Jessica Groopman

2020 marked an inflection point for business: no longer can environmental and social crises be ignored. Yet the surge in ESG and sustainability investments focus more on problems than opportunities. Leading organizations realize it’s not about doing less harm, but doing more good. The next generation of organizations and technologies are regenerative, designed to wield the power and scale of business technologies in service to people and planet, aligning profit models that give back and contribute value to their ecosystems rather than constantly extracting from it. Emerging technologies are the catalyst to accelerate and scale these models, far beyond "net zero".

Based on original research, this speech offers the “net positive” framework for digital transformation and is sure to inspire new ways of thinking:

• Nature’s approach to innovation: regeneration

• Why now? Why not “sustainability?” Top forces driving regenerative business

• What does regenerative business look like? Real-world case examples, impacts across stakeholders

• How are big companies becoming regenerative? A framework for regenerative value creation