Oxford Sustainable Finance Summit
29 June 2026
About the Summit
Immediately after London Climate Action Week, we bring the conversation to Oxford for our fourth annual Oxford Sustainable Finance Summit. On Monday 29th June at Rhodes House and its gardens, leading researchers will join practitioners, policymakers, regulators, and civil society organisations to examine the developments, trends, and questions that matter most for the future of sustainable finance and investment.
This year’s Summit is designed around a single main track. The programme will feature keynote addresses, discussions and debates on a deliberately small number of forward-looking, agenda-setting topics, chosen to build on London Climate Action Week and to push us into new territory.
The day concludes with a drinks reception and dinner in the gardens of Rhodes House.
Further session details and speakers will be announced as we get closer to the Summit. You can find details and videos of our three previous summits here: 2022, 2023, 2025.
More information on the 2026 schedule will be available soon.
“Those lucky enough to attend the first two iterations of the Oxford Sustainable Finance Summit know that 2024’s fallow year left a bit of a chasm in the sustainable finance social calendar – one that could only be filled by dialogue in the Examination School, cocktails at the Divinity School, dinner at the Ashmolean and of course the end-of-term debate at the Sheldonian.
Oxford’s sustainable finance centre, founded by sustainable finance expert Ben Caldecott, showed it had lost none of its knack for hospitality at the return of this year’s summit over the past two days.
For…the gossip, the tall tales, the tittle-tattle – well you just had to be there.”
Responsible Investor
Topics
- Geopolitics, populism, and conflict
- The agentic economy and the future of financial decision-making
- Societal resilience and silicon boundaries
- Environmental deterrence and planetary security
- Transition finance and transition planning
- Investing in nature and adaptation at scale
- Public sector reform and public finance resilience
- Heat as an economic and financial risk
“What’s really special about this event, is the blend of the deep research that’s going on here at Oxford, and the practitioner perspective. It’s a really valuable conversation for people like me that are in the thick of it.”
Catherine Howarth OBE, Chief Executive, ShareAction
“The Oxford Sustainable Finance Summit is the moment in the middle of the year to reflect on the state of sustainable finance. I don’t think anything replaces these in-person events…they really allow ideas to settle.”
Jakob Thomä, Co-founder and CEO, Theia Finance Labs
Conference Schedule
08:30 – 09:00
Arrival
Please sign in at the welcome desk and get a tea of coffee
09:00 – 10:30
Session VII – Transition Plans: facilitating transition finance and growth
South School
The development and disclosure of transition plans is increasing globally. The potential of transition plans as a strategic tool to unlock the volumes of finance required is becoming clearer. Recent recommendations and reports across jurisdictions, including Australia, the EU, France, Indonesia, Japan, and the UK, are recognising the power of planning to unlock finance and support growth. This session will explore examples of how transition planning is underpinning efforts to allocate and access finance and how these flows are supporting growth, competitiveness and climate policy goals. It is led by the International Transition Plan Network (ITPN), which brings together governments and regulators on key topics concerning private sector transition plans.
Chair: Kate Levick, Associate Director of Finance & Resilience, E3G
Richard Barker, Board Member, International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB), IFRS
Sophie Brodie, Associate Director, Climate, Fidelity International
Jonathan Dunn, Head of Climate, AngloAmerican
Daisy Streatfeild, Sustainability Director, Ninety One
Irem Yerdelen, Deputy Chair, Transition Finance Council
09:00 – 10:30
Session VIII – Financing India’s Green Transition
East School
Given the size of its economy, India will play a key role in global efforts towards a sustainable transition; on the other hand, India is still developing and will be adversely impacted due to a changing climate. In this context, we examine the sustainable finance landscape in India, including:
- Given investment needs, where could required capital come from, and what are likely gaps?
- What are the issues, including barriers to investments and climate-related risks, that decisions makers need to address?
- What would the role of key stakeholders, including the public and private sectors, in addressing these issues; including “financing green” as well as “greening finance”?
