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PANEL-LED WORKSHOP
7.30 am ET / 12.30pm GMT / 2.30pm EET
Where are the gaps in business leadership for climate justice?
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While it is primarily the responsibility of governments to drive action on climate change, businesses and their civil society partners also have a leadership role to drive action within their organisations, value chains and wider spheres of influence. Studies show that the large majority of employees and the wider public expect CEOs to stand up more on societal issues.
Lead Discussants:
Amir Gerges, Founder, Carboni Bank
Deborah Osei-Mensah, Ambassador, Fairtrade & Operations Manager, Asunafo Cocoa Farmers
Edward Palmieri, Director, Global Sustainability, Meta
Katie Hoard, Global VP, ESG Strategy & Engagement, AB InBev
Zahid Torres-Rahman, CEO, Business Fights Poverty (moderator)
In-Room and Online Table Discussants:
Kristin Komives, Director of Programmes, ISEAL Alliance
Marion Osieyo, Global Strategist – Nature’s Contributions to People, WWF-International
James Sancto, Co-Founder & CEO, We Make Change
Noelia Tellez & Luis Colmán, Research and development department, Fundación Paraguaya
Joseph Feyertag, Research Fellow, Climate & Sustainability, Overseas Development Institute
Laura Kelly, Director, International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)
Abdelrahman Fahmy, One Young World Alumni
Akinyi Walender, Africa Director, Practical Action
Madan Pariyar, Sr. Advisor, iDE
Ben Kellard, Director of Business Strategy, Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL)
Peter Hall, Vice President, Global Director, Race to Resilience
*** 10 MIN INTERVAL ***
VIDEO PRESENTATION
9.10am ET / 2.10pm GMT / 4.10pm EET
Global voices on climate justice
Hear about insights, priorities and actions by members of our community and beyond from around the world including Fiji, Ghana, Uganda, India, Malawi, Sudan, Jordan & more.
PANEL-LED WORKSHOP
9.30am ET / 2.30pm GMT / 4.30pm EET
How can we collaborate better across climate and health to drive equity and resilience?
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Climate change threatens people’s lives, health and wellbeing. These impacts are not being felt equally, and reflect deep-seated inequities, such as by gender and race. For instance, those communities with poorer access to health care are most impacted by extreme weather events, and are the least able to recover quickly. Meanwhile, global warming brings new health challenges and exacerbates current ones.
Lead Discussants:
Maggie Rarieya, Global Partnerships Director, Amref Health Africa
Fiona Smith-Laittan, VP Global Health, GSK
Juanita Silva, Campaign Manager, Race to Resilience, UN Climate Change High-Level Champion
Hannah Green, Corporate Affairs Director, Sustainability, GSK
Elaine Mead, Chair, Alliance for Water Stewardship
Closing Remarks:
Claire Lund, Global Vice President, Sustainability, GSK
In-Room and Online Table Discussants:
Gifty Volimkarime Kuug, Project Director, Green Economy Ghana Project, Inclusive Business Sweden
Suleiman Yakubu, Monitoring, Evaluation and Programme Manager, The Power of Nutrition
Evelyn Karokora, Director Finance and Strategy, Z&K Business Enterprises & AMREF Health and Climate Entrepreneur
Berias Unyolo, Managing Director, Mundawathu Garden & AMREF Health and Climate Entrepreneur
Manav Khanna, Visiting Researcher at the School of Geography and Environment, University of Oxford & PhD Student in Management-Innovation, Sustainability and Healthcare, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna
Pike Kwizera, Co-Founder, Hya Bioplastics & AMREF Health and Climate Entrepreneur
Bradley Mbagaya, Auto-truck E.A. & AMREF Health and Climate Entrepreneur
Sally Uren, Chief Executive, Forum for the Future
Martin Muchangi, Director, NTDS, Amref Health Africa
PANEL-LED WORKSHOP
7.30 am ET / 12.30pm GMT / 2.30pm EET
How can we scale youth enterprise solutions for climate justice?
Hosted with the Corporate Responsibility Initiative, Harvard Kennedy School, Change by Degrees and INJAZ Egypt.
The session explored the practical solutions being developed by inspiring young entrepreneurs that help vulnerable people adapt to and mitigate the risks of climate change. We unpacked the challenges young entrepreneurs face in achieving scale, and how larger companies, in partnership with government and civil society, can help them succeed.
