For his work in researching, designing and implementing better ways to plan, manage and leverage the role of the city like sustainable platform, José Antonio Torre Medina Mora was recognized by Forbes Mexico as one of the 30 Most Sustainable Minds 2024 from Mexico.
The prestigious magazine specialized in business and finance emphasized that this editorial exercise seeks to recognize the people who contribute with their activity to promote the issues related to the sustainability in the creation and evolution of businesses, as well as in the public policy of the country and other regions of the world.
He explained that the recognized profiles are based on an editorial selection based on nominations from organizations and research on the national and international recognition of individuals through awards or their inclusion in other prestigious lists in the field of sustainability and the environment.
To carry out the selection of the 30 most sustainable mindsForbes indicated that it adhered to the following criteria:
- People who contribute to the fulfillment of the 2030 Agenda.
- Additional indicators identified by each organization for selection.
- Establishment of the best possible balance in the selection of profiles considering the five axes of the 2030 Agenda: Peace, Prosperity, Planet, People and Partnerships.
- Sectors involved: private initiative, activists, academia, civil society and international organizations.
Torre Medina Mora holds a degree in Industrial and Systems Engineering from the Tecnológico de Monterrey and Master in Administration from the Harvard University. He has led urban transformation initiatives such as DistritoTec, Campana-Altamira y Tlalpan District. He has also rendered his services and talents in the Federal Government, in ProMéxico and in the Ministry of Economy as Coordinator of Advisors and Undersecretary of Competitiveness.
In the Summit 2023 Prosperity: A Possible Purposeof Sea of Cortez Forumgave a lecture at the Cities of the futurewhich was the most highly rated by attendees at the annual summit.
The leader in urban transformation and sustainability once again participated in the recent Summit 2024 Cities with a Future. No fear of actionThe event was held from November 13 to 15, where he presented the challenges facing cities with the phenomenon of expansion towards the peripheries, while urban vacuums are generated in the central areas.
Mexico's 30 Most Sustainable Minds 2024
Gustavo Alanís Ortega
Director of the Mexican Center for Environmental Law (Cemda)
Pedro Álvarez-Icaza Longoria
Head of the National Commission of Protected Natural Areas (Conanp)
Julia Álvarez Icaza Ramírez
Secretary of the Environment of the City of Mexico
Andrea Amozurrutia
Director of Sustainability Finance at Grupo Herdez
Gustavo Ampugnani
Executive Director of Greenpeace Mexico A.C.
Alicia Bárcena
Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources
Xiye Bastida
Climate justice activist
Julia Carabias
Member of the National College
Estefany Carrasco González
National Director of Chispa
Elias Cattan
Architect
Gerardo Ceballos
Full-time "C" Researcher at the Institute of Ecology, UNAM.
Tania Espinosa Sánchez
Latin America Coordinator of the Women in Informal Employment Law Program Globalizing and Organizing (WIEGO)
Rodolfo Dirzo Minjárez
Researcher at the Institute of Ecology of the UNAM
Martha Ileana Espejel Carbajal
Environmentalist and academic
Mayra Fritsche
President of the Board of Directors of Pacto Global México
José González
Founder of Latino Outdoors
Boris Graizbord
Researcher and coordinator of the Program for Advanced Studies in Sustainable Development and Environment (LEAD-Mexico) at El Colegio de México.
Marce Gutierrez Graudiņš
Founder and CEO of Azul
Javier Herrero
Executive Director of Sistema B Mexico
Rodolfo Lacy Tamayo
Promoter of the first Integral Program against Air Pollution
Natalia Lever
Director for Mexico and Latin America The Climate Reality Project
Rodrigo Medellin
Founding Director of the Latin American Network for the Conservation of Bats
Audrey Peral
Chispa Nevada Program Director
Martha Isabel "Pati" Ruiz Corzo
Founder of Grupo Ecológico Sierra Gorda (GESG)
Rosaura Ruiz Gutierrez
Secretary of Science, Humanities, Technology and Innovation
Gemma Santana
Activist, environmentalist, entrepreneur, sustainability consultant and co-founder of Elijo por el Clima, A.C.
Alicia G. Silva
Director and Founder of Revitaliza Consultores
José Antonio Torre Medina Mora
Director of the Center for the Future of Cities of the Tec
Rudy Zamora
Chicanos por la Causa Advocacy Director
Paola Zavala Saeb
Assistant Director of the Centro Cultural Universitario Tlatelolco of UNAM
Source: Forbes Mexico
