with Charly Kleissner and Michael Ben-Eli
Session 30
Wednesday, November 18, 2026
6:00 p.m. EST
In this virtual conversation with Michael Ben-Eli, founder of The Sustainability Laboratory, Charly Kleissner, pioneer of the “Deep Impact” movement and Co-founder of Tonic and the 100% Impact Network, will explore the role of private capital in accelerating the realization of the sustainability agenda. The session will examine how values-aligned investment can help drive the transformation needed to make sustainability the organizing principle on the planet—and how private sector leadership can contribute to building a more just, resilient, and life-affirming world.
A live Q&A session will follow this conversation.
Charly Kleissner is an impact investor and leader of the deep impact movement, advocating for systemic change and promoting conscious investing driven by values and mindfulness. He co-founded KL Felicitas Foundation, Twist, Toniic, and the Impact Hub Tirol. He serves as a full member of The Club of Rome, as the chair of the supervisory board of Alia, on the Board of the Schwab Foundation and Proof, on multiple Advisory Boards, and as the chair of the ethical committee of tree.ly. Kleissner is board chair emeritus of ImpactAssets and brings over twenty years of experience as a senior technology executive in Silicon Valley.
“Exploring the Sustainability Challenge”
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