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- Elizabeth Sturcken
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- Elizabeth Sturcken
Elizabeth Sturcken
Vice President, Net Zero Ambition & Action
Area of Expertise: Corporate partnerships and strategy, business and the environment, green supply chain, retail and consumer goods, business strategy to address climate, health and land and water impacts
Elizabeth Sturcken founded and leads the Net Zero Action Accelerator (NZAA) at Environmental Defense Fund, which has become one of the most credible bridges between corporate commitment and real-world climate impact. For nearly 30 years, Elizabeth has worked with major brands including Walmart, UPS, Lyft and FedEx to scale climate solutions through EDF+Business, the organization’s private sector engagement division.
Under her leadership, EDF helped Walmart launch Project Gigaton, an ambitious effort to avoid one billion metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions from global supply chains. In 2024, Walmart announced it had reached the goal six years ahead of schedule. Through the NZAA, Elizabeth works with companies of all sizes to advance science-based net-zero strategies and drive emissions reductions across global value chains.
Elizabeth also drives sector-wide change through several coalitions: Beyond Coalition and the Superpollutant Action Initiative, which has mobilized $100 million from seven major companies to tackle some of the fastest drivers of climate change by 2030; Transform to Net Zero (TONZ); the Business Alliance to Scale Climate Solutions (BASCS); and the Sustainable Aviation Buyers Alliance (SABA).
Elizabeth is a frequent speaker on climate and sustainability issues, with appearances at Concordia, The Economist’s Future of Food Summit in London, GreenBiz, and Solutions House at New York and San Francisco Climate Weeks.