Finding an ESG champion: Unifying 'cross-functional' sustainability efforts at Pinterest

Stuart Stone
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Finding an ESG champion: Unifying 'cross-functional' sustainability efforts at Pinterest

An image-focused social network boasting 450m monthly users, Pinterest kicked off 2023 by posting its first ever chief public affairs and sustainability officer. Dr LeMia Jenkins Thompson puts BusinessGreen in the platform’s climate picture

A self-proclaimed a 'visual discovery engine', Pinterest functions as an online pin-board to help its more than 450 million monthly active users - or 'Pinners' - find ideas and inspiration on everything...

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