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Introducing Regenerate – The Circular Economy in Action
Meaningful Business and 2N Management are excited to present Regenerate - a content stream dedicated to the Circular Economy, with topics around systemic change, reduced wastage and building resilient circular companies. In this launch article, Martin Allen Morales, founder of 2N Management, articulates our aims for the channel and how we can end the take-make-waste model which currently prevails.
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The Fundraising Landscape for Impact-Entrepreneurs – with Lubomila Jordanova, Co-Founder & CEO, Plan A
With the pandemic changing the nature of fundraising for many impact entrepreneurs, we will be exploring market sentiment, new funding opportunities and how to better prepare for online fundraising, by speaking to members of our community with direct experience of this over the last 12 months. MB100 winner, Lubomila Jordanova, who began this year successfully raising $3M from SoftBank, Demeter, and coparion to expand PlanA's carbon accounting and ESG platform, answers our questions.
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Exploring the Circular Economy and SDG 12 – Responsible Consumption and Production – with Marcelo Behar, VP Sustainability, Natura &Co.
As part of our 'Regenerate' series, in partnership with 2N Management, we are exploring the way organisations are applying circular economy practices across multiple industries as an effective framework for achieving the UN Global Goals, speaking to the leaders who are changing the way we produce and consume goods. In this article, Marcelo Behar, VP Sustainability at global cosmetics group Natura &Co, shares the steps its subsidiary brands are taking to reach their target of 95%+ renewable ingredients, and 95%+ biodegradable formulas, by 2030.
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The next big goal for sport? Environmental sustainability.
Tackling ESG in sports isn’t just the right thing to do. It can also create a competitive advantage. Hannah Mansour, Director of Innovation and Sustainability at Re_Set, makes the business case for prioritising environmental sustainability in the sports sector. This article is part of our Game On - Sport for Social Impact series.
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Kaushal Shah, Founder & CEO of envoPAP, shares his experience of fundraising as a climate entrepreneur
Continuing on our focus on 'Investing in our Planet’, we are speaking to climate entrepreneurs and investors to understand what they believe are the funding gaps and how more capital can flow to the right places. In this article, Kaushal Shah, Founder & CEO, envoPAP shares his experience of raising capital, and the 'three essential boxes' that must be ticked before approaching investors.
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Why now is the time for businesses to support ocean regeneration
To celebrate World Ocean Day, we are focusing on what businesses can do to protect marine ecosystems and sustain the blue economy. The Plastic Bank has stopped more than 50 million kilograms of plastic from entering our ocean. David Katz, Founder & CEO, discusses what's preventing businesses from doing more to restore marine life, and why we must address it.
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How businesses can help save our oceans from the plastic crisis
To celebrate World Ocean Day, we are focusing on what businesses can do to protect marine ecosystems and sustain the blue economy. Human activity is destroying marine ecosystems at an unprecedented scale. As per WEF research, humans have altered over 60% of marine environments. On the other side, the blue economy is valued at €1.3 trillion and contributes to about 31 million direct full-time jobs. So, what more can business and sports organisations do to protect marine ecosystems and sustain the blue economy? In this article, Raffi Schieir, Co-Founder & Director of Bantam Materials supplying Prevented Ocean Plastic, sets out the business case for stopping plastics entering our ocean.
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How Smart Air is tackling the global air pollution issue
In this #MeetTheMB100 interview, Paddy Robertson, CEO of Smart Air, explains how their low-cost, high efficiency air purifier is tackling air pollution, and how their workshops and blogs are raising global awareness around the issue. This interview series is sponsored by EY and Hogan Lovells.
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Inside DECIEM’s sustainability and social impact strategy
In this #MeetTheMB100 interview, Jacquelyn Kankam, Senior Director of Sustainability and Social Impact at DECIEM, explains how the beauty product business is reducing its carbon footprint and minimising waste in its operations and supply chain. This interview series is sponsored by EY and Hogan Lovells.
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How Aligned Climate Capital is focused on creating a just climate transition
In this #MeetTheMB100 interview, Eric Lee, Senior Vice President at Aligned Climate Capital, explains how proven and commercial climate technology will play a greater role in avoiding the worst effects of climate change while also helping those who are the most vulnerable to its harmful effects. This interview series is sponsored by EY, Hogan Lovells and Babson College.
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Aayushi KC

Aayushi KC is looking to change the world by working towards a zero-waste goal in Nepal. The former USAID worker-turned-social…

