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Nature isn’t another “optional add-on” – it’s the E in ESG
A poll at the recent Institute of Directors’ Leadership Conference showed that only 18 percent of directors had read the Aotearoa Circle’s advice on nature-related legal risks for directors.
While the financial and legal risks that climate change present are increasingly acknowledged, the environmental impacts and dependencies of companies on water, land, and the atmosphere are broader than climate risk and present an increasing challenge (and potential liability) for directors.
Roughly half of the world’s GDP – US$44 trillion of economic value generation – is highly or moderately dependent on nature. Closer to home, 80 percent of New Zealand’s exports by value are going to markets that have mandatory climate and environmental, social and governance (ESG) reporting in force or proposed.
But nature isn’t another “optional add-on” – it’s the E in ESG – and to address this increasing risk, directors need to understand their organisations’ dependencies and impacts on this limited resource. Nature also presents business opportunities, such as the critical role it plays in supporting climate change transition and adaptation.
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Vicki has been Chief Executive of The Aotearoa Circle since it started five years ago, convening leaders to drive systems level change. She is committed to restoring our natural capital to ensure sustainable prosperity in Aotearoa for future generations.
Vicki has been working at CEO level for twenty years and has private sector experience across a wide range of organisations including the Sir Peter Blake Trust, NZEA and the New Zealand Leadership Institute.
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Rob is the Chairman of Silver Fern Farms Limited, Farmlands Co-operative Society Limited, New Zealand Woolscours Limited (Woolworks), Fern Energy Limited, Hilton Haulage Limited and Pioneer Energy Limited, as well as a Director of T&G Global Limited, Pulse Energy Limited, Silver Fern Farms Co-operative Limited and Woolcorp Limited.
Rob is immediate past chair of Silver Fern Farms Co-operative limited, a past Councilor of Lincoln University and previous Chair of the Strong Wool Action Group (now Wool Impact).
He is a Chartered Fellow of the Institute of Directors and a graduate of Lincoln University, holding an M.Com (hons)- (Marketing)and a B.Com (Ag) (Economics).
Rob farms 10,000 sheep and beef stock units on a carbon negative breeding/finishing and forestry farm of 1020ha in Manuka Gorge, South Otago.
Rob won the Deloitte Top 200 Chair of the Year award in 2023, and the Co-operative Business New Zealand Outstanding Contribution Award in 2019.
David is a director of Meridian Energy Limited, a trustee and Chair of The University of Auckland Foundation and a Guardian of The Aotearoa Circle. He is also a member of The University of Auckland’s Civil and Environmental Advisory Board and has held a range of other governance positions, including Chair of the Hutt Valley Water Services Board, Chair of the Wood Beca Board, a board member of Leadership Development Corporation and past President of the Auckland University Engineers Association. He was also a founding board member of the Sustainable Business Council and sat on the Advisory Board of NIWA (National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research).
He first joined Beca in 1987 and was appointed Executive Chair in 2017. Throughout his career at Beca, he has filled a wide range of technical, management and executive roles. He also holds an extensive track record in leading and delivering major infrastructure projects including the America’s Cup Auckland Viaduct Basin redevelopment, Project Manukau, Melbourne Airport’s A380 runway widening project and the Victorian Desalination Plant. Latterly he has played a key role in driving Beca’s long-term strategic direction, focus on professional excellence and the enhancement of its leading edge technical capability
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Guy is an experienced senior leader who has worked with public, private and not-for-profit entities in New Zealand, Fiji, Mongolia, Australia and the United States. His previous senior roles include Deputy Chief Executive, Strategy and Organisation Performance at Te Puni Kōkiri; Deputy Secretary Natural Resources Policy at Ministry for the Environment. Most recently, he ran his own freelance consultancy practice supporting public sector senior executives and their teams to deliver high quality decision-making, advice and policy implementation. In each of these roles, he engaged on a range of natural resource, environmental and other issues with iwi/hapū and other Māori interests.
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