As a top Chief Sustainability Officer, you know that Earth Day is not a day in April, it’s 365 days a year with powerful goal commitments and dedication.
As a sustainability leader, I wanted to share three potential opportunities- none require your money.
1. FILM: As a Board Advisor /Producer to a new Hollywood Climate Film Fun, my first 4 projects were greenlighted. If you know of an innovative project that could be powerful storytelling to millions in a streaming platform, please connect.
2. BOOK: An award-winning author is writing a social impact tech book and asked me to recommend other leaders. They’re including my Footprint Center sustainability leadership/NBA Changemakers of 2022 award. If you have metrics, please connect.
3. EVENTS: I’m advising major global climate tracks to secure real (not greenwashed) climate and sustainability speakers. If you have employee or customer engagement work worthy of the top stages, please connect.
NEW RESEARCH
In case you missed Kate Brandt, Google’s Chief Sustainability Officer’s Fortune article includes survey results revealing economic woes as obstacles for climate push action. I have included a summary below to save you time. They featured a global survey of approximately 1,500 C-suite execs conducted by The Harris Poll for Google Cloud. The survey is one of the first indications that current economic headwinds are having an impact on corporate sustainability initiatives.
Key survey findings:
● More than two-thirds (78%) of executives say the uncertain economic climate is forcing their organization to produce better sustainability results with less funds
● Almost half (45%) believe the current economic climate is regressing sustainability efforts
● In fact, 85% say they notice that consumers and clients are more vocal about their prefer
While a low profile is my preference so I can advance sustainability, I was honored by Medium’s social impact feature (50K views organically) and being highlighted in the Microsoft alumni network (only 8 leaders per year).
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