Are 2030 and 2050 destinations, or merely milestones taking us to the next sustainability frontier?
Let's Talk.
The urgency and opportunities for ESG initiatives continue to grow, but increasing consumer awareness is often juxtaposed with a reluctance to follow through and purchase greener goods. If big businesses are ultimately responsible for reducing our carbon footprint, will there be enough pressure on them to see measurable change – change away from profit margins and towards sustainability? And as those changes risk discomfort from consumers who are used to more for less, will we be able to change our habits and work together for a more sustainable future?
The future of sustainability: Small steps or giant leaps?
In our third and final Critical Conversations virtual event for 2021 we will explore the big and small changes needed locally and globally to work towards a sustainable future. Who should be driving these initiatives – policy makers, consumers or large companies? Will the 45% of Fortune 500 companies that have published sustainability goals advance ahead of their peers, or will the costs required to make those changes keep them lagging behind?
About Critical Conversations
Critical Conversations is a platform for innovative, courageous discussions that tackle the dynamics of sustainability and impact investing. It highlights the need for educated and authentic conversations, that explore the right ideas with the right people, to continue moving the best solutions forward.
What’s your view?
South African consumer behaviour needs to change
Ready to talk?
Date: Monday 15 November 2021 | Time: 10.00 – 11.30 SAST
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Meet our panel.
Glenn Silverman
Director and Investment Strategist
Glenn joined RisCura as a strategic advisor and non-executive on the RisCura global investment committee. He became a full-time investment strategist in 2021. He has over 30 years’ experience in asset management, with particular interests in BRICS (co-authoring a book on it in 2014), responsible investing, megatrends and financial repression. Glenn previously worked at LIBAM and RMBAM, and was the chief investment officer of Investment Solutions for 17 years. Post his departure, he established his own consulting firm. He is also a strategic advisor to Anchor Stockbrokers, a member of the SA CFA governance, audit and risk committee, and a trustee of the JHGC.
Dr Roze Phillips
African Futurist and Executive Director
Roze is an African futurist and advisor. She focusses on the intersections between business, technology, academia and innovation. Roze works with leaders to unleash the value of human ingenuity combined with intelligent machinery. She is an executive director and board member of GIBS Business School and was previously a managing director at Accenture and a group executive of people and culture at Absa. Roze also co-authored The Book Every Leader Needs to Read, focusing on leadership empathy. She has both a Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery, and an MBA from the University of Cape Town, as well as a post graduate diploma in Futures Studies from Stellenbosch Business School.
Nancy Giordano
Strategic Futurist
Nancy is a strategic futurist, corporate strategist and bestselling author. She consults across a portfolio of $60 billion well-known brands and has presented over 100 global keynotes. She is recognised as one of the world’s top female futurists. Her expertise range from artificial intelligence to frozen foods and reinventing the internet. Her projects transition away from extractive operating systems and outdated business thinking towards more sustainable, inclusive and dynamic solutions that the future demands. Nancy is the first TEDx licensee, an Amazon #1 ranked author, a Singularity University lecturer, SXSW contributor, creator of the Career Fair For The Future and the co-founder of Femme Futurists Society.
Lerato Mbele
Business and News Presenter
Lerato is a business and news presenter well known for raising Africa’s profile in world news and current affairs. Lerato has spoken at and moderated televised debates for the World Economic Forum on Africa, the World Bank and IMF annual meetings, African Development Bank summits, the UN Climate Change Summit COP-17 and has hosted the televised presidential debates for the Nigerian Economic Summit Group. Lerato is a previous business presenter for BBC World Television and was the host of Africa Business Report. Before that, Lerato was a senior business anchor for CNBC Africa and a national public broadcaster of South Africa.
Nersan Naidoo
CEO of Sanlam Investments
Nersan is a leader in investment team management and investment operations across active management, multi-management, hedge funds, derivative structuring and index tracking. He has over 20 years of experience in investment management and business leadership, both locally and internationally. Nersan was the founding member and chief executive of Sanlam Investments’ multi-manager business in 2002. He was instrumental in building the business to its current status as one of the leading multi-managers in South Africa. Nersan was also head of Sanlam’s previous investment services sub-cluster, which included Sanlam Collective Investments, BlueInk Investments, Sanlam Investments Multi-Manager, Graviton Financial Partners and Wealth Management. He has been a member of Sanlam Investments’ Executive Committee since 2007.
Looking back.
In our previous Critical Conversations we discussed The (South) African investment Opportunity and Climate choice or climate challenge?
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