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• CSOs have moved away from a role centered on messaging and instead are spearheading the true integration of material ESG
• ecutives increasingly recognize that sustainability is a significant factor in company financial performance
• there has been a lot of vague advice on the role, including suggestions that the CSO should take responsibility for all stakeholder interactions, and even innovation and organizational culture.
• he CSO should be involved in strategy and capital allocation; be more focused on and realistic about stakeholder interactions; be more fully engaged with investors; and be supported with sufficient sustainability resources and expertise throughout the entire organization,
• he CSO role is finally becoming strategic, if you define strategy as the art of choosing what not to do

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