Dr. Faisal Hashmi, Senior Director, Coca-Cola Pakistan & Afghanistan Region Public Affairs, Communications & Sustainability

Dr. Faisal Hashmi has spent years trying to give corporate sustainability in Pakistan the seriousness it deserves. As the senior-most voice on public affairs and sustainability at Coca-Cola Pakistan, he has built cross-sector coalitions spanning government, schools, airports, and civil society, working on waste segregation programmes with the Environmental Protection Agency of Punjab, tree plantation drives with the Lahore Development Authority, and climate resilience initiatives including Recharge Pakistan, which addresses flood risk management and wetland restoration across the country.

In 2026, Coca-Cola Pakistan received both the Excellence in Water Stewardship Award and the Innovation in Sustainability Award at the International CSR Summit, with Dr. Hashmi accepting both. He has framed these efforts not as philanthropy but as an acknowledgement that the private sector operates within an ecological system it has a direct stake in protecting.