- What has been done so far – i.e., the policy and regulatory context and progress, e.g., by various ministries as well as the Reserve Bank of India – and what remains to be done, and how does this fit within the changing global context?
Chair: Gireesh Shrimali, Head of Transition Finance Research, Oxford Sustainable Finance Group, University of Oxford
Koushik Chatterjee, Executive Director and Chief Financial Officer, Tata Steel
Dr Dhruba Puryakastha, Executive Director, Observer Research Foundation Middle East
Meyyappan Nagappan, Partner, Trilegal
Ravindra Rathee, Head of International Corporate Development, JSW
Namita Vikas, Founder & Managing Director, AuctusESG Global
10:30 – 12:00
Session IX – Investor Expectations in a Changing World
South School
In today’s rapidly evolving investment landscape, marked by heightened scrutiny around sustainability and climate-related risks, asset owners and asset managers must remain anchored in their fiduciary duties while navigating complex stakeholder expectations. This session brings together leaders from some of the world’s largest capital providers to articulate what they expect from corporate boards, policymakers, investment managers, and even their own organizations when it comes to sustainability. Panellists will explore how policies, corporate strategies, and underwriting standards can be climate-aware and sustainability-informed by design, and discuss the importance of shared responsibilities of all market participants in shaping a resilient future.
Chair: Sue Rust, ESG Editor, Investment & Pensions Europe (IPE)
Laura Hillis, Director, Responsible Investment, Church of England Pensions Board
Richard Manley, Chief Sustainability Officer, CPP Investments
Barbara Zvan, Head, Ontario University Pension Plan
10:30 – 12:00
Session X – Financial instruments for nature: Guiding investors to scalable and impactful returns
East School
As investors and development financiers alike seek solutions to both climate and biodiversity crises, finance for nature has emerged as a critical lever. This roundtable draws on the recent analysis by the World Economic Forum’s Global Future Council on Natural Capital, which has identified a prioritised set of financial instruments with the greatest potential to deliver both impact, scalability, and returns. Participants will explore this curated list – ranging from outcome-based bonds and loans to nature equities and internal pricing – and discuss what is needed to unlock these instruments at scale. Through an open and collaborative format, the session aims to co-create practical pathways for mobilising capital into nature-positive outcomes, identifying policy, institutional, and market shifts that can accelerate and reward progress. Whether you are a policymaker, investor, or practitioner, this is an opportunity to shape the future of financial innovation for nature.
Chair: Shivin Kohli, Lead, Financing for Nature, World Economic Forum
Rob Bailey, Partner, Insurance and Asset Management, Climate and Sustainability, Oliver Wyman
Danielle Carreira, Head of Finance Sector Engagement, Tropical Forest Alliance, World Economic Forum
Dr. Saskia de Vries, Global Practice Manager, Financial Stability and Integrity, World Bank
Pedro Moura Costa, CEO, Sustainable Investment Management
Clare Shakya, Global Managing Director of Climate, The Nature Conservancy
Lunch
12:00 – 13:15
Break for lunch and networking
13:15 – 14:45
Session XI – Future of climate politics internationally: tackling polarisation in the age of Trump
South School
Political support for climate action is under strain. Rising cost of living, new geopolitical threats, public spending pressures, and the growth in support for populist parties have contributed to a weakening of political ambition and faltering delivery of climate goals. The progress by national governments since the Paris Agreement was signed is now at risk, with politicians fearful of backlash to climate policies and an increasingly sceptical media. Climate action is now a regular feature of the ‘culture war’ and party political debates, causing policy to become more volatile and green investment riskier across political cycles.
Is political support for climate action in retreat or has the narrative been exaggerated? How has Donald Trump’s election shaped climate politics globally? Does climate polarisation fall along the traditional left/right axis? In this new political era, how effective are multilateral fora, such as COPs, at ratcheting up ambition and are new approaches to climate action needed? This panel will bring together political and policy experts to understand the forces shaping climate politics and discuss how climate policy can be reframed and reformed to build more durable support in the years ahead.
