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IMPACTFUL AND PROFITABLE FOR THE LONG TERM

What makes something sustainable? It’s fulfilling the needs of today without
compromising the potential of tomorrow. That can be businesses reducing carbon
footprints; rethinking talent pipelines and governance strategies to build a
workforce and leadership more reflective of the communities being served; it can
be eschewing short term gains and the cheap wins in the market in place of long
term returns for shareholders and stakeholders. CNBC Sustainable Returns looks
at how business leaders and investors can make sustainability a fundamental part
of their strategy, not just for the greater good, but for greater profit.


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SPEAKERS

Lone Fønss Schrøder

CEO of Concordium, Vice Chair of Volvo Cars

Steven Williams

CEO, PepsiCo Foods North America

Jonathan Grabel

Chief Investment Officer, Los Angeles County Employees Retirement Association

Sadek Wahba

Chairman & Managing Partner, I Squared Capital

Jim Greffet

Head of ESG Strategy, Eli Lilly & Company

Logan Duran

Vice President, ESG & Sustainability, Tapestry

Gayle Schueller

SVP & Chief Sustainability Officer, 3M

Brian Stafford

CEO, Diligent Corporation

Bonita Stewart

Board Partner, Gradient Ventures

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Tara Hemmer

SVP & Chief Sustainability Officer, WM

Tyler Mathisen

Co-Anchor "Power Lunch" & Vice President, Events Strategy, CNBC

Diana Olick

Senior Climate and Real Estate Correspondent, CNBC

Kristina Partsinevelos

Nasdaq Reporter, CNBC

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PEPSICO FOODS: FROM SEED TO SHELF TO SUSTAINABILITY

Since taking over PepsiCo Foods, N.A. four years ago, Steven Williams has driven
blistering growth at the $21 billion snack empire, which includes six brands
each generating more than $1 billion in annual revenue – Cheetos, Doritos,
Quaker, Tostitos, Lay’s and Ruffles. Overseeing nearly 70,000 employees,
Williams calls himself a ‘seed to shelf’ CEO, with a core focus on the
agricultural end of the value chain, working with farmers to sustainably move
and sell its vast portfolio. A rare interview with a dynamic CEO successfully
driving measurable results and profits on all fronts.

Steven Williams, PepsiCo Foods North America CEO


CREATING THE TALENT PIPELINE OF TOMORROW

Representation of minorities and women at tech startups and on boards remains
sparse. To combat this issue, investor, entrepreneur and corporate veteran
Bonita Stewart is doing her part to recruit and hire more
underrepresented talent to senior management roles. With her extensive
background as a public board member and current position as board leader at
Google’s Gradient Ventures, Stewart offers a unique perspective on how to
improve visibility in the tech talent pipeline.

Bonita Stewart, Gradient Ventures Board Partner 


INVESTMENT IDEAS TO HELP THE EARTH IN CRISIS

The Inflation Reduction Act has accelerated new funding opportunities across
America’s clean energy sector. Where are the most actionable opportunities and
solutions — environmentally, economically, and even politically? An in-depth
analysis from Sadek Wahba, a member of President Biden’s National Infrastructure
Advisory Council (NIAC) and founder of I Squared Capital, a $45+ billion global
infrastructure investment firm.   

Sadek Wahba, I Squared Capital Chairman & Managing Partner


THE POWER OF PROXY

LACERA is the nation’s largest retirement system, with over $70 billion in
pension assets. CIO Jonathan Grabel explains why transparency and sound
governance in financial markets is key to a stronger, more sustainable
performance and investment strategy. 

Jonathan Grabel, Los Angeles County Employees Retirement Association CIO


SWAPPING SUSTAINABILITY STRATEGIES

Although many companies are pursuing similar sustainability objectives, the
approach differs based on industry. What does product circularity or community
engagement look like for retail, healthcare and manufacturing? A panel of
sustainability executives from these industries will compare their strategies
towards similar goals.  

Logan Duran, Tapestry Vice President, ESG & Sustainability
Jim Greffet, Eli Lilly & Company Head of ESG Strategy
Gayle Schueller, 3M SVP & Chief Sustainability Officer 

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LONE FØNSS SCHRØDER

Lone Fønss Schrøder is CEO of Concordium. With extensive executive experience
ranging from large-cap companies in aviation, biotech, retail, automotive, oil &
gas, and shipping to banks and capital markets, Fønss Schrøder is also
co-founder of the bank-fintech company Cashworks, Vice Chairman of Volvo Cars,
Director at IKEA and former Senior Advisor at Credit Suisse. She spent 22 years
at A.P. Moller-Maersk — the world’s largest shipping company — serving as Senior
Vice President and founding Maersk Procurement and Star Air. In 2005, she was
appointed President of Wallenius Lines, a leading provider of global
factory-to-dealer transport solutions and terminal facilities for the automotive
industry. Fønss Schrøder holds an MSc in Business Administration and Economics
from Copenhagen Business School and a Master in Law (LLM) from the University of
Copenhagen and Blockchain Technologies program from the MIT Sloan School of
Management.

