Reimagining Sustainability: The Root Cause Approach to Impact

This talk offers a fresh perspective on sustainability careers from someone who chose an unconventional path - interviewing 500 global leaders across the sustainability spectrum rather than following traditional education routes. I'll highlight how professionals can position themselves to address not just surface-level sustainability challenges, but their fundamental drivers: human behavior, systems, education, values, and narratives. Through real-world examples and interactive discussion, we'll explore how understanding these root causes can help both organizations build more effective sustainability teams and individuals develop more impactful careers - focusing on the theory of change which will create the culture shift needed to achieve our goals. Whether you're building a sustainability function or advancing your own green career, this session will provide a framework for focusing on deep, meaningful change rather than incremental solutions.