Increasing influence: 66% of new Chief Sustainability Officers report to CEO
A growing number of organisations are appointing a Chief Sustainability Officer and these new CSOs are not reporting to marketing...
More than 66% of the Chief Sustainability Officers appointed in Q4 2023 report to their company’s CEO or President, according to data collected by CSO Futures.
The data, augmented by qualitative interviews, suggests that the role of the CSO continues to gain influence and is becoming a more established part of the C-Suite, with the attendant responsibilities of regular board reporting, delivering change and communicating complex issues to various executive stakeholders.