The Big Synergy Initiative is a multi-project UN SDGs commitment. This initiative aims at informing, inspiring and involving global stakeholders to meet all the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals by 2030.
This initiative is led and supported by internationally acclaimed sustainability leaders including renowned business leaders, academics, scientists, and leaders from media and policy, amongst others.
The leaders, judges and advisors for some of our featured projects are below.
Dr. Ragini G Roy
Co-founder & Director of Global Programmes and Impact, CBS
Deborah Meaden
Green investor and business leader
Dr. Sourav Roy
Co-founder & CEO, Centre for Big Synergy
Roberta Boscolo
Climate & Energy Lead
World Meteorological Organisation
Prof. Mark Maslin
Global Sustainability thought leader and influencer, UCL
Gabrielle Ginér
Head of environmental sustainability, BT Group
Prof. Ioannis Ioannou
London Business School
Rt Hon. Baroness Usha Prashar
Crossbench member, House of Lords
Tom Szaky
CEO and founder of TerraCycle
Baroness Lola Young
Member, UK House of Lords
Baroness Natalie Bennet
Member, UK House of Lords
Cat Fletcher
Founder, Freegle
US Ambassador (Rtd) Howard Gutman
Lawyer, actor, former US Ambassador to Belgium
Amma Asante, MBE
BAFTA award-winning Screenwriter and Director
Prof. John Corner
University of Leeds
Gurinder Chadha, OBE
Director | Producer | Writer
Anna Smith
Broadcaster and Film critic
Dr. Trisia Farrelly
Massey University & United Nations Advisor
Prof. Brendan Godley
University of Exeter
Prof. Kristofer Erickson
University of Leeds
Prof. Marion Schmid
University of Edinburgh
Susan Kemp
University of Edinburgh
Debashish Das, Exec. MBA (HBS)
Grohe AG
Prof. Paul Montgomery
University of Birmingham
Richard Hatherell
Head of Video, Yahoo UK
Prof. Lyndsay Duthie
CEO, Production Guild of Great Britain
Jemima Khan
Philanthropist, Screenwriter and producer
Kevin Willmott
OSCAR, BAFTA and Cannes Grand-Prix-winning filmmaker
Dr Sally Uren OBE
CEO Forum for the Future
Sian Kevill
Make Waves Media | BBC Newsnight, BBC World Service
Pippa Ehrlich
OSCAR & BAFTA-winning filmmaker
Chris Tashima
OSCAR-winning actor/director
Waad Al-Kateab
BAFTA-, EMMY- & CANNES-winning Director
The leadership team and advisors are supported by an army of committed synergists from across the world with their wealth of knowledge and expertise. Some featured synergists are below.
