--- ---   # TIME100 Climate TIME100 Climate: TIME's inaugural list of the 100 most influential climate leaders in business. [Read More](/6334864/how-we-chose-time100-climate-2023/) ## Catalysts *  [Billie Eilish](/collections/time100-climate/6333153/billie-eilish-catalysts/) Musician byBillie Eilish *  [Stella McCartney](/collections/time100-climate/6333125/stella-mccartney/) Designer, Stella McCartney; Sustainability Advisor, LVMH byStella McCartney *  [Coldplay](/collections/time100-climate/6333105/coldplay/) Musicians byColdplay *  [Beth Ford](/collections/time100-climate/6333606/beth-ford/) CEO, Land O'Lakes byMarcius Extavour *  [Trista Patterson](/collections/time100-climate/6333032/trista-patterson/) Director of Sustainability, Microsoft/Xbox byTrista Patterson *  [Matti Lehmus](/collections/time100-climate/6333107/matti-lehmus/) CEO and President, Neste Corporation byMatti Lehmus *  [Sebastião Salgado](/collections/time100-climate/6333139/sebastiao-salgado/) Photographer bySebastião Salgado *  [Gloria Fluxà Thienemann](/collections/time100-climate/6333594/gloria-fluxa-thienemann/) Vice-Chairman and Chief Sustainability Officer, Iberostar Group byGloria Fluxà Thienemann *  [MrBeast](/collections/time100-climate/6333141/mrbeast-2/) Content creator byMarcius Extavour *  [Francis Kéré](/collections/time100-climate/6333151/francis-kere-catalysts/) Founder and architect, Kéré Architecture byFrancis Kéré *  [Michael Cannon-Brookes](/collections/time100-climate/6333143/michael-cannon-brookes/) Co-CEO and co-founder, Atlassian byMarcius Extavour *  [Danielle Fugere](/collections/time100-climate/6333101/danielle-fugere/) President and Chief Counsel, As You Sow byDanielle Fugere *  [Ezgi Barcenas](/collections/time100-climate/6333046/ezgi-barcenas/) Chief Sustainability Officer, AB InBev byEzgi Barcenas *  [Esther An](/collections/time100-climate/6333038/esther-an/) Chief Sustainability Officer, City Developments Limited byEsther An *  [Geeta Aiyer](/collections/time100-climate/6332931/geeta-aiyer/) President and founder, Boston Common Asset Management byGeeta Aiyer *  [Rajiv J. Shah](/collections/time100-climate/6333109/rajiv-j-shah/) President, The Rockefeller Foundation byRajiv J. Shah *  [Miranda Ballentine](/collections/time100-climate/6333111/miranda-ballentine/) Strategic Advisor and founding CEO, Clean Energy Buyers Alliance byMiranda Ballentine *  [William McDonough](/collections/time100-climate/6333113/william-mcdonough/) Architect; Chief Executive, McDonough Innovation byWilliam McDonough *  [James Cameron](/collections/time100-climate/6333608/james-cameron/) Filmmaker byMarcius Extavour *  [Lisa Ekstrand](/collections/time100-climate/6333238/lisa-ekstrand/) Head of Sustainability, Vestas byMarcius Extavour ## Leaders *  [Roxanne Brown](/collections/time100-climate/6333054/roxanne-brown/) International vice president at large, United Steelworkers byRoxanne Brown *  [Sultan Al Jaber](/collections/time100-climate/6333127/sultan-al-jaber/) Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology, UAE; CEO, Abu Dhabi National Oil Company; Chairman, Masdar byJustin Worland *  [Adam Gardner](/collections/time100-climate/6332912/adam-gardner/) Co-founder, Reverb.org; musician, Guster byAdam Gardner *  [Fatih Birol](/collections/time100-climate/6333048/fatih-birol-leaders/) Executive Director, International Energy Agency byFatih Birol *  [John Kerry](/collections/time100-climate/6333596/john-kerry/) U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate byJohn Kerry *  [Bill Gates](/collections/time100-climate/6333133/bill-gates/) Founder, Breakthrough Energy; co-chair, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation byMarcius Extavour *  [Paul Dickinson](/collections/time100-climate/6333052/paul-dickinson/) Founder Chair, Carbon Disclosure Project byPaul Dickinson *  [Scott Wiener](/collections/time100-climate/6333082/scott-wiener-2/) State Senator, California byScott Wiener *  [Annette Clayton](/collections/time100-climate/6332936/annette-clayton/) CEO, Schneider Electric North America byAnnette Clayton *  [Lucie Pinson](/collections/time100-climate/6333036/lucie-pinson/) Executive director and founder, Reclaim Finance byLucie Pinson *  [María Mendiluce](/collections/time100-climate/6333149/maria-mendiluce/) CEO, We Mean Business Coalition byMaría Mendiluce *  [Naomi Oreskes](/collections/time100-climate/6332960/naomi-oreskes/) Professor, Harvard University byNaomi Oreskes *  [Carlos Manuel Rodríguez](/collections/time100-climate/6332939/carlos-manuel-rodriguez/) CEO, Global Environment Facility byCarlos Manuel Rodríguez *  [Jennifer Morris](/collections/time100-climate/6333057/jennifer-morris/) CEO, The Nature Conservancy byJennifer Morris *  [Peter Bakker](/collections/time100-climate/6333602/peter-bakker/) President and CEO, World Business Council for Sustainable Development byPeter Bakker *  [Yet-Ming Chiang](/collections/time100-climate/6333084/yet-ming-chiang/) Professor, MIT; co-founder, Sublime Systems and Form Energy byYet-Ming Chiang *  [Jennifer Wilcox](/collections/time100-climate/6333059/jennifer-wilcox/) Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Fossil Energy and Carbon, U.S. Department of Energy byJennifer Wilcox *  [Jesper Brodin](/collections/time100-climate/6333030/jesper-brodin-2/) CEO, Ingka Group/IKEA byJesper Brodin *  [Ana Unruh Cohen](/collections/time100-climate/6333600/ana-unruh-cohen/) Senior Director, White House Council on Environmental Quality byMarcius Extavour *  [Suzanne DiBianca](/collections/time100-climate/6333604/suzanne-dibianca/) Chief Impact Officer and EVP of Corporate Relations, Salesforce bySuzanne DiBianca ## Titans *  [Ajay Banga](/collections/time100-climate/6333155/ajay-banga-2/) President, World Bank byAlana Semuels *  [Robin Zeng](/collections/time100-climate/6333131/robin-zeng-titans/) Chairman and founder, CATL byMarcius Extavour *  [Kara Hurst](/collections/time100-climate/6333145/kara-hurst/) Chief Sustainability Officer, Amazon byKara Hurst *  [Stella Li](/collections/time100-climate/6333231/stella-li/) CEO, BYD Americas byStella Li *  [Rebecca Marmot](/collections/time100-climate/6333097/rebecca-marmot/) Chief Sustainability Officer, Unilever byRebecca Marmot *  [Ian Learmonth](/collections/time100-climate/6332955/ian-learmonth/) CEO, Clean Energy Finance Corporation byTIME Staff *  [Vincent Clerc](/collections/time100-climate/6333094/vincent-clerc/) CEO, A.P. Moller-Maersk byVincent Clerc *  [Anna Borg](/collections/time100-climate/6333099/anna-borg/) President and CEO, Vattenfall byAnna Borg *  [Kathleen McLaughlin](/collections/time100-climate/6333103/kathleen-mclaughlin/) Chief Sustainability Officer, Walmart byKathleen McLaughlin *  [Pascal Soriot](/collections/time100-climate/6332967/pascal-soriot/) CEO, AstraZeneca byPascal Soriot The 100 Most Influential Climate Leaders in Business 2023 ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"CollectionPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/time100-climate/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/time100-climate/"},"headline":"TIME100 Climate","description":"TIME100 Climate: TIME's inaugural list of the 100 most influential climate leaders in business.","url":"https://time.com/collections/time100-climate/","datePublished":"2026-03-17T00:09:01.830Z","dateModified":"2026-03-17T00:09:01.442Z","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156}},"mainEntity":{"@type":"ItemList","numberOfItems":101,"itemListOrder":"Descending"},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt496a9576249d1b26/698a426216d884b859c3c7a1/C100HeaderA2400.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/climate/","name":"Climate"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time100-climate/","name":"TIME100 Climate"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/time100-climate/","name":"TIME100 Climate"}}]}] ```