Quote:Next generation business demands fresh thinking and innovation, increasingly centered in the Chief Sustainability Officer role, to build and implement strategies for today and to meet ambitious ESG metrics for 2030 and beyond.

The first book dedicated to the unique role of CSO, Chief Sustainability Officers At Work (Apress, April 2022),inspires action for those already on the path-and those just getting started-to meet the moment and mobilize from commitments, to action and results.

Author Chrissa Pagitsas draws on her frontline experience as a top green finance and ESG managing the tension of risk and fear between 'business as usual' and leaping into the future. Persevering through headwinds and "no's" to drive transformative innovation without a roadmap inspired this book to ease the way for others.

In exclusive in-depth conversations, Chrissa curates unprecedented access to top CSOs that have already done the hard work at with 25 senior executives at Fortune 500 companies and globally recognized brands with trillions in revenue and millions of employees including Amazon, BlackRock, Coca-Cola, Cognizant, Duke Energy, HPE, IKEA, Owens Corning, and Procter & Gamble.

She asks the right questions to distill hard-won business experience into practical 'how to' takeaways offering credible, scalable, successful environmental, social and governance (ESG) strategies for change. While there is no one path to the role, she paints a picture of what it takes to be a successful CSO leading companies in making meaningful decisions. Readers will be energized to innovate the forward-looking cornerstone techniques, tools, technologies for their own bold ESG strategy contributing to company success supporting a more sustainable and equitable future.