On demand: Sustainable Futures conference 2025
Our fourth Sustainable Futures conference saw senior sustainability, risk and finance professionals from leading global brands come together at London’s Barbican Centre, on Thursday 8th May, to discuss the value of sustainability in a business landscape shaped by uncertainty.
Sustainable Futures conference 2025 was held under the Chatham House Rule and the presentations and panels from the day are now available to attendees and registrants to watch on demand.
Key takeaways include:
- sustainability remains firmly on the regulatory, consumer and investor agenda, despite challenging headwinds and push-back on ESG in the US.
- a cautiousness from businesses around communicating sustainability, a greenhushing, leading to less sharing of innovations and potential solutions across sectors.
- the importance of including everyone throughout an organisation in progressing the sustainability agenda, from the boardroom to the shop floor.
- companies that acknowledge uncertainty and are agile enough to pivot when new evidence requires a change in direction will more likely thrive.
- need for organisations to consider multiple possible future scenarios to support strategic decision-making.
- a shift in the perception of sustainability, both as a route to reduce risks to business and a point of difference that invites competitive advantage.
Watch back: speaker sessions
The art of uncertainty: planning for a future that is hard to imagine
Speaker: Professor Sir David Spiegelhalter FRS OBE, Emeritus Professor of Statistics at the University of Cambridge and author
Dr Andrew Coburn in conversation with Professor David Spiegelhalter
Speakers:
Professor Sir David Spiegelhalter FRS OBE
Dr Andrew Coburn, CEO, Risilience
Business value of sustainability
Speaker: Dr Andrew Coburn, CEO, Risilience
Just Transition for Corporates
Speaker: Michael Wilkins, Executive Director and Professor of Practice at the Centre for Climate Finance and Investment at Imperial Business School, London
Navigating transition risks and opportunities: what to expect in 2025 and beyond
Speaker: Oliver Carpenter, VP Environmental Analytics, Risilience
Nature: the next frontier in transition risk
Speaker: Mary Goldman, Director of Environmental Risk Analytics, Risilience
The power of digital twins: build a model of the business, plan for the future
Speaker: Angela Brown, Chief Product Officer, Risilience
The value of transition planning: building a costed, net-zero and nature-positive strategy
Speaker: Sam Vosper, Head of Environmental Consulting, Risilience
ABF Sugar: connecting the dots on the nature-positive journey
Speaker: Katharine Teague, Group ESG Director, ABF Sugar
Watch back: panel discussions
[PANEL] Staying the course: how to deliver sustainability in an uncertain world
Panellists:
Ursula Heng, UKI Sustainability and Supply Chain Sector Leader, IBM
Tom Maidment, Group Product Sustainability Senior Manager, Hilton Foods
Nadja Koerner, Global Head of Sustainability, Coty
Madeleine Prince, Head of ESG – UK, Refresco
Andy Garraway, Climate Policy Lead, Risilience
[PANEL] A natural choice: promoting a nature-positive business agenda
Panellists:
Chris Allen, Director of Sustainability, Decathlon UK
Nigel Brook, Consultant, Clyde & Co LLP
Kuram Gwakyaa, Head of Sustainability, Mitie
Sam Pettifer, Climate and Nature Impact Tools Lead, Textile Exchange
Mary Goldman, Director of Environmental Risk Analytics, Risilience
