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27 MAY 2022 # S C C I M PA C T
The Swedish Chamber of Commerce for the United Kingdom is the ultimate platform for entrepreneurs and businesses within the Swedish-British business community. Founded in 1906 – by business and for business – we have represented, inspired and promoted our members, extended commercial relations between our countries, and delivered firstclass services and events for over a century.
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WELCOME Whilst the world is facing several crises at once, climate change does not rest and still requires our full attention and dedication. At last year’s COP26 conference in Glasgow, the British COP26 president Alok Sharma said; “We can now say with credibility that we have kept 1.5 degrees alive. But its pulse is weak, and it will only survive if we keep our promises and translate commitments into rapid action.” To reach the ambitious sustainability goals set out by the United Nations in time, collaboration across politics, academia, business, and society at large is of the greatest essence. At Impact, we bring together stakeholders from across a range of industries and some of the greatest thinkers from both Sweden and the UK to discuss our way to a greener and more sustainable future. We hope today’s summit will serve as a platform for knowledge-sharing and innovation across borders – because when it comes down to it, businesses cannot work in isolation to solve the climate emergency. We encourage you all to walk into this summit with an open mind, hope, and enthusiasm to work together towards a common goal. Today we discuss the greatest challenge of our lifetime, and how we can solve it together. Thank you all for participating in the discussion. A special thank you to Their Majesties, the King and Queen of Sweden for their support and participation in today’s events, highlighting both the importance of the sustainability cause, but also of the Swedish-British relationship. Thank you also to our Strategic Sustainability Partner Skanska, principal sponsors Electrolux and LKAB, co-sponsors AstraZeneca, Einride, Essity, Handelsbanken, King, Kinnarps, SEB, SSAB, Stena, Vattenfall, Viaplay, Voi, and Wastefront, and our partners at the Embassy of Sweden, for making this important event possible.
Peter Sandberg, Chief Executive Swedish Chamber of Commerce
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IN THE PRESENCE OF Their Majesties the King and Queen of Sweden
AGENDA
9.00 AM WELCOME Peter Sandberg, Swedish Chamber of Commerce
COOPERATION ACROSS SECTORS AND BORDERS - CONTINUED SWEDISH-BRITISH PARTNERSHIP Anna Ekström, Swedish Minister for Education
INTRODUCTION Petra Bergman, Master of Ceremonies Nik Gowing, Master of Ceremonies
FUTURE-PROOFING AVIATION Johan Lundgren, EasyJet Anko van der Werff, SAS
FUELLING INNOVATION IN THE ENERGY SECTOR Anna Borg, Vattenfall
THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT AND INFRASTRUCTURE Anders Danielsson, Skanska Sir Peter Hendy CBE, Network Rail
KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER AS A TOOL TO ACHIEVE NET ZERO Emma Howard Boyd, Environment Agency Leif Johansson, AstraZeneca Julia King, Baroness Brown of Cambridge DBE, Carbon Trust
11.00 AM COFFEE BREAK THE TRANSNATIONAL PROBLEM - WHAT WILL IT TAKE TO ACHIEVE NET ZERO? Dr. Thomas Hale, University of Oxford Fiona Harvey, The Guardian Jan-Olof Jacke, Confederation of Swedish Enterprise Allison Kirkby, Telia Company
A MEDIA COMPANY AS A CATALYST FOR SUSTAINABILITY Anders Jensen, Viaplay Group
FOSSIL-FREE STEEL - A REALISTIC VISION? Martin Lindqvist, SSAB Darren Wilson, LKAB Minerals
HOW CAN TECH INDUSTRIES SHOW THE WAY? Todd Green, King
SUSTAINTECH ENTREPRENEURS PITCHING ON STAGE 13.20 PM LUNCH THE RISE OF CIRCULARITY AND TURNING WASTE INTO ASSETS Robert Petersson, Kinnarps Jo Pybus, Essity Sarah Schaefer, Electrolux Vianney Valès, Wastefront
RETAILERS’ ROAD TO NET ZERO Helen Dickinson, British Retail Consortium Francesca Lilley, COS Patrik Söderström, GANT
THE POTENTIAL TO DELIVER CLIMATE-NEUTRAL MOBILITY Christina Moe Gjerde, Voi Technology Nils Mösko, Polestar Sam Longman, Transport for London Robert Ziegler, Einride
GREEN FINANCE AND FINANCING GREEN Chuka Umunna, JP Morgan Sophie Walker, EQT Richard Winder, Handelsbanken UK
SUMMARY AND CLOSING Petra Bergman, Master of Ceremonies Nik Gowing, Master of Ceremonies Jan Olsson, Swedish Chamber of Commerce
It takes a village to raise a child ...but it’s going to take much more to ensure that child has a sustainable future. We need the great thinkers, innovators, policymakers and naysayers to come together, create solutions and drive change. That’s why we’re working with the Swedish Chamber of Commerce to share Scandinavian insights with the UK market.
