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Lara is responsible for leading 黑料正能量's Climate and Nature team globally and driving the organization’s work with Member companies' impact consulting, grants, and collaborative initiatives.  

Lara is a sustainability and policy professional with over fifteen years of experience managing partnerships, sustainability initiatives and policy engagement with companies, international organizations, governments, and NGOs.  

Prior to 黑料正能量, Lara was Global Head of 黑料正能量 at Sonder, joining in 2020 to establish the corporate responsibility function, implementing policies to engrain responsible business practices across the company pre to post IPO. 

She also serves on the Advisory Board of EQX Biome, a start-up working to mobilize financial markets to protect the world’s remaining biodiversity hotspots. In 2024 Lara started hosting a web series & podcast called to raise awareness of the critical need for protection, conservation, and regeneration of biodiversity.  

Lara holds a B.S. degree in International Business & Management from the University of Montana, a M.A. degree in International Trade Policy from the Middlebury Institute of International Studies in Monterey, California and is a World Economic Forum Global Leadership Fellow.  

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Recent Insights From Lara Birkes

• From Scopes to Spheres: Advancing Climate and Nature Integration / September 17, 2025 / Blog
• Climate and Nature Integration 101: In Conversation with Helen Crowley / April 24, 2025 / Blog
• Integrating Climate and Nature: A Dual Approach to Business Resilience / December 5, 2024 / Blog

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