3Kara Hurst

Title: VP Worldwide Sustainability Company: Amazon Industry: Consumer Goods

As Vice President of Worldwide Sustainability at Amazon, Kara Hurst sets environmental and social strategy for a business spanning e-commerce, cloud computing, logistics, entertainment and devices. Since joining in 2014, she has driven programmes that integrate sustainability into operations, transport, packaging and product design, prioritising renewable energy, circular systems and lower-carbon delivery at scale. Kara played a pivotal role in co-founding The Climate Pledge, committing Amazon to reach net zero carbon by 2040 and convening hundreds of signatories who align their decarbonisation plans with that ambition. Formerly CEO of The Sustainability Consortium, she has long championed collaboration between brands, suppliers, NGOs and policymakers, using data and innovation to tackle complex value-chain impacts.

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