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Gaia Vince, Host, is an award-winning science journalist, broadcaster, and author. She writes for The Guardian, Nature, and New Scientist and makes documentaries for radio and television. She is a regular host of BBC Inside Science and an honorary senior research fellow at UCL’s Anthropocene Institute.
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The Inflection Point
Rich Lesser is the global chair of Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and served as BCG’s CEO from 2013–2021. He launched BCG’s Center for Climate & Sustainability and BCG’s pledge to reach net zero climate impact by 2030. Lesser serves as chief advisor to the WEF’s Alliance of CEO Climate Leaders.
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Alan Murray is CEO of Fortune Media, overseeing business and editorial operations and expanding its digital and conference franchises. Murray also writes a closely read newsletter, CEO Daily. He is the author of multiple books, including the classic Showdown at Gucci Gulch: Lawmakers, Lobbyists, and the Unlikely Triumph of Tax Reform.
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Grant Canary is CEO of DroneSeed, a Techstars Seattle 2016 company paid by Timber companies and nonprofits to use drones to plant tree seeds, spray to protect them, and monitor growth. DroneSeed is his second venture. His first was acquired. Under the acquirer, Canary managed due diligence on a $10M raise.
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Chuck de Liedekerke lives in Belgium. He graduated from the Institut d'Etudes Politiques in Paris and holds an MBA from INSEAD. He is the cofounder and CEO of Soil Capital. De Liedekerke previously worked at the investment bank Morgan Stanley in London until 2013 and was the CEO of an international fruit farm group.
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Mary Jane Melendez is the chief sustainability and global impact officer for General Mills, and president of the General Mills Foundation. Melendez stewards the company’s sustainability and philanthropy efforts to amplify the impact of General Mills as a global force for good.
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Anders Porsborg-Smith is a managing director and partner in the Oslo office of the Boston Consulting Group (BCG). He is a core member of the Energy practice group and global topic leader for the Environmental Markets topic at BCG.
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Sam Teicher is the cofounder and chief reef officer of Coral Vita, which grows resilient corals up to 50x faster to restore dying reefs. He is a winner of the 2021 Earthshot Prize, a Forbes 30 Under 30 Social Entrepreneur, and has loved the ocean since becoming a scuba diver during childhood.
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The BCG Team
Rich Lesser, Global Chair
Sharon Marcil, Managing Director & Senior Partner, North America Regional Chair
Vinay Shandal, Managing Director & Partner, Global Leader of Sustainable Finance and Investing
Nidhi Sinha, North America Public Relations and Global Public Sector Communications Director
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Thomas Hörnfeldt is VP, sustainability & public affairs, at SSAB. He has an MBA from Uppsala University and an MSc from KTH in Stockholm. He has vast experience in general management and sales, market intelligence, and sustainability. His career started at ABB, where he spent nearly 13 years in management positions in the metals industry.
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Daniel Mölk has a degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Iceland. He has dedicated his career to geothermal development, focusing on operations and drilling management. Mölk has held executive management positions for energy and drilling companies in Germany, Iceland, and Indonesia with global expertise in operations/project management for large-scale geothermal developments.
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Mads Nipper is the CEO of Ørsted, a renewable energy major and world-leading offshore wind developer. He is part of the World Economic Forum’s Alliance of CEO Climate Leaders and leads their Power Working Group. He is also co-chair of the roundtable of hydrogen production under the European Clean Hydrogen Alliance.
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Val Smith was appointed Citi’s first chief sustainability officer in 2019 and has helped drive Citi’s global sustainability efforts since 2004. She oversees the bank’s Sustainable Progress Strategy and priority initiatives, including the $1 trillion Sustainable Finance Goal and development of Citi’s Net Zero Emissions by 2050 plan.
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Robert Winsloe is an engineering graduate with 40 years international business development, sales, marketing, and management experience in the energy industry. He has worked in Asia, Australia, the Americas, Europe, and Middle East and has been a frequent consultant to the World Bank on energy planning and infrastructure development in Africa.
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Tina Zuzek is a managing director and partner at Boston Consulting Group (BCG). She is a core member of BCG’s Energy and Climate teams, and leads BCG’s work on energy demand-side management in North America and co-leads BCG’s energy and climate work with the U.S. Federal Government.
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Cathy Combs holds a B.S. degree from Carson-Newman University. She joined Eastman in 1985. In her current role, she connects with colleagues inside and outside Eastman sharing the company’s sustainability vision and engaging others to partner in achieving it through innovation and strategy to address some of the world’s big issues.
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Sandra Harris is Tupperware’s CFO and COO, leading global finance and operations during a transformative period in the iconic brand’s 75-year history. Her teams support critical areas to implement Tupperware’s purpose to nurture a better future. Prior, Harris was a senior leader in technology and global supply chain at VF Corporation.
