The seventh biennial “State of the Profession” report holds a lens up to the evolution of the role of the sustainability leader in today’s business world. In early 2020, as COVID-19 began to spread globally, it became clear that this pandemic would not be short-lived....
Our recent report on chief sustainability officers (CSOs) in the U.S. revealed that women went from holding 28 percent in 2011 of the CSO positions to 54 percent in 2021. That’s a 94 percent increase. It’s a positive development to see the playing field level for...
There is a lot of talk right now about systems change, and for good reason: With so many people experiencing the effects of several major crises — the pandemic, the recession, racism and the ongoing climate crisis — we have a narrow window of opportunity for change....
In June, during the height of the Black Lives Matter protests and just before the daily cases of COVID-19 hit new record-breaking numbers, I issued a survey to take the pulse of sustainability people: How are the events of 2020 affecting employment, hours, pay,...
Under the COVID-19 pandemic, an astonishing 20 million-plus Americans have applied for unemployment. This is an unreal time for everyone. As a recruiter, I have been thinking a lot about how the sustainable business community is coping with job loss, the threat of job...
In a session at the GreenBiz conference last month (wow, was it only last month? The world is in such a different place since then), ERM partner Mike Wallace noted during a panel that the proliferation of environmental social and governance (ESG) reporting frameworks...
In January 2019, Buzzfeed’s Anne Helen Petersen wrote a viral essay describing millennials as the "burnout generation." Five months later, the World Health Organization (WHO) broadened burnout beyond 20- and 30-somethings, calling it a new "occupational phenomenon."...
As 2019 drew to a close, I was doing what a lot of us do at the end of the year — cleaning out my office and putting things into piles for filing and recycling. But last year was different, as this marked the end of the decade. Read more here in the latest GreenBiz...
Are any companies integrating CSR and diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) in a holistic way? Caesars Entertainment is certainly betting that it’s the right strategy. Caesars envisions this integration as a strategic differentiator, and its story offers lessons to...
Since launching the B Corp career-development platform Imperative in 2015, Aaron Hurst and his team have been working with leading companies to "empower everyone to make their work fulfilling." Read more here in the latest GreenBiz Talent Show post.