Leading with vision on climate
We invited non-executive directors and Chairs to have conversations with their executive leaders about decarbonising their businesses and the systems in which they operate. We filmed those conversations so that other non-executive directors, Chairs and senior leaders can watch how other leaders are masterminding decarbonisation while generating value for their businesses. This video series, in effect, explores what transition planning means in practice. It reframes climate action from primarily a regulatory imperative focusing on reporting, to a forward-looking strategic exercise for long-term business resilience.
From one Chair to another: the continuum of transition
SSE has a long-term decarbonisation vision. It also has a portfolio of capital-intensive projects that are focused on this goal. The company’s successive Chairs and their boards have played a vital role in the transition of the company and, as a consequence, the UK economy. Climate is a key plank of SSE’s corporate strategy. Sir John Manzoni, SSE Chair, sits down with Richard Gillingwater, former SSE Chair.
From one Chair to another: the continuum of transition
Capital can do good when invested carefully long-term
Legal & General (L&G) has invested £4bn of its own money in transition finance, including £1.6bn in renewable energy, £1.7bn in green bonds and £0.7bn in other solutions. Nilufer Kheraj OBE, Independent Non-Executive Director at L&G, and Carl Moxley, Group Climate Director at L&G, explain how this supports the transition and helps with L&G’s resilience to climate risk.
Capital can do good when invested carefully long-term
Communicating creatively about climate sparks action
There is value in communicating with creativity, especially for non-executive directors seeking to lead conversations about transition from the boardroom. Just as the science demands climate action, so too does behavioural science require that there must be creativity and humanity at the heart of messaging. Rita Clifton CBE, Portfolio Chair and Non-executive Director, talks to Chapter Zero CEO, Vicky Moffatt.
Communicating creatively about climate sparks action
Leadership is vital to a successful sustainable transition
David Tyler, Domestic & General (D&G) Chair, points out the role of the board in the company’s commitment to decarbonisation while in conversation with Matthew Crummack, D&G’s CEO. They discuss D&G’s sustainability strategy, which focuses on helping to limit climate change, championing a circular economy, and caring for the company's communities.
Leadership is vital to a successful sustainable transition