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How can we truly innovate for a generation demanding more than just profit?
David Katz, Founder and CEO of Plastic Bank, invites you to strategize your business for a future where customers demand authentic, impactful change. The next generation isn't content with innovation that merely drives profit – they expect businesses to become catalysts for social and environmental progress. Are you ready to meet this challenge?
In this session, David will emphasize the importance of cultivating a prosperity mindset within an organization for long-term success. He will explore how real innovation can address the collective concerns of the next generation and create spaces for them to
actively contribute to the solutions.
Your business can innovate beyond the traditional profit-driven approaches, win hearts of the next generation, and prosper exponentially. Don't miss the opportunity.
Key Learnings:
- Discover how real innovation drives meaningful change for the people and the planet.
- Understand how your business can be future-ready to meet the expectations of the next generation of consumers.
- Be inspired to cultivate a prosperity mindset within your organization, and achieve long-term business success.
- Shift perspectives from profit-seeking to prosperity-sharing, and grow with impact.
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Keynote: Beyond Profit: Answering the Call of the Next Generation
Speakers
David Katz
Founder of Plastic BankDavid is the Founder of Plastic Bank, a globally recognized social fintech that has redefined prosperity by transforming waste into wealth. His vision addresses two of the most pressing challenges faced by both people and the planet: poverty and plastic pollution.
Under David’s leadership, Plastic Bank has opened pathways to prosperity for over 50,000 families living in underserved communities across the Philippines, Indonesia, Brazil, Egypt, Thailand, and Cameroon by enabling the exchange of over 130 million kilos of gathered plastic for income and social benefits. His solution offers individuals and businesses the opportunity to prosper by reducing their environmental footprint, promoting circularity, and supporting communities.
Recognized as one of the world’s most compassionate entrepreneurs, David has been honoured with several prestigious accolades, including the United Nations Lighthouse Award for Planetary Health and the Paris Climate Conference Sustainia Community Award. Other notable recognitions include the Ernst & Young Lifetime Achievement Award, The Globe and Mail’s Changemakers Award, and the Entrepreneur Organizations’ Global Citizen Award.
His humanitarian work has garnered international acclaim, with features from major media
networks including BBC, CNN, Time Magazine, Forbes, Fast Company, Business Week, and National Geographic. He has delivered impactful talks on TED.com, appeared in award-winning documentaries, and starred in an international reality television show.
David is a steward of the earth, a champion for the underserved, and a thought leader on
the prosperity mindset.
Speaker
David is the Founder of Plastic Bank, a globally recognized social fintech that has redefined prosperity by transforming waste into wealth. His vision addresses two of the most pressing challenges faced by both people and the planet: poverty and plastic pollution.
Under David’s leadership, Plastic Bank has opened pathways to prosperity for over 50,000 families living in underserved communities across the Philippines, Indonesia, Brazil, Egypt, Thailand, and Cameroon by enabling the exchange of over 130 million kilos of gathered plastic for income and social benefits. His solution offers individuals and businesses the opportunity to prosper by reducing their environmental footprint, promoting circularity, and supporting communities.
Recognized as one of the world’s most compassionate entrepreneurs, David has been honoured with several prestigious accolades, including the United Nations Lighthouse Award for Planetary Health and the Paris Climate Conference Sustainia Community Award. Other notable recognitions include the Ernst & Young Lifetime Achievement Award, The Globe and Mail’s Changemakers Award, and the Entrepreneur Organizations’ Global Citizen Award.
His humanitarian work has garnered international acclaim, with features from major media
networks including BBC, CNN, Time Magazine, Forbes, Fast Company, Business Week, and National Geographic. He has delivered impactful talks on TED.com, appeared in award-winning documentaries, and starred in an international reality television show.
David is a steward of the earth, a champion for the underserved, and a thought leader on
the prosperity mindset.
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