Microsoft names Melanie Nakagawa as new Chief Sustainability Officer

In a blog post, Vice Chair and President of Microsoft Brad Smith said that Melanie Nakagawa will join Microsoft in January as the new Chief Sustainability Officer. Reporting directly to me as a Corporate Vice President, Nakagawa will partner with teams across Microsoft and take on the leadership role for company-wide environmental sustainability work. Nakagawa most recently served as Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Climate and Energy on the National Security Council at the White House, one of several roles she has held in the U.S. government. "Melanie joins Microsoft at a critical time. January will mark the third anniversary of our ambitious climate goals to be carbon negative by 2030 and remove our historical carbon emissions by 2050. While I’m pleased with our progress, we must accelerate our momentum and broaden even further our climate-related work," Smith said. Nakagawa will now lead the three-fold sustainability mission launched as a company in September at the U.N. General Assembly meetings. Reference Link