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Mia Overall

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Mia Overall is a sustainable business consultant and adviser, founder of Overall Strategies, based in New York City. Overall Strategies is dedicated to working with companies in the early stages of their sustainability journey.

Mia Overall is a sustainable business consultant and adviser, founder of Overall Strategies, based in New York City. Overall Strategies is dedicated to working with companies in the early stages of their sustainability journey. It offers support on foundational sustainability areas such as thinking through material issues, engaging stakeholders inside and outside the company to craft sound, actionable strategies. It also leverages a network of professionals with expertise in a range of sustainability specializations through a platform for on-demand support. Mia has worked with leading consumer goods companies around the world on developing their sustainability or CSR strategy, materiality assessments, stakeholder engagement, sustainability reporting and driving sustainability through supply chains. She is committed to creating shared value through social impact.

 

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Mars, cocoa

Ideas for feeding the world without destroying it

August 2, 2019

By Mia Overall
There are many ingredients in the solution, ranging from plant-based diets to regenerative agriculture.
  • Food & Agriculture
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Meet Lindsay Baker, WeWork's first global sustainability leader

June 12, 2019

By Mia Overall
The company that attracted headlines for eliminating spending on meat seeks a global approach to climate goals.
  • Food & Agriculture
Christine Riley Miller, Samsonite

Meet Samsonite's first global director of sustainability

April 10, 2019

By Mia Overall
The luggage maker discovered how to set its own benchmarks, using fashion leaders as a frame of reference.
  • Leadership
  • Careers
  • Retail
Kyle Cahill and John Hancock building

Meet John Hancock’s first sustainability director in the United States

January 24, 2019

By Mia Overall
The insurance giant has sustainability members in most of its departments, but recently created a global head to steer them all.
  • Leadership
  • Corporate Strategy
  • Finance & Investing
Mike Masserman and Sam Arons of Lyft sustainability

Meet Lyft's first head of social impact and its first sustainability director

October 22, 2018

By Mia Overall
The ride-hailing service is positioning itself as a social impact and sustainability leader. Here's who's in the driver's seat.
  • Transportation & Mobility
  • Corporate Strategy
  • Carbon Removal
Rebecca Gildiner, Sir Kensington's

Meet Sir Kensington's first sustainability leader

September 27, 2018

By Mia Overall
The "conscious" condiment company is adding new layers of ecological and social mindfulness.
  • Leadership
Button of arrows on denim

Inside VF's new sustainability direction

January 19, 2018

By Mia Overall
The retail behemoth sets its sights on science-based targets and circularity.
  • Circular Economy
  • Retail
Cartoon man juggles paperwork

How to make your materiality assessment worth the effort

August 15, 2017

By Mia Overall
First, visualize your options. Examples from Unilever and Target.
cow eating

How the world can eat away at emissions

May 25, 2016

By Mia Overall
If food is the "mother of all sustainability challenges," can we stop climate change with our forks?
  • Food & Agriculture
  • Emissions Reduction
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Why you’ve never measured your carbon footprint

February 18, 2014

By Mia Overall

Most carbon calculators fail, providing a big opportunity for companies to spur consumer behavior with apps that engage and inspire.

  • Energy & Climate
  • Consumer Trends

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How to assess candidates’ decarbonization and climate resilience plans

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Why self-care is essential for effective sustainability leadership

ByThomas L. Rosenberg
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It’s time for companies to make the leap from action to advocacy

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