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Join us to explore why ESG is now critical to global competitiveness and market access.
As global trade adapts to new tariff regimes and climate-related compliance frameworks, ESG has become a strategic imperative, not a discretionary add-on.
In this session, Phil Parkes, Group Director - ESG at HSE Global, will explore how boards can use ESG to navigate increasing trade complexity, manage emerging risks, and maintain long-term competitiveness.
Drawing on developments such as the EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), US tariff escalations, and tightening ESG disclosure requirements, Phil will discuss how these changes are affecting market access, supply chain resilience and investor expectations.
This session will encourage directors to reframe ESG as a value driver and core governance responsibility, not just a reporting obligation. As Phil puts it: “The window for cosmetic alignment has closed. ESG is now infrastructure.”
This event is supported by our national sponsors:
Phil has extensive experience in governance, executive leadership and regulatory compliance activities. He focuses on improving the delivery of operational excellence, alongside environmental and safety outcomes. He has worked in multiple international jurisdictions with experience in local, state, and federal government. Phil’s leadership and governance education includes executive programmes at Melbourne Business School and INSEAD as well as the IoD’s Company Directors’ Course.
Phil was the Chief Executive of WorkSafe New Zealand, the country’s primary workplace health and safety regulator from 2019 to 2023. As Chief Executive, Phil was responsible for leading the organisation in its mission to ensure that New Zealand workplaces are safe, healthy, and compliant with relevant laws and regulations. Phil was with WorkSafe from its creation in 2013 in a variety of executive roles, contributing to a significant national reduction in fatalities and serious injuries.
Prior to this, his career included executive positions at the New Zealand Environmental Protection Authority. Here, he introduced an environmental management regime for offshore activities in the Exclusive Economic Zone and oversaw nationwide environmental regulation of chemicals.
His early career was in local government in the UK, where he completed an Honours Degree in Environmental Health and a Master's degree in Environmental Management.
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Sharynn Johnson
Canterbury Branch Manager
+64 27 228 6069
canterbury.branch@iod.org.nz
The Canterbury Branch acknowledges the generous support of
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Members — $40.00
Non-members — $60.00
