Sustainability in the Spotlight: Authentic Narratives that Align Profitability, Sustainability, and Compliance through Media-Driven Impact
Storytelling, Narrative, and Language, these are the new tools needed to inspire change, drive impact, disrupt silo-thinking, and encourage collaboration across industries.
Sustainability is no longer optional—it’s the defining business strategy of our time. But in a world of increasing scrutiny and growing skepticism, real leadership requires more than meeting compliance—it demands a story that inspires trust, drives action, and connects deeply with stakeholders.
Our speakers have broken down barriers. Like us at Sustain-Ability Solutions, they got tired of talking about it and took action. They are driving change in the Boardroom, Editorial room, and Investing room, impacting millions of lives, making change happen, and having a real impact.
You're invited to rediscover storytelling, narrative, and language, and the impact it has on every one of us, including business, and how we can use that to reignite the passion and to generate the action needed to accelerate industry, business, and society's transition to sustainability.
In Joseph Gordon-Levitt words: "storytelling is a big part of what makes us human". It is the one thing that can create connection, when built on real stories of transformation, can drive action in sustainability, can help businesses move in the right direction, and can help accelerate the global transition to sustainability.
Session breakdown and Lineup
🔥 Keynote Speaker:
Helle Bank Jørgensen, internationally recognized governance and sustainability leader, author of Stewards of the Future, and Founder of Competent Boards.
✨ Panel Discussion: The Trust Imperative: Authentic Narratives Aligning Sustainability, Profitability, and Leadership Featuring visionary leaders across sustainability, corporate storytelling, and innovation, including:
Moderator: Lucie Maillet St-Pierre, Advisory Board Member of Women in Tech Switzerland and former VP of Customer Success at Salesforce
Chad Frischmann, Founder & CEO of Regenerative Intelligence, co-author of Drawdown.
Fiona Banister, Catalyst Impact Investor and Global Sustainability Leader.
Ivan Mariblanca, CEO of MIKUJY, Europe’s leading Green IT company.
Panu Kärävä, sustainability expert shaping ESG strategies for startups and corporations alike.
💡 Fireside Chat: Driving Impact at the Highest Levels
Moderator: Monica Antohi, Founder & CEO of Sustain-Ability Solutions and host of the Sustainability & Profitability Podcast.
Guests: Andrew Bryson, Chief Impact & Innovation Officer at FBN - The Family Business Network,
with Nik Gowing, Founder at Thinking the Unthinkable | International Broadcaster | 35-Year Analytical Expertise in Diplomacy, Defence, and International Security
Find the full lineup and speaker bios below.
About the session:
This session will reframe the way we talk about sustainability. It’s not just about decarbonization or compliance checklists. It’s about turning bold actions into authentic narratives that celebrate real progress, overcome challenges, and position leaders as architects of a thriving, sustainable future.
From innovative partnerships and breakthrough technologies to measurable impact stories, this session will:
Explore how to reframe sustainability as a driver of growth and opportunity.
Equip leaders with tools to craft transparent, credible narratives that resonate with employees, customers, and investors.
Showcase real-world examples of authentic leadership in sustainability, amplifying efforts and inspiring industry-wide change.
This is not just about compliance. It’s about creating a movement—one that aligns profitability and sustainability while building trust and delivering value.
Why This Session Stands Out:
A Fresh Perspective on Sustainability: This session reframes sustainability from a regulatory burden to a driver of opportunity and growth, offering actionable insights and real-world examples.
Celebrating Real Impact: It highlights genuine, transformative actions and amplifies efforts to inspire trust and industry-wide change.
Unparalleled Engagement: Both The Financial Times House and unDavos Summit House provide platforms to connect with global leaders, changemakers, and decision-makers driving the future of sustainability.
Amplifying Leadership: Sustain-Ability Solutions specializes in authentic storytelling, ensuring that efforts resonate globally, build trust, and inspire action beyond Davos.
Audience Takeaways:
Scalable Strategies: How innovation and collaboration drive measurable impact across industries.
Real-World Inspiration: Success stories from leaders transforming the energy ecosystem and aligning business with sustainability.
Practical Tools for Storytelling: Insights into creating narratives that amplify sustainability efforts, engage stakeholders, and deliver value.
Our lineup and Speaker Bios:
Keynote
Helle Bank Jørgensen , the CEO of Competent Boards, was inducted into the Corporate Governance Hall of Fame by IR (Investor Relation) Magazine.
She received the Corporate Governance Lifetime Achievement Award in New York City the same night she received another Lifetime Governance Achievement Award from the Governance Professionals of Canada in Toronto, Canada.
Board members and executives in over 55 countries – many from Fortune 500 companies – have achieved a certification from Competent Boards, and have gone on to help their companies mitigate the risks and seize the opportunities presented by the ever-evolving governance landscape.
Helle is an internationally recognized voice on governance, sustainability, climate, and nature and serves at the Nasdaq Center for Board Excellence, World Economic Forum (WEF) Expert Network for Corporate Governance, Leadership, and Emerging Multinationals; and as co-chair, global expert panel, Accounting for Sustainability (A4S) established by HM King Charles III, among other roles.
She's the author of "Stewards of the Future - A Guide for Competent Boards"
"I wish I had read this book many years ago...
Not many have the insight and foresight of Helle Bank Jorgensen to see the risks and opportunities of the future that will help you ask the right questions."
-- Chad Holliday, Former Chair, Royal Dutch Shell and Bank of America
Helle is the author of the upcoming "The Future Boardroom". Pre-order here (link to follow).
