About Me
Maren Costa is a climate justice and workers’ rights advocate featured in the Netflix documentary Buy Now: The Shopping Conspiracy. Renowned for her bold stance on ethics and sustainability, Maren drives change in tech and business. As U.S. Advisor at WorkForClimate.org and President of the Board for Amazon Employees for Climate Justice, she empowers tech workers to push for systemic change. With over 20 years of leadership at Adobe, Amazon, and Microsoft, she holds 16 patents for innovations in human-centered design. In 2018, she co-founded Amazon Employees for Climate Justice, securing wins like Amazon's Climate Pledge and Jeff Bezos’s $10 billion Earth Fund. A sought-after speaker, Maren advocates for systems change, sustainability, design thinking, corporate responsibility, and collective action to tackle the polycrisis and create a just, sustainable future.
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The Sustainable Edge: Why Doing Good is Good for Business
In a world demanding more than just financial returns, today’s startups and scaleups are poised to redefine success. This panel explores how social and environmental responsibility fuels business growth. From the practical strategies for embedding sustainability into core business models, to the critical importance of accurately measuring and reporting impact, entrepreneurs and investors will share how their commitment to “doing good” is what ultimately gave them their competitive advantage.