Kim Peterson

Director of Environmental and Sustainability Development,
Morton Salt

Kim Peterson is the Director of Environmental and Sustainability Development at Morton Salt including subsidiaries in Canada, the Bahamas, Chile, Peru and Brazil. She joined Morton in 2017 and created its sustainability strategy and implementation plan from the ground up. She and her team have been working to create sustainability as a culture and mindset from the C-suite to the front line hourly employees. In January 2021, Kim and her team created the first closed loop wastewater system for one its oldest and largest salt mines in the United States. She works closely with other leaders in the company on topics including sustainable supply chain issues and preventing food waste. 

Kim has spent her entire 20+ career in the field of Environmental Health, Safety & Sustainability. Prior to Morton she worked for Amazon handling its complex environmental and hazardous material issues on a global scale (China, the EU, Canada, India and the US). She got her start in manufacturing working in the paper and ink manufacturing sectors and then later moved on to non-metallic mineral mining (gypsum mining at United States Gypsum (USG)). Kim has always been passionate about not only EHS&S topics, but also diversity and inclusion. At USG, Kim led “Women Rock”, the employee resource group for women, who created a specialized onboarding program for women entering the heavily male-dominated mining industry.  The group also organized and led workshops to teach women in a pragmatic and practical way how increase their own “social equity” inside the company. When she is not championing causes around sustainability, diversity, and inclusion you can find her spending time hiking, biking, and avidly reading… from paper books borrowed from her local library.