In recent years, companies have felt the pressure to be transparent about their environmental impact. Large documents containing summaries of yearly emissions rates, carbon output, and utilized resources are shared on companies’ social media pages, websites, and employee briefings in a bid for public confidence in corporate responsibility.
And yet, Matthew A ... Show More
Jun 6
Michael Brownstein et al., "Somebody Should Do Something: How Anyone Can Help Create Social Change" (MIT Press, 2025)
A novel and scientific approach to creating transformative social change—and the surprising ways that each of us can help make a real difference. Changing the world is difficult. One reason is that the most important problems, like climate change, racism, and poverty, are structu ... Show More
1h 13m
Jun 3
Geraldine Fela, "Critical Care: Nurses on the Frontline of Australia's AIDS Crisis" (UNSW Press, 2024)
The claim that real change is enabled by grassroots, community-based movements might seem a distant ideal, but Dr Geraldine Fela shows such assertions are far from hypothetical. Critical Care: Nurses on the Frontline of Australia's AIDS Crisis (UNSW Press, 2024) shows that grassr ... Show More
38m 54s
May 30
Andrew Demshuk, "The Filthiest Village in Europe: Grassroots Ecology and the Collapse of East Germany" (Cornell UP, 2026)
The Filthiest Village in Europe: Grassroots Ecology and the Collapse of East Germany (Cornell University Press, 2026) traces how a community shrouded by "industrial fog," at the brink of gaping coal pits, became a symbol that galvanized grassroots ecology—campaigns by diverse loc ... Show More
1h 24m
Apr 2021
Harnessing Purpose for Sustainability
In our next episode of the Building Competitive Advantage in a Sustainable World podcast, David Young, our BCG Henderson Institute Fellow researching Sustainable Business Model Innovation, interviews BrightHouse CEO Ashley Grice.Ashley discusses how Purpose helps companies articu ... Show More
14m 9s
Oct 2025
The global impact of Europe’s accounting evolution
<p>A video of this podcast is available on YouTube, Spotify, or PwC’s website at <a href='https://viewpoint.pwc.com/us/en/accounting-podcasts.html'>viewpoint.pwc.com</a></p><p>This week, host Heather Horn is joined by Eelco van der Enden, CEO of Accountancy Europe. In this episod ... Show More
53m 19s
Jun 2025
The Promises, Pitfalls, and Trade-offs of the Circular Economy
Most businesses are built on a linear model: take, make, and discard. But that norm is reaching its limits, and leaders are under pressure to find smarter, more sustainable ways to operate. Weslynne Ashton is a systems scientist and professor at the Illinois Institute of Technolo ... Show More
20m 36s
<p><b>A video of this podcast is available on YouTube, Spotify, or PwC’s website at</b> <a href='https://viewpoint.pwc.com/us/en/accounting-podcasts.html'><b>viewpoint.pwc.com</b></a></p><p>Greenhouse gas (GHG) reporting continues to evolve, with companies facing increasing compl ... Show More
<p>A <a href='https://bit.ly/Foundational-reporting-concepts'>video</a> of this podcast is available on <a href='https://bit.ly/Foundational-reporting-concepts'>YouTube</a>, Spotify, or PwC’s website at <a href='https://viewpoint.pwc.com/us/en/accounting-podcasts.html'>viewpoint. ... Show More
