• TPM25
  • March 2-5, 2025 | Long Beach Convention Center

Mary Pollard

Edelman

Executive Director-Sustainability, Social Impact, and Purpose

Mary Pollard, Interim Director, Move to -15 Coalition

Mary has spent 15 years advising major corporates on building trust by taking a leadership position on environmental and societal issues. She leads Edelman’s EMEA Sustainability, Social Impact and Purpose specialist team, which supports clients including DP World, Unilever, MARS, IKEA and Starbucks.

She previously worked at Diageo PLC where she led the company’s work to build reputation through action-oriented campaigns on issues including sustainability, responsibility and inclusion and diversity, often partnering with brands such as Guinness and Johnnie Walker.

In 2023, she helped to launch the Move to -15 Coalition at COP28 and is now acting as Interim Director for the organization, which aims to create an international alliance of committed partners that will transform the global logistics landscape, cut carbon emissions, save energy, and lower costs by changing the temperature that frozen food is stored and transported at.

Sessions With Mary Pollard

Monday, 3 March

  • 04:50pm - 05:30pm (PST) / 04/mar/2025 12:50 am - 04/mar/2025 01:30 am

    The Move to -15C Coalition: What It Means for Reefer Shippers
    Established in 2023, the Move to -15°C Coalition aims to reset frozen food temperature standards to reduce greenhouse gases, lower supply chain costs and secure global food resources. It was founded following the launch of the Three Degrees of Change report, an academic paper supported by global logistics firm DP World and delivered by experts from the Paris-based International Institute of Refrigeration, the University of Birmingham, and London South Bank University among others. The report found that a move from -18°C to -15°C could make a significant environmental impact with no compromise on food safety. Since its launch during COP28, the coalition has doubled its membership and now includes representatives from every sector of the frozen food supply chain, including food providers such as Nomad Foods and Danish Crown; SeaCube Container Leasing, and technology providers Orbcomm and Seafrigo. This session, composed of coalition members from across the cold chain spectrum, will analyze the sustainability challenges the industry faces, and how the Move to -15C is addressing them.
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