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THURSDAY 31 JULY 2025 | IN-PERSON SUMMIT | MELBOURNE CONNECT
Day One: Setting the Ambition and Agenda
As market pressures mount and environmental commitments wobble, some see an invitation to retreat. We remain unshakeable.
The Shared Value APAC Summit returns at this critical moment, convening global pioneers who prove that purpose and performance are inseparable. These are the businesses, investors, and innovators who stand unshakeable in their conviction—treating volatility not as an excuse, but as rocket fuel for transformation.
Beyond pledges and promises, this summit spotlights the pragmatic pathways forward. From reimagined business models to groundbreaking partnerships, we’re showcasing the leaders who remain unshakeable in their commitment to turning today’s headwinds into tomorrow’s advantages.
A full day of conversations that matter. We’ll dig into the real challenges facing business today, exploring how purpose-driven organisations are turning complexity into opportunity.
Tickets are available for purchase – secure your place now.
FRIDAY 1ST AUGUST 2025 | IN-PERSON | MELBOURNE CONNECT
Day Two: Deep Dives
We get moving. Deep diving into two thematics; Climate Resilience and Sustainability and Responsible Technology take centre stage as we map out practical pathways for meaningful change.
Shared Value Members can join us with a complimentary ticket.
Non members can purchase tickets here. Please note there are limited places so don't delay in securing your place.
Being unshakeable isn’t just about weathering the storm—it’s about harnessing its energy to power the next wave of business innovation and value creation.
Thanks to the generous support of PwC Australia, and University of Melbourne.
For sponsorship or general enquiries, please contact the Shared Value Project at info@sharedvalue.org.au
MEET OUR SPEAKERS
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John Elkington, Chairman, Elkington Ventures, Founder and Global Ambassador, Volans
Variously known as the “Godfather of Sustainability” and an “Ambassador from the Future,” John is acknowledged as one of the founders of the global sustainability movement. Mainly focusing on business and markets, he has worked as an advisor to an A-to-Z of businesses across the globe for 50 years. He has co-founded four companies since 1978, all of which still exist in some form: Environmental Data Services (ENDS, 1978); John Elkington Associates, later Countercurrent and now Elkington Ventures (1983); SustainAbility (1987); and Volans (2008). Over the decades, he has served on over 80 boards and advisory boards—and was a faculty member of the World Economic Forum from 2002-2008. He has addressed over 1,500 conferences around the world. Along the way, he coined such terms as environmental excellence, green consumer and green growth, the triple bottom line (People, Planet and Profit/Prosperity), business-as-unusual and green swan. He is the author or co-author of 21 books, including the million-selling Green Consumer Guide series. His most recent book—Tickling Sharks: How We Sold Business on Sustainability—was published in June 2024 by Fast Company Press. He has received many awards, most recently the 2021 World Sustainability Award.
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Natalie Kyriacou OAM, Founder & Chair, My Green World
Natalie Kyriacou OAM is an award-winning environmentalist, writer, and company director with a passion for harnessing curiosity to solve nature crises. Natalie was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia and the Forbes 30 Under 30 honour for her services to wildlife and environmental conservation in 2018 and was recognised as one of The Australian’s ‘Top Innovators’ in 2022. She was the United Nations Environment Programme’s ‘Young Champion of the Earth’ Finalist for her innovation in wildlife and environmental conservation and is LinkedIn’s Top Green Voice. She is a Board Director at the Foundation for National Parks and Wildlife, a Board Director at CARE Australia, the Founder and Chair of My Green World, a UNESCO Green Citizens Pathfinder, a member of the XPrize Brain Trust for Biodiversity and Conservation, and an Australian Delegate and Climate Justice Lead at the W20 (the official engagement group of the G20). Passionate about protecting the environment and ensuring everyone has a voice in the process, Natalie’s work focuses on connecting people with the environment in meaningful and impactful ways.
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Mark Kramer, Co-founder Shared Value, Chief Advisor, Shared Value Project
Mark served as a Senior Lecturer of Business Administration at Harvard Business School from 2016 to 2023, and is co-founder of FSG, a global consulting firm which helps develop social impact strategies for many of the world’s largest corporations and foundations. Mark led the firm from 2000 to 2021 and currently serves as Chairman. He is also a Founder and Director of Maternal Newborn Health Innovations and a Partner in the Congruence Capital investment fund. Mark is coauthor of the Harvard Business Review article “Creating Shared Value” (2011), along with Professor Michael Porter, and has spoken and published extensively on topics in philanthropy, corporate social responsibility, shared value, collective impact, strategic evaluation, and impact investing. He also serves as a Senior Fellow in the CSR Initiative at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government. Mark is a founder and served as initial Board Chair from 2000 to 2004 of Center for Effective Philanthropy, a non-profit research organisation in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Prior to founding FSG, Mark served for twelve years as President of Kramer Capital Management, a venture capital firm, and before that as an Associate at the law firm Ropes & Gray in Boston. Mark previously served as a Director on the Shared Value Project and Shared Value Initiative Hong Kong Boards, and has now transitioned to the role of Chief Advisor for both organisations.
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Rosemary Addis AM, Founding Managing Partner, Mondiale Impact, Enterprise Professor, University of Melbourne
Rosemary Addis is serious about impact. Rosemary’s portfolio of Chair, board and advisory roles is anchored by her role as Founding Managing Partner of Mondiale Impact, working alongside boards and other decision-makers grappling with social and environmental impact. Her industry experience has seen her appointed Enterprise Professor at the University of Melbourne and Industry Professor at University College London. She is a Global Ambassador for the Global Steering Group for Impact Investment. Rosemary’s unique combination of commercial acumen, strategic insight and transformational leadership has made her a go-to principal for breakthrough solutions to complex issues. She is globally recognised as a director and strategist at the forefront of innovation and investment for impact, sustainability and social innovation. Her 30+ year track record spans a global legal career including as an equity partner of Allens-Linklaters, Social Innovation Strategist for the Australian Government, G8 Social Impact Investment Taskforce and Founding Chair of Impact Investing Australia (Market Builder of the Year 2018 and 2020). Rosemary has led design and execution of ground-breaking impact funds and enterprises. She advised SDG Impact at the United Nations Development Programme, the OECD Social Impact Investing Initiative, the World Economic Forum Ideas to Practice, a World Bank Steering Group for Innovative Finance and clients internationally from major corporates and banks to institutional investors and asset managers, foundations and governments. In 2020 she was made a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) and has also been recognised as an inaugural Sorenson Impact Leader (2021), by Women in Finance ranking among top thought leaders (2017), Australia’s 100 Women of Influence for contributions to innovation (2015) and by Chambers Global as one of the world’s leading lawyers (2002 and 2003). Her thought leadership is published widely and her work is the subject of numerous international case studies informing a generation of leaders.
OUR PARTNERS
OUR PARTNERS
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PwC Australia
University of Melbourne
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