Personally, I’m very proud that we will be showing up at Glasgow in a number of ways, including: exhibiting our all-electric plane, The Spirit of Innovation, and our fuel cell technologies; participating in panel discussions and events focused on the net zero technology levers we are pulling; and myself and colleagues, including our CEO, Warren East, have been invited to address UN delegates on the role Rolls-Royce is playing to lead the transition to net zero. This is the first time, at least as far I’m aware, that we have ever had company representatives at a COP event.
The fact we have been invited to participate in, and in some way perhaps help shape, the discussion, is, at least in my view, an honour and a privilege.
For me, as a sustainability professional, playing an active role at COP may well be a career highlight to date, but I know it is just one small moment in time of a much bigger journey, and a journey that is everybody’s best interests.