CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY FIVE – PLANS FOR A GAME CHANGING RETURN

With those two candidates cautiously onboarded, Karina moved on to the next promising applicant - a trim, elegant woman named Adisa Dabo who projected an aura of sharp competence and poise. "Thank you for considering me for your VP of Sustainability role," Adisa began crisply. "To be frank, I was utterly apalled by the shamelessly unethical foundations Brenda tried to build her counterfeit brand upon. Fenrir deserves leadership dedicated to pioneering genuine accountability and planetary civic duty at every level." Over the next hour, Adisa outlined a stunningly comprehensive vision for vertically integrating socially-conscious and environmentally sustainable practices into Fenrir's entire supply chain and production cycle. Her command of material science innovations, humanitarian labor auditing processes, renewable technologies, and full-spectrum carbon baselining left Karina and Lucinda floored. As Adisa wrapped up her impressively meticulous presentation, Karina sat back feelin