03/10/2025
afternoon panels taught us just how connected every industry is to climate change, and how different companies tackle environmental advocacy.
Daniela Fernandez of VELAMAR joined Jim McCann of Worth Media Group & 1-800Flowers to explore how capital can drive ocean solutions. “Movement changes culture, and capital changes systems,” said Fernandez, highlighting the need to align mainstream investment with ocean health.
Caitlin MacLean of the Milken Institute and Francis Bouchard of Marsh McLennan highlighted that resilience will require cross-sector collaboration, investment, and new financial tools. “There’s a growing awareness, not just within the insurance sector, but all the peripheral sectors and also the NGO community, that insurance has to be part of the answer” , emphasized Bouchard.
Sara Enright of Consumer Reports and Emily Forlini of PCMag explored the role of consumers in driving energy standards. “We did a survey to find out: do people support mandatory energy efficiency standards for their appliances? And 88% of Americans responded yes. And yet these standards are still under attack,” noted Enright.
Kim Wilson of McLaren Racing and Anna Marsden of Great Barrier Reef Foundation shared how Formula 1 innovation is being harnessed to create machines to help recover and repopulate coral reefs. “We’ll be proving that we can plant, out of one of these micro-hubs, a million corals. That’s the acceleration point that’s happened because of McLaren,” said Marsden.