Heidi Koester Oliveira

Heidi Koester Oliveira is a senior sustainability and human rights leader with nearly two decades of experience driving business growth and societal benefit. As the global lead of Sustainability at Mars Pet Nutrition, Heidi focuses on the delivery, governance and evolution of the social & environmental sustainability strategy for the world’s largest pet food company – driving meaningful impacts for people, planet and pets through sustainable sourcing, circular packaging and climate action. Previously, she was the Global Director of Social Impact at Mars, Incorporated – building human rights strategies in high-risk factory and agricultural origins, leading supplier sustainability engagement & compliance, and creating more gender equity and inclusion in global supply chains. She also spent more than eight years with The Coca-Cola Company, building program and policy efforts across human rights, youth and women’s economic empowerment, and smallholder farmer development.