Ellen has worked at the intersection of sustainability and human resources as a recruiter and consultant for 20+ years. A super connector, Ellen’s passion for sustainability and ESG was sparked while obtaining her MBA from Yale and interning at L.L.Bean. Ellen is a regular speaker at industry events, as well as a contributor to Forbes, Huffington Post, and has her own column with GreenBiz entitled “Talent Show.”

Ellen Joins Sustainable Nation to Discuss:

• The background and future of the CSO role

• ESG vs. Sustainability

• The future of supply and demand for sustainability professionals

• How to address the great resignation and keep people in the field

• DEI in sustainability

Ellen's Final Five Question Responses

What is one piece of advice you would give to other sustainability professionals that might help them in their careers?

Network. Especially in this covid pandemic period where we're getting out of the house/office less often, it's important to keep your network going and those relationships with great other sustainability professionals alive.

What are you most excited about right now in the world of sustainability?

The investment and energy that's going into building sustainability programs from the corporate side and from the investment sector is very exciting.

What is one book you would recommend sustainability professionals read?

Profession and Purpose by Katie Kross. It's a guide for sustainability professionals wanting MBAs/wanting to go into sustainability.

What are some of your favorite resources or tools that really help you in your work?

The GreenBiz conference and the Sustainable Brands conference. Certainly conferences are good opportunity to get out and see a great deal of people. And also LinkedIn as a resource, especially as a recruiter. We use LinkedIn for all of our searches. So even if we have resumes or we know people, we're still looking at their LinkedIn profiles. Also the feed- to see who's got a new job or what they're doing, who's speaking, who has some accolade. It's a valuable tool so we're on LinkedIn a lot.

Where can our listeners go to learn more about you and your work?

www.weinrebgroup.com, our website. We're also on Twitter and LinkedIn.