The collective future of humanity will depend, among other things, on how we can proactively promote environmental sustainability. Citizens, companies and governments are the key actors in this process. Responsible companies view the issue of sustainability as a fundamental responsibility and an opportunity to create long-term value. This theme cannot, therefore, fail to influence the way companies are managed.
With the presence of an exceptional range of speakers, during UAL Sustainability Week we will discuss the topic from multiple perspectives, thus contributing to the training of our students as citizens and future relevant actors in the business context.
“The world is on fire, from the Amazon to California, from Australia to the Siberian Arctic. The hour is late, and the moment of consequence, so long delayed, is now upon us. Do we watch the world burn, or do we choose to do what is necessary to achieve a different future?
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Denying climate change is tantamount to saying you don't believe in gravity. The science of climate change is not a belief, a religion, or a political ideology. It presents facts that are measurable and verifiable. Just as gravity exerts its force on all of us whether we believe in it or not, climate change is already affecting us all no matter where we were born or where we live. The irresponsibility of not 'believing in climate change' is becoming more apparent with every new catastrophic event. Climate deniers are shamelessly protecting the short-term financial interests of the fossil fuel industry to the detriment of the long-term interests of their own descendants.”
Figueres, C., & Rivett-Carnac, T. (2020). The Future We Choose. Manila Press.
The Climate Emergency
Filipe Duarte Santos
Opening of the Event
Magnificent Rector José Amado da Silva
Presentation of the “Sustainable Autonomous” competition
Prof. Samuel Silva
Companies for Sustainability
Filipa Pantaleão, Secretary General of BCSD Portugal
The Role of Corporate Sustainability – The Galp Case
Eva Leite
Sustainability in the Context of SMEs – The Case of Apple Producers in Alcobaça
Jorge Soares
Sustainability in the Context of Large Companies – The case of Águas de Portugal
José Furtado
Sustainability Report
Claudia Coelho
Sustainable entrepreneurship
João Afonso Henriques
speakers
Filipe Duarte Santos
Filipe Duarte Santos is a retired professor of Physics at the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon (UL) and Honorary researcher at the Institute of Social Sciences of the same University. He graduated in Geophysical Sciences from UL in 1963 and received a PhD in Theoretical Nuclear Physics from the University of London in 1968. He is currently Director of the PhD Program in Climate Change and Sustainable Development Policies, which involves the Universities of Lisbon, Nova de Lisbon and East Anglia, in the United Kingdom. He has been President of the National Council for the Environment and Sustainable Development since 2017.
Filipa Palanteão
General Secretary of BDSB Portugal
Eva Leite
Senior sustainability specialist at Galp, with more than 15 years of experience. He began his professional career in consultancy where he developed projects essentially in the areas of risk management and sustainability. In 2021 he joined the Galp team, where he assumes responsibility for topics such as sustainable finance, carbon offsets, human rights or sustainable supply chain.
Jorge Soares
José Furtado
Claudia Coelho
Cláudia Coelho is the partner responsible for the Sustainability and Climate Change area at PwC Portugal. With a degree in Environmental Engineering from IST and a Postgraduate degree in Environmental Management Systems from ISQ and the Business Management Program from AESE, she has twenty years of professional experience in the industry and as a consultant in the area of environment and sustainability.
She joined PwC's sustainability team in 2006, and is currently responsible for the area, coordinating environmental projects, sustainability strategy, response to investors and sustainability indices and non-financial reporting.
With extensive experience in various sectors of activity, such as energy, banking, retail, among others, he also participates, regularly and with various educational institutions, in the development of sessions on sustainability in courses of various natures (management, communication, etc. ).
João Afonso Henriques