TEDx Institute For Family Business: Family Business as a Force for Good

An introduction with IFB Director General Elizabeth Bagger

10 years to transform the future of humanity - or destabilise the planet "For the first time, we are forced to consider the real risk of destabilizing the entire planet" says climate impact scholar Johan Rockström. Hear his plan for putting the planet back on the path of sustainability over the next 10 years and protecting the future of our children.

What is net-zero? Video animation narrated by Kristen Bell

The race to a zero-emission world starts now As the world recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic, António Guterres urges us to use this moment to rebuild with ambitious climate action in mind  and lays out a blueprint for getting companies, governments and countries to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.

The case for stubborn optimism on climate The architect of the historic 2015 Paris Agreement. The daughter of Costa Rica's beloved President José Figueres Ferrer, Christiana Figueres shares how her father's unwillingness to lose the country he loved taught her how stubborn optimism can catalyze action and change.  

To save the climate, we have to reimagine capitalism "Business is screwed if we don't fix climate change" says economist Rebecca Henderson. In this bold talk, she makes the case for companies to step up and help fix the climate crisis. Hear what a reimagined capitalism, in which companies pay for the climate damage they cause, could look like.

Amazon's Climate Pledge In 2019, Amazon signed the Climate Pledge, a commitment to become a net-zero carbon business by 2040. Dave Clark, Amazon's chief of consumer retail, and Kara Hurst, head of sustainability, sit down with entrepreneur and activist Lindsay Levin to discuss how the company is planning to reduce its carbon footprint across the business.

How IKEA is growing its business while shrinking emissions "Sustainability is the new low cost, it is the new model of the world. It's not in contrast to doing good business, but the opposite" says IKEA Group CEO Jesper Brodin. In this interview he and IKEA's Head of Sustainability Pia Heidenmark Cook share what IKEA has been doing to cut emissions and increase profits.

How to decarbonise the grid and electrify everything "The good news is it's now clearly cheaper to save the planet than to ruin it" says investor John Doerr. "The bad news is we are fast running out of time." He and climate policy expert Hal Harvey discuss why humanity has to act together and fast to meet the challenge of decarbonising the global economy.

Apple's promise to be carbon neutral by 2030 Under the leadership of Lisa Jackson, Apple's environment and social VP, the company is already carbon neutral across corporate and retail. By 2030, Apple hopes to extend to supply chain and consumers. In conversation with urbanist and spatial justice activist Liz Ogbu, Jackson shares thoughts on building a green economy.

UK Family Businesses as a force for good In this live panel hosted Andy Long, CEO of Pentland Brands, Josie Morris, MD of Woolcool, John Elkington, Founder of Volans talk to Charlotte Sewell about  experiences, lessons learned and  vision for a family business sustainable future.

The Race to Zero As of the end of September, over 1,100 major companies have committed to net-zero emissions by 2050 at the latest, sourcing 100 percent renewable electricity, flipping their fleets to electric vehicles, making their buildings more energy efficient and working with their suppliers. 45 of the world's largest investors are committed to ensure they invest responsibly. 

Why Act now Video animation narrated by Kristen Bell

Lessons on leaving the world better than you found it Sophie Howe is the world's only future generations commissioner, a government official tasked with advocating for the interests of generations to come and holding public institutions accountable for delivering long-term change. 

How to be a good ancestor "Our descendants own the future, but the decisions and actions we make now will impact generations to come" says philosopher Roman Krznaric. He shares examples of ways we can become good ancestors and join a movement pursuing intergenerational justice.

On time and water "Over the next 200 years, we can expect all of the Earth's glaciers to disappear as a result of climate change, unless we act now" says writer Andri Snær Magnason. Telling the story of the Okjökull glacier in Iceland, the first lost to global warming, he explains why we need to start connecting to the future in a more intimate, urgent way.

This decade calls for Earthshots to repair our planet Inspired by President John F. Kennedy's "Moonshot," Prince William calls on us all to rise to our greatest challenge ever: the "Earthshot." A set of ambitious objectives, the Earthshot goals seek to protect and restore nature, clean the air, revive oceans, build a waste-free world and fix the climate, all in the next decade. 

Earthrise American poet Amanda Gorman closes this event with her powerful and moving poem inspired by Apollo 8's iconic photograh 'Earthrise'.