Kristina Wyatt is chief sustainability officer at Persefoni, a carbon accounting platform that helps companies measure and manage their emissions. She began her career as a securities lawyer at Latham & Watkins, where she helped develop the law firm’s sustainability practice. She then earned an MBA with a focus on sustainability and worked at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on climate disclosure rules before joining Persefoni three years ago. MIT Sloan Management Reviewspoke with Wyatt about the evolving challenges facing sustainability professionals and how technology is transforming carbon accounting. Here, we present edited highlights from that conversation.
What challenges are sustainability professionals facing in 2025?
Kristina Wyatt: They vary widely by company. A lot of companies are struggling with getting continued C-suite support for programs for which there might have been more enthusiasm a couple of years ago — because of the uncertainty, particularly at the U.S. federal level, but also with the pullback on the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive in the form of the [European Union's] omnibus proposal. Now leaders are taking a little bit more of a wait-and-see approach.
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