CSOs get a seat at the C-suite table
Chief sustainability officers gain higher corporate profile
0 35 3 minutes read Josh Raglin, CSO at Norfolk Southern (left) and Øistein Jensen, CSO at Odfjell SE (right). (Photo: Jim Allen / FreightWaves, Norfolk Southern and Odfjell SE)
Chief sustainability officers (CSOs) are popping up in corporate boardrooms worldwide as the importance of sustainability grows clearer to consumers, investors and businesses.
CSOs can be in charge of many aspects of sustainability, including risk management, safety, emission-reduction strategies, environmental impacts, community support, worker welfare, financial sustainability and more.
Sometimes, they’re also involved in marketing and communicating a company’s sustainability progress to the public.
NZCS chat recap: Cutting through net-zero emissions hype
‘If done wrong, it can be a greenwashing term to hide behind’
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This fireside chat recap is from FreightWaves’
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FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: Cutting through the hype of net-zero emissions what’s feasible today and how to get started
DETAILS: It seems like net-zero is the current industry buzz term around sustainability. Kathleen Hegyesi shared some key strategies for companies trying to get to net-zero emissions, including measurement processes, goals and executive buy-in.
SPEAKER: Hegyesi is the senior program manager at Flexport.org.
BIO: Hegyesi’s work at Flexport.org focuses on offering companies carbon measurement technology, emission-reduction strategies and carbon offsets for remaining emissions.
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