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Kathleen "Katie" McGinty is vice president and chief sustainability and external relations officer for Johnson Controls, a global leader for smart, healthy and sustainable buildings technology. Johnson Controls signed The Climate Pledge in 2021, joining hundreds of leading global companies with a commitment to be net zero carbon by 2040.