Douglas Lamont, CEO, Tony's Chocolonely - Keynote speaker, edie 25

edie 26 is all about giving you the tools to build resilience and collaboration into your sustainability strategy. 

 

Plan your edie 26 experience with the official edie 26 event guide. Get the guide and see how two full days of high-level keynotes, strategic panels, best-practice case studies and implementation workshops - can help you build resilience and collaboration into your sustainability strategy.

 

Inside you'll find: 

Held over two floors, edie 26 features two days of keynote presentations, action-oriented panels, best-practice case studies,
and interactive discussions across six thematic stages, all focused on delivering high-impact, CPD accredited content.

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We remain the UK’s only sustainable business event run by a certified B Corp, and we continue to lead the industry when it comes to speaker diversity and inclusivity, greenwashing and action-oriented content. 

 

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Discover sustainability professionals from the leading businesses and organisations who regularly attend edie. 

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Move over pessimists and naysayers, it's time to tackle the climate crisis with strength and strategy.

- Luke Nicholls, publisher, edie

Taking over two full floors of the iconic Business Design Centre (B-Corp certified!), edie 26 returns to hold our biggest event yet. Luke reveals how this year’s new focus on hyper-collaboration has sparked all-new exciting features like the Collaboration Zone, Decision-Maker Roundtables, and the Innovation Pavilion & Stage in partnership with Springwise and The Earthshot Prize.

edie's Publisher sets the scene for edie 26

Experience two full days of

award-winning content.

With 100+ speakers already confirmed, edie 26 is shaping up to be our biggest and boldest programme yet.

Be part of the action and join us to upskill and energise with edie’s biggest-ever programme of award-winning, CPD-accredited content. You'll explore
two days of keynote talks, action-focused panels, best-practice case studies and facilitated roundtables - all are co-created by an independent Advisory Board of climate and sustainability leaders from across the UK. 

Join our biggest content programme ever.

Themes include: 

• Business leadership and advocacy

• Transition planning and implementation

• Climate governance and purpose

and more...

Themes include: 

• Net-zero policy and frameworks

• Green buildings and infrastructure

• Energy management standards and certifications

and more...

Themes include: 

• Circular economy policy and regulation

• Packaging and plastic reduction

• Waste management and resource efficiency

and more...

Themes include: 

• Sustainability communications

• Greenwashing and greenhushing

• Employee behaviour change

and more...

Themes include: 

• Breakthrough technologies

• Scaling up innovations

• Disruptive business models

and more...

      Leadership      & Skills

Themes include: 

• Sustainability skills and development

• Upskilling your workforce

• Climate education

and more...

100+ sustainability leaders already confirmed.

Danielle Mulder
Group Director of Sustainability
BBC

Emma Howard-Boyd
Chair
Environment Agency

Nigel Paine
VP of Production
Carlsberg Britvic

Maeve Campbell
Journalist
Channel 4 News / Forbes

Faizan Ahmad
Decarbonisation Director
First Bus

Magali Anderson
Board Member
Anglo American

Rishi Jain
Director of Impact
Liverpool Football Club

Sherry Madera
CEO
CPD

Gavin Brooking
Managing Director
Tootbus

Jeremy Mathieu
Head of Sustainability
ITV

Making sustainability happen. The benefits of attending.

Our attendees say it best...

Give your team a shared experience that builds meaningful
partnerships. Tackle shared challenges in interactive workshops, live panels, and AI-powered networking sessions for real peer-to-peer collaboration.

Meet your peers from leading companies across key industries. edie 26 attracts top-tier organisations, giving your business access to the conversations that matter most — helping you accelerate your sustainability roadmap.

Put your business in a space where transparency matters. No greenwashing – just real discussion that will leave your business with actionable insights and connections that reflect genuine sustainability values.

With over 27 years of shaping the sustainability agenda, edie continues to lead the conversation through its flagship event. Join the UK’s largest sustainability community where trusted expertise meets innovative ideasand amplify your voice and impact.

Upskill and energise your team with edie’s biggest-ever programme of award-winning, CPD-accredited content — co-curated with our advisory board and tailored to your sector.

91% of edie 25 attendees reported a direct, positive impact on their sustainability strategies. You’ll leave with tailored insights and bold sustainable strategies you can implement straight away

Who attends?

edie 26 will connect 1,000+ CEOs, CSOs, CFOs, directors, heads of and senior managers across sustainability, net-zero, marketing and supply chain management – working for the biggest businesses across all of the UK’s major industries. 

9 in 10 edie 25 attendees said they

made new meaningful connections

to help drive their sustainability strategy.

About edie

 

edie’s website is a trusted and integral part of the workflow for more than 130,000 sustainability, energy, and environmental professionals. It delivers daily news and commentary, exclusive interviews and research, industry reports and business guides, videos, webinars, and podcasts. This content is made available for free through daily and weekly newsletters and is supported by a unique content distribution hub for product and service suppliers.

 

edie’s purpose-driven membership communities unite sustainability and net-zero carbon changemakers from across the UK to accelerate climate action and transform business energy.