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Amy Powney

In just 13 years, Amy Powney has gone from sweeping the cutting-room floor at Mother of Pearl to taking the…

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Aqdar Maskur

Aqdar Maskur has a strong background in agriculture, community development, social entrepreneurship and climate change. He was British Council Indonesia’s…

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Christian Kroll

Christian Kroll is Founder and CEO of Ecosia, an ethical search engine that uses advertising revenues to plant trees in…

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Derrick Hosea Opio

Derrick Hosea Opio is a social entrepreneur with a background in BSc Accounting & Financial Management and an LLB. He…

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Hayden Wood

Hayden Wood is the Co-Founder and CEO of Bulb, the UK’s fastest growing energy supplier, providing affordable, renewable energy. Prior…

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Hitoshi Kawaguchi

As Chief Sustainability Officer of Nissan, Kawaguchi leads the company’s sustainability initiatives to reduce its environmental impact and deliver sustainable…

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Jesper Brodin

Jesper Brodin is the CEO of Ingka Group. His career with IKEA spans over 20 years, and he stepped into…

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Juliet Davenport

Juliet Davenport is Founder and former CEO of Good Energy, a renewable energy company with a mission to power a…

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Kate Brandt

Kate Brandt serves as Google’s Chief Sustainability Officer and leads sustainability across Google’s worldwide operations, products and supply chains.  In…

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Kaushal Shah

Kaushal Shah is the Founder and CEO of envoPAP, a certified B Corporation which makes innovative, sustainable packaging and paper…

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Livia Firth

Livia Firth is the Co-Founder and Creative Director of Eco-Age, a strategic partner for success in progressive sustainability solutions and…

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Luca Bettonte

Luca Bettonte is CEO and Director at ERG SpA. ERG is a clean energy company, producing energy from wind, solar…

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Marie-Claire Daveu

Marie-Claire Daveu is Kering’s Chief Sustainability Officer and Head of International Institutional Affairs.  She sets out the strategy and ambitious…

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Matias Muchnick

Matias Muchnick is the Founder and CEO of NotCo, a technology company that is changing how humans eat by using…

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Reto Ringger

Reto Ringger is an entrepreneur who is active at the junction between the financial markets and sustainability. In 2011, he…

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Sandra Kwak

Sandra Kwak is the Founder and CEO of 10Power, a company bringing renewable energy to global communities that lack access…

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Toni Petersson

Toni Petersson has been the CEO of oat milk producer, Oatly, for almost six years. He believes Oatly can contribute…

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Vivekananda Hallekere

Vivekananda Hallekere is the Co-Founder and CEO of Bounce, India’s first smart urban mobility solution, with a mission of making…

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Adam Rogers is a strategic communications consultant, advising Phoenix Design Aid, UN Volunteers and the UN Development Programme. Adam has…

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Akhil Handa

Akhil Handa is the Founder and CEO of Earth 51, an organisation born to help business leaders embrace more sustainable…

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Alexander Verbeek

Alexander Verbeek is a Dutch environmentalist, public speaker, diplomat, and former strategic policy advisor at the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign…

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Andrew Hoffman

Andrew Hoffman is the Holcim Professor of Sustainable Enterprise at the University of Michigan, using organisational behaviour models to research…

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Anne-Cécile Turner

Anne-Cécile is an experienced practitioner with managerial, professional and academic qualifications. Trained with the best sustainability education programmes (Harvard Executive…

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Charles Perry

Charles Perry is the Founder of Sustainable Future for All, collaborating with businesses to develop effective strategies for sustainability. Consulting…

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Dana Rubin

Dana Rubin is the Founder of Social Impact Israel, supporting corporations, start-ups and entrepreneurs to envisage and implement innovative solutions…

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Daniel Kitwa

Daniel Kitwa is an Energy Access Finance Advisor at Africa Mini-Grid Developers Association (AMDA). His work includes creating partnerships with…

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Dave Roberts

Dave Roberts is a renowned global IT leader, Non-Executive Director and tech mentor, with over 20 years of experience driving…

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Frederik Van Deurs

Frederick van Deurs is the CEO of the Green Innovation Group, a Danish enterprise which aims to make “green business…

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Gemma Lacey

Gemma Lacey is the Director of Sustainability and Communications at the Southern Co-op, operating at the forefront of business-led sustainable…

