Our guest today is Alice Steenland, a woman who gets stakeholders to make bold leadership moves by sharing her true passion for social good and for the sustainability space. Alice joined Dassault Systèmes in 2020 as the company’s first Chief Sustainability Officer. Previously, she was the founding Chief Corporate Responsibility Officer at AXA Group, where she pioneered a responsible investment strategy including the landmark decision to divest from coal and, later, tobacco. She began her career in healthcare consulting after rec...
Our guest today is Alice Steenland, a woman who gets stakeholders to make bold leadership moves by sharing her true passion for social good and for the sustainability space. Alice joined Dassault Systèmes in 2020 as the company’s first Chief Sustainability Officer. Previously, she was the founding Chief Corporate Responsibility Officer at AXA Group, where she pioneered a responsible investment strategy including the landmark decision to divest from coal and, later, tobacco.
She began her career in healthcare consulting after receiving her degree in human biology at Stanford University, and has since then worked with large multinationals, NGOs, ratings agencies, consulting firms, startups and multilaterals, working in both the US and Europe on projects with global impact.
I recently described Alice to a friend of mine as a woman with a vision, passion and integrity. The kind that will leave no stone unturned until she finds a solution to a problem that she’ll have identified way before you do. And who can do that with the unique kind of confidence that comes with being in your 40s -- and having a whole industry knowing of your worth!
She has been using this out-of-the-box thinking to help support the launch of disruptive business models because she is convinced that the future of sustainability lies in innovating new products, services, and economic models, and that the future of innovation lies in solving real world social & environmental challenges
Oh, did we mention that she’s a mother to 3 young daughters? And that she could write the next Paris-by bicycle guide book.
Here are Alice’s favorite newsletters:
- Bloomberg Green
- FT Moral Money
- Eat Better: Futerra’s Sustainable Food Round Up
Follow Alice on https://www.linkedin.com/in/alicesteenland/
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