Design turns ambition into action | Summit 2022

This session was streamed as part of the Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s Summit 22 event, held on the 5th July 2022.

At Summit 22, we were joined by guest speakers to discuss how we can move from ‘hope’ to ‘how’ by designing and innovating differently from the outset, delivering lasting economic value that creates better outcomes for the environment and for people.

In this session, which was shared live from The Roundhouse in London, the panels discussed how design could turn ambition into action.

The speakers included:

• Ilham Kadri - Chief Executive Officer, Solvay

• Pascal Chalvon Demersay - Chief Sustainability & Government Affairs Officer, Solvay

• Charlie Downes-Jackson - Global Director, Advanced Concepts, Timberland

• Liz Corbin - Co-CEO & Founder, Materiom

• Neekta Hamidi - Associate Director, Policy & Partnerships, Ginkgo Bioworks

• Antonella Centra - EVP General Counsel, Corporate Affairs, and Sustainability, Gucci

• Robert Triefus - CEO, Vault and Metaverse Ventures, and Senior EVP, Corporate and Brand Strategy, Gucci

• Elisa Tonda - Head, Consumption and Production, UNEP

• John Duncan - No Plastic in Nature Lead, WWF

• Phlippe Bonningue - Global Vice-President of Packaging & Circular EconomyCircular EconomyA systems solution framework that tackles global challenges like climate change, biodiversity loss, waste, and pollution. It is based on three principles, driven by design: eliminate waste and pollution, circulate products and materials (at their highest value), and regenerate nature. Stewardship, L'Oréal