2022 Themes - Blue Earth Summit

Purpose-Led Business

Purpose-driven companies go beyond their role of offering a product or service and develop programs that have a social or environmental impact. Social entrepreneurship is bringing more meaning to what businesses do, and it’s an exciting trend to explore if one wants to make a difference in their career.

Sir Tim Smit – KBE

Co-founder of the Eden Project, Executive Vice Chair of Eden Project Ltd and Executive Chairman of Eden Project International Ltd.

Kresse Wesling CBE

Founder of Elvis & Kresse.

Magnus Wood

Founder, Kindness Advisor, Reimagining business with Kindness to leave people and the planet better.

Kate A Larsen

Expert in Responsible Sourcing and Supply Chains, Environmental and Social issues management.

Charles Watson

Chairman and Founder, River Action UK.

Hugo Tagholm

Executive Director and Vice President of Oceana, UK.

Jarvis Smith

Proud hippy, tree-hugger, thought leader, media entrepreneur and online businessman.

Dan Macaulay

Pioneering sports marketing consultant and entrepreneur

Andy Hawkins

C-3PO, Business On Purpose.

Joss Ford

Founder of sustainability communications consultancy & certified BCorp, Enviral. Blue Earth Summit ambassador.

Tessa Wernink

Founder The Undercover Activist & Fairphone.

Xavier Baker

Co-founder of Mermaid Gin ~ Isle of Wight Distillery

Nick Hounsfield

Founder, The Wave.

Hannah Bailey

Photographer, Journalist, Adventure Communications Specialist

Juliet Davenport

Green entrepreneur and author of The Green Start-Up

Mark Shayler

Owner, Ape

Chris Dooley

Head of Social Impact, JCDecaux UK.

Javi Gras

Relationships and Impact Lead at The Bio-Leadership Project.

Ella Wiles

Fellowship Lead for The Bio-Leadership Project.

Sunita Ramani

Climate Campaigner and Communicator, Greenhouse Communications.

Deborah Meaden

Businesswoman, Investor, TV Dragon and Writer.

Georgia Elliott-Smith

Managing Director, Element Four.

Saasha Celestial-One

Co-Founder & Chief Operating Officer, OLIO.

Danielle Mulder

Group Sustainability Director, BBC.

Tessa Khan

Executive Director, Uplift.

Matt Hocking

Founder of Leap a certified B Corp design agency since 2016. Designer Director, Consultant, Mentor/Coach & B Leader.

Verel Rodrigues

Climate Activist and Environmental Campaigner.

Charles Ross

Lecturer at Royal Holloway

Jamie Laing & Ed Williams

Founders, Candy Kittens.

Laura Clarke OBE

CEO, ClientEarth.

Rowena Samarasinhe

Managing Director, GENSport

Carla Denyer

Co-Lead, Green Party, England and Wales

Feargal Sharkey

Musician, Environmental Campaigner, Deputy Chair of River Action UK

Tony Burdon

CEO, Make My Money Matter

Dr Rhian-Mari Thomas OBE

Chief Executive Officer, Green Finance Institute

Elias Elhardt

Professional snowboarder, film director and activist

Dr Foluke Ifejola Adebisi

Associate Professor at the Law School, University of Bristol.

Hana Sutch

Co-Founder and CEO, Go Jauntly

Garry Pratt

Founder, The Creativity Factor

Ben Goldsmith

Financier, Environmentalist and CEO of Menhaden Capital Management

Paul Hawken

Environmentalist, Entrepreneur, Author and Activist

Ben Tolhurst

Director, Business Declares.

Farhana Yamin

Lawyer, author, speaker, and activist

Bevis Watts

Chief Executive, Triodos Bank UK

Carrie Harris

Director of Sustainability, British Airways.

Amanda Keetley

Executive Director, Devon Environment Foundation

Nina Pullman

Editor, Wicked Leeks

Hannah Cox

Director, Better Business Network

Emma Askew

Founder & Director, Earth Minutes.

Hannah MacInnes

Broadcaster & Podcast Host.

Shaunagh Duncan

Head of Sustainability, Oatly

Martin Ringqvist

Executive Creative Director, Oatly.

Lou Beardmore

CEO, United Utilities.

Gina Lovett

Environmental Initiatives Manager, Patagonia.

Francois Beyers

Co-Founder, Câr-y-Môr.

