
Stockholm Climate Leadership Forum 2023

Stockholm Climate Leadership Forum 2023

Stockholm Climate Leadership Forum 2023
The 2023 Forum
The 2023 Forum
The 2023 Stockholm Climate Leadership Forum focused on how impact infrastructure and capital can accelerate the electrified economy, while transforming traditional industries such as big iron, cement, manufacturing, fashion, and ocean shipping.

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. Check out - Vanessa Butani - Stockholm Climate Leadership Forum Interview
Vanessa Butani
Electrolux Group VP Sustainability

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. Check out - Vanessa Butani - Stockholm Climate Leadership Forum Interview
Vanessa Butani
Electrolux Group VP Sustainability

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. Check out - Vanessa Butani - Stockholm Climate Leadership Forum Interview
Vanessa Butani
Electrolux Group VP Sustainability

Debora is the Jaime and Josefina Chua Tiampo Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School and Senior Associate Dean for Global Business and Society. Her current research focuses on issues of gender and technology, and the interplay between technological change and broader social structures. Spar served as the President of Barnard College from 2008 to 2017, and as President and CEO of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts from 2017 to 2018. Before joining Barnard, Spar spent 17 years on the HBS faculty as the Spangler Family Professor as well as Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Research and Development. A prolific writer, Spar’s books include The Baby Business (2006), Wonder Women: Sex, Power, and the Quest for Perfection (2013), and Work Mate Marry Love: How Machines Shape Our Human Destiny (2020). Spar earned her Ph.D. in Government from Harvard University and her B.S. from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service.
Debora Spar
Senior Associate Dean for Global Business and Society

Debora is the Jaime and Josefina Chua Tiampo Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School and Senior Associate Dean for Global Business and Society. Her current research focuses on issues of gender and technology, and the interplay between technological change and broader social structures. Spar served as the President of Barnard College from 2008 to 2017, and as President and CEO of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts from 2017 to 2018. Before joining Barnard, Spar spent 17 years on the HBS faculty as the Spangler Family Professor as well as Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Research and Development. A prolific writer, Spar’s books include The Baby Business (2006), Wonder Women: Sex, Power, and the Quest for Perfection (2013), and Work Mate Marry Love: How Machines Shape Our Human Destiny (2020). Spar earned her Ph.D. in Government from Harvard University and her B.S. from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service.
Debora Spar
Senior Associate Dean for Global Business and Society

Debora is the Jaime and Josefina Chua Tiampo Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School and Senior Associate Dean for Global Business and Society. Her current research focuses on issues of gender and technology, and the interplay between technological change and broader social structures. Spar served as the President of Barnard College from 2008 to 2017, and as President and CEO of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts from 2017 to 2018. Before joining Barnard, Spar spent 17 years on the HBS faculty as the Spangler Family Professor as well as Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Research and Development. A prolific writer, Spar’s books include The Baby Business (2006), Wonder Women: Sex, Power, and the Quest for Perfection (2013), and Work Mate Marry Love: How Machines Shape Our Human Destiny (2020). Spar earned her Ph.D. in Government from Harvard University and her B.S. from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service.
Debora Spar
Senior Associate Dean for Global Business and Society

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.
Sir David King
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.
Sir David King
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.
Sir David King
Chair and Founder, Climate Crisis Advisory Group

As Chairman of the Harvard Business School Club of Sweden and Retail Domain Lead at Solita, Anders Hedfalk drives digital transformation in the Swedish retail sector. With over 30 years of experience, he has helped leading retailers adapt to a data-driven, customer-focused future. At Solita, he leads the development of innovative digital strategies that enhance customer experience and operational efficiency. Before joining Solita, Anders held senior roles across the Swedish retail industry and holds degrees from Chalmers University of Technology and Harvard Business School.
Anders Hedfalk
Chairman of HBSC

As Chairman of the Harvard Business School Club of Sweden and Retail Domain Lead at Solita, Anders Hedfalk drives digital transformation in the Swedish retail sector. With over 30 years of experience, he has helped leading retailers adapt to a data-driven, customer-focused future. At Solita, he leads the development of innovative digital strategies that enhance customer experience and operational efficiency. Before joining Solita, Anders held senior roles across the Swedish retail industry and holds degrees from Chalmers University of Technology and Harvard Business School.
Anders Hedfalk
Chairman of HBSC

As Chairman of the Harvard Business School Club of Sweden and Retail Domain Lead at Solita, Anders Hedfalk drives digital transformation in the Swedish retail sector. With over 30 years of experience, he has helped leading retailers adapt to a data-driven, customer-focused future. At Solita, he leads the development of innovative digital strategies that enhance customer experience and operational efficiency. Before joining Solita, Anders held senior roles across the Swedish retail industry and holds degrees from Chalmers University of Technology and Harvard Business School.
Anders Hedfalk
Chairman of HBSC

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. Check out - Patrik Lundström - Stockholm Climate Leadership Forum Interview
Patrik Lundström
CEO of 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. Check out - Patrik Lundström - Stockholm Climate Leadership Forum Interview
Patrik Lundström
CEO of 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. Check out - Patrik Lundström - Stockholm Climate Leadership Forum Interview
Patrik Lundström
CEO of Renewcell