On this episode, we discuss the priorities and differences between the Sustainability professional, ESG professional, climate change professional, circular economy professional, and more. Joel Makower, founder/chairman/executive editor of GreenBiz Group, has seen the evolution and has been an active part of the evolution - wearing each of these sustainability hats several times over.
The role of the Sustainability Professional within an organization can vary, depending on the organization and the centrality of sustainability and CSR to its organizational strategy. The definition of sustainability also varies with efforts to subsume social justice, equity, or corporate social responsibility within a very general concept of “sustainability”. In addition to working towards equity and organizational responsibility; corporations also are increasingly focused on the environmental impacts of sustainability, including: energy, water, waste, material use and environmental impacts.
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