Episode 20: "Leading with Compassion during a Crisis — with Niren Chaudhary"

In this episode, CSB Director CB Bhattacharya is joined from Boston, Massachusetts by Niren Chaudhary, CEO of Panera Bread. Panera Bread is an American chain store of bakery-café fast casual restaurants with over 2,000 locations. Mr. Chaudhary discusses safety and access to food services during COVID-19, team building in a virtual setting, and Panera’s ambitious environmental sustainability goals: “We may have limited impact on the world around us, but the companies that we steward, let’s make those companies a reflection of the world that we wish to see.” Sign up to receive weekly episodes right to your inbox: bit.ly/csbpodcastemail Submit your "Sustaining Sustainability" feedback and/or questions: bit.ly/csbpodcastfeedback This episode was researched, recorded, edited, and produced by Prof. CB Bhattacharya, Dr. Leslie Marshall, and Alyssa Martinec of the University of Pittsburgh Center for Sustainable Business. www.sustainablebusiness.pitt.edu Music: "Lively" by Dee Yan-Key From the Free Music Archive CC BY NC SA creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/legalcode

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This podcast series explores sustainability lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic. Through short (15-minute) interviews with industry managers, academic experts, government officials, and civil society leaders, we explore various societal challenges magnified by the COVID-19 crisis. Each episode focuses on a specific topic and builds toward a call to action. Subscribe here: https://www.sustainablebusiness.pitt.edu/join-us/email-sign-up