Climate is only one of the planetary boundaries we need to work on. And we also need to tackle a whole range of social issues.

That's why item four and our sustainability leadership manifesto is: "develop and deliver initiatives that offer multiple benefits for people and nature".

In this Roundtable event, our guests, sustainability leaders across a variety of sectors, reflect on their experience of trying to move the agenda beyond net zero in their work.

Listen for insights from the sharp end about how to help colleagues to see the bigger picture and start engaging with the rest of the sustainable development goals.

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In this Roundtable event, our guests are:

• Sandrine Ricard, Deputy Director Sustainability & Responsibility with Pernod Ricard in the UK
• Michael Solomon, Founder of Responsible 100
• Sarah-Jane Littleford, Head of Responsible Business: Global Delivery with Fujitsu

These sustainability leaders reflect on their experience of collaboration:

• in their organisations
• across their industry
• and when bringing businesses and NGOs together.

Listen now for valuable insights to help you collaborate better in your sustainability work.

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Collaboration is essential to making greater progress on sustainability – within organisations and supply chains, across sectors – and across society globally.

This is recognised by the UN Sustainable Development Goal 17 ‘Partnership for the Goals’, and Collaboration is one of the five dimensions identified by the Inner Development Goals as essential to achieving the SDGs.

And the fifth call to action in our sustainability leadership manifesto for 2024 is “Seek out opportunities to collaborate and cooperate”.

Identifying the need is one thing, doing something about it is another.

To prepare for this episode I sat down with Morag and Rich, my Realise Earth co-founders, to discuss how we could draw on our collective experience to offer you some really useful guidance on collaboration.

Here’s what we came up with:

• First I talk about what we mean by collaboration in the context of sustainability leadership
• Then I get into the skills required for successful collaboration and the characteristics of effective teams
• Finally I explore the nitty gritty of collaborating better, ending with specific actions you can start taking tomorrow – whatever your current experience.

You'll find all the links mentioned in this episode in the companion blog post: https://realise.earth/better-collaboration-for-better-sustainability-leadership-heres-how/

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What kind of approach to sustainability leadership do we need in 2024?

In this Roundtable event, our guests reflect on their experience as sustainability leaders and give feedback on the draft sustainability leadership manifesto that Osbert talked about in the last episode.

The topics discussed include:

• Deeply listening to understand people's needs
• Embedding care in the sustainability agenda
• Building a culture of sustainability leadership across the organisation
• Getting beyond a carbon tunnel vision to a just transition
• The need to create collaborative spaces to drive forward positive change.

Listen now for valuable insights, encouragement and hope.

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In the last year or so we’ve seen a slew of reports about the state of the environment showing that we’re close to, or perhaps have already gone beyond, the point of no return with climate change and several other planetary boundaries.

It’s genuinely scary stuff, and it sometimes floors me.

And yet, other reports show real progress and suggest that we’re in with a chance of tackling the climate and nature crises. We have the technology, but what’s holding us back is social and cultural change.

I’m deeply worried by false and naive optimism, but I genuinely believe success is possible. But only if, as sustainability leaders, we adapt and evolve our approach.

Here's what I cover in this episode:

• A review of the state of the climate and nature crises
• Why this means we need a new approach to sustainability leadership
• Nine things do we sustainability leaders need to do differently in 2024.

If you're overwhelmed or confused by the conflicting signals about the climate and nature crises, or are simply looking for ways to make more progress on sustainability in these difficult times, we've got some practical suggestions for you.

You'll find all the links mentioned in this episode in the companion blog post here…

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"How do we transition to net zero and build up the renewables we need in a way that respects our planetary boundaries and the natural world?"

"How do you create a circular economy and break the link between business growth and resource use?"

Kate Wallace Lockhart is head of sustainability with SSE Renewables, and in this episode she talks about working with businesses across the sector to create a circular economy for the entire wind industry.

We discuss the factors which have been important the successful development of the Coalition for Wind Industry Circularity – and I draw out some lessons to help sustainability leaders looking to develop circular economy initiatives in their industries.

Read the full show notes with links to resources at https://realise.earth/119

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"You also need a theory of change. If you haven't understood what the big thing is you're trying to achieve, and you haven't understood how you are going to achieve that thing, then you have no theory of change and you're not going to achieve it."

Bob Gordon told me that when he started out as Head of Sustainability with Nando’s in the UK he didn’t really have a theory of change.

Bob’s now Director of Zero Carbon Forum, and has a very clear theory of change to support the hospitality sector to reduce, and then eliminate, their carbon footprin

In this interview Bob shares some of his story on that journey, and offers some really solid advice for sustainability directors and managers who want to get results and make a real difference, even at a time when businesses are facing acute commercial pressures.

Read the full show notes with links to resources at http://realise.earth/118

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Discover how Dee made the case for a global sustainability strategy, created Deluxe's first global sustainability role, and then developed and delivered their first sustainability strategy.

Deluxe Media & Entertainment is a leading media services company with over 4,500 people across the world.

Dee talks with Leadership for Sustainability host, Osbert Lancaster, about:

• Moving from localised CSR to a global sustainability strategy
• Making the business case to leadership groups, again and again
• Finding the right approach for different people
• Building a network to make change happen
• Getting into the detail of climate risk
• Pulling together a team for climate risk assessment

And much more…

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