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#59 Laura Gitman: Which Future for Sustainability Leadership in the Company?

Is the role of the corporate chief sustainability officer at a crossroads? Listen to Laura Gitman, Chief Impact Officer at BSR.

According to the renowned Business for Social Responsibility’s latest report, it is. The report is based on detailed interviews with chief sustainability officers in 31 companies worldwide and represents 30 years of combined experience in responsible business from the report's authors.

To discuss the future of companies’ Chief Sustainability Officer, Richard Howitt welcomes Laura Gitman, one of the report’s co-authors and Chief Impact Officer at Business for Social Responsibility. BSR is the world's oldest sustainability consultancy, and it's currently working with a network of 300 businesses.

In today’s Frankly Speaking episode, you will hear more about:

  • How has the profession evolved in the last 15 years
  • The turbulences that companies and Chief Sustainability Officers (CSOs) have been facing
  • If CSOs are really burnt-out or 
  • The potential of CSOs to drive the business beyond compliance
  • The future of sustainability leadership within companies

... and more!

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"We think that the chief sustainability officer is pretty uniquely positioned to be the one to think beyond compliance and to think about these other components. We hope that they are given the budget, the space, the flexibility and the freedom to do what they're best suited for while the company institutionalises the expectations of the new regulatory environment."

Laura Gitman in Frankly Speaking

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