Careers in CSR and Sustainability

Welcome to the Evisors Webinar
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“Food for Thought:
Careers in Sustainability in Food and Agriculture“
featuring
Shayna Harris
Hosted by: Career Advisors on Demand.
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Food for Thought:
Careers in Sustainability
in Food and Agriculture
~ About Shayna Harris
~ Overview of the industry
~ How to get the job
~ How to succeed at the job
~ Q&A
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about Shayna
• Focus: rural development through
sustainable supply chains
• Graduate of MIT Sloan (MBA/sustainability
certificate ‘11) and Boston University
(international development and political
science ‘03)
• Oxfam America global trade and
development program, focused in building
sustainable coffee supply chain; geographic
focus Latin America and East Africa
• Fulbright Scholar in northeastern Brazil
(economic development, 2008)
• Private sector experience at Stonyfield Farm,
Divine Chocolate, and Mars
• Love alt.Latino, samba and salsa, the
Sunday New York Times, learning new
languages, biking to work
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Farmers/Producers
Traders and
brands
Retailers
NGOs
Government/IGOs
The sustainability ecosystem
food and agriculture case study
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Farmers/producers
– Cooperatives
– Farms
Traders and brands
– CPG/FMCG
– Small mission-based brands
– Trading companies
Retailers
– Mainstream Supermarkets
– Natural Foods Stores
– Big-box stores
NGOs
– Development
– Technical
– Financing
– Certifying/auditing
Government / IGO
– National
– International
– Bilateral
The sustainability ecosystem
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Jobs in sustainability – know your industry
Corporate
headquarters
Research and
Development
Procurement Corporate Affairs Finance Sustainability etc
Corporate
headquarters
Research and
Development
Sustainability
Procurement
Sustainability
Corporate Affairs
Sustainability
Finance
Sustainability
etc
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How to get the job
Key questions to consider
– Where in the value chain do I want to effect change?
– What key skills to I bring to this sector? What skills
do I want to learn in this sector?
– What core experiences set me apart? What
experiences do I need to gain?
– When I think about sustainability, do I think about
• An issue
• A skill set
• An industry
• A region
– What is your elevator pitch?
– What do you want someone to remember about
you?
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How to get the job
Telling your story
• Develop your story – develop your self-
awareness
– What am I passionate about?
– Why? What has brought me to this place?
– Draw out your journey (a map from a -> c ->
r -> z)
– Do an energy chart
– When you read the paper, what sections do
you read first, second? Which do you throw
out?

How to get the job
Understand your transferable skills
• Understand your hard and soft skills
– How do the skills developed in one sector
translate to another?

How to get the job
Develop your network
• Write it down
– What are the 5 – 10 organizations that you want to target?
– Who are 3 – 5 thought leaders that you want to follow?
• How will you build your network?
– Linked In
– Facebook
– Informational interviews
– Volunteer and internship opportunities
– Speaking events
– Trade shows and conferences
• Be creative about your entry points: sustainability, function,
collaborative public private projects, emerging market
experience, etc.

• New emerging field
• Need to be comfortable with
uncertainty….
• Flexibility
• Humility
• Ask questions – be inquiry based!
How to succeed at the job

Stay engaged!
Look for books to push and expand your
knowledge
Follow thought leaders – columns, blogs, twitter
Join relevant industry and trade organizations

Remember – permanent beta
“Finished ought to be an f-word for all of us. We are all
works in progress… keeping your career in permanent
beta forces you to acknowledge that you have bugs, and
that there’s new development to do on yourself, that
you will need to adapt to evolve.”
Reid Hoffman, founder

Q&A

Questions & Answers
Question 1:
How can people encourage their employers
to make CSR/sustainability a core aspect of
the business?
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Questions & Answers
Question 2:
Can you list some companies where
CSR/sustainability is already a main part of
the business model?
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Questions & Answers
Question 3:
Which types of organizations are best suited
for getting experience in CSR/sustainability?
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Questions & Answers
Question 4:
What are the salary ranges like compared to
careers in marketing or management?
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Questions & Answers
Question 5:
Do you believe CSR/sustainability activities
have a healthy future in our current
economic situation?
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Questions & Answers
Question 6:
Which companies, in your opinion, are
engaging in effective CSR/sustainability
practices?
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Questions & Answers
Question 7:
How present are the concepts of ecosystem
services in CSR dialogues?
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Questions & Answers
Question 8:
Do you see a future in third-world nations
that rely on technology for sustainability?
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Thanks for Joining & Good Luck!
Book your session with Shayna Harris at
http://www.evisors.com/expert/1924

Careers in CSR and Sustainability

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