NYC Climate Week x UN General Assembly VIP Summit

Climate Pledge Summit 

On September 22nd, The Climate Pledge hosted its first in-person signatory experience, The Climate Pledge Summit at Fotografiska in NYC. The day-long event brought together senior executives from signatory companies for a  series of panel discussions addressing Pledge progress, future focus areas, and opportunities for joint action.

Select Climate Pledge signatories and Climate Fund recipients gave Summit attendees a sneak-peek of their  latest innovations and case studies through interactive exhibits. The displays allowed audience members to experience Pledge signatory  innovations on a tangible level. Attendees were also encouraged to create a ‘No Swag Bag’ swag bag, where instead of being given a traditional takeaway filled with a giant carbon footprint, they could choose a Cotopaxi ‘Do Good’ bag and select patches to customize on site, in hopes of creating a more sustainable approach to swag.

Speakers included AWS CEO Adam Selipsky, Matt Damon and Gary White for Water.org, Van Jones and Climate Justice, Al Roker, Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi, Impossible Foods CEO Peter McGuinness, Christiana Figueres the architect of the Paris Agreement, Cotopaxi’s Chief People Officer Grace Zunic and their head of impact and sustainability Angie Agle, Head of Environment and Sustainability at Maersk Lee Kindberg among others.

We announced NYC Climate Week to the world through a social deluge from more than 75 of The Climate Pledge partner brands, as well as Amazon itself.