SB'24 San Diego

October 14-17, 2024
All of us feel the mounting pressure to reshape the future of commerce so that business and society can thrive in harmony with nature. It’ll require ongoing breakthroughs in innovation, properly and ethically deployed for us to reach our goals. Join us October 14-17 2024 as together we explore new strategies, tools and solutions for turning challenge into business opportunity to redesign our brands to win in a changing world.

Content
Research insights series: Consumer preferences and behaviors
In this data-rich session, expert researchers will share new insights into customer preferences, behaviors, and reactions to sustainability-centric value propositions. Gain a wealth of valuable data from The SB Socio-Cultural Trends Research™, as w... View More
Turning employees and top management into sustainability advocates and champions
This session will host a candid discussion about internal company practices that have stood the test of time in terms of helping turn employees and top management into sustainability advocates and champions. In addition to covering tactics proven eff... View More
On complexity, the interconnectedness of everything and why what you do matters
Along and around the boundary between order and chaos lies something truly special: complexity. Complex systems describe life and nature as we know them. All living systems and all things that arise from living systems interacting with one another ex... View More
Sustainability to Create Brand Distinction: A Workshop for Impact Leaders
This workshop reveals how to turn sustainability into an engine for innovation and brand differentiation. Participants will be shown a framework to uncover and articulate their organization’s unique sustainability commitment and integrate it into t... View More
Leadership in sustainability-centric governance: Guidance on achieving and maintaining sustained excellence
This insight-packed session will provide a compilation of best practices and advice on several key dimensions of sustainability-minded governance. The range of governance issues covered will include: putting purpose into practice in effective and las... View More
Accelerate your career in sustainability
Modeled after the Bard MBA in Sustainability curriculum, this session is designed to equip new and mid-career sustainability professionals with the essential tools to drive success and impact in their organizations. We'll cover core competencies, the... View More
Reorienting technological innovation to be in service of ecosystemic, societal and human health
The future of tech is unwritten, yet crucial to societal resilience and innovation. How can tech evolve out of accelerating the extractive economy, and into a force for systemic regeneration: technology in service to life? Applying regenerative princ... View More
Reorienting technological innovation to be in service of ecosystemic, societal and human health
The future of tech is unwritten, yet crucial to societal resilience and innovation. How can tech evolve out of accelerating the extractive economy, and into a force for systemic regeneration: technology in service to life? Applying regenerative princ... View More
A moment of reflection, presence, and connection
The planet Earth is a precious, interconnected system, and we--and all living things--depend on its wellbeing. We have a collective opportunity as business leaders and influencers to protect, preserve, restore and regenerate it through brilliant inno... View More
Notes on Complexity: A workshop on consciousness, connection, and being
Dr. Neil Theise, physician, scientist, philosopher and author of Notes on Complexity: A Scientific Theory of Connection, Consciousness, and Being, invites us to trade our limited, individualistic view for the expansive perspective of a universe that ... View More
A moment of reflection, presence, and connection
The planet Earth is a precious, interconnected system, and we--and all living things--depend on its wellbeing. We have a collective opportunity as business leaders and influencers to protect, preserve, restore and regenerate it through brilliant inno... View More

