Date and Time
Thursday February 25, 2021
12:00 pm-1:00 pm
PT
Location
Webinar
Topics
#Climate Change
While the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted many social and economic issues that need to be addressed, environmental issues, such as climate change, should not be ignored because these systemic risks can be even more wide-ranging and disruptive to the global economy and businesses. Additionally, as the U.S. rejoins the Paris Climate Agreement and plans a Leaders’ Climate Summit on Earth Day, April 22, the business community must continue to demonstrate its contribution to keeping global emissions well below 2 degrees Celsius. So how can a young, high-growth company develop a climate strategy that leapfrogs others and is fitting to their business model, scale and stakeholder expectations?
Join us for a facilitated discussion with BSR’s climate lead David Wei and high-growth company representatives to share approaches and challenges to developing and implementing a climate strategy.
Topics to be covered include:
- How a younger, fast-growing company can decarbonize its business operations
- Understanding, setting, and developing a strategy to meet a net zero emissions commitment (hear about Atlassian's climate commitments)
- How a platform-based technology company can help enable its users to decarbonize
We will also provide some basic next steps to help growing companies understand their climate footprint and then pivot toward these strategic impact opportunities of decarbonization, net zero, and platform enablement.
This convening is by invitation only and is part of a broader series of meetings among young, high-growth companies. Please contact Kelly Gallo if you are interested in attending.
Speakers
David leads BSR’s climate practice to maximize the impact of our applied research, collaborative initiatives, and work with individual companies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and build climate resilience. He is also the international policy lead for the We Mean Business coalition.
Before joining BSR, David was a climate diplomat for the Marshall Islands with the advisory group Independent Diplomat and led on transparency issues in the UN climate negotiations for the Alliance of Small Island States. As an international lawyer with the Foundation for International Environmental Law and Development, David built up the environmental treaty expertise of countries across the globe. He began his career as a securities litigator with Fried Frank in New York before focusing on climate change and energy.
David holds a LL.M. in International Law from New York University, a J.D. and M.A. in International Relations from the University of Toronto, and a B.A. in Ethics, Politics, and Economics from Yale University.