Lead Discussants:
Dina El - Mofty, Entrepreneur and Angel Investor, Egypt, and Founder, INJAZ Egypt
Farah Emara, Co-Founder, FreshSource Global
Jane Nelson, Director, Corporate Responsibility Initiative, Harvard Kennedy School
Marta Vânia Uetela, Founder, BioMec, Mozambique
Morten Enggaard Rasmussen, EVP People, Sustainability & Brand, Novozymes
Tara Shine, Chief Executive Officer, Change by Degrees
In-Room and Online Table Discussants:
Emma Edwards, Business Development Specialist, Digital Opportunity Trust
Hope Davidson, Net Zero Transformation team, Monitor Deloitte & One Young World Alumni
Sancha Conway Holroyd, Co-Founder, Ambassadors of Earth & One Young World Alumni
Oluoch Brendah, Environmental Conservation and Climate Change Associate, The Youth Cafe
Victoria Crawford, Senior Manager, Investment Partnerships, WBCSD
Ruth Thomas, Director Food & Agriculture, WBCSD
Edwin Obiero, Regional Director, Practical Action
Jackson Sylvestre Karara, Co-founder & Managing Director, UKC (Uruhimbi Kageyo LTD) & DOT Alumni
Selma Bichbich, Youth Fellow, Algeria, Learning Planet
Mohsen Gul, Senior Project Manager, Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL)
*** 10 MIN INTERVAL ***
VIDEO PRESENTATION
9.10am ET / 2.10pm GMT / 4.10pm EET
Global voices on climate justice
Hear about insights, priorities and actions by members of our community and beyond from around the world including Fiji, Ghana, Uganda, India, Malawi, Sudan, Jordan & more.
PANEL-LED WORKSHOP
9.30am ET / 2.30pm GMT / 4.30pm EET
What more can we do to place gender equity at the heart of climate action?
Women are disproportionately impacted by climate change, and face greater barriers in accessing the opportunities that come with the green transition. What more can business, in partnership with others, do to support women? How can we ensure that climate actions are gender-smart?
Lead Discussants:
Anastasia Mbatia, Senior Technical Manager, Agriculture, Farm Africa
Beatriz Tumoine, Global Social Impact Director, CEMEX
Franziska Deininger, Gender and Climate Consultant, IFC
Justin White, Manager, Human Rights & Gender Equality, Global Sustainability, Mars Inc
Laetitia Pettinotti, Senior Research Officer, ODI
Marcela Chacon, Senior Manager International Stakeholders Relations, Bayer
In-Room and Online Table Discussants:
Julia Taylor, Researcher: Climate and Inequality, The Southern Centre for Inequality Studies , The University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
Dan Collison, Chief Executive, Farm Africa
Elizabeth Vazquez, CEO & Co-Founder, WEConnect International
Alison Ward, CEO, CottonConnect
Rania Ayman Hani, Founder & CEO, Entreprenelle & One Young World Alumni
Kelvin Muthui, Programme coordinator, Caritas Kitui & IIED
Saquina Mucavele Executive Director, Mozambique, Women, Gender, and Development (MuGeDe)
Hester le Roux, Senior Business Advisor, Private Sector Engagement, CARE International UK
Megan Dwyer Baumann, Global Qualitative Research Lead, Women’s World Banking
Iman Bashir, Research Consultant, School of International Futures (SOIF) and NGFP Africa Network Member
Dina El - Mofty
Entrepreneur and Angel Investor, Egypt, and Founder, INJAZ Egypt
Tara Shine
Chief Executive Officer, Change by Degrees
Morten Enggaard Rasmussen
EVP People, Sustainability & Brand, Novozymes
Jane Nelson
Director, Corporate Responsibility Initiative, Harvard Kennedy School
Franziska Deininger
Gender and Climate Consultant, IFC
Edward Palmieri
Director, Global Sustainability, Meta
Beatriz Tumoine
Global Social Impact Director, CEMEX
Marcela Chacon
Senior Manager International Stakeholders Relations, Bayer
Farah Emara
Co-Founder, FreshSource Global
Katie Hoard
Global VP, ESG Strategy & Engagement, AB InBev
Justin White
Manager, Human Rights & Gender Equality, Global Sustainability, Mars Inc
Claire Lund
Global Vice President, Sustainability, GSK
Fiona Smith-Laittan
VP Global Health, GSK
Maggie Rarieya
Global Partnerships Director, Amref Health Africa
Marta Vânia Uetela
Founder, BioMec, Mozambique
Amir Gerges
Founder, Carboni Bank
Juanita Silva
Campaign Manager, Race to Resilience, UN Climate Change High-Level Champions
Anastasia Mbatia
Senior Technical Manager, Agriculture, Farm Africa
Deborah Osei-Mensah
Ambassador, Fairtrade & Operations Manager, Asunafo Cocoa Farmers
Laetitia Pettinotti
Senior Research Officer, ODI
Hannah Green
Corporate Affairs Director, Sustainability, GSK
Alice Allan
Chair, Alliance for Water Stewardship
Katie Hyson
Director of Thought Leadership, Business Fights Poverty
Zahid Torres-Rahman
CEO & Co-Founder, Business Fights Poverty
Climate change is affecting us all, but the most severe impacts are being felt by the most vulnerable people. This new framework explores what climate justice means in practice and the actions that business can take.
