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Senior Managing Director & Chief Sustainability Officer at Haveli Investments
Joined December 2007
My @TEDTalks attempt this year was far from perfect, but hopefully close enough. To achieve a net zero carbon economy, we must focus on the 3 Ms – meaning, measurement, markets. Everything else will follow.
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Calling all my conservation and computing friends. Great new job opportunity with @ucsb_nceas to build a global inventory of digitized environmental assets. Some lucky early career researcher is going to get to lead this work!.
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Last week at the annual @techonomy conference I sat down with @ajkeen for the Keen On podcast. I don't think he agreed with everything I said about the important #netzero role investment sector must play, but I really enjoyed the conversation!.
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And… I’m on the other side of my career move! Thanks @dinabass for the conversation, and everything @climate and @business are doing to cover the climate issue.
Microsoft's former chief environmental officer Lucas Joppa has joined the new private equity firm of Vista Equity Partners co-founder Brian Sheth. I spoke to him about why private equity can play a key role in helping companies fight climate change.
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Very happy to see the Sustainable Aviation Fuel taking off with this collaboration with Alaska Airlines and Twelve!.
We’re collaborating with @AlaskaAir and @Twelve_co2 to accelerate decarbonization in the aviation industry by exploring how to use low carbon fuels produced by renewable electricity, like Twelve’s E-Jet. Read more:
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Another step toward our carbon negative commitment with a great partner on carbon removal.
As part of our commitment to be carbon negative by 2030, and remove all of our historic CO2 emissions by 2050, we’re working with @Climeworks to permanently remove 10,000 tons of CO2 emissions from the atmosphere on our behalf over the next 10 years. Read more:.
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One amazing perk of my job - working with my alma mater @MSFTResearch on sustainability innovation. Very impressed with their latest step!.
Today we're launching the Microsoft Climate Research Initiative, which brings Microsoft researchers together with experts in decarbonization, carbon accounting, and climate risk assessment to accelerate progress on global climate challenges. Learn more:
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Accurate measurement, consistent definitions, and interoperable systems are essential pathways to a net-zero future. Great to see so many great companies join the #CarbonCall initiative!.
To reach net-zero by 2050, we need carbon accounting that is interoperable and reliable. That's why Microsoft is a founding signatory of the #CarbonCall—to mobilize collective action to for interoperable and reliable carbon accounting for the planet. Join us today 🌍.
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Well said @bradsmi - transparent measurement and accountability are fundamentals as we accelerate to a net zero economy.
"The fundamental challenge we have to meet is simple and straightforward: We need to break the link between energy and carbon. We need to build, in short, a net zero global economy." - @BradSmi .#ZukunftNettoNull
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As the next step in our sustainability journey, today we’re sharing that Microsoft Cloud for Sustainability will be generally available on June 1 to help organizations achieve their ESG goals.
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Another great Earth Day reminder from @BradSmi that technology has a long history of helping monitor and manage Earth’s natural systems. At Microsoft, we're continuing that tradition by building tools like the Planetary Computer to accelerate necessary climate action.
Ancient Egyptians were well aware that you can’t manage something unless you can measure it, including water in the Nile River. I just returned from Cairo where I learned what lessons the Nilometer can teach us on Earth Day. #COP27
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This Earth Day, I am excited to be outside with my team taking a breath of fresh air and strategizing about the hard work we have to do to fulfill Microsoft’s sustainability commitments. I hope everyone finds their own way to reflect and prepare for another year of work!
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RT @johnedwardfrank: Microsoft is proud to partner with @UN_Energy and @SEforALLorg to encourage global stakeholders to formalize their com….
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Today's announcement of Microsoft's new energy principles represents an extremely important step in helping the world achieve a net zero future. We need the energy sector to lead the transition and we want to help make it happen.
Technology has an important role to play in enabling the energy industry to decarbonize. Today, we’re outlining our principles of how we're evolving our work with the industry:
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If there's one thing I can emphasize here, it's that progress will not be linear. The challenge facing every business is how to drive business growth up while pushing emissions to zero. I'm extremely confident we will achieve that by 2030 when we become a carbon negative company!.
Today, we released Microsoft’s annual sustainability report. While we’re proud of our progress, it’s important that we take stock of our challenges and learnings. That’s the only way we can all make meaningful headway toward our sustainability goals.
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As a participating organization and signatory of the #CarbonCall, we are excited to work alongside others to strengthen the foundations for carbon accountability and advance a reliable, global system of interoperable GHG ledgers.
Today, we’re proud to launch #CarbonCall, an initiative to build reliable & interoperable carbon accounting for the planet! 🌎 🌍 Alongside @MSFTissues, @unfoundation, @Wipro, @Mila_Quebec, & more, hosted by ClimateWorks. Learn more at
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.@JonahGoldman and @Breakthrough make an incredibly important point. the net zero economy we need won't happen until it is affordable. Reduce the green premium to scale the uptake of zero carbon solutions.
I’ve never been more optimistic about the world’s ability to build on pledges made by biz, gov, and consumers in 2021. But climate ambition won’t translate automatically into climate impact. We must now act on these commitments. More on BE's 2022 outlook:
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My favorite pairing: innovation and sustainability. Microsoft and @METOffice partner on the 2022 AI for Environmental Sustainability Accelerator. Apply by 2/13:
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