MBS Breakfast Series Online - Climate change, business strategy and ASX200 companies
Human activity is changing the climate in unprecedented and sometimes irreversible ways, according to a major new UN scientific report. The report "is a code red for humanity", says the UN chief - but scientists say a catastrophe can be avoided if the world acts fast.
Business has a critical role to play. This webinar explored climate change and business strategy, with a focus on ASX200 companies. Our panel discussed and brought to life new insights arising from analysis by the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors of ASX200 climate responses and climate strategy-related work by Melbourne Business School.
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Watch our panel of sustainability experts as they discuss:
- Where are ASX 200 companies at?
- Strategically, what's going on?
- Given the transformation needed, where are leaders focused?
Speakers
Professor Glenn Hoetker
CENTRE DIRECTOR, CENTRE FOR SUSTAINABILITY AND BUSINESS
Glenn Hoetker is the MBS Foundation Chair in Sustainability and Business and Professor of Business Strategy at Melbourne Business School. He is also a Fellow of the Melbourne Energy Institute and a member of the Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute's executive committee, both at the University of Melbourne. Prior to joining the school, he was a professor of strategy at Arizona State University with affiliate positions in supply chain management and law.
Tania Archibald
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, BLUESCOPE STEEL LIMITED
Ms Archibald was appointed Chief Financial Officer on 1 March 2018, responsible for finance, M&A, treasury, taxation, investor relations, sustainable supply chain, risk, audit and insurance. She joined the Executive Leadership Team on 1 April 2016 with responsibility for the optimisation of investment returns from BlueScope’s global coated products assets, in addition to her role as Chief Financial Officer, BlueScope ANZ, which she held from May 2015.
SENIOR ANALYST, ESG - AUSTRALIAN COUNCIL OF SUPPERANNUATION
Jodie is a Senior ESG Analyst with five years' experience working in company engagement and proxy voting, as well as undertaking stock and market research on environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues in listed equity. Her role at ACSI is leading the climate change engagement program and leading engagement meetings with Australia's most carbon-intensive companies in the building materials, energy & utilities, oil & gas and transport sectors.
Associate Professor Brandon Lee (Moderator)
PROGRAM DIRECTOR, STRATEGIC AWARENESS AND THINKING
Brandon Lee joined Melbourne Business School in 2014 and is an Associate Professor of Business Strategy. He is an experienced consultant, researcher and executive educator in the areas of strategy, entrepreneurship, organisation theory, and innovation. He currently serves as the Program Director of the Strategic Awareness and Business Acumen and the Developing Strategic Thinking and Awareness Programs at the Melbourne Business School and regularly teaches MBAs and senior executives.
About the Centre
The Centre for Sustainability and Business helps leaders develop a strategic understanding of how to make sustainability a core part of their business, as a way to improve financial and social performance. We bring together business and sustainability leaders to develop the networks and comprehensive skill-sets needed to advance the practice of sustainability in business. We believe that bridging sustainability and business will lead to better business and social outcomes for everyone.
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