Panel
Panel Moderator: Lucie Maillet St-Pierre, an Advisory Board Member of Women in Tech Switzerland and former VP of Customer Success at Salesforce, brings expertise in digital transformation, sustainability, diversity, and inclusion to the panel. A passionate advocate for B Corp principles, she emphasizes the power of authentic narratives to deepen both employee and customer engagement. By aligning societal impact with business value, Lucie demonstrates how organizations can build trust, foster loyalty, and drive meaningful growth. Her insights will focus on positioning sustainability as a core growth strategy and redefining success by embedding purpose into business outcomes.
Chad Frischmann is the CEO and Founder of Regenerative Intelligence (RegenIntel), a global advisory and education platform superpowered by a network of system thinkers and doers creating a virtuous cycle of collaborative intelligence, we enable the effective implementation of the highest impact ‘system of solutions’ for the planet and for people at scale. He is also the Founder of the Global Solutions Alliance, an international NGO committed to creating a regenerative future. New York Times' Best Selling author of Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming
Fiona Banister: Catalyst Impact Investor, Global Sustainability leader, UN/Davos/Keynote Speaker, MFO alliances, investors, strategic partnerships alliances with UN Sustainable Development Goals, ESG, Tech, Climate, Environmental Groups, AI, Web3, BTC, Eco-Crypto, Oceans, Rainforests, Ag, Supplementary Protein, Health, Quantum Chip Tech, Energy, Smart Nuclear, Graphene, transformative design thinking and waste to energy, alternative fuels. Www.Decarbonized.org Www.partnershipsforchange.org Www.Fionabanister.org - Empowering investments, Environmental & Social Justice, healthcare, Co-leaders & resource protection, supporting ESG, Corporate CSR, supply chain, financial services instruments
Ivan Mariblanca Flinch: I’m Ivan Mariblanca and I want to leave the planet better than when I arrived. From navigating high-polluting industries like oil, tobacco, and aerospace to championing Sustainable IT, I have come to understand that true impact comes from the convergence of intention, simplicity, and action. Customers call me the "Digital Monk". As the CEO of MIKUJY, I lead one of the most experienced Green IT teams in Europe. MIKUJY has become the trusted partner for major organizations across Europe. - In my talk, I will share how my journey from high-polluting industries to leading MIKUJY, Europe’s most trusted Sustainable IT team, taught me that authentic storytelling is key to aligning sustainability and profitability. I will explore how leaders can build trust through transparency, authenticity and simplicity, and inspire stakeholders with actionable narratives. By connecting intention and action, we can redefine sustainability as a driver of both trust and impact.
Panu Kärävä: The evolving role of data in sustainability communications and stakeholder engagement: from early initiatives like Kering’s Environmental Profit and Loss to today’s focus on measuring revenue from sustainable products and services. Evolution of sustainability and ESG from targeted efforts in e.g. energy efficiency and raw material sourcing into fundamental strategic questions about the very direction and survival of businesses. ESG has essentially become a management topic at the highest possible level of leadership and strategy. I will share real-world examples of a start-up where sustainability is a founding principle, and another that adopts sustainability and circularity as key market differentiators.
Fireside Chat:
Moderator: Monica Antohi , Founder and CEO of Sustain Ability llc, with Sustain-Ability.Media and Sustain-Ability.Solutions, and the Sustainability & Profitability Podcast. Award-Winning Publisher of The Business Magazine for Women and The Wonder Women Podcast + Strategic Leadership Partner + Business Storytelling + Trim Tab
Monica is helping CEOs align Sustainability and Profitability through actionable ESG strategies and Authentic Storytelling.
Guests:
Andrew Bryson, Chief Impact & Innovation Officer at FBN-The Family Business Network.
I have helped drive positive change for some of the world’s biggest brands and alongside a some of the world’s most famous musicians. My focus is on innovating, implementing and communicating purpose-driven strategies and programs that maximize economic, environmental and societal impact. I am an entrepreneurial, collaborative and emotionally intelligent leader with a history of working both domestically and internationally at corporations, startups and nonprofits. My extensive experience includes branding, marketing & communications, program design & implementation, technology innovation & development, client servicing, cross-functional team building, behavior change, user & employee engagement, change management, and operations & finance.
with
Nik Gowing, Founder at Thinking the Unthinkable | International Broadcaster | Moderator of Public & Private Conferences (Corporate / Government) | 35-Year Analytical Expertise in Diplomacy, Defence, and International Security. Nik Gowing is the author of "Thinking the Unthinkable: A New Imperative for Leadership in the Digital Age".
A foreign affairs specialist and presenter at ITN from 1978, Gowing became Diplomatic Editor for the flagship Channel 4 News from 1989. During his time with the BBC, Gowing has since presented The World Today (1996–2000), Europe Direct, HARDtalk, Dateline London, as well as Simpson's World. At the time of the death of Princess Diana in 1997, Gowing anchored coverage for over seven hours, reportedly only having had 40 minutes sleep before being driven back to Television Centre to present.[1] BBC World was being simulcast for the first ever time with the BBC domestic channel BBC One, making up a global audience of around half a billion, to whom he announced her death. Gowing was on air for six hours during the BBC's coverage of the aftermath of the September 11th 2001 attacks, which led to the channel receiving the 2002 Hotbird Award.[2]
This session is brought to you by Monica Antohi, CEO and founder, and her team at Sustain-Ability Solutions, in partnership with unDavos.
For more information about what we do: ABOUT US
At Sustain-Ability Solutions, we specialize in helping businesses tell their sustainability stories in a way that connects deeply with their audiences, inspires change, and drives profit. If you want your sustainability transition and your leadership journey to be told authentically and with impact, we’re here to support and strengthen your efforts, building trust and raising your profile as an industry leader. Your journey can inspire others—let's help you tell that story.