Urgenda: how urgently should climate change be put on the agenda of the board?

Type
  • Article
Themes
  • Resilience & Antifragility
  • Sustainability
Organisation type
  • Cooperative
  • Family Business
  • Hospital sector
  • Listed Company
  • Public sector
  • SME
  • Social Profit
  • Sports sector
  • Start-up/ Scale-up
Datum

On our first digital member forum onthe 21st of April we will reflect upon the impact of the Urgenda legal case on the accountability of companies.But what/who is Urgenda? Why is a court ruling on climate change against the Dutch government significant for Belgian companies? Which lessons can a board of directors take away from this case? And what will be the impact of the current COVID-19 crisis on the climate debate?