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 # Climate Action and Business Leadership in Georgia: Virtual Launch Event

 


 

 Oct 8, 2021 12:45 PM ET

  Campaign:  [Drawdown Georgia](/news/campaign/drawdown-georgia)  ![](/sites/default/files/styles/carousel_2x/public/images/DDGACOmpactLaunchEvent.png) 

[Climate Action and Business Leadership in Georgia: Virtual Launch Event](https://www.raycandersonfoundation.org/articles/climate-action-and-business-leadership-in-georgia)

Join us for the official launch of the [Drawdown Georgia](http://www.drawdownga.org) Business Compact!

Thursday, October 21st. 2:00 - 3:00 p.m. Eastern.

What do Anthem, Cox Enterprises, Delta Air Lines, Google, and UPS have in common? They are all founding members of the Drawdown Georgia Business Compact—a unique state-centered collaborative initiative focused on galvanizing climate action in Georgia.

Hosted by the [Ray C. Anderson Center for Sustainable Business](https://www.scheller.gatech.edu/centers-initiatives/ray-c-anderson-center-for-sustainable-business/index.html), you are invited to participate in the official launch of the Compact on Thursday, October 21 from 2:00 to 3:00 p.m. The virtual launch event will feature a panel of founding members in conversation with Maryam Alavi, Dean of the [Georgia Tech Scheller College of Business](https://www.scheller.gatech.edu/index.html).

The Compact’s mission is to leverage the collective impact of our state’s business community to achieve net zero carbon emissions in Georgia by 2050 through a just, competitive, and sustainable transition.

Founding Compact members: Anthem, Better Earth, Cox Enterprises, Delta Air Lines, Eversheds Sutherland, Goodr, Google, Interface, Norfolk Southern, Southwire, TKE, UPS, and YKK.

**Moderator**:

Maryam Alavi, Dean, Georgia Tech Scheller College of Business

**Panelists:**

[Jasmine Crowe](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasminecrowe/), Founder and CEO, Goodr

[Savannah Miller](https://www.linkedin.com/in/savannahseydel/), Vice President of Sustainability, Better Earth

[Nick Pearson](https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicholasdpearson/), Global Head of Energy Policy, Google

[Josh Raglin](https://www.linkedin.com/in/josh-raglin-9a77181b2/), Chief Sustainability Officer, Norfolk Southern

**[Click here](https://www.scheller.gatech.edu/news-events/events/event.html?event_id=a0b1K00000osurPQAQ) to learn more and to register.**



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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