Sustainability Competence in the boardroom and leadership team

What does sustainability competence look like in your executive leadership?

Last year, Aktuell Hållbarhet brought to light a concerning disparity in sustainability-related expertise within the boards of numerous companies.

According to their comprehensive study ‘Hållbara bolag’, an astonishing more than 50% of the 130 listed companies they evaluated lacked any form of sustainability competence among their board members.

This is worrying. To enable the acceleration needed to ensure a safe planet for humanity, companies must prioritize sustainability and integrate it into the fabric of their governance structures.

In response to this, we are excited to initiate a crucial discussion featuring distinguished guests Camilla Dewoon, EVP and Head of Communications and Sustainability at Scania, and Thomas Bergström, CFO at Sortera.

In this webinar, we'll discuss topics such as:

• What does sustainability competence mean and how much is enough?

• Why is it necessary for more companies to ensure sustainability competence at the executive level?

• What are the benefits of having sustainability expertise at the executive level?

• What is the responsibility of management in ensuring a sustainability-competent board?

• How do you think CSRD will change the lack of sustainability competence at the executive level?

Our Speakers

Camilla Dewoon, EVP and Head of Communications and Sustainability at Scania, Board member at SustainLab

Since 2004, Camilla has held several management roles at Scania, including Chief Communications Officer, VP for Sales and Marketing at Scania Latin America, and also as SVP for Sales Development at Commercial Operations in Södertälje. Between 2019 and 2020, Camilla left to work outside Scania, where she was a senior consultant at Russell Reynolds Associates.

Thomas Bergström, CFO at Sortera Group

Thomas is the CFO of Sortera, a leader in material recycling & waste handling for the construction and industrial sectors in Northern Europe. Thomas was previously CFO for a listed mediatech company on the NASDAQ Stockholm main list and has extensive experience from senior financial positions in an international environment, mainly in the telecoms sector.

Maria Svantemark, CEO & Co-Founder at SustainLab

Maria is a changemaker for sustainability and equality, and the CEO and Co-Founder of SustainLab. She was previously the Nordic Sustainability Manager for Nomad Foods. Maria has been featured on Aktuell Hållbarhet’s ‘33 under 33’ list of top young sustainability talents, and Fairforce’s global list of Top 100 Green Data Driven Professionals.

Sign up to secure your spot in our webinar today! The webinar will be recorded and available for replay afterward.