Time Magazine recognizes Novonesis CEO Ester Baiget among TIME100 Climate Leaders

COPENHAGEN, Denmark – November 12, 2024. Novonesis CEO Ester Baiget is recognized among the TIME100 Climate Leaders for her contributions to accelerating the path to a more sustainable future. The announcement was made during an event at COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan.

“I am honored to be included among the visionary leaders on Time Magazine's Time100 Climate list. This recognition is particularly meaningful because it shines a spotlight on biosolutions as a powerful enabler of the solutions our future needs.  

The world stands at a defining moment: It is time to create the future we all want to see and work to bring the needs of people back into balance with our planet. Businesses must play a role in this journey. At Novonesis, we recognize we are part of creating and ensuring a better future – we come to work every day with one clear purpose: to better the world with biology. The solutions to accelerate the sustainable transition already exist today. No single player can drive this transformation alone. Through collaboration and shared purpose, we can and will drive the change our world needs,”  

says Ester Baiget, President & CEO.

Over the past year, Ester Baiget has expanded her global sustainability leadership through key appointments:

• Board member, United Nation Global Compact
• Board member, Science Based Target initiative
• Vice-chair, The B Team
• Co-chair, CEO Action Group for the European Green Deal under World Economic Forum 

Sustainable to our core

At Novonesis, sustainability is how we do business, and it's at the core of who we are. Our purpose is to better our world with biology. Biosolutions help our customers produce more, and better, with less. Sustainability is also integral to how we work in our own operations and across our value chain:

• We’ve achieved more than 50% reduction in scope 1+2 emissions since 2018, while maintaining solid revenue growth.
• We’ve set ambitious targets: 75% reduction in operational emissions (scope 1 and 2) and 35% reduction in supply chain emissions (scope 3).
• We are on a clear path to net zero by 2050

We’re determined to decouple our company’s growth from its carbon footprint. That’s why climate action is an integral part of our business strategy. Our clearly defined and ambitious decarbonization pathway, aligned with the Paris Agreement and validated by the Science Based Targets initiative, aims to limit global warming to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels. 

Learn more about our sustainability ambitions here: https://www.novonesis.com/en/sustainability 

Read the full list of TIME100 Climate Leaders here: https://time.com/collection/time100-climate-2024/