Georg Kell is Chairman of Arabesque, a technology company that uses AI to empower the next generation of investors. During his career of almost three decades at the United Nations, Mr. Kell built the UN Global Compact, the world's largest corporate sustainability initiative, and directed the conception and launch of the UNGC’s sister initiatives, including the Principles for Responsible Investment, the Principles for Responsible Management Education, and the Sustainable Stock Exchange. Before joining the United Nations, Mr. Kell was a research fellow in engineering at the Fraunhofer Institute in Berlin and worked as a financial analyst in Africa and Asia. 𝗦𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗧𝗶𝘁𝗹𝗲: Sustainability and Technology - Friend or Enemy? 𝗦𝘆𝗻𝗼𝗽𝘀𝗶𝘀: The context for doing business is constantly changing. Interpreting the changing framework conditions can be critical for business to survive and grow. While most day to day decisions are shaped by short term changes that politics and markets dictate, it is critical the keep an eye on long term forces that define the business framework for growth. Technology and in particular AI and changes in the natural environment are two fundamental forces that deserve particular attention. Both impact deeply the prospects for long term business success across industries and finance. And both are intimately connected with each other. Aligning business strategies with both forces is essential to survive and doing so may unlock innovations and efficiencies while securing long term benefits. Using the example of Ai and asset management, it can be demonstrated how the synergies between sustainability and technology can bring about major improvements.

Cristian Citu is the CEO & Co-Founder of Qurator.com – a B2B sustainability tech scouting platform. Previously he worked for World Economic Forum, focusing on the impact of digital technologies on business and wider society, while managing dedicated deep-dives on new business models or exploring the implications of exponential technologies. Cristian is immersed in Scandinavia’s impact innovation ecosystem, looking for opportunities to accelerate the world’s shift to desirable futures. 𝗦𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗧𝗶𝘁𝗹𝗲: Scouting for Sustainability Tech Solutions 𝗦𝘆𝗻𝗼𝗽𝘀𝗶𝘀: Companies committed to net-zero journeys often face hundreds or even thousands of decisions when prioritizing the most relevant technologies to achieve their sustainability goals. Traditional methods of discovering sustainability tech solutions are typically slow and incomplete. So how can AI and data science change this?

Courtney Holm, Managing Director and Founder of The Holm Edit, is an award-winning senior leader in sustainability, recognised as Organisation Strategy MD of the Year 2025, one of the Top 10 Women in Sustainability 2024, among the Top 100 Global Women in Sustainability 2024, and as a Top 25 Sustainability Consultant and Leader 2023. A sustainable business strategist, climate change adaptation specialist, and advocate for technology for good, Courtney brings over 20 years of global experience in shaping and executing strategic sustainability agendas. Known for her innovative thinking and passion for creating a more sustainable and equitable world, she is a highly influential voice across sectors, with deep expertise in consumer goods, retail, and financial services. Courtney works closely with senior stakeholders up to board level, driving mindset shifts and embedding the urgency of climate change mitigation and adaptation into corporate strategies. 𝗦𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗧𝗶𝘁𝗹𝗲: Decoupling IT carbon footprint from business growth 𝗦𝘆𝗻𝗼𝗽𝘀𝗶𝘀: To ensure the continued development of IT solutions and their uptake across society, it is imperative that companies decouple their carbon footprint from growth. Sustainable IT is the solution; however, it is not just about levering computational capabilities for sustainability outcomes, e.g., tech for good, but also about building strategies for reducing the environmental impact of the technology, e.g. green cloud, website development and policies for sustainable use of technologies. In this talk, Courtney will share how technology and data decisions are opportunities for CTOs and their teams to improve the sustainability of the stack by decoupling carbon emissions from growth, providing a straightforward Sustainable Technology & Software Playbook that can help companies make improvements today and future proof their organisations to meet the evolving needs of their operations and stakeholders.The playbook includes a CTO level principles-based approach and engineering relevant checklists for reduced impact when delivering large scale transformation programmes, such as cloud migration, AI integration and the basics like website and application development, employee engagement, operational and design decisions.

𝗠𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿: Passionate communication professional and enthusiastic sustainability advocate, Oana has over 16 years of experience in PR, marketing, event and project management in the private and non-profit sectors, and in international environments. She graduated from the University of Bucharest, Faculty of Letters, Communication and Public Relations specialization, and she holds a master's degree in "Models of communication and public relations". Currently she is executive director at the Sustainability Embassy in Romania (SER), a non-governmental organization launched in 2018, with the mission to promote sustainability in the business environment, facilitating the transition to the new economic model, where companies can solve social and environmental problems without sacrificing economic efficiency and profit. SER’s flagship program is Sustainable Romania Coalition, the first non-political platform for sustainable development in Romania. Part of the monitoring and action plan framework of the National Strategy for Sustainable Development of Romania, the Coalition is officially recognized by the Romanian Government as the main dialogue partner on public policy issues focusing on sustainability and sustainable development in Romania for the next 10 years. The community gathers 160 responsible companies, committed NGOs and socially active opinion leaders willing to contribute to bringing closer the moment when Romanians live in a healthy environment, a fair and prosperous society.