THE SUSTAINABILITY INTERVIEW
Esther Finidori describes working in sustainability as a“ marathon without a finish line”. It is a great way for Schneider Electric’ s new Chief Sustainability Officer to describe her work, which is a relentless race to preserve the planet.
Thankfully, she has the energy and the stamina to keep going. And, in Schneider, Esther works for a sustainability exemplar – the company ranked at number one in Sustainability Magazine’ s Top 250 World’ s Most Sustainable Companies.
We caught up with Esther during Sustainability LIVE: London.
Esther assumed her role on 1 June, stepping into a position leading one of the most comprehensive corporate sustainability programmes in the industrial sector.
Within a month, Schneider was given the top spot in TIME and Statista’ s World’ s Most Sustainable Companies. Two months later, the company ranked at number one in Sustainability Magazine’ s Top 250 World’ s Most Sustainable Companies.
For Esther, the accolades are“ extremely humbling”.
But she adds:“ When I look at the bigger picture, there is so much to do to transform the company, to transform our value chains, to transform the way we work with our customers.”
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