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“ My role , really , is to ensure that we ' re bringing all of that capability to clients across different sectors , but with a bit of a focus under that sustainability banner of decarbonisation and net zero ”
ROB DOEPEL MANAGING PARTNER FOR SUSTAINABILITY , EY UK & I
sectors , but with a bit of a focus under that sustainability banner of decarbonisation and net zero .”
While this inordinately large purview lends itself to a veneer of impersonality , Doepel encourages a more nuanced outlook . For nearly two decades , he has been at the consultancy and is therefore familiar with the company culture . It ’ s not faceless and vast ; rather , in Doepel ’ s words , it is “ a very collegiate firm ”.
“ It ' s part of a partnership , which means that it ' s quite an intimate firm for the volume of people we have . So the size of us was still quite intimate , with that level of camaraderie and teamwork still there , but we ' ve obviously grown exponentially over that time as well .”
Despite the enormous range of problems that Doepel faces , patterns do emerge : “ Whilst the specific challenges that they ' re facing are different , a lot of the organisational challenges that they ' re facing are exactly the same : around prioritisation , around focus , around engagement , around employee engagement . And I have that sort of privilege , I suppose : you end up seeing lots of themes that are prevalent across all companies .”
In embracing sustainability , EY is not just keeping up with the exigencies of doing business in this changing world , but there ’ s
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