The discussion began with an overview of their various roles and responsibilities within the industry which immediately highlighted some of the key challenges organisations face when balancing profit and sustainability. Chaired by Dragon governor Jack Edmondson (Current Parent) Deputy CIO at Oxford University Endowment Management, our panelist of experts included Antonia Coad (Friend of the Dragon) Head of Sustainability and Corporate Affairs at Oxford University, Niki Mardas (Current Parent) Executive Director of Global Canopy, Peter Michaelis (OD 1982, Current Parent) Head of Sustainable Investment at Liontrust, and Charlie Sichel (OD 1994) Founder of Forestry Linked Securities. Our second event in the series followed in February of this year with Sustainable Finance: Investing in Solutions to Climate Change which welcomed experts from within the Dragon community to discuss who and what is involved in sustainable finance, and what issues it raises for broader investment practitioners.
“If we are losing a football field every few minutes, what kind of investment can reverse this?” We were delighted to have such an engaged audience in attendance, who posed thoughtful questions to our panel about ways we can realistically be sustainable and whether climate change will, or can, ever be solved. Our panel of experts on renewable energy, finance and engineering included Kingsmill Bond (OD 1980), Dr Alice Bunn (Friend of the Dragon), and Nick Jelley (Former Parent), with an audience made up of Old Dragons and parents, both current and former, as well as our Upper School children as part of their prep. He brilliantly led the discussion and encouraged debate around the realities of climate change and the complexities of solving it. Our first session posed the question, 'Climate Change: How can Dragons help solve it?' and we were delighted to welcome Uday Khemka (OD 1978), Vice Chairman of the SUN group of companies as Chair of our panel of experts. What important questions have been posed? What ideas have been generated? How can Dragons make positive, conscious decisions to achieve a more sustainable society? As our inaugural Arduus ad Solem* webinar series comes to an end with our final session on #SustainableFashion this month, we look back at the climate change series as a whole.
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