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DANIEL TRURAN, B CORP AMBASSADOR: “B Corp companies wish to harness the power of business to help address society’s greatest challenges and to build a more inclusive economy”

Daniel is a social innovator, speaker and facilitator of change that helps people transform their organizations into meaningful, socially useful and also successful entities that contribute to creating a more prosperous, fair and sustainable civilization. That is just the goal of B Corp Companies. At Sustainable Brands Madrid 2018 he will speak about ‘Business as…

Erin Gardhouse, Associate Publisher of Corporate Knights: “Companies can make money and impact society positively at the same time”

Corporate Knight is a media, research and financial information products company founded in 2002 and based in Toronto (Canada). It’s focused on promoting an economic system it calls «clean capitalism», where prices fully incorporate social, economic and ecological costs and benefits, and market participants are clearly aware of the consequences of their actions. The company,…

Thomas Becker, Managing Director of String “The SDGs are another important piece of the overall framework for combating climate change”

Thomas Becker is a specialist in renewable energy and sustainable development with extensive experience in public, private and NGO fields. He was CEO of the European Wind Energy Association from 2013 to 2015 and deputy permanent secretary at the Danish Ministry of Climate and Energy. He was the negotiator for the Danish presidency of COP…

Paul Holmes, Founder The Holmes Report: “Companies are  understanding that many employees, customers and shareholders will choose to do business with socially responsible brands”

Paul Holmes is the Founder of The Holmes Report, a media about news, insights and intelligence from the global PR industry. In this interview he analyzes the importance of linking sustainability to communication strategy. The Holmes Report is media partner to Sustainable Brands Madrid 2018. How would you describe The Holmes Report? The Holmes Report…

David Grayson, Emeritus Professor of Corporate Responsibility at Cranfield School of Management: “There are lots of different opportunities and ways to promote sustainable development”

David Grayson will speak at Sustainable Brands Madrid 2018 about his book ‘All In: The Future of Business Leadership’, co-authored with Chris Coulter from GlobeScan and Mark Lee from SustainAbility. He is passionate about social entrepreneurship and The Guardian has identified him as one of the ten top tweeters on sustainable leadership, alongside Al Gore…

Charles Wookey, CEO of Blueprint for Better Business: “No one company by itself can bring about the necessary eco-system change which the world needs”

Charles was one of the founders of Blueprint and a key contributor to the thinking behind its approach, which asserts that people are not solely self-interested and business is not solely driven by profit. Under his leadership Blueprint has become an independent charity engaged with a growing number of major global companies and whose ambition is…