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Podcast | 18 min
In this new and riveting analysis Seb Munden explains why advertising must dramatically revolutionise attitudes to green. Advertising could do it fast and decisively. Its survival is threatened if it doesn’t.
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.
There is a starker and ever deepening trend. Ignoring unthinkables carries new peril. The mountain of awareness has begun to move. But leaders still need to challenge themselves relentlessly. They must do so ever more boldly.
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.
What fuels resistance, and why? The science of climate change is ever more worrying. But communicating the enormity of what must be done still faces significant obstacles. Liz Bentley is CEO of the Royal Meteorological Society (RMetS). She reveals big frustrations during an intense year conveying the message.
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.
The science, warnings and extremes of temperature become ever more sinister. But the global political will to meet Net Zero targets by 2030 then 2050 has weakened. Here Sir Alok Sharma, the former president of COP26, shares his frank, dispiriting assessment of where we are and what we are not doing.
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.