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Melanie Nakagawa

Title: Chief Sustainability Officer Company: Microsoft Industry: Technology

At Microsoft, Chief Sustainability Officer Melanie Nakagawa leads an agenda encompassing becoming carbon negative by 2030, removing all historical emissions by 2050, achieving zero waste and delivering water positivity. Microsoft is also working to protect more land than it uses by 2025 and to replenish more water than it consumes by 2030 in water-stressed basins. Her career spans climate policy, diplomacy, law and finance, including service as Special Assistant to President Biden and Senior Director for Climate and Energy on the US National Security Council.

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