The 2026 Sustainable Global Leaders Summit and the Second Green Industry and Sustainable Consumption Expo will take place in Shanghai from October 20 to 22, under the theme "Building a Resilient Future Together: Global Governance, Innovation-Driven Growth and Industrial Upgrading".
The summit will bring together more than 300 top participants from around the world, including representatives of United Nations-related agencies, Nobel Prize and Turing Award laureates, senior executives from leading domestic and international companies, and experts from authoritative think tanks. They will engage in high-level dialogue on the real-world challenges and opportunities of global sustainable development, forging cross-sector consensus and delivering diverse, practical development approaches.
The Sustainable Global Leaders Summit is hosted by the World Green Design Organization (WGDO) and Sina Group, co-organized by the Beijing Office of the International Financial Reporting Standards Foundation, and undertaken by Sina Finance and the Beijing Representative Office of the World Green Design Organization. It is China's most globally influential sustainable development gathering.
This year's summit focuses on cutting-edge and hot-button topics, including AI and human development, climate change and regional responses, and Chinese companies going global. It features multiple keynote speeches, high-level dialogues, thematic discussions and closed-door exchanges, bringing together top minds for a collision of ideas.
The event's predecessor was the ESG Global Leaders Summit, which has been successfully held for five consecutive sessions since its launch in 2021 and has continued to upgrade along the way.
In addition, as an important extension of the summit's efforts to drive industrial implementation and public engagement, the Second Green Industry and Sustainable Consumption Expo is being held at the same time in the Shanghai Expo Park. The expo focuses on green industry and sustainable consumption, bringing sustainable concepts into real industrial and consumer scenarios through a concentrated display of cutting-edge green technologies, innovative products and solutions.
According to the summit organizing committee, Sean Kidney, co-founder and chief executive officer of the Climate Bonds Initiative, has confirmed that he will attend the 2026 Sustainable Global Leaders Summit and take part in discussions on global sustainable finance — standard improvement, carbon accounting and innovation in market practice.
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