60: Accelerating Sustainable Business Education with Katie Kross

In this episode, Chris is joined from Durham, North Carolina by Katie Kross, the Managing Director of the Center for Energy, Development and Global Environment at Duke University including the ClimateCAP Initiative, a partnership of 20+ business schools advancing education about the business risks of climate change. Katie has spent more than 15 years in university and nonprofit administration and is the author of Profession and Purpose: A Resource Guide for MBA Careers in Sustainability. We’ve asked Katie here to reflect on the most recent ClimateCAP Summit, an annual event that brings MBA students and industry leaders together to learn about the business implications of climate change. In the Episode Katie and Chris discuss: 📚 Educating future business leaders on sustainability 🏙️ Decarbonizing even the most challenging industries 🔦 Shining a light on sustainable business issues, and more... Sign up to receive bi-weekly episodes right to your inbox: bit.ly/csbpodcastemail Submit your "Sustaining Sustainability" feedback and/or questions: bit.ly/csbpodcastfeedback This episode was researched, recorded, edited, and produced by Prof. CB Bhattacharya and CSB Team of the University of Pittsburgh Center for Sustainable Business: www.sustainablebusiness.pitt.edu Music: "Lively" by Dee Yan-Key From the Free Music Archive CC BY NC SA creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/legalcod

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This podcast series explores sustainability lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic. Through short (15-minute) interviews with industry managers, academic experts, government officials, and civil society leaders, we explore various societal challenges magnified by the COVID-19 crisis. Each episode focuses on a specific topic and builds toward a call to action. Subscribe here: https://www.sustainablebusiness.pitt.edu/join-us/email-sign-up