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CRH sells more construction materials in North America than any other company. That comes with a big climate impact: Buildings account for close to 42 percent of emissions annually. CRH, which is based in Dublin, Ireland, is using circular production to reduce its impact, aiming to cut absolute emissions 30 percent across its entire footprint, including its suppliers, by 2030. Last year, CRH recycled 43.9 million metric tons of biproducts and waste from other industries as raw materials and fuels for its own products — reducing its use of virgin materials by 9 percent. CRH is also reducing its water usage, and recycled roughly 40 billion gallons of water in 2023. GreenBiz’s editor-at-large Heather Clancy will talk with Eunice Heath, CRH’s chief sustainability officer, in the latest episode of Climate Pioneers, a new GreenBiz video series featuring the innovators and executives working to mitigate the climate crisis. The conversation will cover: - How to reduce emissions with circular production - How CRH turns recycled concrete, plastic and asphalt into new revenue opportunities - How CRH partners with other companies, such as Google and Cargill, to create new lower-emission products - CRH’s strategy to use less water - How the CRH corporate venture arm looks to address the global water crisis - How Heath manages and influences change throughout the organization - Her team structure and typical day, team meeting and board prep techniques Interviewer: Heather Clancy, editor-at-large, GreenBiz Guest: Eunice Heath, chief sustainability officer, CRH

Interviewer: Heather Clancy, editor-at-large, GreenBiz Guest: Karen Pflug, chief sustainability officer at Ingka Group Recording from live webcast on April 23, 2024 Close to 700 million people visited Ikea stores last year. Today Ikea is using its footprint — it’s the world’s largest furniture retailer — to encourage those customers to develop sustainable consumption habits. This includes a push for plant-based foods, selling technologies that save water and energy, and new services for taking back, recycling and reusing items people no longer want. In this episode of Climate Pioneers, a new GreenBiz video series featuring innovators and executives working to mitigate the climate crisis, host Heather Clancy will talk with the executive who has led this mission for three years: Karen Pflug, chief sustainability officer at Ingka Group, which operates most of Ikea's stores. Learn firsthand how Pflug, who has held a range of senior leadership roles in fashion and sportswear brands such as Nike and Reebok, helps customers extend the life of furniture they purchase, experiments with reusable packaging and measures return on investment, both environmental and financial. The conversation will cover: - -How Ikea helps consumers embrace “sustainable lifestyles” and how that affects revenue - -How Pflug involves retail workers and customers - -Lessons learned about designing for circularity - -How Ikea is shifting 50 percent of in-store menus to plant-based foods - -How Pflug interacts with key allies in the C-suite across the organization - -Her team structure - -Her typical day, team meeting and board prep techniques