A summary of a series of online forum discussions about how business can put people at the heart of their climate actions. The series also covered the role of education and skills in the just transition and how thinking about diversity and inclusion can help spread the burdens and benefits of climate action.
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A toolkit on how companies can transition to a net-zero economy at the same time as economically empowering the many vulnerable women working upstream in global value chains.
By SSIR
This article series, produced in partnership with the social impact community Business Fights Poverty, explores why climate justice is a critical concern for businesses, how companies can start to put climate justice principles into practice, and emerging solutions from different industries that are beginning to take action.
By Daniel Epstein & Travis Barnes
Community-focused entrepreneurs are using innovative business models and technology to make renewable energy and a healthy environment accessible to everyone. This article published by Stanford Social Innovation Review is part of a special series on Climate Justice produced in partnership with members of the Business Fights Poverty community.
By Maria Teresa Zappia
Practical ways investors can help the people most affected by climate change become more resilient to it, while still securing a strong financial return. This article published by Stanford Social Innovation Review is part of a special series on Climate Justice produced in partnership with members of the Business Fights Poverty community.
By Daniella Foster
Businesses need to take actions that improve not only the environment, but also human health and well-being, particularly among vulnerable communities in their value chains. This article published by Stanford Social Innovation Review is part of a special series on Climate Justice produced in partnership with members of the Business Fights Poverty community.
By GSK
The climate and nature crises are shared challenges. We do not have all the answers, but by openly and transparently sharing our experiences and learning out loud, we hope that GSK can help us all move faster towards
collective solutions.
By IIED
Eight principles for locally led adaptation have been developed to help ensure that local communities are empowered to lead sustainable and effective adaptation to climate change at the local level. IIED is among over 80 governments, leading global institutions and local and international NGOs that have already endorsed these principles and are advocating their endorsement by others.
By Zahid Torres Rahman, Jane Nelson & Tara Shine
Why we need to move business from the margins to the mainstream on climate justice, and how to get there. This article published by Stanford Social Innovation Review is part of a special series on Climate Justice produced in partnership with members of the Business Fights Poverty community.
By Lisa Manley & Iris van der Velden
How businesses can transform procurement practices to strengthen farmer livelihoods and improve environmental impacts. This article published by Stanford Social Innovation Review is part of a special series on Climate Justice produced in partnership with members of the Business Fights Poverty community.
By Farm Africa
Carbon offset programmes may present a threat to women’s equal land rights if policies are not enforced to protect women’s ownership and control, writes Anastasia Mbatia, a Senior Technical Manager for Agriculture at Farm Africa.
By Anna Barford & Stephanie Shankland
As the global population grows, it has been estimated that by 2030 the world will need more than 600 million new jobs. Many of these will be required in developing countries, where young people already struggle to find work, pay is low, and working conditions are often poor.
By Juan Pablo Solis, Fairtrade International
Ahead of another UN climate conference, Fairtrade once again urges governments for concrete action… but time is running out.
By TPI
The Guidebook aims to convey the magic of how multi-stakeholder partnerships at country level can deliver significantly towards the Sustainable Development Goals and provide guidance on how to build robust, effective collaborations that can achieve extraordinary results.
By TPI
The TPI and the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA) explore the imperative of multi-stakeholder partnerships in Small Island Developing States (SIDS).
By Farm Africa
Between 2012 and 2021, Farm Africa
worked with the NGO SOS Sahel Ethiopia,
with funding from the Royal Norwegian
Embassy in Ethiopia, to deliver a REDD+
project that lowers greenhouse gas
emissions by reducing deforestation in the
Bale Eco-region, while also boosting the
livelihoods of local communities living in
poverty.