Chair: Dr Ben Caldecott, Director, Oxford Sustainable Finance Group, University of Oxford
Sam Hall, Director, Conservative Environment Network
Bernice Lee, Hoffman Distinguished Fellow, Chatham House
Pandora Lefroy, Founder, Project Tempo
Daisy Powell-Chandler, Head of the Sustainability practice, Public First
13:15 – 14:45
Session XII – Carbon Removal Budgeting & Carbon Markets: Tools for Net Zero Alignment
East School
There is a growing push to align carbon markets with net zero, balancing emissions sources and sinks in line with the Paris Agreement. The Revised Principles for Net Zero Aligned Carbon Offsetting, released in 2024, set out clearer expectations for credible offsetting and have gained recognition from actors ranging from the White House to Coldplay. Investment patterns in the voluntary carbon market are beginning to reflect these principles, with a broader shift toward integrity-driven credits. But as the world moves from voluntary to compliance carbon markets, what will this mean for net zero alignment?
The stakes of getting this right are high—scientists estimate that carbon removal must scale from 2 billion to between 5-7 billion tCO₂ annually by 2050 to stabilise future warming. Carbon removal budgeting could play a key role in this, helping businesses and governments alike plan for future carbon removal demand and mobilise supply accordingly. Countries like the UK and the EU are already exploring how to integrate removals into emissions trading schemes. The challenge now is ensuring that as carbon market mechanisms scale, doing so in a net zero aligned manner that scaling high quality removals without compromising vital emissions cuts.
Chair: Calvin Quek, Executive Director for Nature Finance at Oxford Sustainable Finance Group, University of Oxford
Lizzy Coad, Partner & Associate Director, Boston Consulting Group
Megan Kemp, Head of Carbon Dioxide Removal, South Pole
Sindi Kuci, Researcher at Oxford Sustainable Finance Group, University of Oxford
Antti Vihavainen, Vice Chairman, Puro.earth
14:45 – 15:15
Break
Short break for refreshments and networking
15:15 – 16:45
Session XIII – Spatial Finance to reduce sustainability reporting burdens: Fix or fad?
South School
Sustainability disclosures are likely to be less rather than more available in the near future. Can we leverage remote sensing, artificial intelligence and other publicly available datasets to get more relevant sustainability insights with less reporting? Or can reliable, decision-useful information for investors only come from disclosures? Which gaps can we fill or not? This panel brings together stakeholders from across the value chain for a frank discussion about the merits and caveats of a technology fix to sustainability reporting burdens.
Chair: Christophe Christiaen, Head of Innovation and Impact, UK Centre for Greening Finance and Investment
Ben Bowie, Founder and Managing Director, TMP Public
James D’ath, Data and Analytics Technical Lead, Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD)
Aarti Ramachandran, Executive Director, Climate and Environment, UBS
Andres Alonso Robisco, Financial Innovation Division, Bank of Spain
Franca Wolf, Principal Analyst, Sustainable Finance at Verisk Maplecroft
15:15 – 16:45
Session XIV – Does corporate climate target-setting have a future?
East School
Corporate climate target-setting frameworks are facing fundamental challenges from all sides. Policy backlash in some markets has led to a backtracking of some financial institutions around collective and individual commitments. Meanwhile, some advocacy NGOs are challenging the ambition of target-setting frameworks, including in at least one case resorting to litigation. The Science-based Targets Initiative, the leading global standard around setting corporate climate targets, has seen its own set of challenges. All this as the 1.5°C no overshoot goal moves out of reach and by extension the ability to meet 1.5°C aligned targets. On the other hand, the urgency of the climate crisis is accelerating and ‘backlash to the backlash’ is fomenting as some European asset owners have made it clear they will look very closely at corporate climate ambition.
This session will explore these challenges and what the next generation of climate targets should look. Questions will cover the problems with corporate (including FI) climate target setting today, the objective of climate target-setting moving forward, what an improved version may look like (including how the 1.5°C goal fits in), and how we get there.
