SVP, Global Sustainability
John is responsible for leading the strategy and development of sustainability solutions for Prologis customers as well as collaborating on Prologis’ own sustainability goals and plans. His focus is on scaling up renewable energy, zero emissions mobility solutions, and other initiatives around sustainable logistics in support of Prologis' net zero commitment and customer needs to decarbonize. Prior to joining Prologis, John was the Global VP of Sustainability at Schneider Electric. During his 16-year tenure with the company, he led the evolution, strategy and delivery of cleantech, sustainability, and NEO Network™ services. His work included climate strategy and planning, renewable energy advisory and deployment, ESG framework evaluation and management, opportunity creation in circularity, and supply chain management for sustainability for global Fortune 1000 companies. Previously, John held various positions in environmental management with Dell Computer, E.I. DuPont de Nemours, and Brown-Forman. John has a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from the University of Louisville and is a registered professional engineer.
Global Energy & Sustainability Program Manager
Enterprise Sustainability Director
Global Enterprise Sustainability Director
Global Energy & Sustainability Associate
Ongoing Goal
2025 Goals
2030 Goals
2040 Goals
Powering America’s Commercial Transportation (PACT) — This new coalition will focus on education and advocacy to support the deployment of commercial zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) infrastructure in the U.S. for medium- and heavy-duty (M/HD) ZEVs. Established by Daimler Truck North America, Navistar, Inc., and Volvo Group North America (which represent 70% of new M/HD truck sales), the coalition is open to all stakeholders interested in accelerating the deployment of zero-emission commercial vehicles. CEF member Prologis is also a founding member. (Feb 2024)
CORPORATE KNIGHTS — Released its 20th annual Global 100 List, ranking the world’s most sustainable companies along 25 indicators, out of 6,000 public companies with revenues of over $1 billion. In 2024, top-ranked firms allocated 55% of their investments to sustainable projects, up from 47% last year, and compared to just 17% of investments of publicly traded companies with more than $1 billion in revenue. The top ranked company was Sims Ltd, an Australian waste management company that moved up from #14 in 2023. CEF Members in the Global 100 include: Schneider Electric (#7), Trane Technologies (#23), Cisco (#64), HP Inc. (#67), Apple (#71), Unilever (#76), Hewlett Packard Enterprise (#81), and Prologis (#87). (Jan 2024)
Joined the CEF member network in August 2023!
Announced its commitment to achieve net zero emissions across its value chain (Scopes 1-3) by 2040. The commitment—which contains interim targets to achieve a) 1 gigawatt of solar generation capacity, supported by storage, by 2025; b) carbon-neutral construction by 2025; and c) net zero for operations by 2030—has been submitted to the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) for validation. (June 2022)
“Retail Carbon Footprints: Measuring Impacts from Real Estate and Technology” (MIT and Prologis) finds that carbon emissions from online shopping are 36% lower on average than those produced by in-store trips. The report also found that a full standard delivery van can replace more than 100 individual car trips to a store, with fleet electrification increasing this advantage further. (January 2021)
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Amy O’Meara, Executive Director
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Mike Rama, Deputy Director
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Margaret Fenwick, Program Lead
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MR Rangaswami, Founder