Businesses are being called to climate change action with a free webinar this month.
The event for small and medium businesses in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough is set to raise awareness of the local action needed on climate mitigation and adaptation.
Co-hosted by the Centre for Climate Engagement and the Institute of Directors (IoD) East of England, in collaboration with Chapter Zero, the webinar aims to bring together non-executive directors and board members.
Event Chairman, Emily Farnworth, said: “In March 2021, the Initial Recommendations report from the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Independent Commission on Climate (CPICC) was published.
“This report provides a set of recommendations for mitigating and adapting to climate change with a focus on four key areas: transport, buildings, energy and peat.
“This event will provide an opportunity to raise awareness of the findings within the report to a high-level business audience, with the aim of accelerating local business action on climate change.
“It will also provide a chance for the IoD to share some of the challenges their members are facing in the context of decarbonisation and the net-zero challenge.”
The webinar is particularly aimed at board members of local businesses which are net contributors to local carbon emissions, such as transport, buildings, agricultural or industrial processes or vulnerable to climate-related risks.
There will be speakers including Baroness Brown of Cambridge, Dame Julia King, IoD East of England Chairman Biplab Rakshi, and co-director of the Centre for Climate Engagement, Emily Farnworth.
The webinar, on October 29 from 9am, will also include a panel of commissioners of the report including Lynne Sullivan OBE, Greg Archer, and Professor Laura Diaz Anadon.
It is free to both members and non-members – non-members need to sign up to the IoD portal at www.iod.com.
For more information and to book a place visit www.iod.com/events-community/events/event-details/eventdateid/33898..
