Act 1: Programme
Centre Stage
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WTF Is Happening?
In collaboration with:
- Ann Cairns (Mastercard)
- Charmian Love (B Lab UK)
- Gina Miller
We open Act One of the festival with a keynote session to ask ourselves – what just happened to the world as we knew it? Opening with a short film…
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Take Me To Your Leader
Australasia and North America
In collaboration with:
- Good Business Matters and Impakt
New Zealand and Canada have become the poster children for how to deal with crises following swift, effective and compassionate reactions not just to Covid-19 but natural disasters, terrorism and…
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On Purpose
Creating Companies with Conscience
In collaboration with:
- Holly Tucker MBE (Holly & Co)
- Ethics
- Consumer trends
- Retail
Why is purpose important? Can purpose kickstart your brand? In this practical session, successful entrepreneur Holly Tucker MBE discusses why purpose is key to success and advises how it can…
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Pathway Out of the Climate Emergency
with The Met Office and Deloitte
In collaboration with:
- Sam Baker (Deloitte)
- Tom Butcher (Met Office)
- Disruption
- Planet
- Big thinking
- Climate
- Economics
What does a weather forecast for the year 2050 look like? And what impacts should the business community be prepared for? In this session, Tom Butcher from the Met Office…
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What Next for Globalisation?
In collaboration with:
- Ravi Gurumurthy (Nesta)
- Nadhim Zahawi MP
- Dr. Samantha Nutt (War Child)
- Vincent Stanley (Patagonia)
- Lord Karan Bilimoria (CBI)
Are we really in this together? Wealth and status inequality, the dominance of multinationals and the dispersion of global supply chains have been highlighted as a result of the Covid-19…
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Never Waste A Crisis
In collaboration with:
- John Sauven (Greenpeace UK)
In association with Greenpeace Almost everything is predictable. What crises are on the horizon? How do we prepare for those that are a reality now (climate, inequality and poverty)? How…
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Public Perception Barometer
With Ipsos MORI
In collaboration with:
- Ben Page (Ipsos MORI)
What do we, the Great British public really think? In a rapidly changing world have our opinions changed too? How many of us want to return to the office? How…
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Real Purpose or Woke Washing?
In collaboration with:
- Lady Nicola Mendelsohn (Facebook)
Recent brand campaigns focus on a narrative that “we’re all in this together” – but how long will we remember that for? Going into Covid-19, public confidence in brands was…
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Raising the Game
In collaboration with:
- Gabby Logan MBE
- Lawrence Dallaglio OBE
- Dale Vince OBE
- Yath Gangakumaran (Formula One)
The pandemic has revealed pre-existing cracks and weaknesses in sport as much as it has provided new challenges. Leaders in sport are working flat out to navigate the existential threats…
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Profit Comes From Purpose
The Impact of Corporate Activism
In collaboration with:
- Dale Vince (Ecotricity)
- Hilary Berg (One Planet)
- Ynzo van Zanten (Tony’s Chocoloney)
- Tim Smit KBE (Eden Project)
We are seeing a rising number of mission-minded organisations dedicated to achieving social and environmental outcomes through the market, rather than political or civic action, and using their brand power…
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Capitalism After Covid
The Creative Capitalism Challenge
In collaboration with:
- George Legarious (Mazars)
- Isabelle Toledano (UBS)
- Leila Kamdem-Fotso (Mazars)
- Rebecca Henderson (Harvard)
Beyond the bottom line – can capitalism after Covid-19 reinvent itself? Capitalism has never been more divisive. For some, it represents everything that is wrong with the modern world. For…
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The Good Conversation
A global conversation on good business
In collaboration with:
- Mark Shayler - Impact Hub
In partnership with Ethos magazine, and hosted by Mark Shayler, The Good Business Festival presents The Good Conversations – a global discussion on Good Business. This global conversation series will…