51: Building Meaningful Impact After COP27 with Gwenaelle Avice-Huet
In this episode, CSB Director CB Bhattacharya is joined from Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt in the final days of COP27 by Gwenaelle Avice-Huet, the Chief Strategy & Sustainability Officer at Schneider Electric. There she leads the development of strategic, sustainability, and quality initiatives while steering all the Merger, Acquisitions, and Divestment activities. Schneider Electric is recognized as a Global 100 Most Sustainable company with 180 years of innovation experience. In 2021 they were named the #1 Most Sustainable Corporation by Corporate Knights and, as of last year, they had provided over 4 Million people with access to green electricity. Gwen and Prof. Bhattacharya discuss: 🌍 How COP27 has focused on implementation over mere negotiations 🚛 Schneider Electric’s approach to partnering with companies to help decarbonize their own supply chains 📉 How the private sector can use ESG measurement & reporting to achieve their climate commitments and more...