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STEVEN WILLIAMS

Steven Williams is the Chief Executive Officer of PepsiCo Foods North America.
He is a 24-year veteran of PepsiCo with strong leadership experience across the
food industry. PepsiCo products are enjoyed by consumers more than one billion
times a day in more than 200 countries and territories around the world. PepsiCo
generated more than $86 billion in net revenue in 2022, driven by a
complementary beverage and convenient foods portfolio that includes Lay's,
Doritos, Cheetos, Gatorade, Pepsi-Cola, Mountain Dew, Quaker, and SodaStream.
PepsiCo's product portfolio includes a wide range of enjoyable foods and
beverages, including many iconic brands that generate more than $1 billion each
in estimated annual retail sales.

As the CEO of PepsiCo Foods North America, Steven Williams oversees all aspects
of PepsiCo’s nearly $21 billion snack and convenient foods business in North
America, including Frito-Lay North America (FLNA) and Quaker Foods North America
(QFNA), with a diversified portfolio of iconic brands, including: Lay’s,
Doritos, Cheetos, Tostitos, Ruffles, Fritos, Stacy’s Pita Chips, SunChips and
Quaker Oats. In this role, Steven is accountable for more than 65,000 associates
and over 500 locations across the United States and Canada.

Steven, a 24-year PepsiCo veteran, has served as CEO since March 2019. Prior to
this role, Steven served as senior vice president and chief commercial officer
for Frito-Lay’s U.S. organization, setting strategy and overseeing all
commercial activities for the U.S. field sales and customer organization, in
addition to leading a large multi-functional sales organization, spanning all
Frito-Lay retail customers, sales channels and go-to-market systems.

Steven also previously served as senior vice president and general manager for
Frito-Lay’s East division where he was responsible for the overall business and
performance management for the six geographic regions in the Eastern U.S.

Earlier in his tenure at PepsiCo, Steven led the company’s global Walmart
business, managing the PepsiCo portfolio of products across all aspects of the
Walmart Business worldwide, including: Walmart U.S., Sam’s Club, and Walmart
International Divisions. In this role, he built strong strategic partnership and
delivered significant retail sales and share growth in Walmart.

Steven joined PepsiCo in 2001 as part of PepsiCo’s acquisition of the Quaker
Oats Company, which he joined in 1997, and has held leadership positions of
increased responsibility across PepsiCo in sales, general management, customer
management, sales planning and shopper marketing, gaining deep experience and
building a proven track record of strong results.

Steven is a member of the board of directors of State Farm Mutual Automobile
Company and is very active in the community, serving on the executive advisory
board for the Southern Methodist University Cox School of Business, the
president’s advisory board for University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center,
in addition to being a current Board Chair of United Way in Dallas; and
2024-2025 Campaign Chair during United Way of Metropolitan Dallas’ Centennial
year.

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JONATHAN GRABEL

Mr. Grabel manages the multibillion-dollar defined benefit pension fund on
behalf of LACERA's active and retired members. He also oversees the investments
for the LACERA-administered healthcare benefits program.
Prior to LACERA, Mr. Grabel was the CIO for New Mexico PERA, where he oversaw
the investments for the agency’s $15 billion defined benefit fund and the
associated PERA SmartSave deferred compensation plan. Previously, he was a
general partner at a private equity firm focused on growth-stage investments in
technology, networking industries, and digital communications. Earlier in his
career, Mr. Grabel was an investment banker and licensed CPA (inactive). He
received his Bachelor of Science in economics from the Wharton School of the
University of Pennsylvania and his MBA from the University of Chicago Booth
School of Business.

