Episode 40: Public Accountability and Getting Things Done - with Peter Land, Dick’s Sporting Goods

In this episode, CSB Director CB Bhattacharya is joined from New York City by Peter Land, Senior Vice President and Chief Communications in Sustainability Officer at Dick’s Sporting Goods, the largest athletics and fitness retailer in the United States.
Prior to joining Dick’s Sporting Goods, Peter served as a partner at Finsbury, a consulting firm specializing in corporate reputation, crisis management, and capital markets. He has also held senior communication roles at AOL and Pepsi Co.
In the Episode Peter Land and Prof. Bhattacharya discuss
- Dick’s Sporting Goods decision to no longer carry guns in the store, and how businesses have a commitment to make our communities safe spaces
- The challenges and opportunities businesses face when pursuing sustainability, diversity, and equity in a rapidly changing country
- Encouraging female leadership and pursuing equity by closing the gender pay gap, and more...
 
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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