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Following a year of unprecedented climate-driven crises in New Zealand and globally, it has become abundantly clear that the climate crisis can no longer be relegated to a distant future but is a pressing reality.
This event is being hosted in partnership with Anthem, Official Communications Partner of Chapter Zero New Zealand.
It is an invitation only event.
Boards must be prepared to effectively handle climate-related crises while managing relationships with media, shareholders and the New Zealand public.
To equip your board with the necessary tools and knowledge to navigate these challenges, we invite you to an interactive session with Jane Sweeney, Co-Founder and Executive Chair of Anthem and one of New Zealand’s most experienced and respected public relations professionals.
During this session, you will gain insights into the reputational risks that the climate crisis presents to organisations, explore the pivitol role that the board plays in climate crisis communications, learn from real-life case studies and walk away with a set of actions that will guide your board’s evaluation of its readiness in overseeing an effective response to a climate crisis.
One of the PR industry’s most experienced and respected professionals, Jane founded Anthem with Carolyn Kerr in 2014. Jane has run agencies in New Zealand and the United Kingdom, including a top-ten marcomms agency in London, and served as trade commissioner for NZTE in Paris.
Named “the doyenne of the small cadre of PR women with serious clout” (NZ Listener Influentials issue), Jane started her career in consumer and marketing communications and is skilled at strategic reputation management, assisting directors and company senior executives plan their stakeholder engagement, integrated communications and corporate affairs management. Her passion is curating agile teams that achieve stellar outcomes for clients.
Jane has significant expertise assisting clients across a range of sectors, including technology, education, property and infrastructure, healthcare, professional services, transport and tourism, energy and utilities, not-for-profit, export, insurance, agribusiness, media and wine. Jane has also worked with scale up businesses and public sector organisations such as central and local government agencies and universities.
An advocate for the business benefits of diversity in leadership, Jane has held several board positions and is a PRINZ Fellow. She is a breast cancer survivor who champions regular mammograms as a means of early detection.
Gemma Fellowes
Project coordinator
+64 9 365 2736
Gemma.Fellowes@iod.org.nz
