Virtual Event: Unlocking Insurance as a Hidden Climate Lever
Climate change isn’t just an environmental crisis—it’s a financial one. Driving systemic change requires shifting financial systems and mobilizing businesses, nonprofits, and insurers to act together at scale.
This discussion will explore how financial flows can be redirected toward climate solutions, featuring leaders who are already making it happen.
Moderated by Patrick Flynn—former Global Head of Sustainability at Salesforce and founder of Switchboard—this conversation will provide real-world case studies and actionable insights for business leaders, sustainability professionals, and finance executives looking to leverage their company’s financial supply chain for impact.
The panel will also highlight the Sierra Club Foundation’s Shifting Trillions initiative and how joining Premiums for the Planet supports the foundation’s efforts to move capital toward climate solutions. Additionally, B Lab will share how its partnership with Premiums for the Planet advanced a climate finance cohort of 45 B Corps, representing over $6 billion in revenue, and the broader impact of its collective action movement.
Speakers:
Patrick Flynn, Founder, Switchboard; Former Global Head of Sustainability, Salesforce.
Patrick Flynn is a leading voice in corporate sustainability, having spearheaded Salesforce’s climate strategy. Now, through Switchboard, he connects the business world’s most influential climate leaders to the movements and moments that matter most for the planet’s future.Kevin McGahan, CFO of the Sierra Club Foundation, will delve into the Foundation’s Shifting Trillions initiative—an ambitious effort to redirect financial flows from carbon-intensive industries toward renewable energy, sustainable infrastructure, and climate justice initiatives. As a new member of Premiums for the Planet, the Foundation is also a champion for reform in the insurance industry to help accelerate climate progress.
Brad Stevenson, Founder and CEO of Premiums for the Planet, will discuss how his company is harnessing the insurance industry's financial power to support climate solutions. By advocating for sustainable investing and underwriting, he aims to pivot the industry's substantial capital—accumulating $7 trillion in premiums annually—towards climate solutions and away from carbon-intensive industries.
Kylie Nealis, Senior Program Manager for Climate Justice at B Lab U.S. & Canada, will share insights from B Lab’s partnership with Premiums for the Planet, where PFP helped lead a climate finance cohort of C-suite executives from 45 B Corps, representing $6.5 billion in revenue. She will also discuss the B Corp community’s collective action approach to massive impact at scale.