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Steve Mahon is an experienced investment professional with a long career in managing and investing in the environmental sector. He combines a detailed understanding of a wide range of clean technologies with firsthand experience of growing early stage businesses in the renewable energy, agriculture, battery storage, and recycling sectors.
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Shalini Unnikrishnan is a managing director and partner and global lead for societal impact at Boston Consulting Group (BCG). Her focus is the intersection of the private, public, and social sectors and she coauthored “Total Societal Impact,” which explores how companies can gain business and societal value through their core operations.
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Rich Lesser, Global Chair of BCG, and Fortune Media CEO Alan Murray discuss the business of sustainability
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Rich Lesser, Global Chair of BCG, and Fortune Media CEO Alan Murray discuss the business of sustainability
The world of nature-based solutions to climate challenges
Inside the race to decarbonize power and electrify entire industries
How business is rethinking product end-of-life care
Pat Brown, M.D., Ph.D., is an esteemed scientist, educator, and entrepreneur. He is currently CEO and founder of Impossible Foods—a company on a mission to reduce the impact of climate change by transforming the global food system. Brown cofounded the Public Library of Science and is a professor emeritus of biochemistry at Stanford University.
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Adrien Portafaix is partner and associate director, and sustainability expert, at Boston Consulting Group (BCG). He manages BCG’s global partnership with WWF and helps corporations across sectors embed environmental impact into their business strategies to build competitive advantage and drive sustainable development at scale.
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Alison Taylor is chief sustainability officer for ADM. She oversees the company’s global sustainability strategy and guides implementation of the company’s Respect for Human Rights policy, policy to Protect Forests, Biodiversity and Communities, Strive 35 environmental stewardship program, and ADM’s philanthropic efforts through ADM Cares.
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Chris Anthony is co-CEO and founder of Aptera Motors. Anthony serves as founder and former CEO of Flux Power, an advanced lithium-battery technology company that has reduced carbon emissions in industrial spaces by over 1,000 tons of C02 per year. He has raised more than $100M in private equity, DPO, and grant funding for technology ventures.
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Ganesh V. Iyer is executive vice president, managing director of NIO-U.S., and global CIO. With 30-plus years of experience, he has been vice president and CIO at Tesla Motors and senior I.T. leadership roles at VMWare, Juniper Networks, WebEx, Electronic Data Systems (EDS), and Tata Consultancy Services (TCS).
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Cornelius Pieper is a managing director and partner at Boston Consulting Group (BCG), and a core member of the Industrial Goods and Social Impact practices. He co-leads BCG’s Center for Climate & Sustainability, supporting clients globally with the transition to a low-carbon economy, with deep expertise in green energy and technologies.
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Søren Rydbirk is CCO at Green Hydrogen Systems, leading commercial and service activities to position the organization as the leading provider of electrolysis equipment for the production of green hydrogen. Rydbirk was previously SVP, Service Business, at FLSmidth and brings strong international, commercial, and renewable energy experience from i.a. Vestas and Novozymes.
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Sally Gilligan is the chief growth transformation officer for Gap Inc., leading its long-term strategic direction, and head of Gap Inc.’s Strategic Growth Office, a unit of the company charged with thinking beyond its core business to meet the consumer and industry demands of the future.
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Anouk Heilen is global sustainability director for social equity and inclusion at Unilever. Heilen leads Unilever’s Social Compass pillar on contributing to a fairer and more socially inclusive world, working with key global partners and driving advocacy to create the right enabling environment for Unilever to implement its social commitments.
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Alexandra Palt is chief corporate responsibility officer for L'Oréal. She was appointed in 2017, becoming executive vice president of the L'Oréal Foundation in addition to her role as head of the CSR & Sustainability Department. In September 2019, she became a member of the Group’s Executive Committee.
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Zineb Sqalli is a partner and core member of the Financial Institutions, Consumer & Social Impact practices at Boston Consulting Group (BCG). She leads BCG’s work on gender empowerment and inclusion in emerging markets, as well as the “Women Initiative” in Africa—an internal BCG program empowering female consultants.
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Afsaneh Mashayekhi Beschloss is the founder and CEO of RockCreek. Previously, she served as treasurer and chief investment officer of the World Bank and led the Bank’s investments and policy work on the transition to sustainable energy. She serves on several boards, including the World Resources Institute and Council on Foreign Relations.
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Damien Lardoux acts as head of Impact Investing at EQ Investors, a B-Corp Discretionary Fund Manager (DFM) working with financial advisers across the country and focusing solely on sustainable investing. Lardoux launched the EQ Positive Impact Portfolios in 2012 with a view to allow private clients to invest with an impact focus.
