Board members can play a pivotal role in helping companies unlock the value of corporate sustainability.
Open a newspaper or tune into a radio show, and it’s a good bet you’ll run into a story about growing mistrust of companies and their leaders.
The sense that some of our current incentive systems seem to be driving risky and in some cases immoral behavior has catalyzed a public call for transparency, accountability, better governance and stewardship of our common resources. One major change people seek is commitment to sustainable business principles and subsequent global action.
While corporate responsibility has risen as a strategic priority for many companies, boards have not been driving this change. The 
Doha, Qatar was host for this year’s World Climate Summit and the Global Climate Talks. Nearly 200 countries attended COP18 and it was a great experience to watch the different cultures interact and work together. It is often in the mix between people – and by facilitating large-scale collaboration between businesses, financiers, NGO’s and regional, national and global regulators – that you get real impactful commitments and actions.
