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10-Minute Tech Talks: Business Insights and Growth Hacks for Time-Crunched Entrepreneurs


Are you an entrepreneur building a technology company and looking to grow fast? This show teaches and inspires entrepreneurs to build better companies by learning from the failures of other tech companies and entrepreneurs.  Hosts Audrey Russo and Jonathan Kersting are from the Pittsburgh Technology Council with decades of experience helping tech entrepreneurs.

May 27, 2021

This spring, FedEx Corp. announced an ambitious goal to achieve carbon–neutral operations globally by 2040.  

We welcome Dermot Murray, Sustainability Manager at FedEx, to tell us more about the plan and what business opportunities is might create. To help reach this goal, FedEx is designating more than $2 billion of initial investment in three key areas: vehicle electrification, sustainable energy and carbon sequestration. 

With 20-plus years of multi-disciplinary management experience, including sustainability program management, product development (marketing), financial systems analysis and IT networking technical support, Dermot is responsible for implementing strategic long-range planning and reporting on the progress and effectiveness of FedEx’s CSR/sustainability strategy to senior management and external stakeholders.