Interview with Pedro Tarak, interviewed by Andrea Lluch, Buenos Aires, Argentina

In this interview, Pedro Tarak, co-founder and current president of Sistema B, narrates the trajectory of his career, explaining how and why he worked to found the organization Sistema B, a group dedicated to solving social and environmental problems through responsible and sustainable business. With a background in environmental and international law, Tarak always felt motivated to use his legal background and entrepreneurial drive towards the betterment of his society. To that end, he founded the Environment and Natural Resources Foundation in 1984 and also chaired the Argentine senate's Commission for Natural Resources during the administration of Raúl Ricardo Alfonsín. It was this latter experience--working more closely with government to develop mechanisms through which to enact social and environmental change--when he realized that, in order to successfully implement large-scale solutions, a broader platform was needed. This realization led Tarak to join Avina Foundation, where he worked for many years identifying and promoting social and environmental leadership, and building cross-border ties between sustainability-minded groups across Latin America and Europe. In 2009, Tar