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How Chief Sustainability Officers advance sustainability storytelling

How Chief Sustainability Officers advance sustainability storytelling

Update: 2025-08-08
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In this episode, Mike sits down with Erik Hansen, Chief Sustainability Officer at Workday, to explore how CSOs have evolved into the lead communicators for corporate sustainability. Erik shares insights on building trust through transparency, making the business case for sustainability initiatives, and how companies are increasingly being asked detailed sustainability questions in hundreds of RFPs. The conversation covers practical strategies for working with legal teams on compliant communications, measuring the success of sustainability storytelling, and thinking beyond company silos to advocate for industry-wide change.

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How Chief Sustainability Officers advance sustainability storytelling

How Chief Sustainability Officers advance sustainability storytelling

Erik Hansen, Mike Hower