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Biggest names in business and society back the Good Business Festival
Act 1 of The Good Business Festival takes place on 8th October, bringing together some of the biggest names in business and society to debate the big issues facing a post-pandemic world and promoting purposeful, ethical and sometimes radical approaches to doing business.
Commissioned by Liverpool City Region Mayor Steve Rotheram, and curated by Culture Liverpool and HemingwayDesign, The Good Business Festival aims to unite the growing global community of businesses and conscious consumers who believe business can deliver meaningful positive change in society.
The two-act structure for the festival was conceived as a response to Covid-19. Act 1 in October 2020 aims to ensure that the momentum gained over a year of transformative change in business isn’t lost – sessions will explore our learnings from this shared experience and consider the new directions the world will take as we emerge from the turbulence of 2020.
Act 1 will be a hybrid live and digital event, filmed from ACC Liverpool plus locations in Toronto and Melbourne and broadcast online. Audiences will have three channels of content to choose from over the day:
Joining Mayor Rotheram for Act 1 with be a host of senior business leaders from some of the world’s leading companies, cultural talent and big thinkers including Nishma Robb, Google; Ann Cairns, Mastercard; Douglas Lamont, Innocent; Danny Sriskandarajah, Oxfam; Frances O’Grady, TUC; John Sauven, Greenpeace; Sir Tim Smit, Eden Project; Ben Page, Ipsos MORI, Deb Oxley, Employee Ownership Association; and a string of young activists including Camden Youth MP, Athian Akec.
Focused on Covid-19 response and recovery, The Good Business Festival Act 1 will unite giants in the fields of finance, tech, sport, and retail. These sessions are driven to make real change, with a focus on commitments and tangible plans of action, rather than empty debate. Core festival sessions will include:
One year on from lockdown, Act 2 of The Good Business Festival will take place in March 2021. Bringing some of the smartest and most creative minds from around the world to the Liverpool City Region, it will challenge businesses and consumers to think bigger, galvanise ambition and continue to drive positive change as we start out on the road to collective recovery.
The Good Business Festival has mobilised a network of partners and ambassadors that are set to take an active role throughout the festival, with a call to action for business to take the lead role in tackling global societal issues. The ambassadors are both industry leaders and experts representing a diverse range of sectors, including Ann Cairns, Executive Vice Chair of Mastercard, Professor Denise Barrett-Baxendale, Chief Executive of Everton Football Club and Cephas Williams, Founder of 56 Black Men.
Partners confirmed for the festival include: ARUP, B Lab UK, British Council, British Fashion Council, LUSH, Centre for Cities, Coca-Cola, DCMS, Deloitte, Eden Project, Ellen MacArthur Foundation, Greenpeace, IBM, Iceland, International Fashion Academy Paris, Innocent, Ipsos MORI, Joseph Rountree Foundation, Mastercard, Met Office, Nesta, Patagonia, Royal College of Physicians.
Steve Rotheram, Metro Mayor of the Liverpool City Region, said:
Claire McColgan, Executive Director of The Good Business Festival, said:
Evan Davis, economist and BBC presenter, said:
You can find more information about the Good Business Festival programme and register to attend Act 1 for free at thegoodbusinessfestival.com
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