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Chief Sustainability Officer

Industry : Retail

As retail giant Walmart ’ s EVP Chief Sustainability Officer , Kathleen spearheads initiatives like Project Gigaton , which has reduced more than 750 million metric tons of CO₂ emissions .

She leads Walmart ’ s commitment to conserve 50 million acres of land and one million square miles of ocean by 2030 .

Kathleen is also the President and Board Chair of the Walmart Foundation and a board member at WWF . Prior to joining Walmart in 2013 , she spent more than two decades at McKinsey & Company . 140 sustainabilitymag . com