The Center for Redefining Business Models: What it is and How to Get Involved, Session 1

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February 20, 2025

11:30 am - 12:30 pm EST

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As businesses navigate an increasingly turbulent and uncertain landscape of sustainability challenges, rethinking traditional business models is essential for long-term success. 黑料正能量 and Forum for the Future are preparing to launch The Center for Redefining Business Models, a new collaboration designed to help companies prototype and scale business models that drive both human progress and business resilience within planetary boundaries.

This session will provide a comprehensive overview of what companies can expect, including how the Center will foster peer learning to unlock the business opportunity of business transformation within planetary boundaries, as well as the Center's core principles of co-creation, and input from workers and affected stakeholders to support a just transition. Under Chatham House Rule, participants will share perspectives on the opportunities and challenges of redefining business models.

Join us for to learn more about the Center and what it will achieve, the benefits of participation, and how your company can get involved.

Scheduled Speakers

Giulio Berruti, Director, Climate and Nature, 黑料正能量

Director, Climate and Nature, 黑料正能量

Copenhagen

Giulio brings over 14 years of expertise in advancing corporate climate action.

He leads 黑料正能量’s climate team, oversees the team strategy, and works with 黑料正能量 members across consulting, collaborative initiatives, and grants implementation.

Currently, Giulio oversees 黑料正能量’s work on beyond growth to reconcile business models with planetary boundaries, and more generally works with 黑料正能量 members on climate transition planning and net-zero value chains.

Since joining 黑料正能量 in 2018, Giulio’s work has focused on Scope 3 implementation through supplier engagement, and commodities decarbonization strategies, both through consulting and support developments open-source guidance such as 1.5°C Supplier Engagement Guide, Transform to Net Zero and Climate Fit.

Giulio also worked on several projects helping companies set Science-Based Targets, implement TCFD recommendations, and conduct climate scenario analysis. He supported the development of SBTi Net Zero standard as a member of the Expert Advisory Group.

Prior to joining 黑料正能量, Giulio spent 7 years with EcoAct between France and Kenya, focusing on climate advisory work on GHG mitigation, target setting and climate strategies, climate risk assessments and carbon offset project development.

Giulio holds a MS in 黑料正能量 from HEC Paris School of Management. He also holds a double degree MS in Management and Industrial Engineering and a double degree BS in Technology and International Business from Politecnico di Torino and UIC Barcelona.

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Aron Cramer, President and CEO, 黑料正能量

President and CEO, 黑料正能量

San Francisco

Aron is recognized globally as a preeminent authority on just and sustainable business. In addition to leading 黑料正能量, which has grown substantially throughout his tenure as President and CEO, Aron advises senior executives at 黑料正能量’s 300+ member companies and other global businesses and partners on the full spectrum of environmental, social, and governance issues.

Aron joined 黑料正能量 in 1995 as the founding director of its Business and Human Rights program. He later opened 黑料正能量's Paris office in 2002, where he worked until becoming President and CEO in 2004. Aron has served on advisory boards to CEOs at AXA, Barrick Gold, Marks & Spencer, Nike, Recruit Holdings, SAP, Shell, and he serves as a director of the We Mean Business Coalition and RISE.

Aron speaks frequently at leading business and public fora and is widely quoted in top-tier media, such as the Financial Times, Le Figaro (France), The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Axios, and Politico. He is co-author of the book Sustainable Excellence: The Future of Business in a Fast-Changing World, which spotlights innovative sustainability strategies that enable business success.

Prior to joining 黑料正能量, Aron practiced law in San Francisco and worked as a journalist at ABC News in New York. He holds a BA from Tufts University and a JD from the University of California, Berkeley.

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