How to be a Chief Sustainability Officer Quotes

“Innovation, agility, and creativity – An organisation that is pre-disposed to innovation is more likely to come up with creative solutions to knotty problems, and to know how to test them and put them into action quickly.”
― Jennifer Geary, How to be a Chief Sustainability Officer: Leading the Transition to a Sustainable Organisation

“Author and speaker Matt Tenney says: “A culture of sustainability, or sustainable business culture, is one in which all team members, from senior leaders to frontline people, are mindful of the effects the business has on its employees, the environment, and the long-term financial success of the business.”
― Jennifer Geary, How to be a Chief Sustainability Officer: Leading the Transition to a Sustainable Organisation

“In 1953, American economist Howard R. Bowen published the book The Social Responsibilities of the Businessman in which he introduced the term ‘corporate social responsibility’ (CSR)”
― Jennifer Geary, How to be a Chief Sustainability Officer: Leading the Transition to a Sustainable Organisation

“development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs”.”
― Jennifer Geary, How to be a Chief Sustainability Officer: Leading the Transition to a Sustainable Organisation

“introduce a sustainability risk register in the Enterprise Risk Management Framework, and”
― Jennifer Geary, How to be a Chief Sustainability Officer: Leading the Transition to a Sustainable Organisation

“The global impact of ‘advertised emissions’ – emissions that result from the uplift of sales generated by advertising – has been calculated at 208 million tonnes of CO2 in 2022.”
― Jennifer Geary, How to be a Chief Sustainability Officer: Leading the Transition to a Sustainable Organisation

“Their attitude to sustainability is critical to your success and whether your role will be treated as symbolic or strategic.”
― Jennifer Geary, How to be a Chief Sustainability Officer: Leading the Transition to a Sustainable Organisation

“The ‘us / them’ approach doesn’t work as we become the morality police,”
― Jennifer Geary, How to be a Chief Sustainability Officer: Leading the Transition to a Sustainable Organisation

“on the one hand you’re ultimately serving growth objectives and on the other, you’re charged to minimise the negative impacts of that growth.”
― Jennifer Geary, How to be a Chief Sustainability Officer: Leading the Transition to a Sustainable Organisation