Economist Impact celebrates 10th sustainability week, to include Energy Transition Summit

Economist Impact’s Sustainability Week celebrates its 10^th anniversary in London less than a fortnight from now. The event unfolds over 10^th to 12^th March, 8am to 6pm daily, at Convene Sancroft, St Paul’s.  

For its tenth year, Sustainability Week shall include the Energy Transition Summit and returns with an emphasis on protecting both the environment and business. 

What is the Energy Transition Summit?

The event explores the energy transition through a technology lens. 

Key questions asked include:

• Is AI part of the problem or the solution in our quest for sustainable energy? 
• How can renewables, electrification and advanced energy storage transform our energy landscape and drive profitability?

Discover the ripple effects of better batteries, floating offshore wind, solar and the prospects for nuclear fusion. Explore how energy efficiency technologies and the rise of bioenergy and synthetic fuels can drive economic growth. Dive deep into the range of investment opportunities these innovations can unlock! 

The old and the new

We are expanding on our successful CSO Leaders Club to improve the event in 2025 and adding new elements like the Sustainable Supply Chain and Procurement Summit and 250 one-on-one sessions.

To promote sustainability, we bring together a top-tier business audience comprising CEOs, CFOs, CPOs, and CSOs. Our goal is to assist companies in becoming more sustainable more quickly.

The sustainability agenda

10^th Anniversary Sustainability Week 2025 covers a broad range of topics. The themes outlined below will serve as an indication of what to expect during the conference. 

A more detailed agenda is available on the event website:

1. CFO on disclosure challenges: Is perfection the enemy of progress?
2. From grey to green: making London a resilient net-zero city
3. The role of IoT in revolutionising smart cities for a greener tomorrow
4. Critical minerals, critical questions: Mining’s role in the energy transition
5. Financing the green transition: aligning policy, investment and innovation
6. Education, Education, Education: how to upskill sustainable leadership across companies
7. Carbon Removal: Practical steps to reach net-zero faster
8. Risking it all: The role of insurance in the transition to net-zero
9. Sleepwalking into a 3 degree Celsius future – Why climate inaction is the costliest choice
10. Feeding the future: Regenerative agriculture for global food security

Stellar speakers form part of the agenda, with key speakers listed below and a full list here:

1. John Kerry (Former US secretary of state, first special presidential envoy for climate, co-executive chair, Galvanize Climate Solutions)
2. Matt Damon (Co-founder, Water.org)
3. Shai Weiss (CEO, Virgin Atlantic)
4. Danny Alexander (CEO, HSBC Infrastructure Finance and Sustainability)
5. Mike Regnier (CEO, Santander UK)
6. Hannah Mills (Double Olympic Champion, founder, Big Plastic Pledge, Global Sustainability Ambassador, Sail GP)
7. Annette Stube (Chief Sustainability Officer, The Lego Group)
8. Sue Lloyd (ISSB Vice Chair, IFRS)
9. Sunam Sarkar (President, Apollo Tyres)
10. Jon Banner (Executive vice president, global chief impact officer, McDonald’s Corporation)

Register now for this exciting event!

The choices we make now will shape our future. Join us to seize these opportunities and build a greener, digital grid!

Platform Africa is pleased to partner with Economist Impact for this special 10^th anniversary event and we welcome you to join us as we create deeper impact, together.

Receive a 15% discount on your delegate pass when you use discount code CT-SW/MP15.

Register here.

Read more about the event here.