Debating Sustainability: Do You Need To Be 'In' CSR To 'Do' CSR?
Wondering if the panel would promise much beyond a pit of jargon and terminology, I ventured into “CSR Solutions: Leveraging Mainstream Experience for Maximum Impact” on Day 3 of Net Impact.
The list of panelists was certainly impressive: Tod Arbogast, VP for sustainability and CSR with Avon; Chris Librie, director for global sustainability with SC Johnson; Rich Frazier, VP for supply chain with Coca-Cola; and Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) Director for Corporate Responsibility Tom Mohin as the moderator.
The panelists, despite an unwieldy titled panel, hit several noteworthy points about job hunting in CSR – an issue that has been a frequent subject of debate on this blog–working in cross functional sustainability, and how pursuing corporate responsibility has added to their professional development. Additionally, Mohin — whom I had the opportunity to chat with briefly at last week’s BSR conference — did an excellent job of eliciting candid answers and realistic observations from the panelists, keeping ‘company talk’ to a minimum.
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