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This is our responsibility now...
ANN FRANCKE OBE CHIEF EXECUTIVE, CMI
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As CMI approaches its 75th anniversary, there’s one reality forcing us to reassess our leadership responsibilities the cmi family operates all around the world. Climate change – and the measures agreed at COP26 to mitigate it – affect all of us. Now that COP26 is over, a large part of the responsibility for climate action passes over to managers and leaders. Yes, the politicians will continue talking on a regular basis – and they have a lot of work still to do! – but it’s our job to start putting effective plans and actions in place. In this CMI magazine, we’re taking a look at how managers can and should step up to this responsibility. Up until now, you may not have seen addressing the effects of climate change as a core part of your role; you may even feel that you don’t have the necessary knowledge. That is quite understandable. But, as our lead story argues, we all now need to educate ourselves, to start measuring and monitoring our organisation’s impact on the climate and, at least, to start taking small steps. As CMI Companion Richard Nugee says in the piece, we also need to change our behaviours and mindsets. Leaders, he says, need to set “a clear narrative as to why we need to act”. I really recommend Fiona Harvey’s article. She has been covering the environment and the impact of climate change on business for many years. As you’ll see, she literally had --------front-row access at COP26. She makes some powerful, practical points, particularly in “ Putting it off will be good for conclusion: “Putting it off will be good for no no one: not for the planet, one: not for the planet, not for your company, not for your company, and and certainly not for your career.” certainly not for your career”
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