The Forum will focus on the most pressing issue of our time—climate change—including its geopolitical implications and financial implications for our economy and culture, while also identifying political and pragmatic solutions to the climate change challenge. The Forum will provide a platform for frank discussions around the roles of policy, capital, innovation and entrepreneurship in addressing climate change.
The Forum is co-hosted by Harvard Business School Alumni Club of Sweden, with featured senior HBS faculty from Boston, and the world’s largest climate solutions network We Don’t Have Time.
HBS Alumni leaders will host the climate panel discussion. Swedish senior policy makers, leading innovators, large scale business leaders, members from The Nobel Foundation, and European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) will participate. Roundtable speakers include Harald Mix (MBA 1987, Altor Equity Partners), Reynir Indahl (MBA 1998, Summa Equity), Emily Bolon (MBA 2007, Looper Textile Co.), Vanessa Butani (Electrolux), Patrik Lundström (Renewcell), Nils Ringborg (Holmens Bruk).
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Join us for panel discussions on the most pressing issue of our time—climate change. We'll delve into its geopolitical and financial implications for our economy and culture. Together, we'll identify both political and pragmatic solutions to the challenges of climate change. This Forum will offer a platform for candid discussions centered on the roles of policy, capital, innovation, and entrepreneurship in addressing this global concern.
Board Member, ESG & Climate Change, Harvard Business School Club of Sweden
Cynthia-Christie Jonströmer is a Board Member, ESG & Climate Change of Harvard Business School Club of Sweden.
Ingmar Rentzhog
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CEO and Founder of We Don't Have Time
Ingmar is serial entrepreneur within financial communication and nominated for a DI Gasell Award, Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of The Year, Sweden’s Environmental Influencer 2018, and International Gamechanger of the Year 2020, and Green Warrior 2021. Ingmar Rentzhog has been the chairman of the environmental think tank Global Challenge. He is on the board of Naventus Corporate Finance. He’s a member of Al Gore’s Climate Reality and European Climate Policy Task Force and he was in 2022 appointed a European Climate Pact Ambassador by the European Commission.
Reynir Indahl is the Founder and Managing Partner of Summa Equity.
Anders Hedfalk
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Chairman, HBSC
Anders Hedfalk is the Chairman of HBSC.
Dr. Debora Lynn Spar
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Senior Associate Dean, Harvard Business School Online
"Debora Spar is the Jaime and Josefina Chua Tiampo Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School and Senior Associate Dean for Business and Global Society. Her current research focuses on issues of gender and technology, and the interplay between technological change and broader social structures. Spar tackles some of these issues in her latest book, Work Mate Marry Love: How Machines Shape Our Human Destiny."
Sir David King
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Chair and Founder, Climate Crisis Advisory Group
Professor Sir David King is an Emeritus Professor of Chemistry at the University of Cambridge. He is also the Founder and Chair of the Climate Crisis Advisory Group (CCAG) and the Founder of the Centre for Climate Repair (CCR) at Cambridge University. Additionally, he is an Affiliate Partner of Systemiq. Previously, he served as the UK Government Chief Scientific Adviser from 2000-2007 and the Foreign Secretary's Special Representative on Climate Change from 2013-2017.
Karin Grönberg
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Graphic Recorder
Karin Grönberg is a Graphic Recorder.
Patrik Lundström
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CEO, Renewcell
As CEO of Renewcell, Patrik Lundström leads a path-breaking textile-to-textile recycling business aiming to make fashion circular globally. He has led the scale-up of Renewcell’s operations from demo to industrial scale with the opening of the world’s first commercial scale textile-to-textile chemical recycling plant, Renewcell 1 in Sundsvall, in 2022. Prior to joining Renewcell, Patrik worked for international corporations such as Royal DSM and General Electric.
Vanessa Butani
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VP Sustainability, Electrolux
Canadian-Swedish Vanessa Butani is Electrolux Group VP Sustainability since 2021. Butani was previously Head of Sustainability for Electrolux Europe and before that Director of Sustainable Business at Scandic Hotel Group. She has held several senior managerial roles in connected appliances and sustainability. Vanessa is passionate about driving sustainable business and integrating sustainability thinking into every aspect of the business.
Khashayar Farmanbar
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Former Energy Minister, Swedish Ministry of Energy
Khashayar Farmanbar is the Former Energy Minister of Sweden.
Anna König Jerlmyr
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Former Mayor, Stockholm city
Anna König Jerlmyr is the former Mayor of Stockholm city
Ingmar is serial entrepreneur within financial communication and nominated for a DI Gasell Award, Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of The Year, Sweden’s Environmental Influencer 2018, and International Gamechanger of the Year 2020, and Green Warrior 2021. Ingmar Rentzhog has been the chairman of the environmental think tank Global Challenge. He is on the board of Naventus Corporate Finance. He’s a member of Al Gore’s Climate Reality and European Climate Policy Task Force and he was in 2022 appointed a European Climate Pact Ambassador by the European Commission.
Senior Associate Dean, Harvard Business School Online
"Debora Spar is the Jaime and Josefina Chua Tiampo Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School and Senior Associate Dean for Business and Global Society. Her current research focuses on issues of gender and technology, and the interplay between technological change and broader social structures. Spar tackles some of these issues in her latest book, Work Mate Marry Love: How Machines Shape Our Human Destiny."
Professor Sir David King is an Emeritus Professor of Chemistry at the University of Cambridge. He is also the Founder and Chair of the Climate Crisis Advisory Group (CCAG) and the Founder of the Centre for Climate Repair (CCR) at Cambridge University. Additionally, he is an Affiliate Partner of Systemiq. Previously, he served as the UK Government Chief Scientific Adviser from 2000-2007 and the Foreign Secretary's Special Representative on Climate Change from 2013-2017.
As CEO of Renewcell, Patrik Lundström leads a path-breaking textile-to-textile recycling business aiming to make fashion circular globally. He has led the scale-up of Renewcell’s operations from demo to industrial scale with the opening of the world’s first commercial scale textile-to-textile chemical recycling plant, Renewcell 1 in Sundsvall, in 2022. Prior to joining Renewcell, Patrik worked for international corporations such as Royal DSM and General Electric.
Canadian-Swedish Vanessa Butani is Electrolux Group VP Sustainability since 2021. Butani was previously Head of Sustainability for Electrolux Europe and before that Director of Sustainable Business at Scandic Hotel Group. She has held several senior managerial roles in connected appliances and sustainability. Vanessa is passionate about driving sustainable business and integrating sustainability thinking into every aspect of the business.
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