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The scientific limits used to assess pressure on Earth's systems and how those boundaries inform climate and sustainability decisions, from an earth systems scientist behind the planetary boundaries framework.
Sustainability from the chief executive's perspective, including strategy, investors and long-term business performance, informed by a former Unilever CEO who pursued a strategy built around the idea that business should create more value than it consumes.
Manufacturing, materials, packaging and the commercial challenge of scaling alternatives in a price-sensitive market, from the founder of India's largest sustainable packaging business, built from agricultural waste.
Circular economy through resource passports, traceability and systems that keep materials in use, from the founder of a materials exchange that gives discarded resources a traceable second life.
Climate strategist and activist working with boardrooms and researching eco-anxiety, examining generational attitudes, climate engagement and the psychological effects of environmental concern.
Design, materials and the use of natural systems as models for product development, from a biomimicry specialist who designs products and materials on principles borrowed from natural systems.
A humanitarian strategist, academic chair, and former International Red Cross director-general, analysing how climate change, natural resource conflict, and systemic environmental degradation drive global migration risks, altering the social contracts and resilience strategies of international cities.
Writer and adviser on sustainable business strategy, examining how environmental commitments interact with commercial priorities, including the business case for strategies designed to create positive environmental and social outcomes.
Led sustainable business at Unilever, embedding environmental targets into commercial strategy, examining governance, accountability and the processes large organisations use to turn sustainability commitments into business activity.
Designer and futurist who has led moonshot projects in clean energy and materials, examining technology development, adaptation and the design of products and systems for environmental challenges.
Energy economics, transition costs and the data behind changes in energy markets, drawing on experience founding a clean energy research firm and works on the economics of the energy transition.
Sustainability speakers can approach the subject through climate science, economics, circularity, innovation, policy, investment or organisational leadership. That breadth makes the event brief especially important.
A science-led conference, a leadership offsite and an industry event may all use the word sustainability while needing very different sessions. Speaker Ideas can distinguish between speakers who explain the evidence, those who work on policy or transition, and those whose experience is closer to business strategy, innovation or organisational change.
Sophie Hackford
Sensing, satellites, data, resource use and business resilience in the context of environmental change, informed by a futurist who advises an agricultural machinery manufacturer on the future of food and climate.