Net Zero Business Transformation
Achieving a zero-carbon economy is one of the most significant challenges of our time, and it is more clear than ever that businesses must fundamentally transform if they are to decarbonise. It is an immense challenge, as it requires structural change throughout the organisation. But businesses that do not transform will be left behind. In order to meet stakeholder needs, maintain competitive advantage, and limit the most devastating impacts of climate change, business-as-usual will become a thing of the past, and organisations will need to adapt for the future.
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WEBINAR SERIES
To support net zero transformation in the UK business community, the UN Global Compact Network UK partnered with 103 Ventures to deliver a course-style webinar series to give CSOs, sustainability leaders, and their teams the practical tools and knowledge they need to implement meaningful change within their companies. This series outlined a step-by-step approach to the transformation process, highlighting best practices along the way. Upon completion of this series, participants became familiar with:
- Why companies can’t continue with ‘business as usual’ if they are to achieve net zero.
- How the net zero transformation can be structured within the business using existing frameworks, as well as the breadth, scale, and time required to achieve their goals.
- What other leading companies are doing to change their business models and internalise net zero.
- Clear next steps relating to their business and individual actions they can take to prompt key conversations, shift business strategy, and implement fundamental change throughout their organisation.
Each webinar in the 7-part series helps businesses take their net zero ambitions to the next level, building on material in the previous session. Join 1500+ attendees and the 17 business leaders who took part by catching up with the recordings below.
Thomas Lingard
Global Head of Sustainability
Unilever
Karol Gobczynski
Head of Climate and Circular
TRATON Group
Andy Silcock
Co-Founder
Kid-A
Julien Tremblin
General Manager
TerraCycle Europe
Kate Wolfenden
Co-Founder
103 Ventures
Magali Anderson
Former Chief Sustainability and Innovation Officer
Holcim, and
Board Member
Anglo American
Celli Lloyd
UK Country Launcher
AXA Climate
Tina Mavraki
Fellow
Chapter Zero
Fiona Ball
Group Director of Bigger Picture and Sustainability
Sky
Theresa Yurkewich Hoffmann
Sustainability, Policy & Innovation Specialist
Microsoft
Virginia Dundas
Interim Global Head of Sustainability
Ørsted
Sam Mcmeekin
Managing Director and Co-founder
The Gipsy Hill Brewing Company
Aris Vrettos
Director of Sustainability Strategy and Transformation
Croda
Anna Swaithes
Head of Sustainability
The Crown Estate
Mark Chadwick
Managing Director - Sustainability Solutions EMEA & APAC
ENGIE Impact
Louise Kjellerup Roper
Chief Executive Officer
Volans and
Co-Founder
Bankers for Net Zero
Interested in learning more? Browse the resources below:
- Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership's Net Zero Business Transformation Report
- Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s AR6 Synthesis Report: Climate Change 2023
- Stockholm Resilience Centre’s Planetary Boundaries
- Transition Plan Taskforce’s Guidance and Tools
- Kate Raworth's 'Doughnut Economics'
- Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi)
- Donella Meadows’ 'Thinking In Systems, A Primer' book
- Berkana Institute’s 'Two Loops' model
- 103 Ventures’ systems leadership article
- 103 Ventures’ blog reflecting on the series
For questions about the series, please contact Alexandra Ranft, Senior Project Manager, Environment team.