Women's Day: Celebrating 100 Female Sustainability Leaders

On International Women's Day, at illuminem we are proud to celebrate 100 inspiring female leaders who promote sustainability and the fight against climate change across the world.

Our editorial list is composed of 5 honorable mentions, each making a difference in a special way:

• Thought Leaders

• Future Thought Leaders

• Policymakers

• Activists & Advocates

• Social Media Top Voices

Please help us congratulate our great female Leaders! Please join us to celebrate all women!

Thought Leaders

• Alicia Garcia-Herrero - Chief Economist for Asia Pacific, Natixis

• Angela Hultberg - Global Sustainability Director, Kearney

• Angela Wilkinson - Secretary General & CEO, World Energy Council (WEC)

• Anne-Sophie Corbeau - Global Research Scholar, Columbia University

• Arvea Marieni - Director, Regenerative Society Foundation

• Bridget Doran - Principal Researcher, MRCagney

• Carissa Patrone Maikuri - Coordinator, Project Drawdown

• Carla Della Maggiora - Deputy Director, Basel Agency for Sustainable Energy (BASE)

• Clare Shine - Director and CEO, Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL)

• Erin Burns - Executive Director, Carbon180

• Erin Remblance - Co-founder, (re)Biz

• Esohe Denise - Managing Director & Head of ESG & Sustainability, PAI Partners

• Eve Tamme - Founder and Managing Director, Climate Principles

• Gabriela Herculano - CEO & Co-Founder, iClima Earth

• Gaya Herrington - VP, Schindler Electric

• Holly Honglin Li - Net Zero Finance Program Director, Ceres Accelerator

• Ilkay Demirdag - Strategic Board Member, AVANEA

• Kristina Church - Global Head of Responsible Strategy, BNY Mellon

• Maria Demertzis - Deputy-Director, Bruegel

• Maria Eugenia Filmanovic  - Co-founder, Abatable

• Roberta Boscolo - Climate & Energy Lead, United Nations World Metereological Organization (WMO)

• Dr. Venera N. Anderson - Strategy Advisor and Author | Sustainability and Climate, The Harvard Business Review Advisory Council 

Future Thought Leaders

• Ana Victoria Tarín Santiso - Director of Project Development and Engineering, Greenvolt Power Renewables

• Anh Nguyen - Co-founder, StimShift

• Basundhara Dutta - ESG Development and Advocacy, Amundi

• Dana Gibber - Co-Founder & CEO, Flowcarbon

• Eirini Sakellari- Youth Assistant Coordinator, Global Landscapes Forum (GLF)

• Elrika Hamdi - Energy Finance Analyst, Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA)

• Evelyn Dan Epelle - Head of Department, KAFTAN TV

• Francesca Battersby - Project Manager, dss+

• Gabriela Diaz Musmanni - Communications Officer, Global Center on Adaptation

• Habiba Ahut Daggash - Associate, Africa Energy Program

• Johanna Schiele - Policy Officer, European Commission (EC)

• Mariel Ferragamo - Communications Coordinator & Senior Podcast Produce, The Energy for Growth Hub

• Nadia Ameli - Principal Research Fellow, UCL

• Sanghamitra Chattopadhyay Mukherjee - Researcher, University College Dublin (UCD)

• Sharon Seah - Senior Fellow, ASEAN Studies Centre and the Climate Change

• Sophie Purdom - Co-Founder, Climate Tech VC

• Susana Gago - Founder and ES (Ecosystem Steward), UNAKTI

• Valentina Guido - Senior Associate, Climate Intelligence Programme, RMI

Policymakers

• Agnes Mulder - Member of the House of Representatives, Netherlands

• Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez - Member of the House of Representative, USA

• Amina J. Mohammed - Deputy Secretary-General, United Nations

• Aminath Shauna - Minister of Environment, Maldives

• Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana - Under-Secretary General, United Nations

• Christiana Figueres - Fmr. Executive Secretary, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

• Christine Hogan - Deputy Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Canada

