Presentation of the report: „Holding back climate progress: sustainability’s critical skills gap“
Webinar
Dr. Karen Cripps, Senior Lecturer in Responsible Management and Leadership at Oxford Brookes University Business School, Oxford, UK, presents her research report „Holding back climate progress: sustainability’s critical skills gap“ to all interested parties.
For the study, Dr. Cripps interviewed executives with sustainability responsibilities worldwide about the requirements for sustainability managers and teams.
The study outcomes show that sustainability managers are confronted with new and constantly increasing demands, resulting in a critical skills gap: Employees with sustainability responsibilities have a growing need to develop certain soft skills, which are often neglected in favor of technical skills. These findings can be used for suitable learning and further training measures.
The presentation and subsequent discussion is aimed at sustainability managers, their managers and interested employees from HR development.
Dr. Karen Cripps will present in English.
Agenda
| Introduction I Stefanie Weniger, Executive Director des UN Global Compact Network Austria |
| Presentation of the report and Q&A I Dr. Karen Cripps |
| Breakout Rooms |
| Plenary Reflections |
| Introduction of the Workshop Series „Effective soft skills for sustainability managers“ |
Presentation of the report: „Holding back
climate progress: sustainability’s critical skills gap“
March 5th, 12:00-13:00 pm, online
Facilitation & Execution
Klemens Höppner supports teams, specialists and managers as a facilitator, coach and consultant in change processes. He is particularly interested in a change of consciousness for regeneration and sustainability and the development of resilience cultures and individual resilience. Klemens supports SMIndicator LLC in an advisory capacity and works as a facilitator for awaris. He was co-founder and managing director of the Mindful Finance Institute from 2020-2024, has worked as an international partner of the Conscious Business Institute and has worked in financial services for 20 years.
Beate Klingenberg is Co-founder and managing director of SMIndicator LLC. Among other things, she leads the Sustainability Mindset for Coaches / Educators trainings and action labs and co-developed the Sustainability Mindset Indicator as an evaluation tool for inner growth. She teaches as a professor of general business administration with a focus on sustainability and supply chain management at the FOM University of Applied Sciences for Economics & Management in Mannheim and China. Prior to that, she taught at the Istituto Lorenzo de‘ Medici (Florence, Italy) and Marist College (Poughkeepsie, USA) and has extensive professional experience in international technology transfer, intercultural communication and project management.
Speaker
Karen is a Senior Lecturer in Responsible Management and Leadership at Oxford Brookes University Business School, Oxford, UK. With a long-established academic and teaching profile in sustainability leadership and management, Karen is committed to supporting student sustainability-related employability skills. Her research and teaching interests focus on the intersection of sustainability, employability and related skills development. Her practice deeply aligns with the United Nations ‚Principles of Responsible Management Education‘ (PRME). Externally, she holds the role of Secretary for PRME UK and Ireland Chapter Steering Committee and supports the regional networks, along with the global working groups on ‚Sustainability Mindset‘ and ‚Climate Change and the Environment‘.
Contact
If you have any questions, please contact Stefanie Weniger.