Host partner
The Crystal, a sustainable cities initiative by Siemens, is the first building in the world to gain the highest ratings in both Leed (Platinum) and Breeam (Outstanding), the world’s two leading accreditation bodies for sustainable buildings, and holds international standards for sustainable event management, environmental management and health and safety. Through the combination of innovative architecture, cutting-edge technology and class-leading operations, the Crystal offers a unique setting for any event, from a small meeting to a global product launch.
The Crystal is also home to the world’s largest public exhibition on sustainability, featuring more than 50 interactive exhibits and immersive theatre; there is entertainment for the whole family.
Category sponsor
Julius Baer is the leading Swiss private banking group, with a focus on servicing and advising sophisticated private clients and a premium brand in global wealth management.
Headquartered in Zurich, Julius Baer employs a staff of more than 5,000, including more than 1,000 relationship managers, and is present in more than 25 countries and some 50 locations including Dubai, Frankfurt, Geneva, Hong Kong, London, Lugano, Monaco, Montevideo, Moscow, Singapore and Tokyo.
The “next generation” investment philosophy at Julius Baer focuses on structural changes and fundamental imbalances within the economy and society at large and thus looks beyond short-term fads in financial markets. It is a holistic approach to thematic investing that incorporates a company’s forward-looking strategy, its innovation capability and its exposure to social and environmental issues into the analysis.
Charity partner
The Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF) is a UK-based non-profit organisation working internationally to protect the environment and defend human rights. EJF believes environmental security is a human right.
Our work focuses on protecting the world’s seas and oceans by investigating and exposing “pirate” fishing and exploitation in the seafood industry; showing the impacts of our changing global climate on vulnerable communities; and highlighting the effects of toxic pesticides. We train local people and communities in the latest video technologies, research and advocacy skills, enabling them to investigate, expose and combat local threats to wildlife and wild places, and the people who live alongside them.
EJF’s work aims to be direct and effective, from investigations, field projects and community partnerships to policy briefings, reports, campaign films and international advocacy that reach the highest level of policy-making in government, business and amongst the public.
EJF was founded in 2000 by Steve Trent and Juliette Williams, who remain its directors, and who today work with an international team based in the UK, Spain, Germany, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Liberia and Serra Leone. Our work is guided by a UK board of trustees and supported by our patrons, who help our campaigns to reach new international audiences.
