Lessons of a Chief Sustainability Officer

Sophia Mendelsohn has been leading corporate sustainability and environmental social governance (ESG) in the U.S. and China for over a decade. In addition to being the Chief Sustainability Officer and Global Head of ESG for Cognizant, a Fortune 200 digital solutions and technology company, she designed and taught the first ESG course at Harvard Extension School. Over the course of her career, Sophia has been recognized for her leadership and commitment to corporate citizenship. In 2016, she won the US Environmental Protection Agency’s Climate Leadership Award and was named Climate Leader of the Year by Ethical Corporation. In 2020, she was named one of the top 30 people leading the climate charge by Bloomberg.

Adam Braun is the CEO & Co-Founder of Clarasight, the leading Carbon Planning & Intelligence platform for Business Travel.  He is a 3x entrepreneur and NY Times bestselling author, operating previously as CEO & Founder of Pencils of Promise, the award-winning organization that has built 600 schools around the world, and MissionU, named one of Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies in the World. In recent years he has been named to Business Insider's "40 Under 40", Wired Magazine's "50 People Who Will Change the World" and is the recipient the Tribeca Disruptive Innovation award for his work leading pioneering companies at the forefront of multiple industries.