Mindy S. Lubber is President of Ceres, a non-profit organisation that leads a national coalition of investors, environmental organisations and other public interest groups working with companies to address sustainability challenges. Mindy also directs the Investor Network on Climate Risk, a group of over 100 institutional investors managing $10 trillion in assets focused on the business risks and opportunities of climate change.
2012 SESSIONS
Sustainable Capitalism: Integrating Sustainability from the Copy Room to the Board Room
Location: Nelson Mandela Lecture Theatre
Addressing our world’s most pressing challenges – climate change, food shortages, water scarcity, deforestation, poverty –requires a rethink of our entire economic system. Governments and civil society cannot win this battle alone; capital markets will need to mobilise resources to bring about this transformation. The business case is becoming clear; investors and companies that consider all costs and opportunities are seeing superior long-term value creation. Hear from leading investors and companies that are moving from sustainability strategies to strategies that are sustainable and making money along the way.
Speakers: Gary Milsted, James Cameron, Roberto Artavia, Mike Barry, Mindy Lubber
2010 SESSIONS
Climate Change Post-Copenhagen: Collaborating From The Ground Up
The Copenhagen Climate Summit left the climate community wrestling with the best way to proceed in the absence of a global agreement on carbon emissions. Barring multi-national cooperation, progress must continue at the national and sub-national levels, calling on industries, non-governmental organisations, and social entrepreneurs to self-organise and collaborate to drive emission reductions. This cross cutting conversation engages participants from multiple sectors around opportunities for collaboration including how to bring about change from the bottom up.
Speakers: Paul Hawken, George Polk, Seema Paul, Mindy Lubber
2009 SESSIONS
Creating A Sustainable Future: The Marriage Of Industry, Policy And Science
Practitioner Showcase: Climate change is undoubtedly one of the most urgent, and complex, issues of our time and one that is increasingly being tackled through alliances, partnerships and networks. Four innovators will discuss the successful partnerships and networks which serve to further their missions, whether they be with institutional investors or technologists, leading industrial chiefs, scientists or policymakers. The result is a larger playing field, greater impact and a more sustainable future, from the Amazon to Africa, Alabama to Asia.
Speakers: Mindy Lubber, Michael Eckhart, Liliana Madrigal, Mathis Wackernagel, Lance Henderson
2007 SESSIONS
Closing Plenary of the 2007 Skoll World Forum
REFLECTIONS FROM A PIONEER IN SOCIAL INNOVATION
Larry Brilliant, MD, MPH, Executive Director of Google.org
SUPPORTING MORE SOCIAL INNOVATION
A facilitated discussion by John Elkington, Founder and Chief Entrepreneur, SustainAbility, to explore how society’s frameworks (public and private) need to change at local, regional, national and international levels to support more social innovation.
Bill Drayton, CEO and Chair, Ashoka: Innovators for the Public
Ed Miliband MP, Minister for the Third Sector, UK
SOCIAL INNOVATION: WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?
Leading social entrepreneurs in conversation with delegates reflect upon ideas and learnings for moving forward from the conference.
Moderator: Roger Martin, Dean, Rotman School of Management and Director, AIC Institute for Corporate Citizenship
Roshaneh Zafar, Founder and President, Kashf Foundation
Martin Fisher, Co-founder and CEO, Kickstart
Taddy Blecher, CEO, Cida City Campus
Mindy Lubber, President, Ceres
CLOSING REMARKS
Colin Mayer, Peter Moores Dean, Saïd Business School
