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Creating a Sustainable Future | ME, Sweden | Matthew Griffin | Innovation Keynote Speaker
The world still faces plenty of challenges, from climate change and social issues to economic ones to name a few, but there are ways we can move the dial on all of them.
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Griffin, M. (2021) 'Creating a Sustainable Future | ME, Sweden | Matthew Griffin | Innovation Keynote Speaker', 311 Institute, 1 October. Available at: https://www.311institute.com/futurist-keynote-finland-creating-the-sustainable-future-me/ (Accessed: 1 October 2026).
Firstly, thank you to Delaine and the team at Management Events again for putting on a great episode in our second CXO Series together where it was my pleasure to give a keynote on “Creating the Sustainable Future” – a broad dive into all of the United Nations Sustainability Development Goals (SDG) and how organisations can use them to their advantage to create purposeful sustainable businesses and minimise their own impact on society and the planet.
Today, everyone knows that the world faces extreme challenges that are getting more extreme by the day – whether it’s climate change which is fuelling extreme weather, the acidification and warming of the world’s oceans, and diminishing global bio-diversity, or whether it’s the global wealth gap that’s shows no sign of decreasing, or the global institutions which are being undermined.
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During my keynote I covered all 16 UN SDG, summarised the problems we face as a society, and presented solutions to all of them that organisations can use as a guide and a template to make their businesses, and the world a more equitable, fairer, and sustainable place.
People. Planet. Purpose.
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The world still faces plenty of challenges, from climate change and social issues to economic ones to name a few, but there are ways we can move the dial on all of them.
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Matthew Griffin Founder, 311 Institute
Matthew Griffin is a multi-award winning Futurist and expert in Disruption and Innovation, Geopolitics, Leadership, and Technology, who NASA have described as a "walking encyclopaedia of the future" and a "futurist Polymath."
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Matthew Griffin is a multi-award winning Futurist and expert in Disruption and Innovation, Geopolitics, Leadership, and Technology, who NASA have described as a "walking encyclopaedia of the future" and a "futurist Polymath." 15-time best selling author of the "Codex of the Future" series, Matthew is the Founder and Futurist in Chief of the 311 Institute, a global Futures and Deep Futures advisory firm working with royal households, world leaders, G7, G20, and G77 governments, NGOs, and multi-national mid and mega cap firms to help them explore, shape, and lead the next 50 years of business and society.
An award-winning YouTube creator with over a million followers, with an unrivalled global reach and impact, Matthew is a highly sought-after international keynote speaker, lecturer, and mentor who collaborates with global leaders through the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) and United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) to shape pivotal initiatives such as the UN’s AI for Humanity program, the United Nations Conference of the Parties (UN COP), and the World Economic Forum in Davos.
As the former Global Head of Cloud, National Security, and Enterprise Sales for companies including Atos, Dell-EMC, and IBM, Matthew has a proven track record of building multi-billion dollar business units and turning failing divisions into market leaders. His ability to identify, analyse, and communicate the implications of hundreds of emerging technologies and trends is unparalleled, and his insights are trusted by many of the world’s most respected organisations, including ABB, Accenture, Adidas, AON, ARM, BCG, Centrica, Citi, Coca-Cola, Dentons, Deloitte, Dow Jones, EY, Google, KPMG, Lego, Legal & General, LinkedIn, Microsoft, PepsiCo, Qualcomm, RWE, Samsung, Siemens AG and Siemens Energy, T-Mobile, UBS, VISA, Walmart, Workday, Worldpay and many others.
Regularly featured in the global media including the AP, BBC, Bloomberg, CNBC, Discovery, Forbes, Khaleej Times, Telegraph, TIME, ViacomCBS, WIRED, and the WSJ, Matthews mission is to help organisations create a fair and sustainable future whose benefits are shared by everyone irrespective of their ability, background, or circumstances.
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Sources and further reading
- United Nations Sustainability Development Goals sdgs.un.org
Source: first published by the 311 Institute on 1 October 2021. Cite as: Griffin, M. (2021). Creating a Sustainable Future | ME, Sweden | Matthew Griffin | Innovation Keynote Speaker. 311 Institute. https://www.311institute.com/futurist-keynote-finland-creating-the-sustainable-future-me/
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