With changes to our natural environment and global nature-related disasters on the rise, serious threats to both organizational supply chains and workforces are increasing exponentially. There has never been a more critical time to prioritize building a robust corporate nature strategy, but the question remains-how can businesses prioritize the proper management and restoration of nature while continuing to create value and ensuring supply chain stability. 

Join leading organizations in this interactive GLOBE Unplugged session, to learn about comprehensive corporate nature strategies and explore how these strategies can safeguard your supply chain and workforce, while creating lasting value for both your company and the planet. 

Our unique backgrounds and experiences shape our perceptions, conversations, and work. While they make us who we are, they also come with inherent assumptions and biases. In our fast-paced world, we often fall back on these biases, using language and accepting worldviews as ‘fact’ without questioning their impact – both positive and negative.  

What biases, assumptions, and ways of thinking influence your work on a daily basis? Do these factors help or hinder progress towards a sustainable future?   

Guided by Indigenous thought leaders, at this session you will take an intentional step back to reflect upon these questions. You will walk away with actionable strategies to understand your positionality* and adjust your work accordingly to drive truly meaningful, impactful, and inclusive action towards a prosperous, just, and decolonial future for all.  

*Positionality refers to a person’s various social identities, such as gender, race, class, ethnicity, ability, and geographical location. The combination of these identities and their intersections shape how we understand and engage with the world. 

Decarbonizing transportation supply chains is impossible without addressing the role shipping plays in moving goods across the globe. Ocean-going vessels carry 80% of global trade, impacting nearly all organizations’ supply chains, and use some of the most carbon intensive fuels in the transportation sector. 

In recent years, MOUs have been signed, Green Shipping Corridors have been announced, and clean fuel technologies have been developed. But are these advancements enough to reach net-zero commitments? 

Join Oceans North for a collaborative workshop to explore the financing, technology, fuel, and policy solutions needed to decarbonize shipping. Together, we will dive into practical tools for understanding, measuring, and reducing shipping emissions to make good on your net-zero supply chain commitments. 

Step into a game-like boardroom scenario where you’ll navigate real-time decisions on climate and nature risks for a global food manufacturing company. With insights from a panel of experts, you’ll observe the trickle-down impacts of your decisions and gain a comprehensive understanding of the big-picture risks involved. Join this dynamic interactive session for a deep dive into the complex connections between climate change and nature-related challenges and receive practical risk management advice from multi-sector experts, that you can employ in your own organization. 

Innovative financing tools for advancing climate action, biodiversity, and nature-based solutions are developing rapidly, However, opportunities to invest in watershed stewardship, restoration, and governance are often overlooked, limiting crucial resources for these freshwater efforts.  

Designed for finance, watershed, nature, and climate adaptation practitioners from across sectors and communities, this interactive workshop will explore investment models and mechanisms to supply sustainable and flexible funding for watershed projects, and the strategies to scale investments for global adaptation and conservation goals. 

Join us for the official opening of GLOBExCHANGE 2025! We’ll start the event with a host welcome and Land Acknowledgement, as well as opening remarks from Indigenous leadership of the local nations on whose traditional territory we have the privilege of gathering.

Often times, conferences and high-level forums can be stressful and can result in high levels of exhaustion and burnout. In response we are upholding the principles shared by Tricia Hersey (also known as “the Nap Bishop”) that “rest is resistance” by creating this quiet, safe space. All are welcome to visit this rest and resiliency-centered space at any time during GLOBExCHANGE, Feb. 11-13, 2025.

Often times, conferences and high-level forums can be stressful and can result in high levels of exhaustion and burnout. In response we are upholding the principles shared by Tricia Hersey (also known as “the Nap Bishop”) that “rest is resistance” by creating this quiet, safe space. All are welcome to visit this rest and resiliency-centered space at any time during GLOBExCHANGE, Feb. 11-13, 2025.

Often times, conferences and high-level forums can be stressful and can result in high levels of exhaustion and burnout. In response we are upholding the principles shared by Tricia Hersey (also known as “the Nap Bishop”) that “rest is resistance” by creating this quiet, safe space. All are welcome to visit this rest and resiliency-centered space at any time during GLOBExCHANGE, Feb. 11-13, 2025.

Join us for the closing plenary as we celebrate our shared commitment to a regenerative and sustainable future. Together, we will reflect on the outcomes from our transformative discussions at GLOBExCHANGE 2025 and translate them into actionable strategies that will create impact going forward.

Continue the conversation at the Food Leadership Summit on October 7 & 8, 2025 in Calgary, Alberta at the BMO Centre at Stampede Park.