Business Weekly: How To Lead A Sustainable Business – COP26 special with Alannah Weston and Henry Dimbleby

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🗓️ 22 November 2021

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Today's episode comes from the How To Lead a Sustainable Business podcast, brought to you by Selfridges Group and Intelligence Squared. In the podcast, Alannah Weston, Chairman of Selfridges Group, speaks to inspiring leaders at the forefront of sustainability and business to find out what it takes to lead change and how businesses can put sustainability at their core. In this COP26 Special, Alannah is joined by Henry Dimbleby. Henry spent time as a journalist, cook and management consultant, before co-founding the healthy fast-food restaurant chain, Leon. He created the Sustainable Restaurants Association and London Union, a network of some of London’s largest street food markets. His philanthropic work includes campaigning tirelessly for healthy meals for school children, and he set up the Hackney School of Food. Most recently Henry was appointed lead non-executive board member at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA), where he has led the National Food Strategy, publishing a ground-breaking review of the UK food system in 2020. Together they reflect on the Glasgow summit and discuss the role of government in combating the climate crisis. How To Lead a Sustainable Business is brought to you by Selfridges Group and Intelligence Squared. If you enjoyed this episode please take a moment to rate and review us on Apple Podcasts. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/intelligencesquared. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:50.8	Welcome to Business Weekly.
0:52.8	We're hearing from Chairman of Selfages Group, Alana Weston and Food Entrepreneur, Henry Dimblebee,
0:56.8	about the legacy of COP26.
0:58.8	How it will affect businesses and what part the food chain plays in curbing the climate crisis.
1:04.8	Spoiler, it's a pretty big one. Now let's go to the podcast.
1:08.8	If you look at nature and climate, what you need to be doing is getting innovation focused.
1:14.8	Plus regulation coming in, which ensures that if 90% of companies do the right thing,
1:20.8	there won't be a 10% that just undercut that.
1:24.8	Hello, and welcome to How to Lead a Sustainable Business.
1:28.8	I'm Alana Weston, Chairman of Selfages Group, and I believe
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