SUSTAINABLE SUPPLY CHAINS
She says reading Paul Hawken’ s The Ecology of Commerce clarified“ how business could be the biggest bane or the biggest boon to the environment and to the planet.”
To deepen her expertise, she returned to university for a master’ s degree in environmental management and an MBA. That combination, she says, gave her both environmental knowledge and the commercial fluency needed to influence corporate decision-making.
Her career then took her through corporate sustainability at Abercrombie & Fitch, where she learned about supply chains and retail operations, and later into solar energy, where she saw how policy and incentives can accelerate the adoption of cleaner technologies.
At Intuit, those strands come together. She says the role allows her to combine environmental strategy, business thinking and stakeholder engagement in one job.
“MY MISSION IS TO POWER PROSPERITY THROUGH CLIMATE ACTION”
Debbie Lizt Head of Global Sustainability Intuit
Intuit’ s approach Intuit frames sustainability as integral to its core purpose rather than as a separate programme. Debbie says the company recognises that it cannot“ power prosperity” without a healthy planet.
That thinking shapes both the operational and external sides of the strategy. Internally, Intuit is working on its own environmental footprint, including supply chain and real estate emissions. Externally, it is looking for ways to support the communities it serves with practical climate solutions. Debbie is explicit that the work must align with the business.
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