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Gonzalo Lizarralde, "Unnatural Disasters: Why Most Responses to Risk and Climate Change Fail But Some Succeed" (Columbia UP, 2021)
Unnatural Disasters: Why Most Responses to Risk and Climate Change Fail But Some Succeed (Columbia UP, 2021) offers a new perspective on our most pressing environmental and social challenges, revealing the gaps between abstract concepts like sustainability, resilience, and innova ... Show More
45m 23s
Jan 14
Angie Hobbs, "Why Plato Matters Now" (Bloomsbury, 2025)
Does Plato matter? An ancient philosopher whose work has inspired and informed countless thinkers and poets across the centuries, his ideas are no longer taught as widely as they once were. But, as Angie Hobbs argues in this clear-sighted book Why Plato Matters Now (Bloomsbury, ... Show More
1h 18m
Jan 12
Stephen Skowronek, "The Adaptability Paradox: Political Inclusion and Constitutional Resilience" (U Chicago Press, 2025)
Has American democracy outstripped its constitutional accommodations? Faith in the resilience and adaptability of the US Constitution rests on a long history of finding new ways to make the system work. In The Adaptability Paradox: Political Inclusion and Constitutional Resilienc ... Show More
40m 24s
Oct 2024
Sustainability reporting in practice at Climate Week NYC
<p>Host Heather Horn is joined by Mardi McBrien, Chief of Strategic Affairs & Capacity Building at the IFRS Foundation, and Katharina Bryan, Head of International Sustainability Reporting Policy at Amazon, to highlight the PwC and IFRS Foundation NYC Climate Week event: <em>S ... Show More
39m 50s
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 2
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
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
<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
