BSR Podcast Series

The Changing Role of the Chief Sustainability Officer

The role of the Chief Sustainability Officer (CSO) is changing in dramatic ways. While more visible and valued than ever before, heightened expectations and pressures are placing the CSO function at risk of becoming overly focused on compliance at the expense of innovation and strategic foresight. In this series, we chat with sustainability decision-makers about the evolution of their role, how they've addressed their biggest challenges and captured important opportunities, and how to maintain ambition in a time of turbulence.

A Conversation with Mario Abreu, Group VP, Sustainability, Ferrero thumnail image

A Conversation with Mario Abreu, Group VP, Sustainability, Ferrero

Business Transformation | Sustainability Leadership

Mario Abreu, Group VP, Sustainability at Ferrero chats with BSR Managing Director, Transformation Christine Diamente, and host David Stearns about the cross-functional role of sustainability at Ferrero, how he maintains a focus on ambition, and why the nexus between climate change, people, food, and planetary limits should be humankind’s top priority.

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A Conversation with Darsh Myronidis, Group Director of Sustainability, Virgin thumnail image

A Conversation with Darsh Myronidis, Group Director of Sustainability, Virgin

Business Transformation | Sustainability Leadership

Darshana Myronidis, Group Director of Sustainability at Virgin Group, chats with BSR Managing Director, Transformation Christine Diamente, and host David Stearns about of the evolution of her role at Virgin, strategies for embedding sustainability within a company, how to maintain momentum in the face of externalities developments like the recent outcome of the U.S. election, and where the greatest opportunities for significant progress lie.

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