Connect with Heather on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/heatherclancycollins

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Patagonia is an outdoor apparel company based in Ventura, California with a mission to save our home planet. It was founded in 1976 by Yvon Chouinard and was the first B-Corporation in the state. Rick was Vice President of Environmental Initiatives and Special Media Projects for Patagonia for 15 years during which he founded the Sustainable Apparel Coalition. In addition to his accomplishments at Patagonia, Rick is recognized as one of the world’s foremost mountaineers. Along with Yvon and another friend, they were the first Americans to summit K2. He has done other significant climbs and explorations on all continents.

In this conversation, Rick discusses why and how Patagonia is fulfilling their mission to save our home planet. He also talks about how Patagonia walks the walk when it comes to sustainability and how it measures its financial performance with the overall health of the planet.

Rick is also the author of 6 books. His latest book, "Life Lived Wild: Adventures at the Edge of the Map" is a memoir that recounts some of his boldest expeditions. Rick estimates that he has spent over five years of his life sleeping in tents in distant locations around the globe, "Life Lived Wild" offers some insights to those adventures including his ascent of K2 to exploring a remote area of Tibet that no outsider had ever seen.

This episode of Lead With We was produced and edited by Goal 17 Media and is available on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, and Audible. You can also watch episodes on YouTube at WeFirstTV.

Rick Ridgeway

Rick Ridgeway is an outdoor adventurer, writer, and advocate for sustainability and conservation initiatives. For 15 years, Rick was a VP at Patagonia developing environmental and sustainability initiatives including Freedom to Roam, the Footprint Chronicles, and Worn Wear. He also was founding chair of the Sustainable Apparel Coalition, today the largest apparel, footwear, and home textile trade organization in the world. In addition, Rick is recognized as one of the world’s foremost mountaineers. With three companions, he was the first American to summit K2, and he has done other significant climbs and explorations on all continents.

Resources

Learn more about Patagonia at https://www.patagonia.com/

Connect with Rick on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rick-ridgeway-151ab819/

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Google Books or Barnes & Noble.

Tracey Franklin is the Chief Human Resources Officer at Moderna, a pharmaceutical and biotechnology company playing a critical role in addressing the Covid-19 pandemic. Its enduring mission is to deliver on the promise of mRNA science to create a new generation of transformative medicines for patients. Over the last two years, they were challenged to do so while facing extraordinary pressures, expectations, and conditions. In this episode, Tracy shares how Moderna works to solve this global health crisis in real-time, how they manage through hypergrowth, and what steps they took to nurture a culture that brought out the best in their people so they could protect and save countless lives.

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Tracey Franklin

Tracey Franklin is the Chief Human Resources Officer at Moderna. Tracey joined Moderna in October 2019 and is responsible for leading the accelerated build of the company from ~700 employees to over 3,000 in under 2 years. Originally Massachusetts-based clinical-stage biotech to now operating commercially in 12 countries around the world, talent and culture have been a critical focus area. Tracey is part of the leadership team that brought the company’s first product to market–a lifesaving vaccine to assist in a global pandemic.

Ms. Franklin joins Moderna following 15 years at Merck & Co., Inc. where she most recently led Merck’s global talent strategy as Vice President, HR Chief Talent, and Strategy Officer and served on Merck’s HR Leadership Team. In this role, Ms. Franklin was responsible for leading the vision, development, and execution of the company’s Talent and Workforce Strategy with a focus on evolving the organizational culture and talent for the future. Ms.Franklin’s previous leadership roles included responsibility for HR for all divisions in the European region, head of HR for the U.K. and Ireland subsidiaries of Merck, and HR Operations leader responsible for HR program implementation across Merck’s global footprint. She was based in Switzerland, the U.K., and the U.S.

Ms. Franklin holds a bachelor’s in communication arts and sciences from Pennsylvania State University and a Master's in industrial and organizational psychology from Fairleigh Dickinson University.

Resources

Learn more about Moderna at https://www.modernatx.com

Connect with Tracy on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tracey-franklin-8b731b1

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