Chair: Jakob Thomä, Co-founder & Research Director, Theia Finance Labs
Jennifer Anderson, Global Head of Sustainable Investment and ESG, Lazard Asset Management
Greg Lowe, Director, Sustainable Finance, Deloitte LLP
Arnaud Cohen Stuart, Head of Sustainability, ING Bank
Saskia Straub, Climate Policy Analyst, New Climate Institute
17:45-19:15
Closing debate – “This House believes the global ESG backlash is justified”
Sheldonian Theatre
Chair: Emiliya Mychasuk, Climate Editor, FT
Proposition
Alex Barkawi, Founder and Director, Council on Economic Policies (CEP)
Nicolette Bartlett, Senior Advisor, CDP
Jakob Thomä, Co-founder & Research Director, Theia Finance Labs
Opposition
Kingsmill Bond, Energy Strategist, Ember Futures
Eldrid (Ellie) Herrington, Head of Academic Engagement, Centre for Climate Engagement, Hughes Hall, University of Cambridge
Anthony Hobley, Deputy Chair, Climate, Risk & Resilience, Howden Group
19:30 – 23:00
08:30 – 09:00
Arrival
Please sign in at the welcome desk and get a tea of coffee
09:00 – 10:30
Session VII – Transition Plans: facilitating transition finance and growth
South School
The development and disclosure of transition plans is increasing globally. The potential of transition plans as a strategic tool to unlock the volumes of finance required is becoming clearer. Recent recommendations and reports across jurisdictions, including Australia, the EU, France, Indonesia, Japan, and the UK, are recognising the power of planning to unlock finance and support growth. This session will explore examples of how transition planning is underpinning efforts to allocate and access finance and how these flows are supporting growth, competitiveness and climate policy goals. It is led by the International Transition Plan Network (ITPN), which brings together governments and regulators on key topics concerning private sector transition plans.
Chair: Kate Levick, Associate Director of Finance & Resilience, E3G
Richard Barker, Board Member, International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB), IFRS
Sophie Brodie, Associate Director, Climate, Fidelity International
Jonathan Dunn, Head of Climate, AngloAmerican
Daisy Streatfeild, Sustainability Director, Ninety One
Irem Yerdelen, Deputy Chair, Transition Finance Council
09:00 – 10:30
Session VIII – Financing India’s Green Transition
East School
Given the size of its economy, India will play a key role in global efforts towards a sustainable transition; on the other hand, India is still developing and will be adversely impacted due to a changing climate. In this context, we examine the sustainable finance landscape in India, including:
- Given investment needs, where could required capital come from, and what are likely gaps?
- What are the issues, including barriers to investments and climate-related risks, that decisions makers need to address?
- What would the role of key stakeholders, including the public and private sectors, in addressing these issues; including “financing green” as well as “greening finance”?
- What has been done so far – i.e., the policy and regulatory context and progress, e.g., by various ministries as well as the Reserve Bank of India – and what remains to be done, and how does this fit within the changing global context?
Chair: Gireesh Shrimali, Head of Transition Finance Research, Oxford Sustainable Finance Group, University of Oxford
Koushik Chatterjee, Executive Director and Chief Financial Officer, Tata Steel
Dr Dhruba Puryakastha, Executive Director, Observer Research Foundation Middle East
Meyyappan Nagappan, Partner, Trilegal
Ravindra Rathee, Head of International Corporate Development, JSW
Namita Vikas, Founder & Managing Director, AuctusESG Global
10:30 – 12:00
Session IX – Investor Expectations in a Changing World
South School
In today’s rapidly evolving investment landscape, marked by heightened scrutiny around sustainability and climate-related risks, asset owners and asset managers must remain anchored in their fiduciary duties while navigating complex stakeholder expectations. This session brings together leaders from some of the world’s largest capital providers to articulate what they expect from corporate boards, policymakers, investment managers, and even their own organizations when it comes to sustainability. Panellists will explore how policies, corporate strategies, and underwriting standards can be climate-aware and sustainability-informed by design, and discuss the importance of shared responsibilities of all market participants in shaping a resilient future.
