Connecting leaders in business, policy and finance to drive net zero innovation
28 June 2022 | In-Person & On-Demand | QEII Centre, London, UK
On-Demand Global Views
Qualified In-Person Delegates
Influential Speakers
Full day of in-person networking
Innovation. Collaboration. Action.
Returning for the fourth year, the Climate Innovation Forum is a flagship event of London Climate Action Week, bringing together senior public and private sector decision makers to accelerate the delivery of net zero commitments. The event – with an in-person audience of 700 and 3,000 on-demand global views – will be a critical touchpoint between COP26 and COP27.
The Forum will look at core pathways to net zero and the delivery of the Glasgow Breakthroughs, shining a spotlight on the urgency of innovation.
Bringing together policy-makers, investors, climate-tech solution providers, business leaders and multilateral organisations, the action-orientated event will showcase what’s actually working to close the gap between ambition and action – exploring the creation and adoption of innovative technologies, processes and business models to reach net zero at the scale and pace needed.
Join us at the Climate Innovation Forum to be inspired, to drumbeat, to connect and to do business. Be part of the action!
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Event Aims & Overview:
The Forum will be a critical touchpoint between COP26 and COP27, reflecting on the promises made at COP26 and the importance of the Glasgow Breakthroughs across power, road transport, hydrogen, steel, and agriculture sectors. The Forum will be an action orientated event to showcase innovation and finance solutions that are closing the gap between ambition and action, within cities and across supply chains.
- Connect climate tech and low carbon solution providers with public and private sector organisations striving to achieve net zero targets
- Drumbeat successes: to highlight what’s actually working to close the gap between ambition and action
- Identify key investment and business opportunities around the Glasgow Breakthrough Agenda.
- Maintain momentum between COP26 and COP27
- Showcase innovation from the UK’s leading climate start-ups and scale-ups
- Promote effective policy at local, regional and national level to advance, accelerate and scale low carbon projects and innovations.
Key Themes
Innovation for the Glasgow Breakthrough Agenda
Financing Net Zero
Catalysing Innovation
Decarbonising Supply Chains
Digitisation for Net Zero
Net Zero Cities
Innovation for 1.5 Degrees
Speakers
Zebrina Hanly
Head of Environment and Climate Change
Royal Mail Group
Zebrina is head of environment and climate change with royal mail and Non-Executive Director of Peabody Housing Association. Zebrina is responsible for the delivery of Royal Mail’s Net-Zero 2040 ambition and environmental strategy ‘Steps to Zero’ which focuses on transitioning the UK’s largest fleet, decarbonising a large UK-wide estate and driving ambition throughout the supply chain. Zebrina has been working in ESG for 15 years primarily in construction and transport sectors prior to joining Royal Mail in 2021.
Chris Grigg
Chair
UK Infrastructure Bank
Chris Grigg has been appointed Chair of the new UK Infrastructure Bank. Chris has extensive experience in financial services and business, spending 20 years at Goldman Sachs, latterly as a Partner before becoming CEO of Barclays Commercial Bank. From 2009 to 2019 Chris was CEO of British Land the FTSE 100 property company. Most recently, Chris was a Senior Advisor to the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Chris has been a Non-Executive Director of BAE Systems, the global defence company since 2013 and is currently their SID.
Sylvain Vanston
Executive Director of Climate Investment Research
MSCI
Sylvain Vanston is Executive Director, Climate Investment Research at MSCI since November 2021. In this capacity he helps formulate a research agenda for MSCI’s climate-related content through collaboration with a wide range of teams and works with strategic clients globally on issues of climate risk reporting, risk management, portfolio management, TCFD, GFANZ, climate metrics, biodiversity, etc.
Previously, he worked at the AXA Group where he was in charge of generating new policy developments and integrating Climate Change and Biodiversity-related factors into the AXA Group’s operational, underwriting and investment processes (e.g. ESG integration, Impact Investing, divestment, shareholder engagement, underwriting guidelines, coalition building, green products, etc). He also led AXA’s work within the Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance, Net-Zero Insurance Alliance, TCFD and TNFD.
His academic background is in International Relations, with degrees from Sciences Po Paris, London School of Economics, and Kent University. He started his career in Public Relations and business finance, followed by SRI ratings and analysis.
Matt Rogers
CEO
Mission Possible Partnership
Christina Calderato
Director of Transport Strategy and Policy
Transport for London
Deborah Meaden
Entrepreneur and Host
Dragon’s Den investor and Radio 5 Live’s Big Green Money Show
Deborah is a business leader, investor, TV personality and writer, well known for her appearances on the BBC’s Dragon’s Den.
Deborah launched her own glass and ceramics export company straight out of Business College and then went on to set up one of the first Stefanel fashion franchises in the UK. With several successful businesses in the leisure and retail sector under her belt, Deborah became Managing Director of the holiday park business Westar Holidays, acquired the major shareholding in a management buyout and later sold the company in a deal with Phoenix Equity Partners worth £33million whilst retaining a 23% stake. Following this, Deborah continued to innovate and develop the company, selling her remaining shares when the business was sold to Parkdean Holidays for £83m.
Deborah first appeared on Dragon’s Den in Series 3 and is known for her environmental and ethical focus as well as being a shrewd and reasonable Dragon. The show has led her to invest and advise in all manner of businesses leading to a wide-ranging portfolio covering a variety of sectors from research and fashion to DIY and food. She continues to invest in businesses outside of Dragons Den and most famously saved Fox Brothers, Somerset’s oldest textile mill which now exports across the globe.
Deborah supports ethical, fair practice both in business and in life believing that taking care of the environment and wildlife is essential for our future security and wellbeing. She is actively involved in a carefully selected group of environmental charities; is a Fellow of the WWF, a Trustee of Tusk Trust, an Ambassador for Micro-loan Foundation, Marine Conservation Society and World Horse Welfare amongst others. She has become a CIWF Compassion Visionary.
In early 2022 Deborah co-hosted the first series of The Big Green Money Show with Felicity Hannah, looking at company impact on the planet as well as how sustainability can be viewed as an opportunity or an inconvenience.
Greg Hands
Minister of State for Energy, Clean Growth, and Climate Change
UK Department for Business, Energy, Industrial Strategy (BEIS)
Greg Hands was appointed Minister of State at the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy on 16 September 2021.
He was previously Minister of State for Trade Policy in the Department for International Trade (DIT) from 13 February 2020 to 15 September 2021 and Minister of State in the Department for International Trade from 2016 to 2018. He was elected the Conservative MP for Hammersmith and Fulham in 2005, and for Chelsea and Fulham in 2010.
Lee Myall
CEO
Kao Data
Lee is CEO of Kao Data having spent in excess of 25 years leading privately owned international tech companies specialising in mission-critical digital infrastructure and software services. His previous experience includes driving the European growth of digital services/SaaS provider, WAM!NET, and helping grow the Interoute business to €750M and contributing to its successful sale in a $2.3BN acquisition by GTT.
Attended by the world's leading organisations
"The sooner we begin to get our corporations to come together… the faster we're going to stand the chance of meeting this challenge."
"Net zero isn't about withdrawing from the economy, but it's actually more about engaging with the economy. We're not going to shrink ourselves to net zero, we need to invest and grow ourselves to net zero."
"I do believe there has been a fundamental change in the last 12 to 18 months, and now we've got to turn that passion, that hope, into tangible action."