Ep #66: SF Business Times – Business of Climate and Sustainability
In this episode, you’ll hear a panel discussion that I had the pleasure of moderating and participating in, featuring Antoinette Mayer, Vice President of Corporate Citizenship at Blue Shield California, Nicole Kho, Director of Sustainability at Gilead, and Maura Fallon-McKnight, Executive Director of the Business Council on Climate Change. Tune in this week to hear from these incredible company representatives who are taking their environmental impact seriously.
Show Notes
Today’s episode is a little bit different. You’ll hear a panel discussion that I had the pleasure of moderating and participating in, featuring Antoinette Mayer, Vice President of Corporate Citizenship at Blue Shield California, Nicole Kho, Director of Sustainability at Gilead, and Maura Fallon-McKnight, Executive Director of the Business Council on Climate Change.
Our ESG panel discussion was generously shared by the San Francisco Business Times: Business of Climate and Sustainability on the Bay Area. The representatives featured are doing amazing things in bringing the climate conversation to the forefront of the business world, and they all recognize the responsibility companies have.
Tune in this week to hear from these incredible company representatives who are taking their environmental impact seriously. We’re discussing why climate change is a global health emergency, how California is planning to start holding companies to accountable for their carbon output, and we’re discussing how companies can deliver shareholder value while reducing their environmental footprint.
- How our panel set climate goals and go about working to achieve them.
- Why addressing climate change is especially important in the healthcare industry.
- How low income communities of color are disproportionately impacted by climate change.
- Why climate and sustainability can no longer be solely a voluntary endeavor.
- The prospective regulations in California that will start holding companies accountable for their carbon footprint.
- Why corporate action needs to go deeper than just focusing on their carbon footprint.
- How our panel are balancing the ease of doing business and delivering shareholder value with their responsibility for sustainability.
What You'll Learn
Links Mentioned
- Sensiba Center for Sustainability is offering all Rebooting Capitalism listeners a free 30-minute discovery call to help you determine which ESG frameworks, metrics, and goals are right for your organization. They’ll help you connect the dots between ESG risks and opportunities and discuss the impacts ESG has on your organization’s bottom line. Click here or send an email to set up your free discovery call.
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- Nicole Kho
- Maura Fallon-McKnight
- Antoinette Mayer
- Blue Shield of California
- Business Council on Climate Change
- Read more about sustainability at Gilead
- Read about the San Francisco Business Times event
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