Global Event Series, Beyond Growth | Sustainable Business Network and Consultancy

Despite considerable progress, the world is not on track to reach the aspirations of the Paris Agreement and the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals. Recent analysis suggests that most of the global thresholds for a "safe and just" planet have already been breached. We are now at a crucial juncture. Achieving these ambitious targets is vital for long-term societal and economic resilience, and doing so requires urgent and rapid business transformation and innovation. Through this series of dialogues and workshops, BSR members will be challenged and inspired to think beyond existing business strategies and economic growth objectives. Join us to explore ways to design innovative models that can meet these challenges and deliver new value for generations to come.

Highlighted Speakers

Erinch Sahan

Business and Enterprise Lead
Doughnut Economics Action Lab

Erinch is the business and enterprise lead at Doughnut Economics Action Lab. His work focuses on transforming the deep design of businesses to enable them to pursue regenerative and distributive strategies. Working with over 300 businesses, he created the Doughnut Design for Business tool, which enables businesses to engage with Doughnut Economics. Erinch has a background in leadership across business, NGOs and government. He was the chief executive of the World Fair Trade Organization, and spent 7 years at Oxfam leading campaign and programme work, including the Behind the Brands campaign and scorecard. Erinch has also worked at Procter & Gamble, the Australian government and established a furniture business. Erinch is a board member of the Social Enterprise World Forum, a fellow at the Post Growth Institute and a senior associate at Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership. He holds degrees in finance and law and an honorary doctorate from Oxford Brookes University.

Isabelle Lefort

Co-Founder
Paris Good Fashion

In 2018, at the initiative of the city of Paris, Isabelle Lefort co-founded Paris Good Fashion with Laure du Pavillon. Paris Good Fashion is an association that federates all fashion actors to accelerate the change of the fashion industry towards a more responsible fashion. PGF brings together more than 100 structures representing more than 60% of the French market. Simultaneously, Isabelle continues her writing activities. With a degree in Literature and Arts and a Master’s degree in Journalism, her experience led her from television to radio, and most notably, to various chief editor positions in the written press (Elle, Air France Madame, Glamour, La Tribune & Moi, We Demain Initiative). In the second part of her career, she felt the need to move from observation to action, to get involved, and to feel useful. This is why she specialized in the issue of gender equality and sustainable development.

Photo credit: Géraldine Aresteanu

Ryosuke Mizouchi

Senior Executive Officer, Creating Shared Value
Kirin Holdings Company, Limited

Kelly Clark

Interim Director
Partners for a New Economy

Kelly Clark is a leading speaker, advisor and consultant, working at the convergence of systems change, climate finance and macro-economics. In this dynamic role she draws on her significant experience in leading both philanthropic and capital market efforts that unite finance with positive impact outcomes.

From 2019-June 2023 she was the Director of the Finance & Capital Market programme at Laudes Foundation. Prior to this she was the Founder/Director of the Finance Dialogue, a think tank leveraging institutional investors to accelerate the net zero carbon transition.

In her early career, Kelly spent 10 years as a banker, culminating in her role as the Head of South East Asian Private Banking for UBS out of Hong Kong. Kelly is a NED for Snowball Investment Management, and an Advisory Board member for the Institute of Innovation and Public Purpose at University College London. She lives in London with her twins, Marnie and Flynn.