Corporate leaders have come to see much of sustainability as stealth PR and there is a reluctance to admit to failures and challenges. But in fact, being clear about these is now the best way to build trust, given that there is such a gotcha mindset and focus on hypocrisy and greenwashing.
ClimateVoices · Episode 44 · 03-19-24
An interview with Alison Taylor, the author of Higher Ground: How Businesses Can Do the Right Thing in a Turbulent World. Taylor has spent decades advising multinational corporations on key issues such as sustainability and ethics. Her new book provides a blueprint for how corporate leaders should rethink and reshape their practices. She explores how and when they should speak out on contentious social and political issues like climate change.
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Alison Taylor
Author & Clinical Professor at NYU Stern School of Business
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