“I think about my daughter’s future … I’ve seen the climate models for 2100. They’re not good, and we need to take action now.”
Successful women talk about managing their careers, and their lives.As Google’s chief sustainability officer, Kate Brandt leads the company in incorporating business practices that reduce its carbon footprint, making operations more sustainable and helping the public discover ways to reduce food, water, and energy waste. Google aims to be the first major company to operate entirely on carbon-free energy by 2030, and Brandt is leading those efforts.
After graduating with a master’s degree in international relations from the University of Cambridge, Brandt joined the Obama campaign in 2008 as a deputy director in Florida. A week after the election, she moved to Washington, D.C., and accepted a role as policy analyst for the White House’s Office of Energy and Climate Change. Later, Brandt served as energy adviser to Navy Secretary Ray Mabus, advancing the use of biofuels in ships and planes.
Today, Brandt has taken the sustainability lessons she learned in Washington and is applying them in Silicon Valley. In addition to the pursuit of carbon-free data centers, Brandt and her team are working to provide Google Search users with energy-saving tools. She lives in Northern California with her husband and 2-and-a-half-year-old daughter. Here’s how she gets it done.I get up each morning around 5:30 a.m. and meditate and stretch before going for a hike.
I started doing this work almost two decades ago, and back then climate change wasn’t front of mind for many people. In the last few years, the extreme weather we’ve witnessed has brought it to the forefront. Sadly, it seems as though everyone has experienced a wildfire, terrible air quality, flooding, torrential rain, or other aspects of extreme weather. Young people in particular care about this issue since it affects the world they’re inheriting.
I’m lucky — my parents live 15 minutes away and can care for my daughter. She’s also had great babysitters and starts a toddler program in the fall. My husband is amazing and a great co-parent. At work, both my direct team and our whole cross-functional team are incredible. I also have a terrific executive assistant, and don’t know how I’d live without him. I know I’m lucky to have such great professional and personal support systems.Early in my career, while working in Washington, D.C.
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