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Green Monday: May 2011
To CSO or not to CSO: What is the right role and structure to embed your corporate sustainability strategy
Arrive: 5:45pm / Start 6:15pm / Networking: 8:15pm / Close: 9:30pm
9th May 2011
Bank of America Merrill Lynch: King Edward Hall
2 King Edward Street
City of London
London
EC1A 1HQ
Event overview:
To CSO or not to CSO: What is the right role and structure to embed your corporate sustainability strategy
9th May 2011- 18:15 to 20:15, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, London
The most common characteristic of companies who incorporate sustainability into core strategy is a main board appointment whose focus is sustainability, typically called a Chief Sustainability Officer. This will usually follow on from the board identifying a strategic opportunity in sustainability – be that new markets, growth opportunities from making products and services more environmentally efficient, or major cost savings – and their role will typically involve both strategy and execution. But there is not a one size fits all solution here – and your company needs to work out what works for you. It may be the most important move in terms of strategy execution.
- How they engage their organisation
- How they work with the other major departments within their company
- The obstacles that naturally lie in the path of a CSO
Bill Eyres, Head of Sustainability, O2
Mike Peasland, CEO Construction Services UK, Balfour Beatty
Alan Knight OBE, Founder, Single Planet Living
Ian Hill, CSO, Openreach