Strategic Sustainability Partner Swedish Chamber of Commerce for the UK
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MASTERS OF CEREMONIES
PETRA BERGMAN ANCHOR, EFN NEWS Petra Bergman has worked as a journalist in economics and politics since 2000. She has mainly worked as a presenter and editor for various news programmes and magazines on television and radio. She has worked at Sveriges Radios Ekonomiekot, EFN, Ekonominyheterna on TV4, DiTV and Aktuellt on SVT.
NIK GOWING DIRECTOR AND FOUNDER, THINKING THE UNTHINKABLE Nik Gowing was the main news presenter for BBC World News (1996-2014), and he has 35 years of analytical experience in diplomacy, defence and international security. In 2018 Nik Gowing, along with Chris Langdon, released the book Thinking the Unthinkable: A new imperative for leadership in the digital age.
IMPACT IS KINDLY SPONSORED BY ELECTROLUX
COOPERATION ACROSS SECTORS AND BORDERS - CONTINUED SWEDISH-BRITISH PARTNERSHIP
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ANNA EKSTRÖM SWEDISH MINISTER FOR EDUCATION Ms Anna Ekström is the Swedish Minister for Education since 2019. Her responsibilities include liberal adult education, research, higher education and training, space affairs, student finance, UNESCO and adult education and training. Minister Ekström has spent the past two decades in leading roles in the Swedish Government and government agencies. She has served as Minister for Upper Secondary School and Adult Education and Training (2016-2019), Director-General for the National Agency for Education (2011–2016), and Chair of the Swedish Confederation of Professional Associations (2001–2011). In addition, Minister Ekström has taken on numerous assignments, including as Chair of the 2015 Schools Commission, Chair of the Linköping University Board, and Chair of the Delegation for Gender Equality in School. She has also served as a Board Member of various organisations, including Transparency International Sweden and the European Trade Union Confederation.
Mineral solutions for our world AD AD
LKAB Minerals is internationally active in the industrial minerals market and holds a leading position within a number of product applications. We deliver circular, critical and climate-efficient mineral products for industries such as; civil engineering, renewable energy and agriculture. LKAB Minerals is part of LKAB, a Swedish state-owned company and one of the world’s leading producers of highly upgraded iron ore products. LKAB started operations in 1890 and today produces close to 27 million tonnes iron ore products and is a growing supplier of minerals, services, and high-tech products for mining and other industries.
Learn more at www.lkabminerals.com
FUTURE-PROOFING AVIATION
SPEAKERS
JOHAN LUNDGREN CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, EASYJET Johan Lundgren joined easyJet on 1 December 2017 as Chief Executive Officer. He has more than 30 years’ experience in the travel industry and spent his career working his way up through various organisations to become most recently the Group Deputy Chief Executive Officer of TUI AG and Chief Executive Officer of Mainstream Tourism at TUI AG.
