Building Sustainability Together

2025 — June 16 to 18

2026 — June 29 to July 2

2027 — More information soon

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At a critical time when the decisions we make will shape the future for generations to come, Lisbon Sustainability Week is a catalyst for action to Empower Sustainable Change and Development.

Lisbon Sustainability Week brings together global thought leaders, academics, policymakers, practitioners and industry pioneers from corporations, financial markets, policy institutions, and civil society to rethink how we can collectively build a fair, balanced, and sustainable future.

This year’s focus theme was: Building Sustainability Together.

In 2025, our motto was: Empowering Sustainable Change.

LSW in numbers:

1.2k + Joining Professionals

100+ Expert Speakers

20+ Countries Represented

Learn more about our past editions

Lisbon Sustainability Week 2026
Lisbon Sustainability Week 2025

Keynote Speakers from past editions

  • Rob Engle

    Robert Engle

    2003 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences

    NYU Professor Emeritus

  • John Elkington

    Founder and Chief Polinator, Volans

  • Cameron Hepburn

    Battcock Professor of Environmental Economics, University of Oxford, UK

  • Christine Schliesser

    Zurich University

  • Humberto Delgado Rosa

    Former Director for Natural Capital, European Commission

  • Kfir Godrich

    Founder of mAIndfulness

  • Ricardo Rio

    Economist

    Former Mayor of Braga

  • Giulia Lombardi

    Philea, Philanthropy Europe Association

  • Paulo Ferrão

    Chair of the Mission Board on Climate Neutral and Smart Cities, European Commission

  • Sandrine Dixson-Declève

    Honorary President/Global Ambassador, Club of Rome

  • Ernest Moniz

    Former U.S. Secretary of Energy, from 2013 to January 2017

Full List of 2026 Speakers
Full List of 2025 Speakers

Why you should attend?

1. Learn from world-renowned experts in finance, sustainability, policy, and business leadership.

2. Discover how corporations and financial markets can integrate sustainability into their strategies and unlock transition opportunities.

3. Understand emerging policies, regulations, and the role of cities and local governments in advancing sustainable development.

4. Build powerful collaborations with key leaders from business, finance, policy, academia and civil society.

5. Explore the evolving landscape of academic research in accounting, finance, and sustainability science.

Empower yourself with tools to make Sustainable Change through Knowledge, Collaboration and Action.