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Hans Lak

Hans Lak is a Catalyst for the Permanent Future Lab, a movement in the sharing economy which connects people and…

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Ivonne Gamboa

Ivonne Gamboa is the Co-Founder, CEO and President of GOAT, a social enterprise offering a sustainable solution for food waste…

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Jamie Anley

Jamie Anley is the Co-Director of Beautiful Corporations, a consultancy that supports global businesses in shaping a better future for…

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Jessica Lohmann

Jessica Lohmann is the Founder and Ethical Marketing Strategist at Ethical Brand Marketing, which creates ethical marketing strategies for animal…

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Kevin Dunkley

Kevin Dunckley is the Chief Sustainability and Innovation Officer for HH Global, the leading independent marketing execution partner to global…

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Mark Griffiths

Mark Griffiths is the Managing Director, EMEA of ClimateCare – a world-leading solutions provider for companies to meet ambitious climate…

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Mittal Kothari

Mittal Kothari currently leads Environmental and Sustainability Strategy at Cambridge University Press and Assessments. She was recently sustainability lead at…

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Scott Kania

Scott Kania is currently the CEO of Earthwatch, an international nonprofit organization that connects citizens with scientists to improve the…

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Steve Burgess

Steve Burgess is the Environment Manager at Selfridges, a leading London retail destination and a UK landmark for over a…

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Steve Malkin

Steve Malkin is the Founder and CEO of the PlanetMark, a sustainability certification partnered with the Eden Project that guides…

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Thomas Bourne

Thomas Bourne is the Founder of Greenheart Consulting, a strategic partner to purposeful businesses and investors aiming to create positive…

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Thomas Schuldt

Thomas Schuldt is a Senior Consultant at McKinsey and Company, focusing on clean tech, renewable energy (wind, solar), battery storage,…

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Tom Bryant

Tom Bryant is the Founder and Managing Director of TFB Consulting, providing expert advice on business, digital and sustainability transformation…

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Assaad Razzouk

Assaad is CEO of Gurīn Energy, a clean energy company headquartered in Singapore financing, building and operating renewable energy projects…

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Andy Andrea

Andy is Co-Founder and Executive Director of Alliance4Impact, Co-Founder and Director of Impact17, and Chair of the Board of the…

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Deborah Leipziger

Deborah Leipziger is a Senior Fellow in Social Innovation at the Lewis Institute at Babson. She has taught at the…

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Elaine Cohen

Elaine Cohen is the Founder and Managing Director of Beyond Business. She is an expert voice in the field of…

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Jim McClelland

Jim McClelland is the Founder and Managing Director at McClelland Media Ltd, a UK-based publishing house and home to the…

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Paul Afshar

Paul Afshar is the interim CMO at OSOME, an accountancy platform utilising technology to alleviate accounting burdens from entrepreneurs. Previously,…

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Carl Pratt

Carl Pratt is the Founder of Future Planet, a community with a passion for purpose, personal fulfilment and the planet….

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Alina Bassi

Alina Bassi is a Google for Startups Female Founder alumni and more recently, she joined the Forbes 30 under 30…

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Amy Clarke

Amy is Co-Founder and Chief Impact Officer at Tribe Impact Capital, where she leads on the definition and execution of…

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Bernard Lebelle

Berard Lebelle left his position as National Innovation Director at Deloitte Canada to create a disruptive “AI-enhanced Sustainability as a…

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Sally Uren

Sally joined Forum for the Future, a then a not-for-profit based in the UK, in 2002. Previously Deputy CEO, Sally…

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Brandon Ng

Brandon Ng is Co-founder and CEO of Ampd Energy, a company driven by its vision of creating an emission free…

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Fela Akinse Buyi

Having resigned as a business analyst, Fela started out as the Founder and Creative Director at SALUBATA. He has won…

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Antonella Romero

Antonella Romero is a young entrepreneur with extensive experience as advisor for Peru’s Ministry of Production . One day, she…

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Catherine Von Burg

Catherine Von Burg is a Founder, CEO and President of SimpliPhi Power, a technology company that designs and manufactures non-toxic,…

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Marcelo Behar

Marcelo Behar is a sociologist and a lawyer graduated at University of São Paulo, in Brazil. He has worked in…

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Javier Larragoiti

Javier Larragoiti is an innovator and entrepreneur in biotechnology, born and raised in Mexico City. Today, he is the Co-Founder…

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Johnmary Kavuma

Johnmary Kavuma is a young environmentalist from Uganda. He is deeply passionate about changing people’s lives and saving the environment….

