Episode 5 - To be a good leader you must take the lead on sustainability (with Dame Polly Courtice)

Polly Courtice was Founder Director of the University of the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership, which she led for thirty-two years. Today she is a member of the Supervisory Board of Mercedes Benz, a senior independent director of Anglia Water, a Board Member of the British Standards Institute, and sustainability advisor to Terra Firma Capital. To date Polly has received four lifetime achievement awards. In 2016 she was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire.  Polly's passion for living and working sustainably was inspired by growing up in South Africa and nurtured by working closely with the University of Cambridge and (the then) Prince Charles over three decades to persuade business leaders of, initially, the importance of sustainability, then, later, to enable them to make sustainability the heart of their vision and long-term strategic planning. Her message and illustrations are urgent and hopeful – as long as we rise up against complacency.