Empowering legal leaders to drive sustainable change
As key advisors and strategists, inside counsel are uniquely positioned to lead companies with a systems perspective, guide long-term business strategy and shape corporate governance to achieve sustainable business practices and impact.
Despite the push towards a long-term, stakeholder-centric approach beyond ESG, companies struggle to integrate sustainability into decision-making processes, missing opportunities for sustainable growth. The result? A failure in balancing profitability with social and environmental responsibility.
Inside counsel, trained as systems thinkers, are skilled to understand the complex ecosystems in which companies operate and to navigate the intersection of profitability, environmental stewardship, and social responsibility. Through their strategic understanding of the business and an eye towards ethical governance, inside counsel have the potential to lead companies toward a sustainable future.
The Inside Counsel Think Tank on Corporate Sustainability is an exclusive, invitation-only event that offers a collaborative environment for legal leaders to contribute to the development of the Berkeley Principles for Sustainable Business and provided an ongoing forum for inhouse counsel to discuss sustainability challenges and opportunities.
TOPICS
- Welcome & Introductions
- Conversation Session 1: Engagement: Discussion on how business strategy maps and considers the priorities, needs, and risks associated with internal, external, and ecosystem stakeholders.
- Conservation Session 2: Endurance: Discussion on whether business strategy, key performance indicators, and decision-making processes integrate long-term impacts on profits, the planet, and people.
- Conversation 3: Evolution: Discussion on the tools required to innovate or change business models, strategies, or decisions based on long-term, stakeholder-driven considerations.
Discussion is followed by a Networking Lunch
Program Details
Where
Cooley LLP, San Francisco
When
September 26, 2024
9am – 1pm
Who
General counsel, associate general counsel, Berkeley Law faculty and fellows, and Cooley partners
What
A small annual roundtable of in-house counsel (30 participants) to discuss emerging trends in corporate sustainability
How
Participation is by invitation only, for more information please email apatel@law.berkeley.edu.