The Climate Governance Initiative interviewed 17 board directors from across the world, as part of the Mobilizing Directors for Climate Action workshop in collaboration with the World Economic Forum, to find out their motivations for taking action in their boardrooms on climate.
In the wake of our research that only a third of board directors globally see climate as a high priority in their boardrooms, why should boards care about climate and sustainability?
The board directors we spoke to pointed to a variety of reasons, like:
lowering a company’s cost of capital
providing certainty to investors and employees
extending their competitive advantage over other businesses
leaving a liveable planet for their relatives and the next generation.
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Speakers include:
Peju Adebajo, board director, Nigeria/UK
Alexandra Bolton, Director, Climate Governance Initiative
Barbara Duganier, board director, USA
Charles Ehrhart, professional advisor on climate change, New Zealand
Liselotte Engstam, board director, Sweden
Shai Ganu, board director, Singapore
Shailesh Haribhakti, board director, India
Yves Hayaux-du-Tilly, board director, Mexico
Daniela Mattheus, board director, Germany
Juan Carlos Olmedo, board director, Chile
Sunita Rajakumar, board director, Malaysia
Agnes K Y Tai, board director, Hong Kong
View the original post on CGI’s global Climate Governance Hub here: https://hub.climate-governance.org/article/5_reasons_why
