Solitaire Townsend

Solitaire is a renowned sustainability expert who works with the world’s most influential organizations to activate positive and optimistic change. Her ‘solutionist’ vision of solving climate change is desperately needed in our gloomy world.

She is Co-founder & Chief Solutionist at Futerra (Edie’s 2023 Consultancy of the Year) and Trustee of the Solutions Union charity. In 2023, she was named both a ‘Leader of the Year’ at Adweek’s Sustainability Awards and also UNGC’s ‘Sustainable Development Goals Pioneer’ for the UK. She was also named by Vogue Business as one of their 100 Innovators. Additionally, she sits on the United Nations Committee for Entertainment and Culture in Climate Action.

Solitaire holds master’s degrees in both Sustainability and Shakespeare, she lectures at Imperial College and the Cambridge University Institute for Sustainability Leadership. She has a popular mainstage TED talk (with 1.8 million views), Forbes column, and an award. winning book – The Solutionists: How Businesses Can Fix the Future.