Listen: Exclusive first interview of IKEA sustainability heads Pia Heidenmark Cook and Lisen Wirén on their new book "Embedding Sustainability".
"Embedding Sustainability" charts the journey from purpose, scope and assessment to strategy, implementation and integration. It outlines the steps required to engage and commit employees to deliver to the same goals, creating a workplace where success is achieved through collective effort.
Bernard Lebelle and Davis Mukasa had the pleasure of a virtual coffee chat with two people instrumental in IKEA’s recent transformational sustainability journey: Pia Heidenmark Cook, and Lisen Wirén, co-authors of “Embedding Sustainability: How to Drive Organizational Transformation”.
Pia is known for her transformational work as Chief Sustainability Officer at IKEA, and Lisen, who has been at IKEA for almost 15 years, is the Programme Manager at IKEA Social Entrepreneurship. They wrote the book together based on their time working together.
This was a candid and insightful chat with lots of clear takeaways from two of the most accomplished and dynamic thinkers in corporate sustainability strategy and delivery today.
Embedding Sustainability charts the journey from purpose, scope and assessment to strategy, implementation and integration. It outlines the steps required to engage and commit employees to deliver to the same goals, creating a workplace where success is achieved through collective effort.
The book was published July 2024 and we had the pleasure of interviewing them first, hot off the press. Listen below.