St Edmund Hall brought together industry and academic perspectives to discuss the question: ‘Going Green and environmental sustainability: how do we measure it?’ at the second seminar in the Hall’s public series: ‘Conversations in Environmental Sustainability: beyond greenwashing’ on Friday 23 June 2023.

Around 70 people attended the event including Aularians, students and staff to hear about the highly topical question of how small to large businesses could audit the impacts of their organisation on the environment. Principal of St Edmund Hall, and Oxford Professor of Biodiversity, Professor Baroness (Kathy) Willis welcomed the audience to the seminar followed by an introduction to the panellists given by Dimitrios Tsomocos, Professor of Financial Economics and Fellow by Special Election at St Edmund Hall. The audience heard from Dr Nicola Ranger, Executive Director, Oxford Martin Systemic Resilience Programme, Jonathan Taylor, President, Awesix and Harriet Waters, Head of Environmental Sustainability, University of Oxford. The speakers explored what it meant to be green, the scope and scale of environmental assessment and what data and metrics are best when assessing green impact.

The next seminar takes place in Michaelmas term 2023. Date to be announced on the Hall's website.

Find out more: https://www.seh.ox.ac.uk/discover/ces