1 Hotel | Toronto, Canada
December 2nd
2025 Global Business Forum
Toronto, Canada | December 2, 2025
Economic Sustainability Group convenes a private audience of forward-thinking professionals from leading corporations for a gathering focused on action, insight, and meaningful exchange.
The ESG Global Business Forum is designed for decision-makers who value clarity over hype—offering sharp keynotes, candid roundtables, focused one-on-one meetings, and a high-impact showcase of emerging solutions. Attendance is by invitation or referral, ensuring conversations among peers who are facing problems at a similar level of responsibility.
This is a place to challenge assumptions, share what’s working, confront what isn’t, and walk away with ideas that matter. It’s not about optics—it’s about momentum.
At a Glance
The New Rules of Capital: Sustainability, Investment, and the Cost of Doing Business
- How can sustainability become a key enabler of growth in an era where traditional business models are being rapidly disrupted by technology and climate risks?
- What role does the CSO play in shaping the company’s strategic vision to integrate ESG values with bottom-line performance, especially when faced with short-term financial pressures?
- As a CSO, how do you ensure sustainability is not sidelined, even when other business priorities are in direct conflict with ESG goals?
Business & Strategy Leadership
Bridging the Gap Between Ambitions and Financial Results
- How do you bridge the gap between sustainability ambitions and financial results to create compelling business cases for investment in ESG initiatives?
- What financial frameworks, tools, or metrics can be used to evaluate sustainability’s true value while ensuring alignment with investor expectations for performance?
- With ESG regulations tightening globally, how can businesses stay ahead of compliance challenges without sacrificing operational efficiency or profitability?
Finance & Investment
Risk is Opportunity: How Sustainability Enhances Corporate Resilience
- How can businesses build adaptive, climate-resilient strategies that protect against both physical and financial risks, without compromising growth potential?
- As the world faces unprecedented disruption, how do CSOs ensure their companies are not just reactive, but proactive in managing sustainability risks across global supply chains?
- How can we redefine corporate risk management to integrate both environmental and geopolitical considerations into long-term strategic decision-making?
Risk & Resilience
Supply Chain 4.0: Leveraging Innovation for Sustainable Operations
- How can businesses lead their suppliers toward carbon reduction, biodiversity protection, and transparency—especially in complex, multinational supply chains?
- What new technologies are critical to driving sustainable supply chain innovations, and how can they be scaled to meet growing global demands for sustainability?
- With increased pressure to meet Scope 3 emissions goals, how can companies successfully collaborate with suppliers on sustainable practices, given differing capabilities and motivations?
Supply Chain & Operations
The Innovation Imperative: How Technology Will Shape the Future of ESG
- What are the most effective technologies businesses can leverage to reduce their carbon footprint, and how can we ensure their scalability in diverse operational contexts?
- As sustainability technology rapidly evolves, how can businesses balance cutting-edge innovation with the practical need for measurable, real-world impact?
- How can businesses establish partnerships with tech companies to create disruptive innovations that will allow for a tangible step change in corporate sustainability performance?
Technology & Innovation
Building Trust Through Authenticity
- How can businesses build genuine consumer trust in their sustainability efforts when skepticism around corporate greenwashing is at an all-time high?
- What’s the right balance between promoting sustainability achievements and avoiding accusations of misleading claims, especially as regulations around green marketing tighten?
- With shifting consumer priorities, how can brands ensure that sustainability remains a compelling differentiator that drives purchasing decisions without alienating price-sensitive customers?
Consumer & Brand Strategy
Empowering Employees to Drive Real Sustainability Change
- How can companies attract top talent by making sustainability a core part of their employee value proposition, rather than just a corporate buzzword?
- What are the most effective ways to embed sustainability into company culture so that employees at all levels feel empowered to contribute, rather than seeing it as the responsibility of a single department?
- With an increasingly values-driven workforce, how can businesses retain employees by demonstrating a real, long-term commitment to sustainability rather than performative action?
Workforce & Talent
Global Trade and Sustainability: Aligning Business and Policy
- With governments worldwide tightening ESG regulations, how can businesses stay ahead of compliance requirements while still maintaining agility and profitability?
- How can companies proactively engage with policymakers to help shape sustainability regulations in ways that drive impact but remain practical for businesses to implement?
- As global trade policies shift to incorporate stronger environmental and social standards, what strategies should businesses adopt to remain competitive while meeting new ESG expectations?
Policy & Global Trade
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If you’re a returning guest or have a registration code, we’re excited to get your spot locked in and see you in Toronto this December.
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How has a single conversation proven to be a catalyst for you, your company or team? Our goal for you is an overabundance of high quality conversations with people who want to get things done. We’re excited to find the right way for companies at any stage to benefit from joining this dynamic group of forward-thinking attendees.
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The audience is capped attendance, for senior-level business leaders, sustainability executives and entrepeneurs/founders. No media or political representatives.