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Benjamín González Esnaola

Benjamín González Esnaola is Co-Founder and CEO of Greenspot. Greenspot is an up-cycling entrepreneurship – and a B Certified Company-…

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Sahar Mansoor

Sahar is the Founder and CEO of Bare Necessities, a social enterprise rooted in the philosophy of zero-waste, circular economy…

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Suzanne DiBianca

Suzanne leads Salesforce’s stakeholder strategy, driving positive social and environmental impact across the company, customers, partners and community. She spearheads…

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Anna Gedda

Anna Gedda was appointed Global Manager of H&M Foundation in March 2023, having previously been Head of Sustainability at H&M…

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Aaron Cheng

Aaron Cheng is the President of PowerGen Renewable Energy. PowerGen is a leading distributed utility and renewable energy company and…

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Yosef Abramowitz

Yosef Abramowitz is an Impact Investor, green energy entrepreneur and human rights activist. He serves as the CEO of Gigawatt…

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Duncan Clark

Duncan Clark leads the UK operation for Ørsted. The Ørsted vision is a world that runs entirely on green energy….

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Ben Lane

Dr Ben Lane is Co-Founder and CTO at Zap-Map. Ben is an automotive expert with 20 years of experience in…

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Chitra Rajan

Chitra is a serial Entrepreneur with experience ranging from Software Services to Agriculture, Construction and Renewable Energy – currently spearheading…

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David Drew

David Drew trained as a Chemical Engineer at the University of Natal and started his career in the FMCG space…

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Inna Braverman

Inna Braverman founded Eco Wave Power at the age of 24. Under her leadership the company installed its first grid-connected…

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Tarun Bothra

Tarun is one of the Co-Founders and CTO at Saathi. He believes sustainability is important for our survival in the…

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Ethan Brown

Ethan Brown is the Founder of Beyond Meat and has served as its President and Chief Executive Officer since its…

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Rob Wilson

Rob is Chief Toaster (Co-Founder and CEO) at Toast Ale, the delicious planet-saving beer brewed using yesterday’s bread from bakeries…

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Rogerio Cavalcante

Rogerio is umgrauemeio’s Founder and CEO – The first Brazilian startup with a solution that mitigates CO2 emissions from wildfires…

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Federico Garcea

Federico Garcea is the Founder and CEO of Treedom. At the age of 25, he left his fixed position at…

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Jonathan Webb

Kentucky native and University of Kentucky graduate Jonathan Webb is turning his dream of a high-tech farming hub in Appalachia…

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Cara Chacon

As Patagonia’s VP of Environmental Responsibility, Cara leads a team of professionals that set strategy and implement Patagonia’s sustainability initiatives….

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Rayner Loi

Having learnt about what some are calling the Global Food Waste Scandal, Rayner founded Lumitics, a technology startup with a…

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Jack (Tato) Bigio

As Co-Founder and Co-CEO of UBQ Materials, Tato Bigio is redefining the concept and value of everything we discard. By…

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Marita Walther

Marita is the Co-Founder and Managing Director of Ebikes4Africa, a women-led entity that works to empower African communities through sustainable…

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Melina Marcus

Melina Marcus Co-Founded Rebel Green with Ali Florsheim because they know that style has the power to change consumer habits…

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Katrina Shum

Katrina Shum leads Lush Cosmetics’ sustainability program across five manufacturing facilities, two distribution centres and 250 retail shops in North…

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Ella Mills

Ella Mills is an award-winning cookery author, entrepreneur and a champion of plant-based living. She started off with the popular…

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Anna Bateson

Anna Bateson spent 4 years at the Guardian where she was Chief Customer Officer, and laterly interim CEO. During her…

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Jessica Cheam

Jessica is the Managing Editor of Eco-Business, an award-winning journalist, TV presenter, director, producer and a social entrepreneur. She has…

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Kevin Bone

Kevin is Partner at Lightrock, a global private equity platform investing in sustainable businesses built by purpose-driven entrepreneurs, committed to…

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Mike Barry

Mike is a leader in sustainable change. As one of the pioneers of green business in the corporate world, he…

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Nuru Mugambi

Nuru Mugambi is the Director of Public Affairs and Sustainable Finance Lead, Kenya Bankers Association. Previously, she has held management…

