Business Sustainability: Driving Value and Competitive Advantage

The business needs on sustainability have changed. Today’s leading companies no longer see sustainability simply as a reporting or compliance issue, but as a critical business priority that is integral to their strategy.

Now more than ever, your long-term success rests on integrating sustainability into your strategic planning and decision-making. Strategic leadership means carefully determining the synergies between financial performance and your impact on society, the economy and our environment.

This 1 day workshop cuts through the noise on sustainability to focus efforts on the strategic business imperatives that you need to be successful.

• Understand the key forces making sustainability a business imperative today
• Identify opportunities for your organisation that drive competitive advantage and gain an insight into the key steps to a sustainability transformation
• Utilise strategic frameworks to create a roadmap that prioritises high-impact initiatives and addresses core challenges
• Gain experience using proven innovation frameworks, such as design thinking methods, to develop solutions, map stakeholders, and drive business impact
• Become prepared to lead and communicate on corporate sustainability in your organisation.

The workshop draws on theoretical and experiential approaches to optimise your learning. Through a series of participant discussions, case studies and interactive expert-led sessions, you will consider how to approach change and take advantage of the opportunities that sustainable approaches can offer.

The Business Sustainability 1 Day Workshop is designed for strategic leaders and decision-makers: CEOs, Heads of Strategy, Innovation Leaders and Heads of Department who need to understand the business case for sustainability and how to implement new strategies across their organisations. The programme is also well suited to sustainability leaders who want to move beyond reporting and develop the business case for sustainability at their organisation.

Ioan helps companies pursue organic growth by optimizing their portfolio strategy and by innovating with them to create profitable business models, appealing products and services and amazing customer experiences. He also enables organizations to innovate systematically to stay ahead of the game, by strengthening their innovation capabilities and by driving culture change. His success stories include names such as Heineken, Bridgestone, AstraZeneca, Goodrich, GSK, 3M and Money Supermarket. Ioan has an MBA from INSEAD - France / Singapore and is Blue Ocean Strategy certified expert by W. Chan Kim, author of Blue Ocean Strategy.

Heloise is a purpose-driven strategy consultant (ex-McKinsey, Systemiq) focused on innovative business models, ventures and products in B2B and B2C markets. She spent two years advising large corporates on their sustainability strategies.

Heloise has 10 years of general management and ops experience, including 2 years as Chief Operating Officer at InMotion Ventures (VC and start up studio investing in mobility and tech firms) and 7 years at eBay as Head of C2C Business and Head of Innovation. Heloise has an MBA from INSEAD - France / Singapore.

Brigitte is a passionate change maker who believes that doing better business includes honouring the communities in which businesses operate, and our planet. She has held senior strategic and commercial roles at Barclays Investment Bank, and was the CEO of Urgentem, an ESG data and advisory business assisting investors in developing sustainability-led strategies.

Brigitte is a trained coach, holds an MBA from INSEAD, a BSc in Investment and Financial Risk Management, and has taught entrepreneurship, innovation and sustainability. She is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of the Arts.