edie’s webinar on sustainable business leadership is now available on demand

This free-to-attend webinar, was hosted on the afternoon of Wednesday 29 March, providing viewers with with the insights and actions they need to shape their organisation’s climate strategy.

The so-called polycrisis of runaway climate change, surging energy prices, deadly geopolitical conflict and rampant inequality is devastating the planet and costing a fortune. It’s clear that businesses across all sectors need effective sustainability leadership through crisis – but what, exactly, does that leadership look like?

This webinar explored what true leadership now looks like across all areas of sustainable development, with a specific focus on ambition and action on climate change from the private sector.

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Marking the culmination of edie’s Business Leadership Month, this 60-minute webinar was hosted in partnership with Schneider Electric and broadcast from 1-2pm British Summer Time (BST) on 29 March.

During the course of the hour, sustainability and climate action experts provided specific insights and takeaways to help you evolve your own sustainability and CSR strategy this year. The discussion was shaped by the results of our annual survey of sustainability leaders, the Sustainable Business Leadership Survey.

The webinar exclusively revealed the results of the survey – an in-depth analysis of 225 sustainability leaders from across the UK, exploring the biggest drivers, challenges and opportunities that are shaping their strategy this year.

Discussion points:

• Analysing the impacts of the energy-price/cost-of-living crises on corporate sustainability
• Engagement, behaviour change and greenwash: Turning challenges into opportunities
• What the just transition means for the role of sustainability and net-zero professionals

Chair:

• Sarah George, Senior Reporter, edie

Speakers:

• Andrew Griffiths, Chair, The Institute of Directors National Sustainability Taskforce

• Rhonda Doyle, Senior Director Field Services Operations UK&I, Schneider Electric

• Julia Pallé, Sustainability Director, Formula E

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