Many pharmaceutical and medical device companies are making huge environmental, social, and governance (ESG) commitments, such as striving to achieve carbon neutrality, and aiming to reach diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) goals. In order to get there, they need corporate sustainability experts to lead, organise, and help implement these initiatives.We are delighted to have a conversation with one of these experts, Alex Schuman, who has made a successful and fulfilling career in sustainability that spans over a decade. Alex specialises in driving long-term corporate sustainability and ESG strategies, ESG reporting, sustainability communications, philanthropic giving, volunteerism, workplace mental health, and diversity, equity, and inclusion. In 2021, she was named a Sustainability Leader Award Finalist in the inaugural World Sustainability Awards. She is currently the Head of Corporate Sustainability and DEI at Schrödinger.– Editor-in-Chief