Programme Overview
Sustainability disruptors could materially affect corporate financial performance. Where sustainability is material to a company, boards have a fiduciary responsibility to act. Investors are increasingly focusing on board sustainability competence.
These are concerns that are creating new challenges for board members to meet their fiduciary responsibilities and ensure long-term shareholder success and overall value creation. In a climate of unpredictability, building sustainability competence into corporate boards to enable directors to acquire skills in assessing business risks and growth opportunities is the way forward.
The Board Chair is one of the most significant players in the board space and the corporate governance ecosystem. He or she is ‘the first among equals’ and its role is more challenging than ever before. Leading from the top, the Chair’s role is to set a meaningful agenda for sustainability for the organisation and broader ecosystem.
From having the right board composition to the establishment of the relevant sustainability oversight structure, from stakeholder insights to emerging risks and strategic implications, and more urgently climate transition efforts – the Chair can accelerate the adoption of the necessary sustainable practices to meet rising stakeholder demands. Indeed, a much deeper, faster and more ambitious response is needed to unleash the environmental, social and economic transformation needed to achieve 2030 goals across all sectors.
Now is the time for board chairs to rise to the challenge and use their positions as opportunities to be leaders in activating and advancing the sustainability agenda.
Learning Outcomes
- Discuss best practices deployed by leaders with a proven sustainability track record – explore the different approaches to proactively drive the sustainability agenda within the organisation.
- Incorporate material sustainability issues into boardroom conversations – deepen engagement with stakeholders and experts on relevant sustainability issues.
- Be ready to lead conversations and ask the right questions in and out of the boardroom by acquiring full ESG literacy, and encouraging other board members to raise their sustainability competence as well.
- Build the fundamental knowledge of sustainability, corporate responsibility and ESG needed to address your organisation’s goals and challenges.
Who is this Programme For?
- Seasoned directors
- Directors with tenure of more than 5 years
- Directors prepping for Chairmanship
- Newly appointed Chairman
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