SDGs – why do they matter to local and global business?
Thu, 12 Nov 2015 16:15:00 GMT
The next seminar in the CSRC (Centre for Sustainable and Resilient Communities) autumn programme is with the UK Chair of the UN Global Compact and a non-exec director of the Ethical Trading Initiative Chris Harrop, who works locally for building products company Marshalls. He will be talking about the new Sustainable Development Goals and how they impact in practice on organisations. Everyone is welcome to attend on Friday 13 November at 1.00pm in The Business School (BS1/06).
Abstract
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) successors to the Millennium Development Goals were adopted at the UN Summit in September this year. These global goals to end poverty, protect the planet, and ensure prosperity for all as part of a new sustainable development agenda aim to help the world shift from a dangerous business-as-usual path to one of true sustainable development. But will a new set of goals actually make a difference? And what do they mean in practice to businesses today?
Our speaker, Chris Harrop, is Director of Marketing and Sustainability at Marshalls plc, a leading hard landscaping manufacturer and provider of natural stone and concrete products to the construction, home improvement and landscape markets. Chris is also Chair of the UK United Nations Global Compact and a Non-Executive Director of the Ethical Trading Initiative.
Chris will share his many years’ experience of working at national and international levels on sustainability issues, both is his capacity as Chair of the UK Compact and as Marketing Director for Marshalls. Chris has been named a Business in the Community Game Changer and has experience in carbon labeling (on one of the largest programmes in the world), ethical sourcing and compliant supply chains in India and China.
This seminar takes place two weeks prior to the critical 2015 Paris Climate Conference which will, for the first time in over 20 years of UN negotiations, aim to achieve a legally binding and universal agreement on climate, with the aim of keeping global warming below 2°C.
To attend the seminar (lunch will be provided) please email: csrc@hud.ac.uk or telephone Alexandra Coslet (1501) or Fiona Hesselden (1367).
