How to grasp the benefits of a sustainability economy

Once businesses overcome the challenges, there are financial, social and environmental benefits to be had by embracing sustainability. At the CBI’s Low Carbon 2020s Conference, our panel of industry experts had these key points to make:

1 - Sustainability is a mainstream issue

Social movements like Extinction Rebellion and the school strike for climate has put environmental issues at the forefront of public thought. “The public is so engaged in this and care so much about the environment, that we as businesses have to care too,” said Martin Curtois, External Affairs Director at Veolia. “And if we do that, we’ll be much more closely aligned with our consumers and our customers than we were before.”

2 – Firms need to go all-in

Sustainability strategies need to be treated like any other commercial strategies and invested-in appropriately, said Nicola Stopps, CEO at Simply Sustainable. “Sustainability makes perfect commercial sense in a large business,” she con