16: A Pathway to Sustainable Business Transformation
Supported by Mondi AG Curated with make_shift
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Arthur-Köstler-Saal
Breakout
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in englischer SpracheScarce resources, exponential technical growth, and the climate crisis change the way we do business. The challenge remains how to best integrate sustainability into a successful business model. What are best practices? How can politics facilitate this transformation? Business and sustainability experts discuss.
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James GOMME
Director Sustainable Development Goals, WBCSD World Business Council for Sustainable Development, Geneva
| James leads WBCSD’s work on the Sustainable Development Goals, supporting companies in their efforts to integrate the SDGs into strategic considerations, and working with broader industry groups to develop sector roadmaps on how to maximize contributions to realizing the SDGs on the road to 2030. |
M.St. Arnavaz SCHATTEN
Group Social Sustainability Manager, Mondi, Vienna
| Arnavaz Schatten is Group Social Sustainability Manager at Mondi, an international FTSE 100 packaging and paper manufacturer with a global supply chain. A chemical engineer and sustainability professional by training, Arnavaz is passionate about the link between business and development, and the power of business in bringing about positive change. For the past 10 years, her sustainability work has ranged from sustainability risk management and supply chain sustainability, to business and human rights, policy development, and cross-sector and cross-value chain partnerships. She has championed and contributed to Mondi's sustainability agenda during this time. Most recently she's co-managed the Mondi-led Pioneer Project 'Proof' under the Ellen MacArthur Foundation's New Plastics Economy initiative. She hold a Masters' degree in Sustainability Leadership from Cambridge University, as well as an MBA and a degree in Chemical Engineering. |
Alice SPENCER
Programme Director, Institute for Sustainability Leadership, University of Cambridge
| Alice Spencer is Programme Director of Executive Education at the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL), a globally influential Institute developing leadership and solutions for a sustainable economy. With a background in natural resource management and stakeholder engagement, Alice has worked in the UK, Australia and New Zealand in Corporate, Not-for-Profit and Government roles engaging with national and corporate strategies and social and environmental impact projects. At CISL, Alice develops and delivers customised executive education programmes for senior leaders. |
Kathleen ENRIGHT
Managing Director and Sustainability Communication Expert, Salter Baxter, London
| Kathleen Enright is a sustainable change maker and Managing Director of Salterbaxter, a leading international sustainability consultancy. | |
| Kathleen is known for her unique ability to bring together the various facets of sustainability that ultimately drive positive business transformation; in-depth expertise, a big picture view, creative understanding and a challenger mindset. She has sat on both sides of the fence, as both a technical sustainability specialist and a sustainability communications leader. Prior to joining Salterbaxter in June 2016, she set up and ran the OgilvyEarth EMEA practice. |
