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Why does your organisation's climate credibility matter? Simon King, senior partner at Edenseven


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Simon King argues how one can make sustainability the competitive edge of their organisation, why climate credibility matters for young people, if sustainability is primarily a management or a technological issue and why local authorities cannot afford to follow net zero.

Simon is a senior partner in Edenseven, a management consultancy firm that helps companies of all sizes achieve their sustainability goals and work towards net zero emissions. Edenseven provides sustainability solutions across a diverse range of industries in both the public and private sectors, for example focusing on buildings, electricity, supply chain, and transport. They develop effective strategies informed by data to ensure quantifiable results that deliver carbon reduction, cost savings, compliance with regulations, and enhanced credibility with stakeholders.

Highlights

7:50: About the 3 scopes of carbon emissions

12:25: about Science Based Targets Initiatives (SBTI)

17:40: how should we overcome the bareer that local authorities cannot afford becoming Net Zero

29:20:  78% of millennials, and it's even higher on Gen. Z will consider the climate credibility of the organisation they apply to work for

31:00: University of Roehampton launching both an MSc Business Analytics and a BSc Business Data Analytics programme

40:10: why nature based solutions need to be part of the toolkit

42:00: controversies around carbon offsets 

43:10: Rapid Fire with letter 'H', the 8th letter of the alphabet:

  • Heat pumps
  • Heat waves
  • Hydrocarbons

46:00: the wet bulb temperature and the human body 

52:02: the biggest thing every individual can do is advocating for change 

55:45: the analogy of mandatory seat belts and banning indoor smoking should encourage governments to mandate climate actions as well

58: 41: how carbon border adjustment (CBA) coudl contribute to people paying the full price of products and stop exporting carbon emissions to poorer countries


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Ready, Steady, Green!By Gabor Sarlos