Finance Meets Sustainability | MRK’s 10th Finance Director Leadership Event

The event titled ‘Finance Meets Sustainability’ will take place at Shendish Manor Hotel & Golf Course.

We’ve had many employers asking us about the trends we are hearing from the market regarding Sustainability and ESG. In the main, UK PLC has begun to focus on this key topic and Nicola Stopps, with her awarding-winning sustainability consultancy business, has an impressive corporate client base so will be sharing what they are seeing in the market. Time will come shortly when SME businesses will need to put more time and attention into this critical part of their business.

Having said that, less than a handful of these PLCs have devoted a specialist in finance to commit their time to understand and drive this change – most have spread the responsibilities to wherever it falls across the finance function. Pleasingly though, we have one of these unique finance specialists in Elaine Ray from Alight Solutions discussing the hands-on and real considerations that he has found in his role. Simply Sustainable is an award-winning sustainability strategy and integration consultancy, based in Berkhamsted.

Simply Sustainable has been working with some of the UK’s biggest brands for over ten years. Their approach enables them to add tangible value to your business, regardless of where you are on your sustainability and ESG journey. Meanwhile, Alight Solutions is a global transformation and solutions company that has been partnering with some of the world’s most influential companies for over 25 years, helping them get more out of benefits, payroll and HR. They help businesses understand what human capital is saying and connect the dots between people, work and life so they can act on insight.

Please be aware that numbers are limited so don’t delay in booking your place at this event.

Day Schedule

• 7.45am – Arrival/Networking
• 8.15am – Breakfast
• 8.45am – Presentations
• 9.35am – Q&A
• 9.45am – Networking

Guest Speakers

Nicola Stopps, CEO, Simply Sustainable Elaine Ray, Head of Environment & ESG Committee, Alight Solutions

About Our Speakers

Nicola Stopps

Nicola Stopps is the founder and CEO of Simply Sustainable, an award-winning sustainability strategy and integration consultancy based in Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire. Since founding Simply Sustainable in 2010, Nicola has driven the growth of the SME, which is now achieving over 40% year-on-year.

Long term clients include Manchester Airport Group, London Stansted Airport, Costa, EE, Direct Line Group, easyJet, Spotify, Volkswagen, Manchester Airports Group, Berkeley Group, Central England Cooperative, Amtico and Investec. Nicola has a proven capability to deliver high-quality projects on time and on budget. She has gained a reputation of someone who ‘gets the job done’ and has experience working in a wide range of sectors. With firm foundations in environmental management and experience in successfully implementing sustainability and ESG strategies, Nicola is nationally recognised as a leader in the field of corporate sustainability and ESG.

She is a Fellow of IEMA and the RSA and sits on the CBI Energy and Climate Change Committee and was elected as a CBI Council Member for the East of England. Nicola is committed to creating commercially sound policy to ‘Build Back Better’, ready for a new, brighter, low carbon economy in which, no one is left behind. Nicola is a business owner, wife, mother and wild swimmer.

About MRK Associates

MRK’s largest division is our Finance/ Accountancy recruitment business in which we recruit accounting staff at all levels for businesses originally across the Home Counties but now across the UK. We break down the world of accounting into its component parts and have consultants specialising across temporary and permanent recruitment across transactions, studying or qualified markets.

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