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SADEK WAHBA

Dr. Sadek Wahba is Chairman and Managing Partner of I Squared Capital, an
independent global infrastructure investment manager based in Miami, Florida. He
was previously at Morgan Stanley where he was the CEO of Morgan Stanley
Infrastructure, a global platform for infrastructure investments.A former
economist at The World Bank, Sadek is an advocate for transformative approaches
to infrastructure investment and a frequent commentator about the need for more
investment in infrastructure to promote sustainable economic growth. He was part
of the expert committee on the World Economic Forum's first report on global
infrastructure investments and was named Global Infrastructure Personality of
the Year twice, as well as Global Infrastructure Personality of the Decade, by
Private Equity International (PEI). He appears regularly on national networks
including Bloomberg and CNBC. In September 2022, President Biden appointed Sadek
to the National Infrastructure Advisory Council, which advises the White House
on reducing the physical and cyber risks and improving the security and
resilience of critical infrastructure in the U.S.He holds a Ph.D. in economics
from Harvard University, an M.Sc. in economics from the London School
ofEconomics (LSE) and a B.A. in economics from the American University in Cairo.
He is a published author on economic research and one of his publications was
selected by MIT as one of their 50 most influential papers in the last 50 years.
Sadek is a Senior Fellow at the Development Research Institute ofNew York
University, a Foundation Fellow of St. Antony’s College, University of Oxford
and a trustee of the American University in Cairo. A member of the Council on
Foreign Relations, he is also a member of the national cabinet of the Wilson
Center, and chair of the steering committee of the Wahba Institute for Strategic
Competition at the Wilson Center. He resides inMiami, Florida where he is a
member of the board of directors of the Baptist Health Miami Cancer Institute
and a trustee of the Everglades Foundation.

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JIM GREFFET

Jim Greffet has led ESG efforts at Lilly since September 2020. In this capacity,
he oversees implementation of Lilly ESG strategy, has responsibility for
coordinating ESG-related communications, and organizing and leading ESG
stakeholder interactions. In a significant advancement of Lilly’s approach, Jim
led the development of Lilly’s ESG portal, a comprehensive source for ESG
strategy, goals and results. Jim also chairs the ESG Governance Committee at
Lilly, which is a central body for development and execution of ESG priorities
and communication to the Executive Committee and Board of Directors.

Prior to his current role, Jim spent two years as a loaned executive to Elanco
Animal Health, which was spun out of Lilly in an IPO in 2018. Jim served as the
Vice President of Investor Relations at Elanco. He was responsible for leading
all interactions with Sell-Side Analysts and Buy-Side Investors, including
preparation of Earnings materials, participation in Investor Conferences, Non
Deal Roadshows and investor visits to Elanco Headquarters. He conducted investor
outreach and targeting to build understanding of the Elanco investment thesis.
He worked closely with External Communications to provide consistent external
dialogue and to prepare Elanco Senior Executives on key topics and messaging on
relevant issues. In 2020, Jim was ranked the number one IR leader for mid-cap
pharmaceuticals by Institutional Investor.

Prior to the role at Elanco, Jim spent 18 years at Lilly, holding numerous
positions of increasing responsibility, including an assignment in Corporate
Business Development, managing Lilly’s Venture Capital portfolio. Jim has also
served as the Chief Financial Officer of Lilly Canada, Senior Director of
Finance for Lilly Research Laboratories, Manager of Investor Relations, Manager
of Treasury Planning and Strategy, Senior Human Resources Representative and
Senior Financial Analyst.

Prior to joining Lilly, Mr. Greffet was a Consulting Manager for KPMG Consulting
in Indianapolis, Indiana and St. Louis, Missouri.

In 2003, Jim earned a Masters of Business Administration from the University of
Chicago and in 1991 received a Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting from Indiana
University. He passed the CPA exam in 1991.

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LOGAN DURAN

Logan Duran is a sustainability management professional who helps organizations
measure, reduce, and communicate their ESG impacts across the value chain. His
experience covers several subject areas including circularity, product and
supply chain responsibility, traceability, carbon mitigation, renewable energy,
and reporting.

Originally from Chicago, IL, he holds a master’s degree in sustainability
management from Columbia University in New York City and a joint BA in
Environmental Studies and Geology from Middlebury College in Vermont.


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GAYLE SCHUELLER

Dr. Gayle Schueller is 3M’s Senior Vice President and Chief Sustainability
Officer. Gayle started in 3M’s corporate laboratory as a product development
engineer and has over 29 years of technical and business leadership experience.
Her career spans a broad range of businesses from electronics to healthcare to
consumer industries. She has led technical and business teams from around the
world including Europe, Asia, Latin America and North America.

Gayle’s previous assignments include Vice President of New Platforms for Growth
and Commercialization, Directora General for 3M Mexico, Vice President for
Global Sustainability, and Vice President of Research & Development and Design
for 3M’s Consumer and Office Business.

She is passionate about making a positive impact in the world through science
and technology.

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BRIAN STAFFORD

Brian Stafford is Chief Executive Officer of Diligent Corporation. Brian assumed
the role of CEO in March 2015 and is responsible for all day-to-day operations,
with a focus on accelerating global growth and incorporating scale into the
business in order to seamlessly manage the growth.

