Kate Shearer
Director, Sustainability & Corporate Social Responsibility Operational Excellence at Sodexo
- Role
- Director, Sustainability & Corporate Social Responsibility at Sodexo
- Location
- New York, NY, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Kate Shearer
A passionate sustainability changemaker experienced in developing corporate social responsibility and sustainability strategies that drive business value and engage customers, employees and the community in the behavior change necessary for long-term impact. I bring perspective from the private, non-profit, academic and government sectors on initiatives related to climate impact; waste, energy and water reduction; responsible sourcing and supply chains; sustainable diets; natural resource management; food insecurity; and health & well-being. Specialties: Project management, partnership development, stakeholder engagement, training & capacity building, strategic communications, business development, fundraising, philanthropy, ESG & sustainability reporting, policy development, carbon footprinting, life cycle analysis, waste audits, and energy efficiency.
Experience
Director, Sustainability & Corporate Social Responsibility
Oct 2020 — Present · New York, NY, US
Lead sustainability & CSR strategy for Sodexo\'s University segment and its 500+ university partner operations nationally, across a range of complex multi-stakeholder issues (carbon, energy & water reduction; waste & circularity; responsible sourcing; community development; health & well-being; employee volunteering.)-Lead Net Zero Carbon strategy and roadmap for Sodexo’s University segment to ensure progress and accountability toward SBTi validated Net Zero by 2040 target-Sodexo USA exceeded our 2025 carbon reduction goal, reducing emissions by 35% vs our baseline-2023 Spirit of Sodexo Campus Segment Winner – Bronze Award, Team SpiritSPEAKING ENGAGEMENTSTilt Collective’s Food Day, Climate Week NYC,\"Leveraging Defaults and Narrative Change for Climate & Health,\" 2024The Economist’s 4th annual Sustainability Week US, “Effective governance: there is no ESG without G”, 2024NACAS C3X Annual Conference and Expo, “Plant-Based Default Partnerships in Health and Sustainability,” 2023Aspen Ideas: Climate, “Our Planets, Our Plates,” 2023Upper Midwest Association for Campus Sustainability (UMACS) 2021 ConferenceDialogue on Food Insecurity on College Campuses as part of the United Nations Food Systems Summit, 2021NYU Stern & NYU Institute for Policy Integrity: Corporate Climate Risk: Assessment, Disclosure, & Action, 2020Ideagen\'s Global Leader Podcast Series: 3 Key Lessons That Have the Potential To Change the World, 2019Annual Ideagen Global Goals 2030 - Empowering Women & Girls Summit, 2019Morgan Stanley Sustainable Futures Summit, 2018Columbia University China Prospects Conference, 2018
Education
Trinity College-Hartford
Bachelor of Arts - BA, Political Science Major; Environmental Science Minor
Columbia | SIPA
Master of Public Administration (M.P.A.), Environment and Energy Policy and Management
The School for Field Studies
Sustainable Development
Skills
- Nonprofits
- Sustainability
- Sustainability Reporting
- Stakeholder Engagement
- Strategic Planning
- Sustainable Development
- Nonprofit Organizations
- Strategic Partnerships
- Strategic Communications
- Strategy
- Energy Efficiency
- Carbon Footprinting
- Sustainability Consulting
- Corporate Sustainability
- Program Management
- Non-Profits
- Fundraising
- Policy Analysis
- Business Development
- Management
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