BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:457@siliconbrighton.com DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230629T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230629T203000 DTSTAMP:20230608T141535Z URL:https://siliconbrighton.com/events/disruptive-sustainability-silicon-b righton-leaders-online/ SUMMARY:Disruptive Sustainability | Silicon Brighton Leaders (Online) DESCRIPTION:\n\n\nDo you know your SBTs from your GHGs? ESG from the CE?\n\ nSustainability can be a minefield of acronyms\, targets and reporting sta ndards. Not to mention the time and resource it takes\, which is no mean f eat even for big corporates\, let alone smaller businesses just starting o ut or in high-growth mode.\n\nSo how can you grow your organisation whilst ensuring you’re balancing purpose and profit? Not just because it’s t he right thing to do\, but because your clients\, employees\, and wider co mmunity expect it.\n\nDespite our corporate sustainability policies\, the planet is still at the point of climate and ecological crisis. It’s time to change\; to get a deeper understanding of sustainability concepts and the actions required\; to adopt a new approach that delivers meaningful im pact.\n\nJoin us live from Plus X innovation Hub\, where we’ll hear fro m Georgia Elliott-Smith (sustainability consultant &\; environmental activist) who will cut through the jargon\, tell you what you really need to know\, help you identify greenwash and apply the principles of sustaina bility in your work.\n\nYou’ll learn about a model of disruptive sustain ability that challenges the status quo and embraces activism\, how to crea te a meaningful sustainability &\; ESG (Environmental\, Social and Gove rnance) strategy\, and gain ideas on how to use your business as a force f or good.\n\nWe will then be joined by a panel\, hosted by Sam Zindel and L aura Gelder-Robertson from Low Carbon Leaders who will provide a range o f perspectives on how we can build a better tomorrow.\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Geo rgia Elliott-Smith...\nAn environmental engineer and chartered environment alist\, Georgia started her career as the UK’s first construction enviro nment manager and is a former UNESCO Special Junior Envoy for Youth &\; the Environment.\n\nFounder and Managing Director of sustainability consu ltancy Element Four\, Georgia has worked with organisations such as the Am nesty International\, Patrizia\, UPP\, and the Bank of England delivering her Disruptive Sustainability approach – a combination of best practice and activism that drives meaningful change in industry.\n\nGeorgia sits on the steering committee of She Changes Climate\, a global campaign for 50: 50 representation of women in climate negotiations. In 2020\, Georgia chal lenged the UK government in the High Court over their failure to uphold th e Paris Agreement when implementing the UK Emissions Trading Scheme.\n\nGe orgia is an Extinction Rebellion activist and contributor to leading non-p rofit technical committees including the London Energy Transformation Init iative (LETI).\n\nShe has spoken at TEDxUCL\, New York Times Climate Forwa rd Conversations\, Cambridge University Zero Festival\, and UK Constructio n Week.\n\n\n\n\n\nIn collaboration with…\nWe believe that diversity of thought is key to reimagining how we live and work. We collaborated with t he Warrior Women Network to curate this event\, to ensure that everythin g we do strategically supports\, amplifies and / or embeds voices less hea rd to drive positive change towards a more just and sustainable future for all.\n\n\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://siliconbrighton.com/wp-content/uploads/2 023/05/Q2-2023-SB-Leaders-event-Eventbrite-online.png CATEGORIES:Silicon Brighton Event LOCATION:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gySdUwz9bVs END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20230326T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR