2026 Event Calendar
ICRS Fellows Hub: Career insights for established sustainability leaders
Date: Monday 13th April 2026
Time: 12-1pm
Location: Online
By popular demand, we are now running this event online, rather than in person, so more Fellows can participate.
Are you interested in understanding more about the current recruitment landscape for established Sustainability leaders, to help shape your current and future career?
Join us for this online session where experts from Sustainability recruitment specialist, Acre, will share their perspectives on the current and future landscape of sustainability leadership and organisational structures, followed by a Q&A.
Topics covered will include:
- Insight into cross-sectoral hiring trends and how sustainability teams have changed structurally in this time.
- Outlook into what this might mean for sustainability leaders moving ahead.
- Shifts in leadership skills and attributes requested through Executive Search mandates.
- Early insight into data from Acre’s Sustainability Census survey.
Speaker biographies
Liam Goldsworthy, EMEA Director of Product and Industry - Liam heads up Acre’s team across the EMEA region that serves all sectors outside of professional and financial services, with an emphasis on consumer goods, retail, agriculture, manufacturing and industrial segments. Liam and his team provide recruitment and executive search services to corporates, non profits and start ups/scale ups to facilitate the sustainability transformation.
Emily Goetsch, EMEA Director of Research and Interim - Emily leads Acre's EMEA Research & Interim teams, working across the business and its sectors on senior mandates and business intelligence reports. She works closely with clients and candidates, identifying professionals for opportunities and integrating market insights, feedback, and data into the work Acre delivers.
The ICRS Debate 2026: People Over Planet.
April 28th 2026, 2:00PM - 5:00PM
The past three years have been the warmest on record, with research showing that the world is on track for a devastating 2.6C temperature rise by 2100 (CAT). In 2024, over 10% of the world’s population was living in extreme poverty, which is defined as less than $3 USD per day (ILO). These truths beg the question: in a world of finite resources and short-term pressures, should climate remain the top global priority - or should we redirect efforts toward immediate human-centred challenges?
When push comes to shove, should sustainability leaders prioritise human welfare or climate action? Does it even matter which comes first? The ICRS Debate 2026 will shed light on this complex topic and unpack how these two priorities are both competing but also deeply intertwined.
Join us on April 28th, 2026, at the RSA in London, as we explore the interplay between human welfare and climate action.