TtU's latest thinking and insight on the future of work
Podcast | 22 min
Paul Polman is the Former CEO of Unilever. He is now on a relentless, single minded mission to ensure leaders tackle the climate, biodiversity and nature emergencies with the urgency, scale and innovation needed.
Most current leaders are missing the mark. But at last there are positive signs. A new generation of courageous leaders is being created. You will hear Paul detail how.
Podcast | 18 min
Businesses must consider how to recalibrate their purpose urgently. To justify making profits they must solve problems not assume they can get away with creating them.
Professor Colin Mayer is a leading and radical thinker on profit. Here at TTU we urge that his alerts and new thinking are taken seriously. The future viability of capitalism hinges upon this essential shift, and here he explains why.
Podcast | 18 min
How radical must we all become to be more sustainable? Each of us needs to re-examine everything we do in order to realise the huge changes we must make. Here we share the insights of a remarkable, fast growing company that shows us all how sustainable conferences and events can be. Then how company leaders must, and can, lead the way for change.
Work out the new positives and opportunities in this deepening era of disruption, then embrace them. Andrew Liveris, the former CEO of Dow Chemical, says leaders must “toss out the rule book” and replace the old toolbox.
After COP28, the new Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) significantly changes how businesses must report the impact of their activities on the environment and society. Starting in 2024, reporting and collecting up to 1200 data points will be mandatory. Ray Nulty, Managing Partner of Centigo UK and Ireland, discusses what needs to be done and how it will affect you.
Lord Nicholas Stern details his deep alarm that governments are “rolling the dice” and “backsliding” on confronting climate realities. He urges leaders at all levels to take their own decisive action to counter this regression.
Why won’t most leaders make the changes so desperately needed? In this devastating critique, ex-Bank of England risk advisor Michael Sheren takes off the gloves. Huge numbers of executives simply can’t confront the scale of the transition needed.
Tens of millions of Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SME’s) make up the majority of the global economy. But most struggle to understand what they must do to combat the climate crisis. Ali Heppenstall, MD of Climate Action for Associations (CAFA) highlights the bind they are in.
A ‘marzipan’ layer blocks many leaders from thinking boldly. How can they be persuaded to meet the challenges and urgency of achieving Net Zero? Here Christine Diamente, Managing Director of Business Transformation at BSR (Business for Social Responsibility) details how she does it.
It is the “right thing to do”. UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said this time and again to justify his unexpected, shock announcement watering down the UK’s commitments to Net Zero. But it was wrong.
Watching and reading the news these days can be a numbing experience. How do we make sense of a world of multiple crises? And what can we do about it?
“If you are feeling confused and overwhelmed you aren’t on your own.” That is the reassuring advice from Christopher Hobson. He is one of the leading figures in arguing that we will advance our understanding of what’s going wrong in the world when we realise we are in a ‘polycrisis’.
Leaders! Please take note! I witnessed an extraordinary celebration in the unofficial margins of the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos. Suddenly there seemed to be remarkable new hope that determined action is picking up speed to save the planet.