Climate Action: The Role of Purpose in Business Leadership

Join us during London Climate Action Week for a thought-provoking session exploring the vital role of leadership in addressing the climate crisis and creating purpose-driven organisations delivering meaningful change for both business and society.

Climate change is not merely an external event; it reflects the outcomes of our decisions, thinking, and leadership. Resolving it requires transformational leadership—business leaders embedding purpose into their strategies, inspiring their teams, and taking bold, impactful actions.

This session will highlight how purpose-led organisations are not only achieving better environmental outcomes but also driving innovation, enhancing resilience, and building trust among stakeholders. Drawing on real-world examples and expert insights, and providing practical tools you can use, we’ll unpack how embedding purpose into strategy can unlock potential and inspire collective action.

Speakers:

Neil Gaught, is a globally recognised thought leader in purpose-led strategic business transformation as well as renowned author of two influential books on purpose, CORE: How a Single Organizing Idea Can Change Business for Good and CORE The Playbook.

CORE was shortlisted for the 2018 UK Business Book of the Year Awards and praised by renowned figures like Charles Handy, Rob Markey, John Elkington and acknowledged by Michael Porter for its contribution to reshaping how businesses can create — and simultaneously deliver — both commercial and societal value.

Neil has worked across 60+ countries with corporates, start-ups, governments, and non-profits, helping leaders turn ambition into actionable strategy. He is the creator of the Single Organizing Idea (SOI®), a framework that embeds purpose as the cornerstone of governance, culture, and long-term value creation.

Through his work and involvement in global think tanks, Neil continues to challenge orthodox thinking —to advance new approaches to strategy, governance, and leadership. Today, Neil is at the forefront of the next evolution of business governance — exploring purpose’s convergence with technology (AI) while also contributing to its formalisation as an international standard through The ISO.

Neil will share leadership tools and insights on the transformative power of purpose and how it can be a game-changer for organisations tackling sustainability and climate challenges.

Ana Alonso is an expert in strategic change management and representative of PURE Value 360, a platform of expert professionals supporting businesses with their skills and experience in driving business impact, advancing sustainability, and embedding it into organisational strategy and operations. Ana specialises in bridging the gap between strategy and implementation, helping organisations simplify complex sustainability challenges and translate them into actionable, business-focused outcomes that deliver measurable impact.

What You’ll Gain:

Understanding the critical link between purpose and impactful leadership to climate solutions.

Understanding how purpose-driven companies outperform their peers in sustainability and business growth.
• Insights into how organisations align purpose, strategy, and technology for commercial and societal impact.

Practical takeaways and tools for embedding purpose at the heart of your organization.

Who Should Attend:

This masterclass is ideal for business leaders, sustainability professionals, and change-makers seeking actionable insights to align purpose with impactful climate strategies and whoever want to be inspire and drive actions from within.