Conversations in Environmental Sustainability: Beyond Greenwashing
Conversations in Environmental Sustainability: Beyond Greenwashing (CES)
This new public seminar brings together leading thinkers and decision-makers from academia, business, government and NGOs to look beyond greenwashing. Each seminar will examine a specific issue related to environmental sustainability, exploring how to effectively marry environmental, social and governance (ESG) goals with financial returns, innovation and other business imperatives.
A panel of experts will speak individually before engaging with each other in a panel discussion. This will be followed by further conversations over drinks in the College. St Edmund Hall’s intimate and beautiful site will provide the setting for the audience of experts and guests to consider honest, solution-based responses to the challenges posed if we are to deliver environmental sustainability.
This is a free public event series open to all on a first come, first served basis.
Past Seminars
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- Seminar 4 Article
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- Seminar 3 Video
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- Seminar 2 Video
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- Seminar 1 Video
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Seminar 5: Who cares about deltas? Growth vs. culture vs. climate change
Friday 2 May 2025, Doctorow Hall
Programme
17:00-18:45: Presentations and Panel Discussion
Host: Professor Baroness (Kathy) Willis, Principal at St Edmund Hall and Oxford Professor of Biodiversity
Professor Jim Hall, Professor of Climate and Environmental Risks at the Environmental Change Institute, Oxford University
Professor Veronica Strang, School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography, Oxford University
Dilip da Cunha, Architect
Professor Katherine Ibbett, Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages, Oxford University
18:45-19:15: Drinks Reception
Seminar 4: Lab-grown, real, or plant/fungi-based meat – which is best for the environment?
Friday 15 November 2024, Doctorow Hall
Programme
17:00–18:45: Presentations and panel discussion
Host: Professor Baroness (Kathy) Willis, Principal of St Edmund Hall and Oxford Professor of Biodiversity
Professor Sir Charles Godfray FRS, Professor of Population Biology and Director of the Oxford Martin School
Dr Ivan Wall, Co-Founder and CEO at Quest
Rose Dale, Rose Dale’s Organic Farm
Jim Laird, Co-Founder and CEO at ENOUGH
18:45–19:15: Drinks reception
Sponsorship
This event was sponsored by Ninety One.
Seminar 3: ‘No One Left Behind’: Environmental Challenges and Solutions for developing countries
Friday 16 February 2024, Doctorow Hall
Programme
17:00-18:45: Presentations and Panel Discussion
Host: Professor Baroness (Kathy) Willis, Principal at St Edmund Hall and Oxford Professor of Biodiversity
Bayo Owolabi, Principal and energy specialist at Boston Consulting Group
Anousheh Ansari, CEO of the XPrize Foundation
Deirdre Cooper, Head of Sustainable Equity at Ninety One
Khalid Abdelgadir, Founder of Baridi
18:45-19:15: Drinks Reception
Sponsorship
This event was sponsored by Ninety One.
Seminar 2: Going Green and environmental sustainability: how do we measure it?
Friday 23 June 2023, Doctorow Hall
Programme
17:00-18:45: Presentations and Panel Discussion
Host: Professor Dimitrios Tsomocos, Professor of Financial Economics and Fellow by Special Election at St Edmund Hall
Dr Nicola Ranger, Executive Director, Oxford Martin Systemic Resilience Programme
Jonathan Taylor, President, Awesix Services Sàrl
Harriet Waters, Head of Environmental Sustainability, University of Oxford
18:45-19:15: Drinks Reception
Sponsorship
This event was sponsored by Ninety One.
Seminar 1: Where are the innovations in renewable energy?
Friday 10 February 2023, Doctorow Hall
Programme
17:00-18:45: Presentations and Panel Discussion
Host: Professor Baroness Willis, CBE, Principal of St Edmund Hall, Professor of Biodiversity, University of Oxford
David Bryon: CFO, First Light Fusion
Carlos Monreal: CEO, Plastic Energy Ltd
William Rowe: Founder & CEO, Octopus Hydrogen
Professor Richard Willden: Tidal and wind energy, St Edmund Hall and Department of Engineering, University of Oxford
18:45-19:15: Drinks Reception
Sponsorship
This event was sponsored by Ninety One.
Where next?
Latest environmental sustainability seminar explores which protein source is best for the environment
28 Nov 2024