Ailsa McLellan

Marine Biologist, Seawilding

John Elkington

Founder and Chief Pollinator, Volcans

Hannah Temple

Regenerative organisation specialist, Founder and podcast host

Kai Njeri

Regenerative systems thinker, designer, artist and writer

Helen Browning OBE

Group Chief Executive of the Soil Association, Agri Politics, Farmer and Producer

Sam Zindel

Managing Director of Propellernet, Business Leader and Sustainability Pioneer

Laurie King

Writer, Guide and Adventurer

Erica Neve

Climate, Regeneration, Education, Community and Technology

Linley Lewis

Co-founder of Blue Earth Summit, Advocate for the outdoors

Sam Baker

Climate Change Communicator, Educator and Campaigner

Max Girardeau

Radical Educator, Facilitator and Co-Founder of The Visionaries

Mark Stevenson

Reluctant Futurist, Strategic Advisor, Investor and Co-Founder of CUR8

Solitaire Townsend

Award Winning Sustainability Expert Leader, Author and Co-Founder at Futerra

Tess Wehmeyer

Founder, Fluid Nature

Ben Keene

Co-Founder of Rebel Book Club

Ñawi K. Flores

Eva Kruse

Chief Global Engagement Officer, PANGAIA

Simon Platts

CEO/Co-founder Recomme

Harriet Williams

Exec Director of LEAF

Neil Baker

Senior Global Creative Director

Berta Manzano

Programme Manager at Conservation Collective

Brendon Moorhouse

Barrister

James Thornton

Chief Executive Officer at Intrepid Travel

Raman Bhatia

CEO of OVO

Nadine Koszler

Chief Experience Officer at Eurail

Simeon Rose

Brand Director at Faith In Nature and Co-creator of Nature on Board

Chris Gorell Barnes

Ocean 14 Capital Founding Partner

Jamie Pike

Evolution's Lead, The Bio-Leadership Project

Alex Beasley

Regional Manager, Patagonia

Lisa MerrickLawless

Co-Founder, Purpose Disruptors, Marketing and Communications Specialist

Jayn Sterland

Managing Director, Weleda UK and No1 in 2022's 'Who's Who of Natural Beauty'

Dr. Claudia Gross

Change Catalyst and Transformation Trailblazer, speakGreen and Life at Work

Sarah Webster

Director for Sustainable Business, Britvic.

Ana Carolina Salomão Queiroz

Partner and Chief Investment Officer, Pogust Goodhead

Sebastian Pole

Founder, Pukka

Owen Anderson

Head of Sustainability, Ovo

Emily Ames

Co-Founder and Head of Strategy, Sonder and Tell

Izzy Jacobs

Growth Director, Sonder and Tell

Matt Latham

Co-Founder, Circa5000

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Outdoor Use & Participation

The great outdoor is an inspiring place to be and needs to be made accessible to all. To properly understand what our natural world needs to survive, we need to go out and play in it. In doing we find a way to better connect with people and move forwards together.

Laurie King

Writer, Guide and Adventurer

Kara de los Reyes

Practising Architect and Advocate for Ecological Regeneration

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Health & Wellbeing

Whether in business or in wider society be it locally or globally, people hold the key.

The health and wellbeing of people is the starting point when it comes to understanding how business can deliver positive change for our blue earth planet.

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Regenerative Food Production

The true power of nature is in its ability to renew itself. As people in business we must realise that now is the time to take our foot off the gas to give the natural world a chance to regenerate.

Regenerative food production good for business, good for people and good for the planet.

Helen Browning OBE

Group Chief Executive of the Soil Association, Agri Politics, Farmer and Producer

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Ocean & River Conservation

The oceans are the lungs of our blue earth planet. This untapped water world is the true source of sustainable life on earth. Together we need to act fast to protect our playgrounds and reinstate a natural order through our inbuilt respect for our great oceans and rivers.

Anne Harding

Member of Ilkley Clean River Group and Environmental Activist

Matt Staniek

Founder, Save Windermere

Ash Smith

Founder of Windrush Against Sewage Pollution

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Energy Transition

With a spiralling cost of living and a geo-political change in our world order, the call for a transition to renewable energy has never been greater. For people in business the opportunities come from making the change.

Sir Tim Smit – KBE

Co-founder of the Eden Project, Executive Vice Chair of Eden Project Ltd and Executive Chairman of Eden Project International Ltd.

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Diversity, Youth & Inclusion

Getting outdoors, staying healthy and choosing to live a more sustainable life can no longer be an achievable ambition for a privileged few. Today’s problems can only be solved through collaboration and inclusion. Blue Earth Summit continues to breakdown barriers ensuring we can all move forwards together.

Bianca Pitt

Co-founder of SHE Changes Climate.

Emmanuel Ameyaw

Communications Specialist and Founding Editor of The Climate Insight, Raising Climate Awareness and Education in Ghana

Nana Akua Afriyie Busia

Leader, Advocate of the rights of marginalised communities and Founder of NAAB Foundation.

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Responsible Investing

Investing in a sustainable future holds the key to longterm returns. Blue Earth Summit brings founders and investors together investors through a shared ambition to make the world the better place.