Bringing it closer to home: climate change, coaching and global leadership
Why is Coaching Climate Action Day so important to global businesses and individuals?
The importance of a collaborative response to climate change
Both high level and grassroots collaborative responses to the deepening environmental crisis are reflected in the professional coaching arena. The first Coaching Climate Action Day will take place on 5 March 2020. Led by the Coaching at Work – and supported by bodies including the Academy of Executive Coaching (AoEC) – this free, collaborative network of coaching professionals is building a global community “enabled to process, act and support clients do the same in the face of emerging unprecedented events.” At Relocate Global, we share the urgency for positive responses to the disruptive forces our international communities are living and working through. As well as the huge personal and emotional costs of burgeoning climate disaster, the economic cost is now the highest on record.Read more about how business can rise to the climate change challenge
According to Aon, a global professional services firm providing risk, retirement and health solutions, economic losses from natural disasters topped $232 billion in 2019. This brought to a close the costliest decade on record.The global climate emergency is, out of necessity, changing the way global mobility and business works, and how we move and set up new operations overseas. Numerous industry sectors are innovating and navigating environmental issues to find sustainable solutions to minimise the impact on climate, as well as responding to the challenges of change on many economic, political and business fronts. This is not easy for individuals or organisations, which is where coaching support and enlightened leadership can make such a difference.This is not just about recycling and offsetting carbon emissions, although environmental policies do make a difference and help to engage employees and support recruitment and retention. Equally important is building sustainable organisations where people are valued and enabled to ‘be the best they can be’ and the growing trend towards doing ‘good business’ is to be applauded. All these responses are about more than simply sustainability. Security, building trust and resilience, working together and sharing knowledge to commit to appropriate responses to the global climate challenge and its consequences are all those we need to address together as we think global and act local.
A spotlight on global leadership
Together with the AoEC and the CCA, we encourage business leaders, executive coaches and HR to get involved and support sustainability and address climate change however they can. Global leadership on this issue has never been more important. It is why we are celebrating and working with partners and our communities to share learning and offer mutual support through our editorial, thought leadership and events agenda, including new categories in the Think Global People Awards (closing date 13 March).On all fronts, we urge you to get involved and make a difference.Think Global People Awards: 4 new categories, with specific sub-categories:
* Global Industry Sectors* Global Leadership
* Sustainability or Social Responsibility
* Excellence & Innovation
Visit our Awards section to find out which categories to enter and learn more about our Gala Awards Dinner (this year to be held at the iconic Tower of London).
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