Brian previously served as a Partner at McKinsey & Company, where he founded and
led their Growth Stage Tech Practice. While there, he concentrated on helping
Growth Stage Technology companies scale faster and did extensive work with
Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) companies, focusing on growth strategy, sales
operations and strategy, pricing, international growth strategy and team
building. Prior to his tenure at McKinsey, Brian was the Founder, President and
CEO of CarOrder, a division of Trilogy Software based in Austin, Texas.

Brian holds a Master’s Degree in Computer Science from the University of Chicago
and a BS in Economics from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
He currently lives in Manhattan.

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BONITA STEWART

Bonita Stewart is a Board Partner at Gradient Ventures.

In her role, Bonita will advise companies across our portfolio, help hone their
go-to-market, and help with Gradient’s board practice.

Bonita comes to Gradient from Google’s Global Partnerships team, where she spent
the last seven years overseeing partnerships for the largest US publishers
across search, news, media/entertainment, commerce, and mobile apps. Prior to
Google, Bonita had an extensive automotive career where she led Chrysler brand
advertising, Chrysler Group Interactive Communications, and had a 10-year
management career with IBM. Over the past several years she has been recognized
for her leadership and most recently, co-authored a book called A Blessing:
Women of Color Teaming Up to Lead, Empower and Thrive and released the 2020
Women of Color in Business Cross-Generational Survey.

Bonita serves on two public boards: Deckers and PagerDuty. She co-founded two
companies, NiaOnline and One Moment in Time, and is an investor in Operator
Collective and Female Founders Fund. Bonita graduated magna cum laude from
Howard University and received her MBA from Harvard Business School.

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TARA HEMMER

As Senior Vice President and Chief Sustainability Officer for WM, Tara Hemmer is
responsible for growing sustainable service offerings, including recycling,
renewable energy and organics. In addition, she oversees all environmental,
social impact and governance initiatives. She was previously Senior Vice
President, Field Operations for the southern part of North America, including
oversight of collection, disposal, recycling and landfills. She is a member of
the Company’s senior leadership team, led by Jim Fish, President and Chief
Executive Officer. Hemmer joined the company in 1999 and progressed through
various leadership roles across North America including Vice President of
Disposal Operations, Area Vice President for the Greater Mid-Atlantic Area, and
most recently Senior Vice President of Operations, Safety and Environmental
Compliance. She also serves on the board of the Environmental Research and
Education Foundation. Hemmer graduated from Cornell University with a Bachelor
of Science in Civil and Environmental Engineering.

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TYLER MATHISEN

Tyler Mathisen co-anchors CNBC's "Power Lunch" (M-F, 1PM-3PM ET), one of the
network's longest running program franchises. He is also Vice President, Events
Strategy for CNBC, working closely with the network's events team to grow the
rapidly expanding business.

Previously, Mathisen was co-anchor of "Nightly Business Report," an
award-winning evening business news program produced by CNBC for U.S. public
television. In 2014, NBR was named best radio/TV show by the Society of American
Business Editors and Writers (SABEW). Since joining CNBC in 1997, Mathisen has
held a number of positions including managing editor of CNBC Business News,
responsible for directing the network's daily content and coverage. He was also
co-anchor of CNBC's "Closing Bell."

Mathisen has reported one-hour documentaries for the network including "Best
Buy: The Big Box Fights Back," "Supermarkets Inc: Inside a $500 Billion Money
Machine" and "Death: It's a Living." Mathisen was also host of the CNBC series
"How I Made My Millions."

Prior to CNBC, Mathisen spent 15 years as a writer, senior editor and top editor
for Money magazine. Among other duties, he supervised the magazine's mutual
funds coverage, its annual investment forecast issue and its expansion into
electronic journalism, for which it won the first-ever National Magazine Award
for New Media in 1997.

In 1993, Mathisen won the American University-Investment Company Institute Award
for Personal Finance Journalism for a televised series on "Caring for Aging
Parents," which aired on ABC's "Good Morning America." Mathisen served as money
editor of "GMA" from 1991 to 1997. He also won an Emmy Award for a report on the
1987 stock market crash that aired on New York's WCBS-TV.

A native of Arlington,Va., Mathisen graduated with distinction from the
University of Virginia.

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DIANA OLICK

Diana Olick is an Emmy Award-winning journalist, currently serving as CNBC’s
senior climate and real estate correspondent. She also contributes her climate
and real estate expertise to NBC News NOW, MSNBC, NBC’s “Today” and “NBC Nightly
News.” She is a regular guest speaker and does guest segments on NPR and C-SPAN.
Her work on CNBC.com won the Gracie Award for “Outstanding Blog” in 2015.

