AGM
Fully booked
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CPD
The stakes are rising rapidly for directors but there is also an opportunity to create value and gain competitive edge.
Boards have a critical role to play in taking action on climate-related issues to reduce the environmental impact of their organisations and in turn build a sustainable future for them. Sara and Inga will look at the fundamentals of climate change and explain the science and the common misunderstandings. They will look at what climate change means for Dunedin and Otago and suggest what your business or organisation can do now to take action on climate-related issues towards a low carbon future.
At the beginning of this event the Otago Southland Branch of the Institute of Directors will hold its AGM. This part of the event is kept brief.
Sara is an Associate Professor in the Department of Management at the University of Otago. Sara teaches and researches in the area of sustainability and business with a focus on eco and social entrepreneurship, climate change industry readiness, circular economies and understanding work in changing futures. She works on funded projects by BRANZ, MBIE and Callaghan Innovation. Sara is the director of the Master of Sustainable Business and co-director of He Kaupapa Hononga: Otago's Climate Change Network. Her governance roles include the Chair of the Malcam Trust and board roles withThe Wildlife Hospital Dunedin and the Australia New Zealand Academy of Management.
Dr Inga Smith is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Physics at the University of Otago. Inga researches and lectures in climate change related topics: Antarctic sea ice; greenhouse gas emissions from international transport; climate change physics; fluids and thermodynamics. She works on research projects funded by the Marsden Fund, Deep South National Science Challenge, and the Antarctic Science Platform. Inga is on the World Climate Research Programme's CLIVAR (oceans and climate) Scientific Steering Group, and she is co-director of He Kaupapa Hononga: Otago's Climate Change Network. Her previous governance roles include co-chair of the Solar Action: New Zealand's Renewable Energy Society.
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Philippa Murrell
Otago Southland Branch Manager
+64 3 955 5899
+64 27 772 2013
otago.branch@iod.org.nz
The Otago Southland Branch acknowledges the generous support of
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Members — $0.00
Non-members — $60.00
