INVESTING IN SUSTAINABILITY: Exploring Sustainability in a Business School, Voluntary Sector and Capital Markets

Dates

Monday, July 3, 2023 - 11:00 to 12:30

Location

Online

Sustainability is an essential tool in the mission to achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. The potential for incorporating sustainability across an organisation is huge, and sustainability-oriented investing continues to produce powerful results in social, environmental, and economic progress.

The Open University Business School brought together academic, business and voluntary sector stakeholders in a webinar, to discuss the role of sustainability in public, private and voluntary sector organisations, and why investing in sustainability is key to an organisation's growth: 

• Liz Moody (Moderator), Director of Executive Education at Open University Business School. 
• Christopher Mahon, CFA, Fund manager at Columbia Threadneedle and Visiting Fellow at Open University Business School
• Dr Helen Britton, educational practitioner, researcher, entrepreneur, Visiting Fellow at Centre for Voluntary Sector Leadership at Open University Business School. 
• Dr Anja Schaefer, Senior Lecturer in Management and Sustainability Lead for Open University Business School. 

• What is sustainability and why is it important?
• How do organisations incorporate sustainability into their strategies and practices?
• What role do business schools play in furthering sustainability?
• What are the sustainability challenges that are still in place, and what needs to be done moving forwards?

Watch the recording