ANKO VAN DER WERFF PRESIDENT & CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, SAS Anko van der Werff, CEO & President of SAS, has extensive high level management experience. With over twenty years of experience in the airline sector, he has been CEO and held various leading positions in companies such as Avianca, Aeromexico, Qatar Airways and Air France KLM.
What science can do We are united by a desire to push the boundaries of science to deliver life-changing medicines in a way that is respectful of our planet.
We are playing our part in tackling the biggest challenges of our time, from climate change to access to healthcare and disease prevention.
We are harnessing the power of science and innovation and our global reach to make a positive impact on society, healthcare systems, and the environment.
This starts with us, but matters to everyone, everywhere.
To find out more visit: www.astrazeneca.com/sustainability
FUELLING INNOVATION IN THE ENERGY SECTOR
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ANNA BORG CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, VATTENFALL Anna Borg is President and CEO for Vattenfall since November 2020. She has extensive management experience from the energy and fin tech industries as well as board assignments. She holds a Master of Economics and Political Science from the University of Uppsala, Sweden.
IMPACT KINDLY SPONSORED BY EINRIDE
THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT AND INFRASTRUCTURE
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ANDERS DANIELSSON PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, SKANSKA Anders Danielsson has more than 30 years of experience from the construction and development industry. He has worked for a long time within the company and held many different positions and worked in several of the countries where the company operates. He has been Executive Vice President for Skanska in Sweden, Norway, UK, and USA. Since 2018 he is Skanska Groups President and CEO. Danielsson has a M.Sc. in Engineering from Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm and is a graduate from the advanced Management Program at Harvard, Boston, USA.
SIR PETER HENDY CBE CHAIR, NETWORK RAIL Sir Peter is the Chair of Network Rail Board and London Legacy Development Corporation and was commissioner of Transport for London from 2006 to 2015, where he led the successful operation of London’s transport for the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. In 2020, Sir Peter was tasked by the Prime Minister with carrying out the Union connectivity review, exploring ways in which transport can better connect all parts of the United Kingdom. The final report was published in November 2021.
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KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER AS A TOOL TO ACHIEVE NET ZERO
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EMMA HOWARD BOYD CHAIR, ENVIRONMENT AGENCY Emma Howard Boyd is Chair of the Environment Agency, an Ex officio board member of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and interim Chair of the Green Finance Institute. She is also an Adviser to the Board of Trade, and a UN Global Ambassador for Race to Zero and Race to Resilience.
LEIF JOHANSSON NON-EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD, ASTRAZENECA Mr Leif Johansson is the Chairman of the Board of the global, science-led biopharmaceutical company AstraZeneca (since April 2012). Mr Johansson holds Board positions at Autoliv, Inc and Ecolean AB. He is a member of the European Round Table of Industrialists (Chairman 2009 to 2014), a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (Chairman 2012 to 2017) and a member of the Council of Advisors, Boao Forum for Asia.
JULIA KING, BARONESS BROWN OF CAMBRIDGE DBE CHAIR OF THE CARBON TRUST Baroness Brown of Cambridge DBE FREng FRS is a Crossbench Member of the House of Lords, where she chairs the Science and Technology Select Committee. She is an engineer with extensive experience in industry, at Rolls-Royce plc, and in academia. Her current interests focus on technology and climate change.
THE TRANSNATIONAL PROBLEM - WHAT WILL IT TAKE TO ACHIEVE NET ZERO?
DR. THOMAS HALE ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF GLOBAL PUBLIC POLICY, UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD Dr. Thomas Hale’s research explores how we can manage transnational problems effectively and fairly. He holds a PhD in Politics from Princeton University, a masters degree in Global Politics from the London School of Economics, and an AB in public policy from Princeton’s School of Public and International Affairs.
