Today’s Solutions: April 20, 2026

When you think about the leaders working to make this world a cleaner, more environmentally-friendly place, who do you think of? Elon Musk? Michael Bloomberg? Boyan Slat? While these are all honorable names, women are all too often not receiving the credit they truly deserve. We think it’s more than time to give that credit to the women leaders whose relentless work is helping to clean up the planet, such as Apple’s Lisa Jackson and Congresswoman Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez. Without further ado, here are 25 “badass” women at the center of the corporate climate movement, all of whom make very convincing role models for any generation.

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