TOP 250 LEADERS

Title: Head of Sustainability

Incubation & Innovation Company: Merck Gruppe Industry: Healthcare & Life Sciences

Till Langner has worked at Merck since 2009 and helps lead the Umbrella project, a cross-functional initiative harmonising sustainability reporting across R & D. The programme strengthens transparency on R & D sustainability performance through a shared corporate dashboard. It also supports scientists in translating innovation into sustainable solutions, helping to accelerate sustainability progress.

Title: Head of ESG Policy and Reporting Company: Charles Schwab Industry: Financial Services

Leading ESG policy and reporting, Karen Garnett oversees enterprise-wide stakeholder engagement at Charles Schwab. She also manages affirmative action compliance and the firm’ s diversity and inclusion programme. Previously, she was a capital markets partner at Proskauer and spent 18 years at the US Securities and Exchange Commission focused on public company disclosure regulation.

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