FIONA HARVEY ENVIRONMENT CORRESPONDENT, THE GUARDIAN Fiona Harvey is an award-winning journalist who has covered the environment since 2004, at the Financial Times and subsequently for the Guardian newspaper. She has written extensively on every environmental issue, from air pollution and biodiversity to ocean plastic and climate change. Her assignments have taken her as far afield as the Arctic and the Amazon, and she has attended almost every UNFCCC Cop since 2004, including reporting live from the 2015 Paris conference and the Cop26 summit in Glasgow in 2021.
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JAN-OLOF JACKE DIRECTOR GENERAL, CONFEDERATION OF SWEDISH ENTERPRISE Jan-Olof Jacke is the Director General of Confederation of Swedish Enterprise since 2018. Jan-Olof holds an MBA from Gothenburg School Of Economics. After graduation, he worked as a management consultant before joining AstraZeneca in 1999. There he held the position as Chief Financial Officer for various units until 2013 when he was appointed CEO of AstraZeneca Sweden.
ALLISON KIRKBY PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, TELIA COMPANY Allison Kirkby is President and CEO of Telia Company since May 2020. Allison is recognized for building and successfully leading strong teams in periods of change, to create significant shareholder value, and has been awarded Sweden’s Most Powerful Female CEO/Leader in 2017 and 2020 respectively.
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A MEDIA COMPANY AS A CATALYST FOR SUSTAINABILITY
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ANDERS JENSEN PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, VIAPLAY GROUP Anders was appointed President & CEO of Viaplay Group in April 2018 after serving as EVP, CEO of MTG Nordic Entertainment. Anders joined MTG Sweden in 2014, prior to which he held senior positions at a number of Europe’s leading telecommunications, retail and consumer goods companies. These roles included Senior Executive Vice President at TDC Group, where he ran the Consumer division and was also Chief Marketing Officer; CEO of Telenor, the second largest mobile operator in Hungary; CEO of Grameenphone, the market leading telecommunications service provider in Bangladesh; and Chief Marketing Officer of Vodafone / Telenor in Sweden. He is also a non-executive director of Guardian Media Group.
FOSSIL-FREE STEEL - A REALISTIC VISION?
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MARTIN LINDQVIST PRESIDENT & CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, SSAB Martin Lindqvist is the President and CEO of SSAB since 2011. He joined the company in 1998, and has held various leading positions, such as Head of Business Area EMEA and Strip Products as well as CFO. Before joining SSAB, Martin Lindqvist worked as VP Group Controller at NCC and within the financial area.
DARREN WILSON CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, LKAB MINERALS Darren Wilson is the Chief Executive Officer of LKAB Minerals which is part of the Swedish State owned iron ore mining company LKAB. Darren joined LKAB in 2013 as the UK Managing Director having previously worked in various roles for the French Construction Materials company Saint-Gobain. In his time at LKAB, he has taken a leading role in both significantly growing the business as well changing the product focus towards sustainable material by-products.
Listen to see the bigger picture HOLISTIC ERGONOMICS BY KINN ARPS Think of our products like instruments in an orchestra. They can perform extraordinary things individually, but they’re not meant to go solo. It’s impossible to do better business, reduce sick leave or injuries and foster a sound working environment if things are unbalanced and untuned. You need harmony. At Kinnarps, we call it holistic ergonomics. It’s the modern way of creating the complete experience of a space and one of the most important ingredients when designing the successful office of the future. Listen and enjoy. kinnarps.com/ergonomics
HOW CAN THE TECH INDUSTRIES SHOW THE WAY?
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TODD GREEN GENERAL MANAGER OF CANDY CRUSH SAGA, KING With more than 20 years’ experience in media and tech, spanning radio, TV and games, Todd has played a key role in the growth and success that Candy Crush Saga has enjoyed under his leadership. Todd joined King in January 2013 in the early days of the London Studio and was responsible for the launch and business management of Farm Heroes Saga, which has passed $1B in lifetime revenue. Since then, he has held roles including VP Product and Head of Studio, before taking on his current role in January 2020. Todd cares a lot about simplifying complex issues, building high-performing teams, and developing emerging talent. Todd started his career at the BBC World Service and held a number of R&D and digital strategy roles at Fremantle before joining King.
