EcoVadis · SVP Climate & Climate Ambassador
Know your
audience
Sustainability & climate keynote speaker
A boardroom, a finance forum and a procurement summit need different conversations. Drawing on my work at EcoVadis and sixteen years at CDP, I connect corporate climate action, sustainable finance and resilience with the decisions facing the people in the room.
You can read this site in several languages. My talks, interviews and correspondence are in English only.
Selected stages & conversations
Explore the international recordLatest interviews & appearances
From London to Abu Dhabi
Finance, nature and climate risk
I joined the economist and CFO panel at Abu Dhabi’s 10th Sustainable Business Leadership Forum, connecting the transition with natural capital, climate risk and sustainable growth.
Financing the Transition: The Economics of Natural Capital, Climate Risk & Sustainable Growth
Sustainability LIVE · Short conversations
The conversation
starts here
Two short interviews on supplier action and climate impacts. For the argument in full, watch the London keynote.
Find a subject for your audience Watch the resilience keynote · 20 min Read the panel coverageWatch on YouTube
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Supplier engagement and the green economy
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Climate impacts and supply-chain resilience
Sustainability & climate speaking topics
Big questions
Practical consequences
A target is the start. What happens next?
How to connect corporate climate ambition with investment and commercial decisions, with a closer look at Scope 3 and the suppliers that matter most.
For: Boards, business leaders, chief sustainability officers and procurement teams.
Explore corporate climate action & scope 3What are we asking our suppliers to do?
What buyers should ask of suppliers, what support makes action possible and how purchasing decisions can reward progress.
For: Chief procurement officers, category leaders and supplier programmes.
Explore supplier engagementCan we trust the carbon number?
How to judge the evidence behind supplier emissions data and decide when a number is good enough to guide action.
For: Carbon teams, procurement leaders, investors and climate technology audiences.
Explore carbon dataWhat does finance make possible?
How credible climate data, commercial incentives and financing decisions can support corporate decarbonisation, drawing on supplier programmes and institutional partnerships.
For: Finance and procurement executives, investors, banks and institutional audiences.
Explore sustainable financeCut emissions and prepare for the climate we face
How to connect emissions reductions with adaptation, using supplier relationships to address climate impacts, water stress and forest-related risks.
For: Boards, procurement leaders, finance executives and sustainability audiences.
Explore adaptation & resilienceWatch & listen
The ideas,
in conversation
Start with my London keynote on shared intelligence and resilience, then explore how we turn supply-chain ambition into action.
EcoVadis Sustain · 2024Towards Net Zero Supply Chain: Turning Climate Ambition into ActionWatch the conference recording on EcoVadisWatch on YouTube
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Selected moderation
Getting to the difficult
decarbonisation questions
At Decarb Connect in January 2022, I chaired a discussion on deeper industrial decarbonisation with Lord Adair Turner, Lord Deben, Drax CEO Will Gardiner and the European Commission’s Damien Meadows.
Original session agendaFor journalists & event organisers
Tell me about
your audience
Tell me who will be in the room, what you want them to take away, and when and where you are meeting. Include the format and any travel arrangements. For an interview, send your outlet, subject and deadline.
Discuss your event or interview
- Keynotes and opening addresses
- Panels and fireside conversations
- Executive roundtables and briefings
- Broadcast, podcast and media interviews