Women for the Environment breakfast, Sydney 2024

Bush Heritage Australia invites you to join us for a thought-provoking networking breakfast, featuring inspiring female leaders providing their insights and guidance on nature-based risks and opportunities, including nature-related financial disclosures.

Nature is no longer a corporate social responsibility issue, but a core and strategic risk management issue alongside climate change. It needs to be brought into the strategy and risk management decisions of business and finance, and with nature-related financial disclosures on the horizon, it’s imperative for business to act early, understand the complexities involved and take advantage of the synergies between solutions to nature loss and the climate crisis.

Date
Friday 10 May 2024

Time
7.30AM - 10.30AM

Location
The Ballroom
Sheraton Grand Sydney Hyde Park
161 Elizabeth St, Sydney

PANELLISTS

Alexandra Banks, Partner, Climate Change and Sustainability Services, EY 

Alexandra is focused on sustainability and ESG strategy and transformation, particularly in relation to sustainable supply chains and responsible sourcing. 

Alexandra has worked at the interface of business and sustainability her entire career and is driven to support business to meet the challenge and opportunity of sustainable transformation. She has a particular passion for understanding and managing social and environmental impacts in complex value chains, particularly for forest impact commodities. 

Sally Townsend, Head of Sustainability, Blackmores Group

As Head of Sustainability for Blackmores Group, Sally has responsibility for the Group Sustainability Vision aligned to the UN Sustainable Development Goals and is working to integrate these commitments into the core business strategy to deliver on the company’s sustainability vision for a world where people and nature thrive together. 

In 2020, Blackmores committed to Net Zero Emissions by 2030 and has progressed the journey to have a deeper understanding of human rights, climate resilience and biodiversity impacts across their global supply chain. 

Sarah Denman, Director, Pollination Group 

Sarah has deep expertise on nature. She guides clients on nature-positive corporate strategy, including nature and biodiversity risks and opportunities in direct operations, nature-positive supply chain engagement, alignment with the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures and target-setting. Sarah also advises governments on nature and carbon markets law and policy.

Prior to joining Pollination, Sarah advised governments and companies on environmental law and policy in the UK and provided expert evidence on nature and sustainability to both the Welsh Climate Change Committee and the EU Commission. She has also spoken on the nexus of climate change and gender at COP26.

MC/PANEL MODERATOR

Gemma Acton

Gemma Acton has worked across finance and broadcast media for more than two decades. She is currently the Network Finance Editor at 7 News where she presents the latest financial and business news to audiences across the entire country. She is also a regular guest host across the network’s news programs.

Prior to this, she hosted broadcast programmes at CNBC International in London and worked as an on-air correspondent pursuing stories across Europe for the network. She also spent a decade working in investment banking and wealth management throughout Europe, the Middle East and the United States and has an MBA from Wharton. Gemma regularly joins radio shows and podcasts as well as private and corporate functions and charity events.

SPECIAL GUESTS

• Rachel Lowry, CEO, Bush Heritage Australia
• Christina Tonkin, Managing Director, Corporate Finance, ANZ Banking Group

TICKETS AND DONATIONS

Your ticket fee goes towards the conservation work of  Bush Heritage Australia. As a not-for-profit organisation, we rely greatly on donations from supporters. Please consider making a donation to Bush Heritage Australia. 

For event enquiries please email events@bushheritage.org.au

TICKET SALES CLOSE 30 APRIL, UNLESS SOLD OUT PRIOR

Bush Heritage acknowledges the Gadigal of the Eora Nation, upon whose land the event will take place. We pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging.

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