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SUSTAINTECH ENTREPRENEURS Showcasing Swedish innovation within sustainable solutions, four aspiring startup and scaleup sustaintech businesses pitch their business ideas on stage. The audience will decide which business is bringing the most exiting solution to the table. The winner will receive a grand prize including legal and PR services helping the business establish in the UK.
KARIN EBBINGHAUS, CEO Elonroad – the smarter way to move humanity
DR MARTIN EDLUND, CEO
Minesto – renewable, plannable energy from tidal and ocean currents
MAIA LIDBECK, HEAD OF INVESTOR RELATIONS X Shore - Driving the future of smart boating
MIKAELA LARSELL AYESA, CO-FOUNDER, COO Hackyourcloset.com - Clothing subscription with matchmaking between overstocks and customers’ style profiles
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THE RISE OF CIRCULARITY AND TURNING WASTE INTO ASSETS
ROBERT PETERSSON CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, KINNARPS Robert Petersson is the CEO of Kinnarps Group since 2016. Kinnarps is one of Europe’s leading supplier of total interior design solutions for office, education and healthcare, with operations in 40 countries. His professional career has allowed him to gain solid experience in holding managerial positions, both as Managing Director, Sales Director and Production Director in different companies.
JO PYBUS SUSTAINABILITY AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS MANAGER UK & ROI, ESSITY Jo has more than 20 years’ experience in roles spanning operations to marketing to product development and public affairs. She has a passion to integrate sustainable thinking locally as well as globally and a deep understanding of the practical realities, challenges and complexities involved in developing, implementing and communicating sustainable product and packaging solutions. Across both brand and retail product portfolios, Jo has expertise in B2B and B2C markets.
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SARAH SCHAEFER VICE PRESIDENT SUSTAINABILITY, ELECTROLUX Sarah Schaefer is Sustainability VP for Electrolux Europe. She is a member of the European Leadership Team (ELT). Before joining Electrolux, Schaefer worked four years for Unilever, first as the Global Director for Policy & Advocacy and later as a consultant for the Sustainable Sourcing team based in the UK.
VIANNEY VALÈS CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, WASTEFRONT Vianney Valès is the CEO of Wastefront. He was first introduced to Wastefront by its liquid offtaker Vitol in 2019, and was initially engaged with the Norwegian company in his former position as CEO of Devaltec LLC, a project developer and solutions provider in new and sustainable energies. Valès is a vastly experienced oil and gas executive, having worked at some of the largest global companies in the sector, working both in Europe and North America. Valès studied at École Polytechnique, IFP School and the University of Pennsylvania.
Within four years, electric cars can be fossil free.
There is more to this than meets the eye. Electric cars have zero emissions, but they are made of steel. For every tonne of steel produced in the world, almost two tonnes of CO2 are emitted as well. One car might not make much of a difference. But think of all the cars across the globe. All the wind turbines. All the trains. The good news is, this is all about to change. Together with our partners LKAB and Vattenfall, we have come up with HYBRIT, a way to produce steel without emitting CO2. Watch us go fossil free at ssab.com
RETAILERS ROAD TO NET ZERO
SPEAKERS
HELEN DICKINSON CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, BRITISH RETAIL CONSORTIUM Helen leads the team and sets the strategic direction of the BRC. She joined in January 2013 and has been working with retailers for over 25 years. In 2016, she was awarded an OBE for Services to Retail. Helen was previously UK Head of Retail at KPMG, driving and developing the retail practice and leading relationships and audits for many clients.