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Marcelo Marzola is CEO at Vayda, a farmer-first regenerative farming company building scalable solutions for climate resilient agriculture. A high-tech industry veteran turned regenerative farmer, Marcelo connects agriculture technology, agronomy, impact, and community to create partnerships between farmers and food companies.
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Vinay Shandal is a managing director and partner for BCG and global leader for BCG’s Sustainable Finance and Investing business. He advises leading investment organizations on ESG and sustainable finance. He is also the head of the Canadian Principal Investors and Private Equity Practice and works closely with the largest pools of capital in Canada and globally on issues of strategy, transaction support, and portfolio acceleration.
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Prakash Arunkundrum is head of global operations and sustainability at Logitech, responsible for global manufacturing, worldwide supply chain, sourcing, and quality operations. Arunkundrum is also responsible for driving the strategy and execution of Logitech’s sustainability initiatives and advancing Logitech’s sustainability commitments across its worldwide operations and products.
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Ratish Namboothiry leads Kohler’s Innovation for Good, an internal incubator focused on developing and implementing business solutions that have a social purpose. He is also responsible for leading enterprise-level sustainability strategy and performance. Namboothiry’s passion lies in the innovation and implementation of sustainable business solutions to address the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
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Keiran Olivares Whitaker is the founder of Entocycle and holds a BA and MSc in environmental design. While traveling as a scuba diving instructor, he witnessed the destruction the global food production system has on our environment. He decided to develop a more efficient, sustainable way to feed the world.
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Prakash Arunkundrum is head of global operations and sustainability at Logitech, responsible for global manufacturing, worldwide supply chain, sourcing, and quality operations. Arunkundrum is also responsible for driving the strategy and execution of Logitech’s sustainability initiatives and advancing Logitech’s sustainability commitments across its worldwide operations and products.
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Ratish Namboothiry leads Kohler’s Innovation for Good, an internal incubator focused on developing and implementing business solutions that have a social purpose. He is also responsible for leading enterprise-level sustainability strategy and performance. Namboothiry’s passion lies in the innovation and implementation of sustainable business solutions to address the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
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Keiran Olivares Whitaker is the founder of Entocycle and holds a BA and MSc in environmental design. While traveling as a scuba diving instructor, he witnessed the destruction the global food production system has on our environment. He decided to develop a more efficient, sustainable way to feed the world.
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Soren Bjorn is president of Driscoll’s of the Americas, the leading global brand for fresh berries. In his role, Bjorn leads the largest business unit for Driscoll’s and is responsible for all aspects of the business enterprise from the strategic planning process and to its financial success.
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Avi Garbow currently serves as Patagonia’s Environmental Advocate, helping to sharpen and strengthen the company’s voice and vision on environmental and conservation issues, and previously served as the senior counselor to the EPA administrator in the Biden Administration, and as EPA’s general counsel in the Obama Administration.
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Wendy Savage is a social justice and sustainability advocate with 18 years of experience in CR Strategy. In her current role as director of social responsibility and traceability, she leads Patagonia’s commitments and innovation in responsible sourcing and transparency, overseeing strategic decisions in human rights, regenerative agriculture, and animal welfare.
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Wendy Woods is managing director and senior partner at BCG and the vice chair of BCG’s Social Impact practice, which she helped create. In this role, Woods is responsible for BCG’s work addressing global development, global health, education, climate and environment, humanitarian response, total societal impact and sustainability, and impact investing.
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Emmanuel Nazarenko is a managing director and senior partner at BCG. He is the global lead for the water utilities topic, a core member the Energy practice, and works throughout the energy sector with water, waste, power and gas utilities, renewable energy, and with oil and gas companies.
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Ezgi Barcenas is AB InBev’s Chief Sustainability Officer. Since joining the company in 2013, Ezgi has held key roles within Corporate Affairs and Procurement and most recently served as the Global Vice President of Sustainability. Prior to AB InBev, she worked in international trade, public health, and international development.
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Page Motes oversees Dell Technologies’ strategic vision and goals, stakeholder engagement, and company-wide collaboration to drive measurable action on climate change, advance the circular economy, and deepen engagement within the supply chain. Motes also plays a leadership role in supporting sustainable innovation and establishing critical third-party partnerships to scale environmental initiatives.
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Steve Marafiote is CEO of Sundrop Farms, which develops, owns, and operates protected intensive cropping businesses using world-class sustainable innovation to replace conventional thinking. Marafiote is a third-generation food industry and horticultural specialist who has worked in all aspects of food businesses from genetics and farming through to domestic and international market development.
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