Jessica Sanderson

Jessica Sanderson is the Director of Sustainability & ESG for the Copper Development Association. In this position, Jessica engages with a multitude of stakeholders to navigate the sustainability aspects of the copper industry while providing CDA member companies clarity on effective means to strengthen the ESG performance of the industry. Jessica is a sustainability professional with roughly twenty years focused on supporting the positive social impacts of manufacturing. Prior to joining CDA, Jessica was Director, Sustainability at Novelis, the world’s leader in aluminum rolling and recycling and worked in the areas of sustainability and product safety at USG Corporation, a leading building materials manufacturer. During this time, Jessica progressed industry wide sustainability objectives through several regional and global industry associations, certification bodies and NGOs. Jessica earned her MBA at DePaul University, Masters of Public Health at Tulane University and graduated from Tulane undergraduate in Cell and Molecular Biology.