This episode features a conversation between Phil Dillard, Founder of Thruline Networks, and Maureen Kline, Vice President, Public Affairs & Sustainability at Pirelli Tire North America. Maureen is passionate about sustainability, stakeholder capitalism, ESG, responsible supply chains, circular economy and corporate political responsibility. Her background is in international public affairs, sustainability, journalism and communications. In the past, Maureen was a Wall Street Journal Europe correspondent covering Italy, and today she occasionally writes a column for Inc.com on the topic of corporate sustainability and social responsibility. She holds a Bachelor’s degree from Yale University and a Master’s degree from the London School of Economics. In this episode, Maureen dispels the many myths about sustainability, how she transitioned into the sector, and breaks down the concept of sustainability into sizable bites.
This episode features a conversation between Phil Dillard, Founder of Thruline Networks, and Maureen Kline, Vice President, Public Affairs & Sustainability at Pirelli Tire North America.
Maureen is passionate about sustainability, stakeholder capitalism, ESG, responsible supply chains, circular economy and corporate political responsibility. Her background is in international public affairs, sustainability, journalism and communications.
In the past, Maureen was a Wall Street Journal Europe correspondent covering Italy, and today she occasionally writes a column for Inc.com on the topic of corporate sustainability and social responsibility. She holds a Bachelor’s degree from Yale University and a Master’s degree from the London School of Economics.
In this episode, Maureen dispels the many myths about sustainability, how she transitioned into the sector, and breaks down the concept of sustainability into sizable bites.
“I think innovation is just an absolutely huge part of the sustainability conversation because we are a growing population. We're not living in mud huts anymore. And so, we need to find ways to have skyscrapers that have a closed loop waste stream, you know, all of these innovations that we just never thought of before, because we need them.” - Maureen Kline
(00:33) Maureen’s role and background
(09:42) Breaking down sustainability
(14:20) Transitioning into sustainability
(19:21) Dispelling myths about sustainability
(23:59) Value chain of the industry
(31:15) Greenwashing
(41:25) Opportunities for entrepreneurs
(43:34) Quick hit questions
Hello, and welcome to Thruline to the Fourth Sector where we're exploring fourth sector capitalism and impact investing as an invitation to innovation and changing the world. This episode features a conversation between Phil Dillard, founder of Thruline Networks and Maureen Klein, Vice President of Public Affairs and Sustainability at Pirelli Tire North America.
Maureen is passionate about sustainability, stakeholder capitalism. E S G, responsible supply chains, circular economy, and corporate political responsibility. Her background is in international public affairs, sustainability, journalism, and communications. In the past, Maureen worked as a Wall Street Journal, Europe correspondent, covering Italy, and today she occasionally writes a column for ink.com on the topic of corporate sustainability and social responsibility.
She holds a Bachelor's degree from Yale University and a master's degree from the London School of Economics. In this episode, Maureen dispels the many myths about sustainability and how she transitioned into the sector and breaks down the concept of sustainability in sustainable bites. Now please enjoy this interview between Phil Dillard and Maureen Klein.