Transition planning for a competitive edge

Webinar series overview

In today’s rapidly evolving landscape, directors face mounting pressure to lead their organisations through complex transitions driven by climate change, regulatory shifts, and stakeholder expectations. Transition planning is not about another standalone strategy or plan, but a strategic shift to support your business’s to gain access to capital, ensure business efficiency, comply with market and regulatory requirements, and support a transition to net zero.  

This webinar series is designed to equip board members with the insights, strategies, and tools necessary to navigate this critical area of transformation. Each session will explore key aspects of transition planning, including governance frameworks, climate-related risk and opportunity management, sustainable finance, and stakeholder engagement. Industry experts and experienced directors will share practical approaches for balancing long-term sustainability goals with short-term performance imperatives and the value of moving beyond a compliance-first mindset. 
 
Directors will gain actionable knowledge to future-proof their organisations and build long-term value and resilience. Join us to lead with confidence as we transition toward a low-carbon, sustainable future. 
 
Episode 2 
 
Every challenge presents a strategic opportunity. Directors who embrace long-term thinking and scenario planning are better equipped to anticipate risks, seize emerging opportunities, and drive sustainable business growth. In this webinar, we will explore how scenario analysis helps directors navigate uncertainty—enhancing resilience, supporting market expansion, improving access to capital, and strengthening international trade prospects. By understanding potential future scenarios, directors can make more informed decisions, reduce uncertainty, and position their businesses for long-term success. 

Speakers

Alec Tang MInstD 

As a Chartered Environmentalist and Fellow of the Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment, Alec has focused his career on addressing the breadth of sustainability challenges and opportunities that are increasingly shaping our communities, society and economy. This has included a range of leadership positions in academia, business and the public sector, alongside an active involvement in professional institutions, industry associations and networking groups. 
 
Through these roles, Alec has become well-practised in the identification of strategic and operational sustainability risks as well as the development and delivery of solutions to meet these challenges. Alec has successfully built and led numerous diverse, multi-disciplinary teams through a focus on common values, aligned purpose and trust. His work has ranged from the development of high-level regional strategies on climate change, liveability and wellbeing, incorporating broad stakeholder and community engagement, through to the design and delivery of specific interventions and the creation of impact measures to gauge their success.  
 
Alec’s diverse background means that he can couple an in-depth knowledge of organisational sustainability risks with an understanding of the operational contexts and behaviours that are present within complex organisations. In addition to these broad strategic and technical insights, his strengths include the core communication and interpersonal skills required to effectively engage and collaborate with the internal and external stakeholders that are critical to delivering long term transformation sustainability change. 

Victoria Mulligan  

Victoria builds networks, strategies and futures - and uses foresight and participatory futures tools to cocreate more adaptive ways of working. She is the Founder of the Aotearoa New Zealand Futures Network, Co-Founder and Director of Design Futures Aotearoa and Creator and Host of The Futures Workshop, a podcast showcasing the world's leading futures tools. She is a Reviewer for World Futures Review, a member of the Global Futures Society and a regular contributor to consumer and academic publications worldwide. Based in Auckland, New Zealand, Victoria has worked extensively in governmental, non-governmental, philanthropic and private sector organisations around the world using innovative human solutions to tackle complex global and domestic challenges. 

Andy Macfarlane CMInstD 

Facilitator