Episode 24: "Sustainability Strategy at Verizon — with James Gowen"

In this episode, CSB Director CB Bhattacharya is joined from New York City by James Gowen, Senior Vice President of Global Supply Chain and Chief Sustainability Officer at Verizon. Verizon is one of the world’s leading providers of technology, communications, information and entertainment products and services, generating $128.3 billion of revenues in 2020. Mr. Gowen will discuss Verizon’s commitment to become carbon neutral by 2035, digital inclusion, and important lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic: "There is no silver bullet to just save the environment going forward. It’s going to be a series of incremental steps – some of them are going to have to be larger – we understand that." Sign up to receive 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 Alyssa Martinec 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/legalcode

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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