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Stacy Kauk joined Shopify in January 2020, and as Head of Sustainability, Stacy’s role is to ensure the millions of businesses using Shopify’s platform, the nearly 600 million shoppers (that purchased from a Shopify merchant last year alone), and climate entrepreneurs globally are working together in the fight against climate change. Stacy leads Shopify’s Sustainability Fund, which has committed more than $32 million to date (since 2019) across 22 entrepreneurial, tech-driven companies, to accelerate carbon removal solutions globally. Most recently, she was behind Shopify’s decision to build and launch Frontier, an advance market commitment to buy an initial $925M of permanent carbon removal alongside our partners, Stripe, Alphabet, Meta and McKinsey Sustainability. 

She also serves on the advisory board of the Carbon Management Research Initiative (CaMRI) at Columbia University. Prior to joining Shopify, Stacy was head of the Ozone Layer Protection Program at Environment and Climate Change Canada. Previously, Stacy worked on several chemicals management regulatory initiatives and represented Canada as a member of delegations for the Stockholm Convention and Montreal Protocol. Stacy began her career as a practicing engineer designing environmental protection measures and pollution prevention controls for a variety of industry sectors. She has worked for the City of Ottawa, Morrison Hershfield, and Golder Associates. Stacy holds a Bachelor of Engineering and Masters in Public Administration from Carleton University.