Maria Sepulveda is passionate about driving a positive impact in communities and the environment. Her experience includes more than 10 years in the field of sustainability. She has developed and implemented global sustainability programs by collaborating with around 100 manufacturing and logistics sites worldwide. She has helped drive sustainability transparency efforts, including Flex’s GRI report, participation in DJSI, and CDP climate change and supply chain programs. She has also helped advance programs focused on the adoption of the UN SDGs. Prior to this appointment, she was global manager of corporate sustainability and global citizenship. She has also served as regional environmental and CSR supply chain lead.

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Sara applies her management consulting and international development experience to BSR’s collaboration and inclusive economy work. She also directs the Global Impact Sourcing Coalition.

Previously, Sara worked at Business Call to Action—a multistakeholder platform of the United Nations Development Programme focused on inclusive business innovations in support of the Millennium Development Goals—recruiting and advising companies and social enterprises developing products and services to address the needs of low-income populations. She also worked at McKinsey and Company, consulting global companies and development organizations on projects related to strategy, corporate social responsibility, economic development, and philanthropy. Sara has also contributed to social and environmental justice programs in Latin America through the Inter-American Dialogue, the Sierra Club, and the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas. She speaks English and Spanish.

Sara has an M.B.A. from IE Business School in Spain, and a B.A. in Plan II and Latin American Studies from The University of Texas at Austin.

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