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The B Lab and Sistema B Global Network and the B Corp Climate Collective invite you to the first annual B Corp Global Climate Summit! Join the global community of B Corps as we gather for an inspirational three-day virtual summit to take collective climate action centered in people and justice.

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Wednesday, June 30 • 12:00am - 1:45am
Welcome to the B Corp Global Climate Summit (Time Option B): Key Note Speakers, Climate Justice Panel, and Call to Action
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Join us on the Global Stage as we kick off the B Corp Global Climate Summit. In this session we will tell the story of the Global B Corp Climate Collective journey thus far. We will also hear from climate justice leaders from across the globe. The agenda for this session is as follows:
  • Welcome
  • Setting the Context: Climate Justice Work in the B Corp Community
  • Q&A With Leaders from the B Corp Climate Collective
  • Lightning Talk with Gonzalo Muñoz Abogabir
  • Lightning Talk with Mitzi Jonelle Tan
  • Stretch Break with Guided Yoga by Maryam Sharifzadeh of Office Yoga
  • Panel: Climate Justice: Centering Lived Experience & Expertise for Businesses to Rethink Action
  • Closing
Please watch the conversation with our invited climate justice leaders before the event. After you watch this video, we encourage you to submit questions you would like to be discussed during the climate justice panel here.

Speakers
avatar for Gonzalo Muñoz Abogabir

Gonzalo Muñoz Abogabir

UN High Level Champion for Climate Action, B Lab Global Board Member Co-Founder of Sistema B
Nominated by the Chilean presidency and the United Nations as the High Level Climate Champion for the 25th Conference of the Parties (COP25) to the United Nations Climate Change Convention (UNFCCC), to mobilize climate action in non- state actors around the world. Prior to this, he... Read More →
avatar for Mitzi Jonelle Tan

Mitzi Jonelle Tan

Climate Justice Activist, Convenor & International Spokesperson of Youth Advocates for Climate Action Philippines (YACAP), the Fridays For Future (FFF) of the Philippines
Mitzi Jonelle Tan is a full-time climate justice activist based in Metro Manila, Philippines. She is the convenor and international spokesperson of Youth Advocates for Climate Action Philippines (YACAP), the Fridays For Future (FFF) of the Philippines. She is also an organizer wi... Read More →
avatar for René Calpanchay

René Calpanchay

Co-creator and President of the System of Indigenous Peoples (Argentina), Atacameño Grandfather
René Calpanchay, nació en la Comunidad de Susques, territorio del Pueblo Atacama ubicado en el noroeste Argentino entre 3500 a 6000 msnm.Padre de 10 hijos y abuelo de 9 nietos, de niño administró lo que tiene valor, como el agua dulce, los alimentos, el oxígeno, la vestimenta... Read More →
avatar for David Chen

David Chen

Co-Founder & COO, Golden Sunland (a Certified B Corp) (Singapore/Myanmar), Golden Sunland
David CHEN CY is a father and also a co-founder Golden Sunland, Singapore's first commercial scale rice growing entity that operates out of Myanmar. Working in partnership with the smallholder farmers, David and team work towards raising awareness for sustainable rice production and... Read More →
avatar for TiQuoria Jackson

TiQuoria Jackson

Climate Justice Activist, Environmental and Climate Justice Co-Chair, Howard County NAACP (Columbia, MD, USA)
TiQuoria Jackson is a graduate from University of Massachusetts Amherst with a Bachelors in Philosophy. She currently works as an Admissions counselor. In her spare time she is an active member of the Howard County NAACP as the chair of the Environmental and Climate Justice committee... Read More →
avatar for Marita Davies

Marita Davies

Writer, Threshold
Marita Davies is an Australian/I-Kiribati writer. A storyteller at heart, Marita explores Pacific issues including women, health, domestic violence and climate change. She is passionate about recreating the animated and insightful oral storytelling of Pacific Islanders in written... Read More →
avatar for Dr. Ellonda L. Williams

