Stanford Sustainability Summit

The Stanford Sustainability Summit brings together global sustainability changemakers and the Stanford community for cross-sector dialogue and collaboration on campus.

Hosted by Stanford Graduate School of Business, this event series fosters connection across the full spectrum of sustainability issues — from land use, agriculture, and food security to climate, energy, environmental justice, and beyond.

Each year, this event series brings together 40 global changemakers for two days of dialogue and collaboration. Participants represent five key areas: entrepreneurs, innovative firms, NGOs, policymakers, and leaders in health and education.

Their work spans technical climate solutions, behavioral change, and environmental justice — but all share a commitment to tackling the world’s most urgent sustainability challenges, particularly in the poorest and most underserved regions.

Mbong Akiy Fokwa Tsafack, Human Rights Watch

Stanford Sustainability Summit 2026

On July 13th and 14th 2026, the Stanford Initiative on Business and Environmental Sustainability invited back selected Changemakers from the 2024 and 2025 Summits, exposing them to each other, and to the Stanford community.

How to Attend

If you are a Stanford faculty, staff, student or alumni and are interested in attending the summit, please submit a request form.

For inquiries about the summit, please contact Marissa Mendoza.

Attending Changemakers 2026

  • Assisi Arc Initiative
  • Bay Conservation & Dev Commission
  • Ben Gurion University
  • BRAC
  • DPIR, University of Oxford
  • Earth Rights International
  • ECOMAD
  • EcoPeace
  • Episcopal Commission for Creation Justice
  • H.E.R.I Kenya
  • Hallym University
  • Human Rights Watch
  • J-Impact Fund
  • Kerogen / CelerateX
  • Kwangu Kwako Limited
  • Natura
  • Netafim
  • New Nomad Institute
  • Ocean Visions
  • Orsted
  • Philippines, Government
  • POSCO Investment
  • Prime Infra
  • Pravah
  • Silva
  • Social Alpha
  • Superhumans
  • TATA
  • The Blue Quest
  • Universidad de Chile
  • World Resources Institute

2025 Event Coverage

2025 Stanford Sustainability Summit Panel Discussion: Perspectives on Environmental Sustainability, with Bill Barnett, Chris Field, Minister Keiichiro Asao, Honorable Maria Antonia Yulo Loyzaga, and Mbong Akiy Fokwa Tsafack.

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