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sustainability for the Walt Disney Company, reflects on almost 30 years of promoting sustainability in senior corporate roles, and on facing skepticism from business colleagues (in the early going) and environmental activists (more recently). </p> <a href="https://mcgillnews.mcgill.ca/pressing-for-environmental-change-from-the-inside/" class="self-end text-right flex items-center justify-end gap-4 hover:underline"> <span class="text-white mb-0"> Read the article </span> <ion-icon name="arrow-forward-outline" class="w-6 h-6 text-white"></ion-icon> </a> </div> </div> <div class="mds-container px-4 lg:px-0 mb-16 lg:mb-32"> <div class="flex flex-col lg:flex-row gap-8 mb-8"> <div class="lg:w-1/2"> <div class="card group/card society"> <a href="https://mcgillnews.mcgill.ca/the-final-frontier-for-law/" title="The final frontier… for law "><img class="card-image aspect-square lazyload" 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