Dr. Ellonda L. Williams

Director of Justice, Equity, Diversity & Inclusion (Philadelphia, PA, USA), B Lab
Dr. Ellonda L. Williams is the Director of Justice, Equity, Diversity & Inclusion (JEDI) at B Lab, a non-profit organization that has a vision of an inclusive and sustainable economy that creates a shared prosperity for all. In this role, she works to create a healthy, inclusive... Read More →
avatar for Dan Egol

Dan Egol

Executive Director (Washington, DC), Inclusion NextWork
avatar for Justin Wright

Justin Wright

CEO, Habitus Incorporated
Justin Wright is the CEO of Habitus a certified B Corporation. His work at Habitus focuses on facilitating complex decision-making processes and coordinating collaboration between multiple stakeholders to empower collective action. Justin has had the honor of serving organizations... Read More →
avatar for Mindy Leow

Mindy Leow

Head of Community Building, B Lab Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand
Mindy is passionate about business as a catalyst for social change. Mindy's role at B Lab is to build a community of purpose-driven businesses by helping them to measure and improve their social and environmental impact. She has worked with hundreds of companies to become certified... Read More →
avatar for Kim Coupounas

Kim Coupounas

Global Ambassador - B Lab, Co-Chair - B Global Climate Task Force, Co-Founder - B Corp Climate Collective (Colorado, USA
As a Global Ambassador for B Lab, Kim is advancing B Lab’s mission around the world by activating key leaders to mobilize for collective action and driving impact and systems change, including co-leading the largest mobilization of companies in history committed to Net Zero greenhouse... Read More →
avatar for Charmian Love

Charmian Love

Co-Founder & Activist in Residence, B Lab UK, Co-Chair - B Global Climate Task Force, Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Saïd Business School, University of Oxford
avatar for Dan Osusky

Dan Osusky

B Lab - Head of Standards & Insights, B Global Climate Task Force - Standards Lead
avatar for Raj Aggarwal

Raj Aggarwal

President, Provoc
Pronouns: he/him/hisRaj Aggarwal is the founder of Provoc, a communications firm whose vision is a world transformed by equity, beauty and love. With over twenty years of experience as a communications and technology strategist, he has led internal and external branding, marketing... Read More →
avatar for Marcel Fukayama

Marcel Fukayama

Co-fundador, B Global Climate Task Force, Sistema B Brasil
Marcel Fukayama is an Impact entrepreneur. Co-Founder of Sistema B Brasil and Din4mo; Executive Director of Sistema B International. He is committed to use business as a force for good and address the climate crises and inequality. Masters in Public Administration at LSE.
avatar for Irving X. Chan Gomez

Irving X. Chan Gomez

Global Partnerships Manager, B Lab Global
avatar for Charlotte Sewell

Charlotte Sewell

Strategic Advisor - B Global Climate Task Force, Community Builder - UK21
Charlotte Sewell is a freelance facilitator and advisor focused on accelerating organizational response to the climate and ecological emergency  As strategic advisor to the B Global Climate Task Force, she supports 900+ businesses who have committed to reach Net Zero by 2030 and... Read More →
avatar for Karen Lickteig

Karen Lickteig

Community Coordinator, B Lab
Karen Lickteig currently serves as a Community Coordinator with B Lab U.S. & Canada, and Strategic Advisor for the B Corp Climate Collective. Her work centers on organizing programs and events for the community of Certified B Corporation companies, and advancing commitments to collective... Read More →
avatar for Maryam Sharifzadeh

Maryam Sharifzadeh

Founder & CEO, Office Yoga
I don’t consider being only the second person in history to swim around San Francisco Bay my biggest accomplishment. Nor was swimming across Lake Tahoe the biggest, nor being nominated Top 22 Conscious Business Leaders by Conscious Company Media. My proudest accomplishment is founding Office Yoga in 2014. We are now the #1 workplace yoga program in the nation, we serve over 300 companies, lead more than 4,500 Office Yoga sessions, and trained over 50 instructors worldwide.Running a business is in my blo... Read More →

Wednesday June 30, 2021 12:00am - 1:45am UTC
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