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Amit Gudka

Amit Gudka is the Founder and CEO of battery energy storage company, Field, having previously launched energy supplier Bulb with…

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Abdulrhman Elhalafawy

Abdulrhman is the Chief Business Officer of Cupmena, an Agri-tech and Waste Management startup based in Egypt. Cupmena has created…

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Arnolda Shiundu

Arnolda Shiundu is the Sustainability Lead Africa at Diageo playing a critical role in supporting the development and delivery of…

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Ashish Khanna

Ashish is currently the President of Renewables, Tata Power. He joined Tata Power in 2007. Mr. Khanna has more than…

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Chinonso (Nonso) is a social entrepreneur with obsession on excellent ways to bridge the gap in poor healthcare and financing….

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Chioma Ukonu

Chioma Ukonu is an award-winning social entrepreneur and social development professional with over a decade of hands-on experience and international…

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Gihan Amarasiriwardena

Gihan Amarasiriwardena is the Co-Founder and President at Ministry of Supply – a retail company innovating materials and design to…

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Graham Chipchase

Graham Chipchase is the CEO at Brambles, pooling and reusing unit-load equipment, pallets, crates and containers, maximising transport efficiency and…

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Ian Shapiro

Ian has been working at the interface between private sector effectiveness and public good for 25 years. Reall’s model has…

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James Reinhart

James Reinhart is Founder and CEO at ThredUP – the world’s largest fashion resale platform, promoting the switch to secondhand…

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Madeline Rotman

Madeline is the Head of Sustainability at Imperfect Foods, the online grocer on a mission to eliminate food waste and…

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Michelle Adelman

Michelle Adelman is a seasoned strategist, recognised business leader and committed mission-driven investor. She is the Founder and Managing Director…

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Olivier Reinaud

Olivier Reinaud is a French entrepreneur. At 23, he is the Co-Founder and Head of Carbon Credits at NetZero, an…

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Rob King

Rob King is the Co-Founder and CEO of Zedify, a zero emission delivery service operating in 9 UK cities that…

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Sarah Paiji Yoo is Co-Founder and CEO at Blueland. She is on a mission to change conventional cleaning and personal…

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Sean Molloy

Sean Molloy is a Co-Founder of Avertana, and was its CEO until 2020 before taking the post of Founding Director….

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Siobhan Toohill

Siobhan Toohill has been Westpac’s Group Head of Sustainability since 2013. Westpac is Australia’s first bank and oldest company, one…

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Steve Oldham

Steve Oldham is CEO of Carbon Engineering, recruiting top talent to join the team, partnering with innovative companies worldwide, and…

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Tarun Jami

Tarun Jami is the Founder of GreenJams, an award-winning cleantech enterprise creating carbon-negative building materials out of crop residues and…

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Thomas is a passionate climate-entrepreneur and CEO into the 2.0 and green economy, with a wide international exposure and over…

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Zhang Yue

Under Zhang’s leadership, Broad has become the world’s largest manufacturer of technically advanced absorptive air-conditioning equipment. All Broad’s technologies are…

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Alexis Grosskopf

Alexis is the Founder and CEO of OceanHub Africa (OHA), an ocean-impact accelerator focusing on strengthening the development and adoption…

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Alexis Normand

Alexis is the Co-Founder and CEO of Greenly, a company that automates footprint tracking for individuals and SMEs enriching every…

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Gizem Önduygu

Gizem is the Founding Partner and Chief Impact Officer of Toyi, an İstanbul-based social enterprise that aims to transform the…

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Jovia Kisaakye

Jovia is the Co-Founder and CEO of Sparkle Agro Brands, a startup that deals in transforming spoilt milk into sustainable…

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Obi Charles Nnanna

Obi is the Founder and CEO of Kaltani, a recycling company positioned to solve the growing plastic waste and unemployment…

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Paddy Robertson

Paddy is the CEO of Smart Air – a social enterprise helping people breathe safe, healthy air. He graduated with…

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Kentaro Kawamori

Kentaro is Co-Founder and CEO of Persefoni, a ClimateTech SaaS company that works with companies and financial institutions to account…

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Lisa Ashford

Lisa is CEO of Energise Africa, one of the UK’s leading ethical investment platforms raising finance for sustainable businesses tackling…

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Lubomila Jordanova

Lubomila is the Co-Founder and CEO of Plan A, a software provider offering an end-to-end platform that uses machine learning…