Chair: Sue Rust, ESG Editor, Investment & Pensions Europe (IPE)
Laura Hillis, Director, Responsible Investment, Church of England Pensions Board
Richard Manley, Chief Sustainability Officer, CPP Investments
Barbara Zvan, Head, Ontario University Pension Plan
10:30 – 12:00
Session X – Financial instruments for nature: Guiding investors to scalable and impactful returns
East School
As investors and development financiers alike seek solutions to both climate and biodiversity crises, finance for nature has emerged as a critical lever. This roundtable draws on the recent analysis by the World Economic Forum’s Global Future Council on Natural Capital, which has identified a prioritised set of financial instruments with the greatest potential to deliver both impact, scalability, and returns. Participants will explore this curated list – ranging from outcome-based bonds and loans to nature equities and internal pricing – and discuss what is needed to unlock these instruments at scale. Through an open and collaborative format, the session aims to co-create practical pathways for mobilising capital into nature-positive outcomes, identifying policy, institutional, and market shifts that can accelerate and reward progress. Whether you are a policymaker, investor, or practitioner, this is an opportunity to shape the future of financial innovation for nature.
Chair: Shivin Kohli, Lead, Financing for Nature, World Economic Forum
Rob Bailey, Partner, Insurance and Asset Management, Climate and Sustainability, Oliver Wyman
Danielle Carreira, Head of Finance Sector Engagement, Tropical Forest Alliance, World Economic Forum
Dr. Saskia de Vries, Global Practice Manager, Financial Stability and Integrity, World Bank
Pedro Moura Costa, CEO, Sustainable Investment Management
Clare Shakya, Global Managing Director of Climate, The Nature Conservancy
Lunch
12:00 – 13:15
Break for lunch and networking
13:15 – 14:45
Session XI – Future of climate politics internationally: tackling polarisation in the age of Trump
South School
Political support for climate action is under strain. Rising cost of living, new geopolitical threats, public spending pressures, and the growth in support for populist parties have contributed to a weakening of political ambition and faltering delivery of climate goals. The progress by national governments since the Paris Agreement was signed is now at risk, with politicians fearful of backlash to climate policies and an increasingly sceptical media. Climate action is now a regular feature of the ‘culture war’ and party political debates, causing policy to become more volatile and green investment riskier across political cycles.
Is political support for climate action in retreat or has the narrative been exaggerated? How has Donald Trump’s election shaped climate politics globally? Does climate polarisation fall along the traditional left/right axis? In this new political era, how effective are multilateral fora, such as COPs, at ratcheting up ambition and are new approaches to climate action needed? This panel will bring together political and policy experts to understand the forces shaping climate politics and discuss how climate policy can be reframed and reformed to build more durable support in the years ahead.
Chair: Dr Ben Caldecott, Director, Oxford Sustainable Finance Group, University of Oxford
Sam Hall, Director, Conservative Environment Network
Bernice Lee, Hoffman Distinguished Fellow, Chatham House
Pandora Lefroy, Founder, Project Tempo
Daisy Powell-Chandler, Head of the Sustainability practice, Public First
13:15 – 14:45
Session XII – Carbon Removal Budgeting & Carbon Markets: Tools for Net Zero Alignment
East School
There is a growing push to align carbon markets with net zero, balancing emissions sources and sinks in line with the Paris Agreement. The Revised Principles for Net Zero Aligned Carbon Offsetting, released in 2024, set out clearer expectations for credible offsetting and have gained recognition from actors ranging from the White House to Coldplay. Investment patterns in the voluntary carbon market are beginning to reflect these principles, with a broader shift toward integrity-driven credits. But as the world moves from voluntary to compliance carbon markets, what will this mean for net zero alignment?
