Webinar: Meeting This Moment: It’s Time for Business to Lead on Climate Policy
About the event
Many companies are doing vital impactful work in their operations, their supply chains, and via their products to address the climate crisis. Yet global emissions continue to rise, and the crisis continues to worsen. Companies can and should raise their ambition for voluntary action, but that alone won't cut emissions at the speed and scale required.
Sustainability professionals have a major role to play.
One of the biggest and highest leverage opportunities to reduce emissions at speed and scale is the adoption of strong binding public policy by governments at all levels. While each individual company has unique abilities to help mitigate climate change, every company has the ability to influence public policy. Indeed, fossil-fuel interests and large cross-sector trade associations continue to use their influence to inhibit progress on climate policy.
Join ClimateVoice for a dynamic conversation about how sustainability professionals and employees within any role can speak up and step up to raise the bar on corporate leadership and promote strong climate policy advocacy.
Meet your panelists
Deborah McNamara is the Executive Director of ClimateVoice, having worked for social change, environmental, and climate justice-focused nonprofits for over 20 years. Her most recent work includes leading climate-focused campaigns targeting fossil fuel finance, promoting climate solutions and a just transition away from fossil fuels, and enacting strong local climate policy. She also brings 12+ years of experience implementing cross-sector sustainability education and engagement programs, including in the corporate sustainability and employee engagement sphere. She studied Environmental Policy and Philosophy at Boston University and received a Master’s degree in Environmental Leadership from Naropa University in Boulder, Colorado.
Jennifer Allyn leads campaigns for ClimateVoice to mobilize companies to lobby for bold and equitable climate policy. In 2023, she earned a Master’s degree from Columbia University’s new climate school with a focus on climatology, public policy, and environmental justice. Jennifer started her career leading diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives, most recently as a Managing Director at PwC.
This event addresses the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Continuing education requirements
ISSP credential holders will earn 0.5 CEUs for attending this webinar.
Recording
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