““There are two [issues] that rise above everything else: One is taking action to drive progress around a #NetZero agenda … the second is addressing the reality of working poverty.””
Lisa Manley, Mars Inc:
““It’s not good enough to invest in credits that have environmental benefits. We have to ensure that those projects also do no harm socially, and more importantly … have meaningful measurable benefits to people.””
Priya Kvam, Forum For the Future:
““We have a moment to seize this opportunity and to do something differently, and to integrate our perception of business performance with social and environmental strategies.””
Victor Dagnelie, IDH:
““Besides the carbon objectives, where are the natural synergies with something that [at-risk] communities really need? In many cases, something that we see could be needed is #resilience.””
Lisa Manley, Mars Inc:
““It’s people who are going to be the solvers and the innovators on this (climate interventions) agenda. And it’s women who are going to be particularly powerful players.””
Priya Kvam, Forum For the Future:
““… Nurture an environment internally in your business of #trust and #collaboration where people feel comfortable coming forward and putting forward new ideas and working together.””
Victor Dagnelie, IDH:
““When you do a [synergetic] intervention, there are benefits and co-benefits across all the other #SDGs, instead … of trade-offs where you’re actually undoing work elsewhere.””
Victor Dagnelie, IDH:
““A potential solution is to work on … #RegenerativeAgriculture: Supporting #farming systems that sequester carbon are much more resilient to droughts, floods, and market fluctuations, [and] still maintain healthy returns.””
Cathy Pieters, Mondelez International:
““Let’s not listen to the naysayers — let’s go with the ‘yes’ sayers. We say ‘yes’.””
Mark Birch, IDH:
“”Women are still … a great investment to deliver impact. We’re failing in so many ways to do that. We’ve got to maintain that focus on #equity.””
