Chief Sustainability Officers

Chief Sustainability Officers 

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     The role of a Chief Sustainability Officer (CSO) is developing as companies in various industries appoint new administrative  positions for sustainability issues such as resource availability, water use, greenhouse gas emissions, and ecological footprint. 

Prospects can extend to social issues as well, such as community development, or fundraising for a particular cause, such as endangered species’ habitat restoration. The sky’s the limit when it comes to CSOs and their roles in different corporations as the position begins to emerge in the United States and worldwide. Uncertainty about the roles of CSOs has led skeptics, such as writer Christine Bader, to question whether these positions are effective in “driving real change.” In her article posted May 6^th, 2015 titled, “What do Chief Sustainability Officers Actually do?” Christine writes about the emergence of CSOs, beginning in 2004 with the first appointed CSO at DuPont. To paraphrase her article, which was posted in The Atlantic, the largest corporate disasters occurring recently involved companies with executive positions titled in sustainability. Christine gives reference to the 2010 BP oil spill in the Gul of Mexico, and the 2013 collapse of the Rana Plaza in Bangladesh that killed over a thousand people, and injured thousands. Corporate disparities emphasize the need for effective leadership in issues regarding environmental protection and social justice.

http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2015/05/what-do-chief-sustainability-officers-actually-do/392315/