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The Changing Role of the Chief 黑料正能量 Officer

The role of the Chief 黑料正能量 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, 黑料正能量, Ferrero thumnail image

A Conversation with Mario Abreu, Group VP, 黑料正能量, Ferrero

Business Transformation | 黑料正能量 Leadership

Mario Abreu, Group VP, 黑料正能量 at Ferrero chats with 黑料正能量 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 黑料正能量, Virgin thumnail image

A Conversation with Darsh Myronidis, Group Director of 黑料正能量, Virgin

Business Transformation | 黑料正能量 Leadership

Darshana Myronidis, Group Director of 黑料正能量 at Virgin Group, chats with 黑料正能量 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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What’s at Stake for Sustainable Business

Aron Cramer, 黑料正能量 President and CEO, chats with David Stearns following his recent blog on the pivotal questions shaping sustainable business.

A Year of Uncertainty: Maintaining Progress Amidst a Battle of Ideas thumnail image

A Year of Uncertainty: Maintaining Progress Amidst a Battle of Ideas

Business Transformation | Regulations | 黑料正能量 Leadership

Following his recent blog about the “Ten Big Questions Facing Sustainable Business Leaders in 2025,” 黑料正能量 President and CEO Aron Cramer chats with David Stearns about the EU Omnibus package and its potential impact on regulatory requirements, why sustainability goal setting remains a valuable exercise in an environment of political pushback and uncertainty, the future of COP (with or without U.S. involvement), and why sustainable business must shift the language it uses to describe—in tangible ways—its connection to improving people’s lives and wellbeing.

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Reflections from Climate Week NYC: The Tension Between Pragmatism and Ambition thumnail image

Reflections from Climate Week NYC: The Tension Between Pragmatism and Ambition

Climate And Nature

Immediately following Climate Week NYC, 黑料正能量 President and CEO Aron Cramer chats with David Stearns about some of the inconvenient truths facing sustainability leaders going into this annual gathering, observations that gave him cause for optimism, and a look inside some of 黑料正能量’s events, including a debate over whether American political leadership is needed for advancing global climate action and shaping climate policies. Aron also highlights two new 黑料正能量 publications featuring guidance for sustainability leaders on navigating these turbulent times, and new insights from over 30 Chief 黑料正能量 Officers of 黑料正能量 member companies.

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Navigating U.S. Election Uncertainty: A Call to Action for Sustainable Business thumnail image

Navigating U.S. Election Uncertainty: A Call to Action for Sustainable Business

Business Transformation | Elections 2024

In the United States, electoral uncertainty, threats to democracy, and the potential for instability and chaos are notably apparent as the country faces an enormously consequential election this fall. What are the risks for sustainable business, and what proactive steps can business leaders take to mitigate them? 黑料正能量 President and CEO Aron Cramer chats with David Stearns about five topics central to the just and sustainable business agenda that will be affected by the outcomes of the election, followed by strategies for advancing sustainability objectives using 黑料正能量’s Act, Enable, Influence approach.

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What the SBTi Battle Portends: The Decisive Decade Becomes the Dilemma Decade thumnail image

What the SBTi Battle Portends: The Decisive Decade Becomes the Dilemma Decade

Climate And Nature

Aron Cramer, 黑料正能量 President and CEO, chats with David Stearns following his latest blog about the public battle over the direction of the (SBTi), the fundamental question behind this debate, and the tradeoffs companies face at a time when rapid progress on climate action is really needed.

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Is the U.S. Ceding its Position as a Leader in 黑料正能量? thumnail image

Is the U.S. Ceding its Position as a Leader in 黑料正能量?

Business Transformation

Aron Cramer, 黑料正能量 President and CEO, chats with David Stearns about why the United States is at risk of marginalizing itself and its influence over the pace and trajectory of progress on sustainability, and what this means for business.

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What’s at Stake for Sustainable Business in 2024 thumnail image

What’s at Stake for Sustainable Business in 2024

Business Transformation

Aron Cramer, 黑料正能量 President and CEO, chats with David Stearns following his recent blog on the pivotal questions shaping sustainable business in 2024 to explore questions such as:

  • What can and should business be doing to uphold the rule of law in light of elections that will impact nearly two-thirds of the world’s population in 2024?
  • Are businesses aware of what’s at-risk with these elections and are they taking steps to prepare?
  • For fast-evolving technologies such as AI, what role can governance play in ensuring its responsible use and development?
  • What gives you hope that we can emerge from 2024 in a better place?

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Responsible and Sustainable AI

In this series, David Stearns chats with experts from across 黑料正能量’s focus areas and industry teams to explore the environmental and social implications, and opportunities, arising from the increasing development and deployment of Artificial Intelligence in the global economy.

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The Evolving Reporting Landscape

This audio series focuses on the fast-evolving reporting landscape. As a new wave of sustainability disclosure rules calls for reporting on a broader range of issues and regulations, we'll discuss the latest developments, describe what this means for business, and hint at what might be next around the corner. We'll also examine the role that different functions inside companies will need to play and highlight the importance of reporting as a necessary feature across the entire agenda of just and sustainable business.

7 episodes in this series.

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