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Sophia Leonora Mendelsohn
Chief Sustainability Officer and Global Head of ESG Cognizant
Sophia Leonora Mendelsohn shaped JetBlue and the aviation drives profit with executable industry by instigating climate ESG strategies and creates and crisis responses . She led ESG executes business models for a conversations with investors resource-constrained world . and owners , taking back their
As the Chief Sustainability questions to further protect the Officer and Head of ESG for intangible brands and traditional Cognizant , Mendelsohn and her financial value . Cognizant colleagues are applying Prior to JetBlue , Mendelsohn ESG solutions to tech was Head of Sustainability and and systemic thinking .
Emerging Markets , for Haworth , Mendelsohn was the first a multinational manufacturer in Chief Sustainability Officer at the corporate real estate industry . JetBlue Airways , where she
Previously , she worked for the
IT Service & IT Consulting United States
Jane Goodall Institute in Shanghai , establishing environment programmes in offices and schools in China .
Over the course of her career , Mendelsohn has been recognised for her leadership and commitment to corporate citizenship . In 2016 , she won the USEnvironmental Protection Agency ’ s Climate Leadership Award and was named Climate Leader of the Year by Ethical Corporation . SUSTAINABILITYMAG . COM
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