Sustainable Business Leaders

Make SDGs an integral part of the business

The aim of this group is to translate the abstract UN Sustainable Development Goals into concrete actions - and then integrate them into the company's strategy

Valuable relationships

Everyone deserves a good network

The era of sustainability has begun and every company has a responsibility to reduce its environmental impact.

But, how do you define your goals? How do you secure active commitment and investment from key internal stakeholders and from those across your supply chain? What are the opportunities and the challenges?

Join EGN’s new peer group on sustainability to learn how to lead the way. We promise you a network and a setting to learn with and from your peers.

Community of industry peers

About the new Peer Group

We are forming this new peer group to bring together business leaders with a high-level responsibility for the design and implementation of their company’s sustainability strategy and policies.

If you are forward-thinking and in-charge of finding even better, greener ways for your company to operate, then this group is for you!

We ensure a good mix of industries creating a diversity of perspectives and richness of innovative ideas for you and your company.

Purposefully, we restrict membership to business executives, decision-makers and critical influencers – and, we avoid recruiting direct competitors to any member.

Since this is a peer network, we also do not allow consultants and other vendors to become members, preferring instead to invite them to provide expert insights as guest speakers should that be of interest to the group members.

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Topics we discuss?

Our meetings focus on the challenges our members find the most important. They exchange views and experiences, gain new perspectives, get feedback on their ideas, and reflect on future best practices.

The discussions are on a strategic level.

Sample topics include: 

  • Your business’s Sustainability Strategy
  • switching from reactive to proactive
  • development, implementation, and governance
  • from strategy to action – creating enhanced business performance with sustainability
  • the tension between long-term sustainability initiatives (requiring investment) and the need for short-term business results and uplift
  • Cross-border initiatives, regulations, and laws (and integrating them in your business approach)
  • EU’ Green Deal and “Fit for 25” roadmap
  • UN’s Sustainable Development Goals
  • ESG (Environment, Social and Governance) and risk frameworks
  • KPIs for ESG reporting and peer benchmarking
  • Compliance and governance checking
  • Data collection process
  • Reporting and messaging around an improvement trajectory
  • Engaging stakeholders
  • Building C-suite engagement and managing their active involvement
  • Securing the right Investment for your sustainability program and quantifying the return
  • Managing company culture and workforce habits
  • Dealing with activists
  • Sustainability initiatives & ecological measures
  • Waste reduction and recycling
  • Energy efficiency and water stewardship
  • Pollution reduction
  • Footprint minimisation and green supply chains
  • Product lifecycles
  • Sustainable transportation, construction
  • Ecological sourcing
  • Human rights and labour responsibility
MORE THAN A PEER GROUP

EGN is so much more than a Peer Group

Members Universe

Ask questions to your industry peers, keep yourself up to date, and get global perspectives.

Webcasts & Events

Experience top-of-the-line webcasts and events. Get members-only content and continue the conversation in Members Universe.

A network behind you

If you lose your job, you can stay in your Peer Group for one year with our Between Jobs initiative.

Value for you and your company

A strong network of Peers delivers valuable inputs and new ideas

We connect you with Leaders who share your responsibilities and challenges, together we make each other better.

Company

Company Benefits?

  • Employee development – Enhanced skills and new business insights
  • Benchmarking and best practices
  • Large savings on Consultants, Product and Market research, Courses and Education in general.

Member

Member Benefits?

  • 5 half-day Peer Group meetings over 12 months. 
  • 1 exclusive social dinner and separate apéritif per year with your Peer Group.  
  • 1 in-person annual event with a high-profile speaker per year. Bringing together our members from all EGN Belgium groups. 
  • Monthly webinars led by expert keynote speakers on a range of leadership topics.
  • Member´s Universe: Contact or query, 24/7 year-round, to 15.000 members worldwide and 800+ professionals in Belgium. 
  • 1 in-person onboarding meeting per month for newly joined members of EGN to grow your network and learn the art of effective networking.

Peace of mind

You are in good hands

30 years of experience

What started as one man’s vision in 1992 is now a global network with 15.000 members in 15 countries.

Matching is key

Our experienced Network Advisors match you with leaders who share your level of responsibility and represent similar companies. We unite you with companies from diverse industries.

All members have veto rights to avoid the submission of competitors. 

Trust & Confidentiality

Trust is important in a network, therefore all our meetings are confidential.

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