Into the Sustainability Maelstrom: Navigating Uncertainty in 2023

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Date and Time

February 9, 2023
10:00 am-11:00 am ET

Location

Webinar

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After years of steady progress, business leaders now face a maelstrom: politicization of ESG, rising scrutiny on greenwashing, stricter regulations leading to greenhushing, and more. Meanwhile, companies face deepening imperatives to address climate change and tackle social and human rights issues that pose risks to business and society. As leaders chart the course for 2023, it is critical to consider: how can business navigate uncertainty to build resilience and impact? 

This session will include BSR perspective, expert insight, and Q&A to lay out top considerations and recommendations for sustainability and business leaders in 2023. 

 

Scheduled Speakers

• Christine Diamente, Managing Director, Transformation, BSR
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Christine Diamente
Managing Director, Transformation, BSR
London
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Christine leads BSR’s Business Transformation team, helping companies to manage sustainability throughout their business and across their supply chains and to develop resilient business strategies that leverage insights from BSR’s Sustainable Futures Lab.
She works with companies across sectors and geographies to structure a sustainability management approach that mitigates risk and captures emerging opportunities, creating strategic advantage for their businesses, while contributing to a more just, sustainable world. Christine also co-leads engagement with boards of directors to promote effective board governance and leadership ambition on sustainability. 
She brings over 20 years of experience in leading brand, sustainability, public affairs, communications, and reputation management with multinational corporations at the executive leadership level. This also includes overseeing corporate relations with external stakeholders, such as the World Economic Forum, the UN, European institutions, and investors.
Previously, Christine was Head of Brand Strategy at Nokia. She has also held major roles at Alcatel-Lucent and Alcatel, leading Brand and Corporate Sustainability and European Affairs. Christine has also served on various boards, including as a chair of the Telecoms Industry Dialogue on human rights, as an advisory board member of Reuters Events Sustainability, as a member of the Alcatel-Lucent Foundation, and on the European Internet Foundation.
Christine holds a MA in History and a BA in History and International Politics from the University of Ottawa. She completed the Management Acceleration Program (MAP) at INSEAD, and she achieved the ESG Competent Boards Certificate and Global Competent Boards Designation (2021). She speaks English, French, Spanish, and Italian.
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Recent Insights From Christine Diamente
• The Silent G: Six Questions Every Leadership Team Should Ask About Sustainability Governance / November 12, 2024 / Blog
• BSR and NACD: Activating Directors to Meet Boardroom Challenges / February 7, 2024 / Blog
• Role of Boards and Governance with Christine Diamente / November 28, 2023 / Audio
• Making Connections Across Professions / September 27, 2023 / Blog
• The Evolving Reporting Landscape / September 18, 2023 / Insights+
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• David Korngold, Managing Director of BSR Innovation Group, BSR
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David Korngold
Managing Director of BSR Innovation Group, BSR
New York
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David partners with corporate boards, executives, and investors to develop high-impact sustainability strategies. As part of BSR’s Transformation team, he co-leads engagement with boards of directors to promote effective board governance and leadership ambition on sustainability. 
Having previously led BSR's Financial Services team, David continues to work closely with financial companies on sustainability, ESG integration, and impact investing. David has led engagements in nearly all of BSR’s focus areas and major industry groups. This includes leading climate scenarios workshops with boards, creating net-zero road maps for investment firms, designing and operationalizing a leading impact investing fund, conducting materiality assessments, undertaking human rights impact assessments, and co-authoring research on topics like ESG for emerging public companies and responsible investment policies for private equity firms.
Before joining BSR, David worked in strategy and management consulting at Bain & Company.
David holds a BA in History from Amherst College.
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Recent Insights From David Korngold
• Sustainable Business in Context: US Politics and Global Impacts / November 21, 2024 / Insights+
• Racing Past the Crossroads: How Sustainability Leaders Can Reassert Ambition / October 31, 2024 / Blog
• The CSO at a Crossroads: Three Paths Forward for Sustainability Leaders / October 17, 2024 / Reports
• An Impact-Based Approach to Responsible AI / October 10, 2024 / Blog
• Navigating US Election Uncertainty: A Call to Action for Sustainable Business / July 16, 2024 / Insights+
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• Celine Suarez, Managing Director and Head of Sustainable Finance, Morgan Stanley
• Yasmin Crowther, Chief Insight Officer, Polecat