On the evening of Tuesday the 24th May 2011 Paul Walsh Chief Executive Officer, Diageo plc gave his presentation at the RSA. Paul, in his fascinating talk on ‘delivering sustainable value’ emphasised that the world has changed – forever – and that means our approach to value creation has to change too or our businesses will fail. Paul asserted that sustainable value creation is as important as value creation itself. He then was joined on the panel for a Q&A session by Laurence Barrett, Director of Resourcing & Development, Prudential plc; Michael Bremans, Managing Director, Ecover; Pascal Mittermaier, Head of Sustainability EMEA, Lend Lease; Dr Stuart Smith, Managing Director of Global Corporate Practice, Ogilvy PR. There were over 90 delegates from the world of business at this event.

You can view the video of Paul’s speech here.

A transcript of Paul's speech is available here.