In this episode, CSB Director CB Bhattacharya is joined from the United Kingdom by Mike Barry, Ex Director of Sustainable Business at famous retail company Marks & Spencer. Marks and Spencer Group plc is a major British multinational retailer with headquarters in London, England, that specializes in selling clothing, home products and food products, generating 10.2 Billion Euros in the year 2020 alone.

Mike is a leader in sustainable change. One of the pioneers of green business in the corporate world he helped to develop, launch and implement Marks and Spencer’s ground-breaking sustainability programme, Plan A (because there is no Plan B for the one world we have). In ten years, Plan A delivered £750m of net business benefit and over the years won 230 awards.

In the Episode Mike Barry and Prof. Bhattacharya discuss

- How businesses could transform into sustainable business

- Initiatives led by Marks and Spencer to drive sustainability in business

- Five steps to build more sustainable business and more...

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This episode was researched, recorded, edited, and produced by Prof. CB Bhattacharya and CSB Team of the University of Pittsburgh Center for Sustainable Business: www.sustainablebusiness.pitt.edu