All In - The Sustainable Business Podcast

Desert Digest — Learnings from GreenBiz 26

Episode Summary

All In - The Sustainable Business Podcast hosts Chris and Mark attended GreenBiz 26 in Phoenix, AZ from February 17–19, 2026. While onsite, they recorded this conversation with Marissa McGowan and Sophia Christensen from L'Oreal, Ian Olson from Michigan State University, and John Davies from Trellis Group (the organization behind GreenBiz). The conversation covered the current state and the future of corporate sustainability leadership and ways Chief Sustainability Officers and their teams must evolve to meet the moment, in part by transforming from specialists and subject matter experts to enablers of sustainability performance and value creation across the organization. They also considered lessons sustainability can draw from things like quality programs. Finally, the group reflected on GreenBiz's history in Arizona and what to expect when the event moves to San Diego in 2027.

Episode Notes

All In - The Sustainable Business Podcast hosts Chris and Mark attended GreenBiz 26 in Phoenix, AZ from February 17–19, 2026. While onsite, they recorded this conversation with Marissa McGowan and Sophia Christensen from L'Oreal, Ian Olson from Michigan State University, and John Davies from Trellis Group (the organization behind GreenBiz). The conversation covered the current state and the future of corporate sustainability leadership and ways Chief Sustainability Officers and their teams must evolve to meet the moment, in part by transforming from specialists and subject matter experts to enablers of sustainability performance and value creation across the organization. They also considered lessons sustainability can draw from things like quality programs. Finally, the group reflected on GreenBiz's history in Arizona and what to expect when the event moves to San Diego in 2027.