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Title: Chief Sustainability Officer Company: AstraZeneca Industry: Healthcare & Life Sciences

Pam has served as CSO since 2023 and is also EVP of Global Operations & IT, leveraging her engineering background since joining AstraZeneca in 2015. She ensures vital medicinal resources reach those in need while supporting environmental goals. Five years into its‘ Ambition Zero Carbon’ strategy, AstraZeneca aims to reduce Scope 3 emissions by 50 % by 2030 and by 90 % by 2045. By early 2026, the company reduced Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 98 % compared to 2015. AstraZeneca is actively working to improve the planet’ s health. It has planted 200 million trees to help achieve carbon negativity by 2030. To strengthen its sustainable supply chain, the company hosts annual supplier conferences and requires yearly climate data submissions.“ The health of the planet is inextricably linked to people’ s health,” she explains.

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