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The aggregate amount of spend Pfizer has successfully delivered to small businesses across the world over the last couple of years

Lauren, United Airlines: I’ ll take it from a slightly different angle. I often get asked: how do I get into this career path, how do I find a role like yours or on your team? What’ s really exciting about sustainability and environmental impact is that it is a multifunctional discipline.

I work with people in government affairs and policy; I work with people in finance; I’ m lockstep with our controller on disclosure; I’ m talking to communications all the time about messaging; I’ m talking to our venture team, looking at innovation and solutions; I’ m talking to brilliant engineers with deep discipline in their unique spaces. This is a fully multifunctional career path.

I encourage everyone to think about what is within their scope and what they are empowered to do, because it’ s almost everyone across any enterprise or organisation who has the ability to choose a lower-impact alternative, to advance education, or to upskill. All of that is really, really important to continue to evolve such that we move towards a low-carbon, low-impact economy over time.

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