Soon after joining CNBC in 2002, Olick recognized the quick run-up in the
housing market, fueled by investor flipping, and consequently launched the
network’s real estate beat. She covers both commercial and residential real
estate as well as the mortgage market. Olick was at the forefront of reporting
on the housing boom, the subprime mortgage collapse, the resulting housing crash
and the ongoing recovery. She also launched the real estate page on CNBC.com and
is its primary author.

In 2018, Olick envisioned a new series for the network called “Rising Risks,”
which examines all aspects of the growing risk to real estate from climate
change. The series grew beyond real estate and in 2021, Olick began covering
climate full-time across all sectors. That same year, she covered the COP26
United Nations climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland, reporting on government,
corporate and private sector investments in the fight against climate change.

In early 2022, Olick launched an additional climate series, Clean Start, which
follows venture capital money into climate startups. The series airs weekly and
has its own page on CNBC.com/clean-start.

Prior to joining CNBC, Olick spent seven years as a correspondent for CBS News.
Olick began her career as a local news reporter at WABI-TV in Bangor, Maine;
WZZM-TV in Grand Rapids, Michigan; and KIRO-TV in Seattle. She joined CBS in
1994 as a New York-based correspondent for the “CBS Evening News with Dan
Rather” and “The Early Show.” She also contributed pieces to “48 Hours” and
“Sunday Morning.”

At CBS, Olick worked in the New York, Dallas and Washington, D.C. bureaus,
covering such stories as the World Trade Center conspiracy trial, the crash of
TWA Flight 800, the JonBenet Ramsey murder mystery and was the exclusive
correspondent for the trial of Oklahoma City bomber Terry Nichols. She also took
a temporary assignment in CBS’ Moscow bureau, where she chronicled the brief
presidential campaign of Mikhail Gorbachev.

Olick has a B.A. in comparative literature with a minor in soviet studies from
Columbia College in New York and a master’s degree in journalism from
Northwestern’s Medill School of Journalism.

Follow Diana Olick on Twitter @DianaOlick on Instagram @DianaOlick and on
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KRISTINA PARTSINEVELOS

Kristina Partsinevelos joined CNBC in May 2021 and serves as the Nasdaq reporter
for the network, based at the Nasdaq and CNBC Global Headquarters in Englewood
Cliffs, N.J. She covers the Nasdaq, semiconductors, ESG and precious metals, and
her reporting appears on television and CNBC’s digital platforms.

Prior to CNBC, Partsinevelos was a business correspondent and economist for
three years at the Fox Business Network, covering everything from technology, to
the White House, to the Federal Reserve and reporting in the field around New
York City during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic. She also reported from
South Carolina in the eye of Hurricane Florence, a category 4 storm, in
September 2018.

Prior to that, Partsinevelos worked for Global News in London, BNN Bloomberg
(Canada’s Business News Network), CTV News Channel and CBC Edmonton covering the
latest financial news, including the retail, tech, and automotive sectors.

She is fluent in French and received her MBA from the University of Oxford’s
Saȉd Business School. She also has a master’s in journalism from Carleton
University.

Follow Kristina Partsinevelos on Twitter @KristinaParts.

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Williams handles 30% of the natural gas in the United States that is used every
day to heat our homes, cook our food and generate our electricity. Williams
works closely with customers to provide the necessary infrastructure to serve
growing markets and safely deliver natural gas products to reliably fuel the
clean energy economy. With interstate natural gas pipelines and gathering &
processing operations throughout the country, we reliably deliver value to our
employees, investors, customers and communities by running our business with
authenticity and a safety-driven culture, leading our industry into the future. 

https://www.williams.com/ 

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Previously known as Waste Management and based in Houston, Texas, WM is driven
by commitments to put people first and achieve success with integrity. The
company, through its subsidiaries, provides collection, recycling and disposal
services to millions of residential, commercial, industrial and municipal
customers throughout the U.S. and Canada. With innovative infrastructure and
capabilities in recycling, organics and renewable energy, WM provides
environmental solutions to and collaborates with its customers in helping them
achieve their sustainability goals. WM has the largest disposal network and
collection fleet in North America, is the largest recycler of post-consumer
materials and is the leader in beneficial reuse of landfill gas, with a growing
network of renewable natural gas plants and the most gas-to-electricity plants
in North America. WM’s fleet includes nearly 11,000 natural gas trucks – the
largest heavy-duty natural gas truck fleet of its kind in North America – where
more than half are fueled by renewable natural gas. To learn more about WM and
the company’s sustainability progress and solutions, visit
Sustainability.WM.com.

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