People & Culture

Most Chief Sustainability Officers are new to sustainability and to their role, survey finds

CSOs' responsibilities are growing, yet most are learning on the job.

Melodie Michel

18 October 2023

People & Culture

SAP’s Chief Sustainability Officer Daniel Schmid on carbon accounting, hyperscaler transparency, and a “war” on how companies make decisions

The German software heavyweight is putting sustainability at the heart of both its own business and its value proposition for customers. Chief Sustainability Officer Daniel Schmid says the company needs to be an industry role model if it wants to “gain the credibility to act as an enabler”.

Edward Targett

17 October 2023

People & Culture

Caterpillar appoints its third Chief Sustainability Officer in two years

"Our Scope 3 emissions are estimated to be more than 95% of the company’s total Scope 1, 2 and 3 GHG emissions inventory."

Edward Targett

16 October 2023

Airbus

Airbus appoints its first Chief Sustainability Officer

The world's largest plane maker has validated near-term SBTi targets, but faces a colossal uphill battle to decarbonise aviation.

Edward Targett

13 October 2023

People & Culture

Vicky Bullivant, NTT Ltd., on Greenpeace, dirty grids and SBTi validation

"We’re on that journey… it is difficult,”

Edward Targett

11 October 2023

People & Culture

BT Global Head of Sustainability Sarwar Khan: ‘I hope my job doesn’t exist in 10 years’

BT plans to provide customers with low-carbon connectivity, but for Khan, sustainability is also about human connection.

Melodie Michel

10 October 2023

People & Culture

Could greenwashing litigation be the end of ‘carbon neutrality’ claims?

Carbon claims based on offsets are no longer credible.

Melodie Michel

09 October 2023

People & Culture

Fostering an ethical and sustainable culture within organisations

Company culture can make or break sustainability objectives.

Melodie Michel

09 October 2023

People & Culture

Between greenwashing and greenhushing: what is the right way to communicate sustainability plans?

Companies have a lot to lose by practising "greenhushing".

Melodie Michel

06 October 2023

People & Culture

Case study: What can CSOs learn from Apple’s sustainability communication?

Apple’s September ‘Mother Nature’ ad certainly made an impression, but was it the right one?

Melodie Michel

04 October 2023