• Yasmine Fouad - Minister of Environment, Egypt

• Francia Márquez - Vice President, Colombia

• Hilda Heine - Fmr. President, Marshall Islands

• Izabella Teixeira - Fmr. Minister of Environment, Brazil

• Jacinda Ardern - Prime Minister, New Zealand

• Jennifer Morgan - Special Envoy for International Climate Action, German Foreign Ministry

• Mia Mottley - Prime Minister, Barbados

• Patricia Espinosa - Fmr. Minister of Interior and Exterior Relations, Mexico

• Patricia Scotland - Secretary-general, Commonwealth of Nations

• Romina Pourmokhtari - Minister for Environment, Sweden

• Sanna Marin - Prime Minister, Finland

• Shalanda Baker - Director of the Office of Economic Impact and Diversity, US Department of Energy

• Vivianne Heijnen - Minister for Environment, Netherlands

Activists & Advocates

• Anne Simpson - Global Head of Sustainability, Franklin Templeton

• Autumn Peltier - Anishinaabe Indigenous Rights Advocate

• Elizabeth Wanjiru Wathuti - Founder, Green Generation Initiative

• Greta Thunberg - Founder, Fridays for Future

• Hindou Oumaou Ibrahim - President, Indigenous Women & Peoples Association of Chad

• Isra Hirsi - Co-founder & co-executive director, U.S. Youth Climate Strike

• Jamaica Heolimeleikalani - Kanaka Maoli Poet, Educator, and Activist

• Kate Marvel - Associate Research Scientist, NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies

• Katharine Wilkinson - Executive Director and Co-founder, The All We Can Save Project

• Kotchakorn Voraakhom - CEO, Porous City Network

• Leah Namurgewa - Youth Climate Activist

• Lola Cabnal - Director for Public Policy, Ak'Tenamit Association

• Luisa Neubauer - Activist, Fridays for Future

• Mitzi Jonelle Tan - Convenor and international spokesperson, Youth Advocates for Climate Action Philippines (YACAP)

• Rachel Kyte - Dean, The Fletcher School at Tufts University

• Rebecca Prince-Ruiz - Executive Director, Plastic Free July

• Rhiana Gunn-Wright - Design Research Fellow, ECMC

• Tessa Khan - Board Member, Climate Breakthrough

• Vandana Shiva - Indian scholar, Environmental Activist, Food Sovereignty Sdvocate, Ecofeminist and Anti-globalisation Author

• Vanessa Nakate - Founder, Rise Up Climate Movement

Social Media Top Voices

• Aniek Moonen - Chair, Dutch Youth Climate Movement

• Anna Luisa Beserra - CEO, Sustainable Development & Water For All

• Denise Hills - Founding Member, Rise and Raise Others

• Durreen Shahnaz - Founder & CEO, Impact Investment Exchange (IIX)

• Elin Bergman - Cradlenet, Chief Operating Officer/Circular Economy Expert and spokesperson

• Gabriela Mitri - Founder, Speakhers

• Helene Li - CEO, GOImpact Capital Partners

• Jean Guo - Co-founder & CEO, Konexio

• Judith Urquijo - Content curator, Bee smart city

• Katarina Uherova Hasbani - Partner and Global Director of Strategy and Advisory,

• Lubomila Jordanova - CEO & Co-Founder, Plan A

• Maria Gottenhuber - Management Consultant, Terra Institute

• Maria Vittoria Bassetto - Head of the Global ESG Alliance & Co-founder, illuminem

• Mervin Azeta - Global Flexible Work & Culture Project Manager, SLB

• Mitali Nikore - Transport Specialist, the World Bank

• Naiara Bertão - ESG editor, Valor Econômico

• Silvia Organista Sandoval - CSR/ESG Consultant, Green Bee Insights

• Snjezana Ana Billian - Diversity & Inclusion Lead, EY

• Stefanie Hauer - Partner and Member of the Board, NatureRe Capital

• Tatiana Antonelli Abella - Founder & Managing Director, Goumbook FZE

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