Holly Evans Email & Phone Number

Alexandria, Virginia, Us

• Work with the RBA Board of Directors and broader members to shape the future direction and priorities of RBA’s Environmental Sustainability program.• Lead the RBA Environmental Team to deliver success against the specific goals and objectives needed to accomplish RBA’s environmental sustainability strategy.• Enhance and develop dialogue and collaborations with workers, governments, civil society, members, investors and academia to gather the necessary range of perspectives and expertise to support and drive its members toward achieving the RBA mission and continual improvement in the environmental responsibility of their global value chains.• Develop and implement multi-industry strategy and programs for the environmental sustainability pillar of RBA’s Code of Conduct.• Drive and launch impactful programs in areas such as supply chain decarbonization, circularity, environmental due diligence, chemical management, and environmental resiliency.• Develop RBA environmental sustainability multi-year plan/roadmap that incorporates strong analysis, a pragmatic approach, and consideration of business goals, risk tolerance, and stakeholder priorities.• Partner with internal technicians and analytics teams to provide strategic oversight on the development of a range of RBA trainings and assessment tools that improve the measurement of environmental impact and creates industry standards of measurement.• Represent RBA and its environmental sustainability initiatives at global conferences and external panels.

Redmond, Washington, Us

• Legal support for Microsoft’s Supply Chain Integrity Team, which leads Microsoft-wide due diligence to meet human rights supply chain across core business units, including Windows & Devices, Cloud Operations, Procurement, LinkedIn, and GitHub. • Dedicated counsel for Microsoft Windows & Devices - operationalize environmental compliance; human rights; supply chain due diligence; sustainability & eco-design; carbon disclosure; and repairability mandates.• Engagement with Microsoft Board of Directors and C-Suite for review and approval of responsible sourcing and human rights due diligence corporate reports, including Microsoft Conflict Minerals Report and Modern Slavery Statement. • Partnered cross-functionally with internal teams to respond to external stakeholder (media, investor, civil society) inquiries regarding environmental compliance, responsible sourcing, and supply chain due diligence.• Provided strategic advice and counsel on enacted and emerging environmental, human rights, and ESG compliance obligations, including Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act, Conflict Minerals Rules, Modern Slavery Acts, Supply Chain Due Diligence laws, and ESG reporting. • Established policies and procedures to minimize reputational risk and enhance business standing via corporate alignment on environmental compliance and supply chain human rights.• Operationalized contractual controls, manufacturing specifications, and internal policies to achieve supply chain assurance. • Engagement in cross-functional teams to develop and implement reporting strategies for supply chain due diligence, green marketing claims, and ESG compliance.• Microsoft award winner for sustainable product offerings, including Surface Emissions Calculator, Microsoft Ocean Plastic Mouse, and Carbon Aware software.• Represented Microsoft on external sustainability policy committees and multi-stakeholder eco-initiatives, securing Windows & Devices access to $60 billion federal IT budget.

• Leveraged environmental law and policy expertise to form boutique law firm for global electronics companies, servicing several brands including AMD, Brother, Bose, Canon, Cisco, Honeywell, Toshiba, and Consumer Technology Association. • Provided strategic advice and counsel on worldwide environmental, health and safety, and sustainability issues, including global substance restrictions, energy efficiency requirements, product “take back,” “green” marketing, ecolabels, compliance marking, and emerging global sustainability requirements, reducing possible market barriers and compliance risks. • Represented high tech industry interests before US Congress and federal agencies on environmental, energy and sustainability issues, including data center energy efficiency.• Developed key environmental and sustainability standards: IEC 62474, EPEAT standards, IEEE 1680.1 (computers) & 1680.3 (imaging equipment) standards, UL Environment 110 (mobile phones). • Keynote speaker and panelist at leading industry events, including Consumer Electronics Show and ITI Environmental Compliance seminars. Author of Energy Policies, Research, and Implications for Data Centers in North America (published by The Green Grid), client alerts, and monthly newsletters.

• Managed 5-person department of high-tech trade association on global environmental compliance and sustainability issues. • Collaborated with members to lead development of strategies to achieve industry-wide legal compliance and industry sustainability. • Represented industry in public-private initiatives to develop voluntary environmental “best practices,” including EPA’s “Common Sense Initiative” and Design for the Environment program. • Coordinated development of EIA Track – one of the first consumer electronics recycling website.• Collaborated with members to develop JIG 101 (IEC 62474), a global standard for restricted material reporting.

Bannockburn, Il, Us

• Represented 2600-member electronics trade association before US Congress and federal agencies. • Managed government relations program, prepared regulatory comments and congressional testimony, and provided strategic communications to industry members.

Doctor Of Law - Jd, Law

B.A., Political Science And Economics

M.S., Environmental Policy

M.S.L, Environmental Law

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Economics