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.
