“Companies want CSOs to take charge of the ESG agenda. They want people with strategic and business knowledge as well as expertise in the traditional areas of legal, compliance, environmental and health and safety.
Once in position, however, many CSOs find they do not report directly to the chief executive. They also struggle to secure time with the board.”
“Experts say this means that CSOs can struggle to make their company more sustainable. ‘Often CEOs hire sustainability people and let them loose, assuming that sustainable things will happen by magic,’ says Harald Walkate, an independent ESG consultant. ‘Smart CEOs know that this sort of thing needs to be facilitated or enabled.'”
Hire for Sustainability, not for PR.
(Originalmente publicado no LinkedIn a 12 Abril 2023)