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Autodesk appoints Joe Speicher as its first chief sustainability officer
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK) announced the appointment of Joe Speicher as the company's first chief
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[{"type":"text","content":"SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK) announced the appointment of Joe Speicher as the company's first chief sustainability officer, which took effect in July. During his tenure at Autodesk, Speicher has held various leadership roles across the sustainability and Foundation organization. In his new role, Speicher reports to Autodesk's chief financial officer. His appointment reflects the increasing importance of the chief sustainability officer's role in achieving sustainability outcomes and driving growth. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \nAutodesk imagines a better world designed and made for all. The company's impact strategy is focused on managing its own environmental, social, and governance (ESG) opportunities and risks; enabling its customers to achieve better sustainable outcomes, and investing in innovations that will advance the industries Autodesk serves. \n\"Appointing Joe as Autodesk's first chief sustainability officer reinforces our commitment to and action toward achieving our larger impact strategy and driving meaningful change in the industries we serve,\" said Debbie Clifford, chief financial officer. \"Integrating sustainability within the finance organization enables us to fold this work into core business functions and direct resources to innovations that address the world's most pressing challenges.\" \nAs chief sustainability officer, Speicher oversees the development and implementation of Autodesk's sustainability and impact strategy, metrics and reporting, and cross-industry initiatives focused on sustainability capabilities for customers. Speicher continues to lead the Autodesk Foundation, a philanthropic organization dedicated to supporting innovative solutions to the world's most pressing social and environmental challenges. He also chairs Autodesk's ESG Steering Committee, ensuring that Autodesk assesses and addresses issues that are relevant and specific to our external ESG objectives, including materiality assessment, measurement, management, and disclosure. \nWhether they operate in housing and infrastructure, products and components, or games and filmmaking, Autodesk customers are being asked to do things faster and more sustainably while at lower cost and higher quality. Yet companies are often stuck using antiquated tools and processes, unable to compete in an inc...