Julia Collins

Julia Collins is the founder and CEO of Planet FWD, a San Francisco climate-intelligence software company that helps consumer brands measure and cut the carbon footprint of their products. She is the first Black woman to co-found a unicorn (Zume Pizza, valued at $2.25B), a three-time food-industry founder, and the creator of Moonshot Snacks, the climate-friendly cracker brand acquired by Patagonia Provisions in 2023. Planet FWD turns life-cycle assessments and Scope 1/2/3 inventories into decarbonization roadmaps for brands from Cava to Everlane.