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Amy Williams

Amy is the Founder and CEO of Good-Loop, the purpose-led advertising platform that makes it easy and profitable for big…

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Manoj Sinha

Manoj is Co-Founder and CEO of Husk Power Systems (HPS). In 2008, he pioneered the clean energy community microgrid, and…

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Markus Gilles

With a background in both the NGO and tech sector, Markus took a break from startup life after exiting his…

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Deepak Ushadevi

Deepak is the CEO and Managing Director of Ciel & Terre India, where he is instrumental in developing the solar…

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Nicky Dee

Nicky has over 20 years engaging with startups and a variety of stakeholders to accelerate sustainability. She founded her latest…

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Sanjay Podder

Sanjay is the Global lead for Technology Sustainability Innovation at Accenture and drives thought leadership and innovation in this area….

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Solitaire Townsend

Solitaire is a renowned sustainability expert and solutionist. From Google to the United Nations, Ikea to WWF, Solitaire works with…

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Jacquelyn Kankam

Jackie is Senior Director of Sustainability and Social Impact at DECIEM. She leads the overarching company initiatives towards doing good…

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Ezgi Barcenas

Ezgi is AB InBev’s Chief Sustainability Officer, overseeing the company’s sustainability vision and strategy. In this role, she coordinates across…

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Sandiip Bhammer

Sandiip is a Founder and Co-Managing Partner of Green Frontier Capital (GFC), India’s first-ever venture capital fund focused on investing…

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Robert Luo

Robert is Founder and CEO of Mi Terro and a three-time entrepreneur with two exits. He has many years of…

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Victor Ndiege

Victor has over 18 years’ experience in impact investments, market systems and public private partnerships. Prior to joining Kenya Climate…

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Jean-Baptiste Perrin

Jean-Baptiste leads Capgemini Invent’s impact initiatives and business in both social and environmental territories: Invent for Society, delivering more than…

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Shashwat Gangwal

Shashwat is the Founder of InfinityBox, a startup in the food-delivery industry designed to do away with single-use plastic containers…

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Virginie Helias

With over three decades of experience at Procter & Gamble in Brand Management and Innovation, Virginie has a broad experience…

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Sonko Jamal

Sonko is the Founder and CEO of Kyuka Ventures, which makes affordable clean cooking energy accessible among low-income households in…

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Shashank Samala

Shashank is the CEO at Heirloom, with a mission to removing 1 billion tons of CO2 from the air by…

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Simpiwe Tshabalala

Simphiwe is CEO of Standard Bank, with over 25 years experience in the financial services industry. Simphiwe joined Standard Bank…

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Thomas Njeru

Thomas founded Pula in 2015 to provide innovative insurance products to people who have never bought insurance but need it….

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Alexander Gunkel

Alexander is a serial entrepreneur using space technology for social and environmental good. Since 2013 he co-founded three space tech…

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Usama Tanveer

Usama founded Pakistan’s first-ever water-technology startup PakVitae and its Singaporean affiliate EveryWater. He is an engineer and an entrepreneur pursuing…

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Antônio José Barreto

Antonio is the Chief Government Affairs and Corporate Sustainability Officer of Banco do Brasil (BB). He has a degree in…

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Aayushi KC is looking to change the world by working towards a zero-waste goal in Nepal. The former USAID worker-turned-social…

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Andrea Kestenbaum

Andrea is the Co-Founder, CEO and a member of the Investment Committee at Positive Ventures. Positive Ventures is an entrepreneurs-run…

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Andrew Shakman

Andrew Shakman is Co-Founder & CEO of Leanpath, a certified B-Corp with a mission to make food waste prevention and…

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Anthony Virapin

Anthony Virapin has over 15+ years’ experience of marketing, tech evangelism, business development and people management. He lead’s Microsoft’s Entrepreneurship…

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Avinash Sharma

Avinash is Founder & CEO of ElectriPe, a company building a network of smart and affordable electric vehicle charging platforms….

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Bruce Davis

Bruce is Co-Founder & Joint Managing Director of Abundance Investment, which was the world’s first regulated crowdfunding company and which…

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Divine Nabaweesi

Divine Nabaweesi, a visionary social entrepreneur from Uganda, is dedicated to creating a more sustainable and meaningful future. With over…

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Divya Hegde

Divya is Founder of Baeru, an initiative working to make India’s coastal communities active participants in climate action through the…