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