Corporate Sustainability

As Colgate-Palmolive’s Chief Sustainability Officer, Ann Tracy leads Colgate’s Global Sustainability strategy and key initiatives, integrating a strong technical foundation across the enterprise and steering sustainability and social impact strategy through three core ambitions: Driving Social Impact, Helping Millions of Homes, and Preserving Our Environment.

Ms. Tracy holds a B.A. degree in Applied Science, a B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering, and a Master’s of Engineering degree in Manufacturing Systems. Most recently, she has completed a Certificate of Sustainability from the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership. Ms. Tracy is also on the board of the UNGC Network USA.

Anne Bahr Thompson is a 2020 Superbrands Top 10 Branding Leader, a Trust Across America 2018 Top Thought Leader in Trust, and the author of “DO GOOD: Embracing Brand Citizenship to Fuel Both Purpose and Profit.” With more than 25 years of international experience in global brand strategy and purpose, Ms. Thompson is a former executive director and head of consulting at Interbrand, the world’s leading brand consultancy, and the founder of Onesixtyfourth, a strategic and creative consultancy. Today, Ms. Thompson is focused on cultivating a new consciousness for business by guiding business and nonprofit leaders to navigate brand development and business strategy with purpose, sustainability, corporate social responsibility, and political activism.

Diane Kaldany is the co-founder of The CSG Group. After obtaining her B.A. in Philosophy from Fordham University, Ms. Kaldany embarked on professional self-discovery via the real estate, banking, and insurance sectors as a business development executive. She was compelled to make a difference, joining nonprofit boards; curating art shows; and organizing discussions on a variety of topics, such as economic inequality, women and children’s issues, and education. During her tenure as the U.S. Development Director of a Lebanese NGO, Ms. Kaldany came to understand the challenges of grassroots organizations and the communities they serve.

In 2018, Ms. Kaldany realized that systemic change takes time and commitment and that enterprises have the capital and resources to make an impactful difference, especially through private-public partnerships. To that end, she co-founded The CSG Group with the mission to encourage and help enterprises lead through purpose and values by incorporating more transparent social and sustainable business practices into their operations.

Jon Richter is Chief Sustainability Officer at MetLife, leading efforts to ensure that sustainability is integrated into how MetLife operates and achieves its business goals. In this role, Mr. Richter oversees the development and execution of global sustainability strategy, including identifying ESG opportunities and gaps, establishing meaningful sustainability/ESG commitments, leading climate-related initiatives, and reporting progress across all sustainability/ESG efforts.

Mr. Richter has nearly 25 years of experience working at Fortune 50 companies across the financial services, pharmaceutical, and consumer products sectors. He has expertise in sustainability/ESG, communications, corporate reputation, and market analytics. Mr. Richter’s work has helped companies maximize sustainability/ESG efforts so they can gain a competitive business advantage.

Judy Samuelson is vice president, founder, and executive director of the Aspen Institute’s Business & Society Program, as well as the author of “Six New Rules of Business: Creating Real Value in a Changing World” (Berrett-Koehler, 2021). Signature programs under Ms. Samuelson’s leadership include a ten-year campaign to disrupt Milton Friedman’s narrative about corporate purpose, the Aspen Principles of Long-Term Value Creation, and a partnership with Korn Ferry to rethink executive pay. She previously worked in legislative affairs in California and banking in New York’s Garment Center, and ran the Ford Foundation’s office of program-related investments. Ms. Samuelson blogs for “Quartz at Work” and is a Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Fellow as well as a director of the Financial Health Network.

Rene Bonomi pursued his MBA at Cornell University and has a degree in Industrial Engineering from UFSCar in Brazil. He brings years of experience both in business development, for startups as well as corporations, and in financial advisory, structuring M&A and capital-raising transactions. Mr. Bonomi has international business experience working in Latin America, United States, and Europe. His industry expertise includes industrials, renewable energy, healthcare, biotechnology, agriculture, food production, and social and environmental impact. 

Mr. Bonomi is passionate about environmental finance and impact investing, venture capital, and startup acceleration. He has a consulting business focused on supporting entrepreneurs, startups, and corporations on financial strategy, business modeling, and business strategy in the fields of social and environmental impact. His business has a collaboration partnership with The CSG Group to work on these projects globally. He also collaborates with Idea Lunchbox, an U.S. accelerator that internationalizes and expands deep tech startups to the U.S. market.