Key takeaways
- Alternative for Pamela Gill-Alabaster, the storied departing head of worldwide sustainability, indicators key technique shift.
- Kenvue plans to prioritize the embedding of sustainability metrics throughout R&D.
- Gill-Alabaster’s recommendation for sustainability leaders: “Keep grounded in information and leverage it as a strategic benefit.”
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Kenvue’s international head of ESG and sustainability, Pamela Gill-Alabaster — who established the Tylenol maker’s sustainability technique after it break up with Johnson & Johnson — is stepping down in June to “get pleasure from a little bit of life” and contemplate her subsequent function.
Upon her departure, Kenvue will fold accountability for sustainability technique into the R&D and operations division.
Jennifer Duran, beforehand vice chairman of product resilience and sustainability for Kenvue, will turn into group head of sustainability. She spent 16 years at British shopper merchandise firm Reckitt, the place she designed its product sustainability technique and chaired the elements steering committee.
“Kenvue is taking the following step to extra deeply combine sustainability on the coronary heart of the place we design and produce our merchandise,” the corporate stated by means of a spokeswoman.
Gill-Alabaster joined Kenvue in December 2022 after two years as senior vice chairman and international head of sustainability and social influence for toymaker Mattel.
Busy tenure
Kenvue, which reported income of $15.5 billion in 2024, was beforehand the patron healthcare division of Johnson & Johnson, promoting manufacturers together with Tylenol, Listerine, Band-Support and Neutrogena. It was spun off as an unbiased firm in August 2023.
Gill-Alabaster oversaw the validation of Kenvue’s science-based targets for emissions reductions and the publication of its first sustainability report. The corporate doesn’t have a net-zero goal, however its short-term commitments embody decreasing absolute emissions for Scope 1 and a pair of by 42 % by 2030 and convincing suppliers representing about two-thirds of this Scope 3 emission to set discount targets.
Gill-Alabaster additionally set insurance policies for sustainable sourcing and launched the corporate’s first refillable packaging codecs.
Over 40 years within the company sector, Gill-Alabaster labored in company social accountability packages at Revlon, the Estée Lauder Corporations and L’Oréal. She teaches an ESG technique course in Columbia College’s Grasp of Sustainability Administration program. Gill-Alabaster was acknowledged with a Girls in Sustainability Management award in 2022 however intends to tackle one other place after a while off.
“Having begun my profession as a marketer, I need to proceed working on the intersection of brand name, objective and influence, creating values-based campaigns, packages and platforms that transfer individuals and markets towards optimistic change,” Gill-Alabaster stated.
Gill-Alabaster believes there’s a lot purpose to be hopeful about the way forward for the occupation. “My recommendation is to remain relentlessly centered on materiality and the problems that matter most to your corporation and stakeholders with emphasis on managing danger, constructing resilience and unlocking development,” she stated. “Ensure you keep grounded in information and leverage it as a strategic benefit. It is a second for readability, focus and perseverance.”
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