Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
CEF Lead Executives
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PAM MASSEY
Deputy Direct Global Travel, Interim BMGF Sustainability Lead
Pam joined the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in 1999. Her current role is Deputy Director Global Travel and Lead, Global Operations Sustainability Strategy. Travel industry experience totals 30+ years including supplier and buyer roles in both leisure and business travel. Recognition includes Two-time BTN Best Practitioner (2015/19) and Global Business Travel Assn 2016 Master’s Program Honoree. Pam lives in Seattle Washington with her husband Byron and her fur baby Remi. Her daughter Angela lives and works in Seattle and her son is attending college nearby. A retired masters elite bike racer, cycling continues to be her passion outside of work. Degrees include BS in Business Economics and BS Speech Communication from Willamette University in Salem, Oregon, Certified Corporate Travel Executive from Cornell University and Business Travel Professional Certificate from Global Sustainability Tourism Council.
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DEREK BOTHEREAU
Senior Program Manager
Derek designs solutions & leads programs to tackle some of the world’s biggest challenges at the intersection of environmental sustainability, social impact, and technology. Derek's 15+ year experience blends getting big things done in both in-house companies and smaller consulting/advisory environments. He has skills in leading cross-functionally across complex global organizations, working with senior executives and stakeholders as well as developing external industry/NGO partnerships to drive on-the-ground impact. He has experience across sustainability, food, coffee, agriculture, retail, supply chain and technology and product as well as ESG strategy/reporting. Derek values learning, collaboration, innovation, trust and organizational effectiveness.
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SLADE BEDFORD
Deputy Director, Global Facilities
Slade Bedford leads Global Facilities within the Global Facilities, Events, & Travel Team (GFET) at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. His team and partners have oversight of the Seattle campus operations including environmental stewardship and sustainability, energy, maintenance, engineering, food services, shipping and receiving, landscaping, and janitorial. In addition, his team owns the global real estate portfolio, manages all construction related projects here and overseas, provides space planning and management globally, leads the ergonomic, transportation, and environmental stewardship programs, and is the liaison to the global offices to ensure all work spaces have what they need to be operationally and environmentally sustainable. His experience spans manufacturing, aerospace, small business ownership, real estate, and facilities. In his current role, he oversees the extraordinary experience that employees and guests receive while working for and visiting the Gates Foundation, while balancing the foundation’s sustainability and conservation of resources as it relates to operations. Slade’s previous leadership roles include managing new product development for Ingersoll Rand and oversight of the real estate portfolio for the Boeing Company’s Midwest and East regions of the United States. Slade received his MBA in International Business from McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and his BS. in Manufacturing Engineering from Western Washington University in Bellingham, Washington. He lives in West Seattle with his wife and two sons.
Sustainability Goals
Sustainability Goals
Outstanding Goals
- Development of Global Operations 2030 and beyond goals and objectives
- Expansion of Environmental Stewardship Program to include all Global Operations teams
- Commute: 64% alternative commute rate at the Seattle campus (61% in 2019)
Past Goals Achieved
- Energy: 10% reduction per occupant from 2012 at the Seattle campus (achieved 25% reduction in 2019)
- Business Travel: 10% reduction per employee from 2012 (achieved 28% reduction per employee in MTCO2e in 2019)
- Waste: 90% landfill waste diversion rate at the Seattle campus by 2020 (Goal achieved in 2018 and maintained in 2019)
Latest Sustainability Reporting
Highlights
- Utility Consumption:
- 25% reduction in utility emissions per year at Seattle campus from 2012 emission volumes (a net reduction of over 950 MTCO2e per year)
- Business Travel: 28% reduction per employee in MTCO2e per year from 2012 emission volumes.
- Commuting: 61% of all commutes to the Seattle campus were taken via alternative commute modes, including walking, biking, carpooling, vanpooling, and public transportation.
- Waste: 90% waste diversion
from landfill rate achieved in 2018 and maintained in 2019.
Recent News
2022
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation pledged to invest $1.4 billion to help smallholder farmers address the immediate and long-term impacts of climate change. This will fund immediate action and long-term initiatives over four years to help smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia build resilience and food security. The foundation also announced investments in the Africa Adaptation Initiative to build a pipeline of “climate-smart” agriculture projects across 23 countries in Africa, in the development of new digital technologies to help smallholder farmers anticipate and respond to climate threats, and in innovations for improving livestock health and productivity while reducing their climate footprint. (Nov 2022)
2021
The
U.K. and
Canada are
co-leading the new Adaptation Research Alliance, a group of 90 national governments, aid organizations, and universities across 30 economies. The alliance will
fund and coordinate research for effective climate-adaptation solutions,particularly for communities most vulnerable to climate change. The
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation,
a CEF member, is a founding alliance member. (Nov 2021)
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The U.S. and the UAE launched the
Agriculture Innovation Mission for Climate
(AIM for Climate),
a joint initiative to mobilize public-private investment and other support for “climate-smart” agriculture and food-systems innovation through 2025. The U.S. plans to mobilize $1 billion of investment by 2025. 31 countries including Brazil and 48 NGO and corporate partners have joined the initiative, including CEF members
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, BASF, and
PepsiCo. (Nov 2021)
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2021 Goalkeepers Report (The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation) —
Illustrates how the pandemic has impacted progress toward the UN SDGs. While
90% of advanced economies are expected to
regain pre-pandemic per capita income levels by 2022, only a third of low- and middle-income economies are expected to do so. (Sept 2021)
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Will give $2.1 billion over the next 5 years to advance women's economic empowerment
($650 million) and leadership ($100 million over 5 years, $230 million over 10 years), and better women and girls' health and family planning ($1.4 billion). (July 2021)
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Bill Gates published a new book: How to Avoid a Climate Disaster. (February, 2021)
2020
Bill Gates published the article, “COVID-19 is awful. Climate change could be worse.” (August 2021)
In the 2020 GatesNotes Annual Letter, Bill and Melinda Gates share their views on the climate crisis, how it impacts the work of the foundation, and their belief that a climate catastrophe can be avoided. (February 2020)