The stakes of getting this right are high—scientists estimate that carbon removal must scale from 2 billion to between 5-7 billion tCO₂ annually by 2050 to stabilise future warming. Carbon removal budgeting could play a key role in this, helping businesses and governments alike plan for future carbon removal demand and mobilise supply accordingly. Countries like the UK and the EU are already exploring how to integrate removals into emissions trading schemes. The challenge now is ensuring that as carbon market mechanisms scale, doing so in a net zero aligned manner that scaling high quality removals without compromising vital emissions cuts.
Chair: Calvin Quek, Executive Director for Nature Finance at Oxford Sustainable Finance Group, University of Oxford
Lizzy Coad, Partner & Associate Director, Boston Consulting Group
Megan Kemp, Head of Carbon Dioxide Removal, South Pole
Sindi Kuci, Researcher at Oxford Sustainable Finance Group, University of Oxford
Antti Vihavainen, Vice Chairman, Puro.earth
14:45 – 15:15
Break
Short break for refreshments and networking
15:15 – 16:45
Session XIII – Spatial Finance to reduce sustainability reporting burdens: Fix or fad?
South School
Sustainability disclosures are likely to be less rather than more available in the near future. Can we leverage remote sensing, artificial intelligence and other publicly available datasets to get more relevant sustainability insights with less reporting? Or can reliable, decision-useful information for investors only come from disclosures? Which gaps can we fill or not? This panel brings together stakeholders from across the value chain for a frank discussion about the merits and caveats of a technology fix to sustainability reporting burdens.
Chair: Christophe Christiaen, Head of Innovation and Impact, UK Centre for Greening Finance and Investment
Ben Bowie, Founder and Managing Director, TMP Public
James D’ath, Data and Analytics Technical Lead, Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD)
Aarti Ramachandran, Executive Director, Climate and Environment, UBS
Andres Alonso Robisco, Financial Innovation Division, Bank of Spain
Franca Wolf, Principal Analyst, Sustainable Finance at Verisk Maplecroft
15:15 – 16:45
Session XIV – Does corporate climate target-setting have a future?
East School
Corporate climate target-setting frameworks are facing fundamental challenges from all sides. Policy backlash in some markets has led to a backtracking of some financial institutions around collective and individual commitments. Meanwhile, some advocacy NGOs are challenging the ambition of target-setting frameworks, including in at least one case resorting to litigation. The Science-based Targets Initiative, the leading global standard around setting corporate climate targets, has seen its own set of challenges. All this as the 1.5°C no overshoot goal moves out of reach and by extension the ability to meet 1.5°C aligned targets. On the other hand, the urgency of the climate crisis is accelerating and ‘backlash to the backlash’ is fomenting as some European asset owners have made it clear they will look very closely at corporate climate ambition.
This session will explore these challenges and what the next generation of climate targets should look. Questions will cover the problems with corporate (including FI) climate target setting today, the objective of climate target-setting moving forward, what an improved version may look like (including how the 1.5°C goal fits in), and how we get there.
Chair: Jakob Thomä, Co-founder & Research Director, Theia Finance Labs
Jennifer Anderson, Global Head of Sustainable Investment and ESG, Lazard Asset Management
Greg Lowe, Director, Sustainable Finance, Deloitte LLP
Arnaud Cohen Stuart, Head of Sustainability, ING Bank
Saskia Straub, Climate Policy Analyst, New Climate Institute
17:45-19:15
Closing debate – “This House believes the global ESG backlash is justified”
Sheldonian Theatre
Chair: Emiliya Mychasuk, Climate Editor, FT
Proposition
Alex Barkawi, Founder and Director, Council on Economic Policies (CEP)
Nicolette Bartlett, Senior Advisor, CDP
Jakob Thomä, Co-founder & Research Director, Theia Finance Labs
Opposition
Kingsmill Bond, Energy Strategist, Ember Futures
Eldrid (Ellie) Herrington, Head of Academic Engagement, Centre for Climate Engagement, Hughes Hall, University of Cambridge
Anthony Hobley, Deputy Chair, Climate, Risk & Resilience, Howden Group
19:30 – 23:00
Fees
All tickets include the full day programme, lunch, reception, and dinner. All registrations are pending until confirmed by the organisers. We expect significant demand across several categories and strongly encourage early registration.
