Creating Sustainable Businesses through Stewardship and Collaboration [Video]

By Brett Beasley

 

 

Erin Fitzgerald is on a mission to change the dairy industry. As senior vice president for global sustainability for the Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy, she works to drive innovation and sustainablility to make the dairy industry a greater force for good. Erin discusses how leaders can draw upon their personal values and foster collaboration to create a lasting positive impact.

 

What is the role of stewardship in creating an ethical and sustainable business?

Erin Fitzgerald discusses why business ethics needs to be rooted in a vision for making the world a better place.

 

How can collaboration help us build sustainable businesses?

Erin Fitzgerald discusses the role of collaboration in creating large-scale changes in an industry.

 

Business as a force for good

Erin Fitzgerald discusses how businesses how businesses need to change in order to become a greater force for good.

 

 

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