FRANCESCA LILLEY HEAD OF SUSTAINABILITY AND BRAND STRATEGY, COS Francesca’s knowledge and enthusiasm for culture blossomed through her formal studies - a masters in the History and Culture of Fashion in 2007. Learning about the impact the fashion industry can have on the environment and people around the world fueled her passion to make the industry more sustainable.
PATRIK SÖDERSTRÖM CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, GANT Patrik Söderström was appointed CEO of GANT, on 1 February 2020. Patrik joined GANT in 2016 as Executive Vice President Global Markets. Prior to that, he worked as Northern European Managing Director at Italian eyewear company Luxottica and spent eight years in various roles at US sportswear brand Reebok.
THE POTENTIAL TO DELIVER CLIMATE-NEUTRAL MOBILITY
CHRISTINA MOE GJERDE GENERAL MANAGER NORDICS, VOI TECHNOLOGY Christina Moe Gjerde has since 2019 worked at the Swedish micromobility operator Voi Technology and helped build the company from 70 to now over 1,200 employees in 75 cities across 13 countries. She started as a strategy manager and was then given the responsibility of building up the company’s operations in the Norwegian and Finnish markets, and now leads the Nordic market.
SAM LONGMAN HEAD OF CORPORATE ENVIRONMENT, TRANSPORT FOR LONDON Sam is Responsible for driving TfL’s corporate environmental performance, including transitioning TfL’s operations to net zero carbon, adapting to climate change, increasing green infrastructure and biodiversity, reducing waste, embedding triple-bottom-line sustainability and TfL’s green financing strategy.
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NILS MÖSKO CHIEF STRATEGY OFFICER, POLESTAR Nils is the Chief Strategy Officer and Global Head of Strategy and Business Development at Polestar. Developing the growth strategy, overseeing the market expansion and managing the strategic project portfolio. He also manages partnerships, alliances, and M&A as well as developing the innovation and business models at Polestar. Nils is a highly experienced senior business & finance professional, currently heading strategy in cutting edge auto sector with a deep understanding of the auto value chain.
ROBERT ZIEGLER GENERAL MANAGER EUROPE, EINRIDE At Einride, Ziegler is driving the expansion of the European markets with a focus on large strategic accounts and key regional customers. Before joining Einride Robert Ziegler has over 25 years executive leadership experience in the transportation and logistics industries, with his most recent role leading the Solutions30 Group as Chief Transformation Officer and CEO of Germany.
DISCOVER STENA
Stena AB has activities within Ferries, Tankers, Ports, Offshore drilling, Ship Management, Real estate and Other investments. The group has more than 3 billion € in turnover and 15.400 employees and operates approximately 150 vessels worldwide. Stena is active in the challenge of finding sustainable energy sources for the shipping industry and has among other things introduces the world’s first Methanol ferry.
www.stena.com
GREEN FINANCE AND FINANCING GREEN
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CHUKA UMUNNA MANAGING DIRECTOR & HEAD OF EMEA ESG, JP MORGAN AND FORMER MP Chuka Umunna is an investment banker who has spent two decades in law, public policy, and finance advising various companies and organizations on business-critical issues that impact on long term value, environmental, social and governance factors (ESG) in particular. He was a Member of the UK Parliament from 2010 to 2019, during which time he served in a number of senior roles, including as the UK’s Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills.
SOPHIE WALKER HEAD OF SUSTAINABILITY FOR PRIVATE CAPITAL, EQT Sophie joined EQT Partners in June 2021. Sophie works closely with EQT’s investment advisors and with the portfolio companies to foster sustainability and diversity leadership, to unlock commercial value creation from sustainability and to enable radical sustainability system change across the healthcare, TMT, services and industrial sectors.
RICHARD WINDER HEAD OF SUSTAINABILITY, HANDELSBANKEN UK Richard steers Handelsbanken’s focus to those environmental, social and governance issues the bank is able to influence most through its distinctive business approach and market position. He leads the development, embedding and reporting of the bank’s climate - and sustainability-related policies and practices.
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