PRIVATE SECTOR
£450
For private sector practitioners working in financial institutions, consultancies, service providers, or real economy sectors.
GOVERNMENT, REGULATOR, CIVIL SOCIETY, ASSET OWNER
£275
For those whose primary employment is as civil servants, regulators, civil society practitioners, or asset owners (i.e. pension funds, insurance company general accounts, sovereign wealth funds, or charitable endowments).
ACADEMIC
£200
For researchers with academic or academic-related appointments at universities. Academic places are limited.
Academic Researcher
University of Oxford researchers:
Full ticket £150 | Day ticket £85
This category is for researchers with academic or academic-related appointments at the University of Oxford working on sustainable finance-related topics.
Academic researchers:
Full ticket £375 | Day ticket £250
This category is for researchers with academic or academic-related appointments at universities (excluding Oxford) working on sustainable finance-related topics.
Students
University of Oxford DPhil students:
Day ticket £50
This category is for current DPhil students at the University of Oxford working on sustainable finance-related topics only.
All other students (including Oxford students):
Day ticket £100
*We have a small number of fully funded places for participants from asset owners, governments, and financial regulators. Please email us with your biographical details together with information about your position and affiliation, as well as why you are applying for a free place and we will consider this when you apply for a place.
Register
Please click on the button below to register to attend.
Please note that the Summit will likely be oversubscribed and we strongly encourage early registration.
The registration fee is per person and includes the drinks reception and dinner.
All registrations will be pending until confirmed by the organisers, and fee payment will only be processed once the registration is confirmed. We expect a significant waiting list for some of the categories and we will let you know about your registration as soon as possible.
“There’s something special about meeting in a place where, for centuries, great minds have been debating the issues or our time. That unlocks a willingness of freedom to engage in the big questions.”
Ben Caldecott, Director, Oxford Sustainable Finance Group
“The one word that I’ve been feeling in the last 24 hours at the Summit (2025) has been ‘resolute’. It’s at events like this when you are reminded why sustainability is the financial risk and opportunity of our time”
Sarah Barker, Managing Director, Pollination Law
Become a Summit Partner
We have a range of partnership benefits, including speaking slots, branding opportunities, social media engagement, and complimentary tickets for staff and clients, among other things.
We have a preference to work with a small number of strategic partners.
Summit Venue
RHODES HOUSE
Rhodes House was designed by Sir Herbert Baker and built between 1926 and 1928. A grade II* listed building, Rhodes House reflects a number of influences: Cape Dutch farmhouse, English country mansion, and the Arts and Crafts movements of the 1900s. This unique blend of architectural styles made Rhodes House a unique addition to the architectural landscape of Oxford. Rhodes House has enjoyed a storied past, playing host to world figures from Albert Einstein to Nelson Mandela. Today, the House has been reimagined for the 21st Century, through a project to refresh and restore its traditional rooms, while creating new spaces fit for the 21st century and beyond.
THE SHELDONIAN THEATRE
Closing debate on Thursday 17th July 2025.
Designed by Sir Christopher Wren and completed in 1669, the Sheldonian is the ceremonial heart of the University of Oxford.
THE ASHMOLEAN MUSEUM
Reception, dinner, and after party on Thursday 17th July 2025.
The Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology in Oxford was established in 1683. The Ashmolean is the oldest museum in the United Kingdom and the second oldest university museum in the world.
The museum houses the University’s collections of art and antiquities.
Accommodation
Oxford offers a large number of accommodation options in every category. Here is a list of recommended hotels. Please ensure to book your accommodation well in advance as summer is a busy period in Oxford.
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