Engaging Your Board to Invest: Transforming Sustainability into a Commercial Imperative

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If ESG is a proven driver of business growth, why isn’t it being given the airtime in your boardroom?

In our experience working with PE-backed businesses, the challenge often isn’t intent, it’s language. ESG has become politicised. Sustainability can sound soft.

It’s time to reframe the conversation and start speaking the commercial language of impact.

Join us for a limited seat, intimate 60-minute virtual briefing on how to engage your board by communicating sustainability through a commercial lens, specifically for PE-backed businesses. The data is clear: ESG drives growth. 75% of companies attribute revenue growth directly to their sustainability efforts (IBM, 2025). Private equity firms implementing advanced ESG monitoring and reporting tools see up to a 6–7% uplift in exit multiples and 6% portfolio revenue growth (Bain & Company, 2025). Despite the evidence, many boards still view sustainability as a compliance requirement rather than a commercial opportunity.

The ability to translate the commercial impact of sustainability is your currency for time in the boardroom.

In this session, we’ll explore how to reframe ESG as a core driver of business value and equip you with the language to engage your board and investors with confidence.

You’ll hear from Paul Lewis, CEO, Co-Founder and Private Equity Lead at Seismic, and Olivia Hill, Head of Sustainability Communications at Seismic. Paul and the Seismic Team have deep expertise working with private equity firms and their portfolio companies, embedding sustainability across the business and turning it from a cost centre to a profit driver. Seismic are trusted partners to PE firms, including Triton, LDC, Inflexion, Charterhouse and BGF.

We are also thrilled to share that Anthony Jones, CEO of PGL Beyond, will be joining us to discuss exactly what cuts through at the executive level and how to secure genuine commitment from your board.

We will be exploring proven practical strategies to:

• Translate ESG investment into a financial opportunity to resonate with boards.
• Align impact with business growth ambitions.
• Communicate with impact and influence to investors, customers, and employees in a language they understand and care about.
• Move from “doing” to embedding sustainability to reduce risk, improve profitability and gain market leadership.