A Chief Sustainability Officer (CSO) is a senior executive responsible for developing and implementing a company’s sustainability strategy. Their role focuses on reducing environmental impact, ensuring regulatory compliance, and integrating sustainable practices into core business operations. CSOs work across departments to address issues such as carbon footprint, energy efficiency, waste management, and ethical supply chains. They also play a key role in stakeholder communication, reporting on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance, and aligning business goals with global sustainability standards. By driving innovation and long-term value creation, the CSO helps organizations balance profitability with environmental and social responsibility. 

Securing that first internship in a foreign country can be daunting at the best of times, so if a limited grasp of the native language provides an extra challenge, it is important to adapt your search strategy whilst working on your language skills. But do not fear – a wide range of platforms, services and techniques are out there to boost your chances of landing that first opportunity thanks to the skills you possess, not despite those that you are working on improving. 

Swarun Selvakumar joined the MSc in Global Sales Excellence in September 2024, a program dedicated to building sales leaders and covering modern-day sales methodologies in digital sales and strategies to change management and sales enablement. Sales enablement, an emerging discipline in recent years, involves providing sales teams with the resources, training, and tools they need to sell more effectively.
Prior to this, Swarun amassed 3 years of experience as a Senior Business Development Executive, helping startups scale their revenue in India. Recently, he secured a position as a Sales Enablement Executive at Dimo Maint in Limonest, near Lyon, France. 

In this article, Swarun relates his experience at emlyon business school and how it influenced his career path.