Paul Fleming

Paul Fleming leads the Global Water Program for Microsoft. Paul joined Microsoft to build its corporate water stewardship program and has helped establish Microsoft as a leader in the corporate water stewardship space. Microsoft has committed to be water positive by2030, with a goal of replenishing more water the company consumes globally in approximately 40 water-stressed locations around the world and enabling drinking water and/or sanitation access to at least 1.5 million people in seven countries. In addition to driving the company’s operational water commitments, Paul builds collaborative partnerships with other companies and NGOs and serves as the company’s water subject matter expert, advising business groups on go to market strategies. He helped co-found the Water Resilience Coalition, a group of 18 companies focused on collective action to improved conditions in water stressed regions around the world and serves on the steering committee of the CEO Water Mandate.