Sustaining Sustainability

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In this episode, CSB Director CB Bhattacharya is joined from Hastings-on-Hudson, New York by Seth Godin, writer, 5-time TED talk speaker, founder of Akimbo, and coordinator of The Carbon Almanac: It’s Not Too Late.

A collection of more than 300 pages of tables, charts, illustrations, insights, quotes, and ways to understand what’s going on with climate change, The Carbon Almanac is a collaboration between more than 300 writers, researchers, thinkers, and illustrators that provide credible and authoritative information on carbon and its impact on climate.

Seth has written over 20 bestselling books and his work has been translated into nearly 40 languages. He is also a pioneer of ethical online direct marketing, now a $30bn a year industry.

In the Episode Seth Godin and Prof. Bhattacharya discuss

- What is carbon, why it matters, and why we should care,

- Advice on how companies can avoid unethical marketing and greenwashing,

- How to rethink consumption and production systems, and more...

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Originally released on June 29, 2022

In this episode, CSB Director CB Bhattacharya is joined from New York City by Peter Land, Senior Vice President and Chief Communications in Sustainability Officer at Dick’s Sporting Goods, the largest athletics and fitness retailer in the United States.

Prior to joining Dick’s Sporting Goods, Peter served as a partner at Finsbury, a consulting firm specializing in corporate reputation, crisis management, and capital markets. He has also held senior communication roles at AOL and Pepsi Co.

In the Episode Peter Land and Prof. Bhattacharya discuss

- Dick’s Sporting Goods decision to no longer carry guns in the store, and how businesses have a commitment to make our communities safe spaces

- The challenges and opportunities businesses face when pursuing sustainability, diversity, and equity in a rapidly changing country

- Encouraging female leadership and pursuing equity by closing the gender pay gap, and more...

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Originally released on March 17, 2022

In this episode, Prof. CB Bhattacharya is joined from San Francisco by Natalie Ambrosio Preudhomme, Director at Moody's ESG Solutions, a new business unit of Moody’s Corporation formed to serve the growing global demand for ESG and climate analytics and empower organizations to make better, more sustainable decisions.

In this episode, Natalie Ambrosio Preudhomme and Professor Bhattacharya discuss:

• Integrating physical and economic climate risks into financial decision making

• How to view investments through the lens of the just transition

• The drivers of change in how financial institutions are approaching ESG reporting

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Originally released on October 13, 2021

In this episode, Prof. CB Bhattacharya is joined from Pittsburgh by Brian Dingerdissen, Vice President, Investor Relations and Communications and ESG, and Chief of Staff to the CEO, for Essential Utilities, Inc., one of the largest publicly traded water, wastewater and natural gas providers in the U.S., serving approximately 5 million people across 10 states.

In this episode, Brian and CB discuss:

• The challenges in moving to full electrification for households and businesses

• Essential’s decarbonization journey and the need to make goals based on proven, existing technologies

• How to balance energy affordability with the needed journey towards decarbonization

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Originally released on December 15, 2021

Chris Gassman is joined from Turtle Creek Pennsylvania by Joe Mastrangelo, the CEO of Eos Energy Storage, a leading manufacturer of safe, scalable, efficient, and sustainable energy storage systems.

In this Episode, Joe and Chris discuss:

🔋 Scaling in response to the growing demand for energy storage

🔗 Prioritizing local supply chains to maximize resilience

♻️ Making circular products that excite investors

and more...

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CSB Director CB Bhattacharya is joined from Pittsburgh, PA by Leslie S. Hyde, the Senior Vice President and Chief Sustainability Officer for Koppers Inc, a global provider of treated wood products, carbon compounds, and chemicals.

In the episode, Leslie and Prof. Bhattacharya discuss:

• Forming cross functional research teams on sustainability solutions

• Using "waste" materials to create new products

• Applying a zero-harm lens to practices for safety for all

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In this episode, CSB Senior Associate Director, Chris Gassman is joined from Knoxville, Tennessee by Suzanne Shelton, CEO of the Shelton Group and now an ERM Group company.

Shelton Group is the nation’s leading marketing communications agency focused exclusively in the ESG space. She regularly counsels C-level executives at Fortune 1000 organizations on how to best define and leverage their sustainability approaches to drive business results.

In the Episode Chris and Suzanne discuss:

💵 Businesses getting the credit they deserve for climate action

👥 Workforce treatment as the most important measure of corporate responsibility in the public narrative

💬 Using the best terminology to help your audience understand your message beyond the jargon, and more…

Links mentioned in this episode:

https://www.greenbiz.com/article/how-get-credit-you-deserve

https://sheltongrp.com/work/buzz-on-buzzwords-2023

Our next event: Navigating Climate Regulations for Small and Medium Businesses | June 8, 12:00-1:00 PM Eastern

Register here for either in person or virtual access: https://pittbusiness.wufoo.com/forms/ziy3v7b16bl55s/

We're proud to host Jennifer Smokelin, Esquire, partner at Reed Smith and Pitt Law adjunct professor for a strategy primer. She will present a framework that small and medium businesses can use to develop their company strategy for navigating the dynamic and uneven climate legislative landscape.

This is a hybrid event, and online attendees will receive a zoom link closer to the event date. Lunch will be provided for in-person attendees. We charge a small fee of $5 for virtual attendees and $10 for in-person attendees to help cover the costs of providing this program.

1 Continuing Law Education (CLE) credit is available for attending this event. The processing fee for the CLE is $30.

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In this episode, CSB Director CB Bhattacharya is joined from Geneva, Switzerland by Dr. Laura Penn, Founder of The Leadership Speaking School and International Keynote Speaker.

Dr. Penn is a business communication and leadership speaking expert, an award winning speaker, a master teacher, a dancer, and a doctor of Biodiversity Management. She transforms leaders and teams from the world's most well known companies and organizations into authentic communicators of the digital age. Working with organizations like the World Economic Forum, the International Olympic Committee and IUCN and companies like, Nespresso, Salesforce, Logitec, she empowers her clients to speak with impact, authenticity and human connection.

Dr. Penn is also an author, host of the popular podcast “Leadership Speaking Radio,” contributor at UN Today, and a four-time TEDx speaker, with two talks on the prestigious TED.com platform, home of the world's best talks.

In the Episode Dr. Penn and Prof. Bhattacharya discuss

- Authentically connecting around complex topics like climate change

- The risks of focusing on statistics and jargon in your messaging

- Tools to communicate sustainability and inspire action

and more...

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Music: "Lively" by Dee Yan-Key From the Free Music Archive CC BY NC SA creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/legalcod

Please enjoy perspectives from the University of Pittsburgh in celebration of the recent Earth Day.

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