Lisa Jackson, Apple’s vice president of environmental initiatives, will attend a virtual conference focusing on environmental sustainability in September.
As confirmed in the press release, the inauguration of the Sydney Morning Herald Sustainability Summit will take place on September 7 via a live broadcast and in “interactive meeting rooms”.
Topics for discussion include the environmental challenges Australian businesses face: climate change, pollution, carbon neutrality and waste. Speakers like Jackson will take the virtual stage to talk about these issues, discuss potential solutions, and deepen the discussion on the topic.
Lisa Jackson will be the first guest to speak, following opening remarks by Lisa Davies, editor of the Sydney Morning Herald, and a speech by the New South Wales Minister for Energy and Environment , Matt Kean. Most likely, the Apple executive will discuss the Cupertino company’s initiatives to achieve carbon neutrality across its business by 2030. Apple announced this program last July, detailing plans to cut emissions as soon as possible. 75%.
Apple CEO Tim Cook tweeted that by 2030 all of Apple’s business will be carbon neutral, from the supply chain to every device manufactured.
Other key speakers at the SMH Sustainability Summit include Mike Cannon-Brookes, co-founder and co-CEO of Atlassian, Sandra Martinez, CEO of Nestle Oceania, Pip Marlow, CEO of Salesforce Australia and New Zealand, and Jan Gardberg, CEO of IKEA Australia.
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