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The Prince of Wales's
International Business Leaders Forum

Championing action for a sustainable future.

In 1989, against the advice of the British Foreign Office, The Prince of Wales invited an array of the world's most powerful business leaders to a meeting in the hurricane-devastated city of Charleston, South Carolina. This meeting gave birth to the International Business Leaders Forum.

 

IBLF became a breakout model, with members in 30+ countries working together with businesses, government and local communities to address concerns about the environment, ethical sourcing, treatment of employees and corruption. We were tasked with raising money for an Endowment Fund in memory of the organizations mastermind and co-founder, Robert Davies.

"Prince Charles has been miles ahead of the curve on many issues relating to global sustainability. He warned about plastic waste in 1970 and championed organic farming long before it became mainstream."

The Daily Telegraph

The campaign we developed broke with tradition by publicly leveraging the outspoken heir to the throne's fame as a global eco-warrior.

  • A new generation of technology leaders signed on and helped re-invigorate IBLF's membership. 

  • In 2017, IBLF joined forces with the United Nations. 

  • In 2018, IBLF was folded into The Prince of Wales Global Sustainability Fellowship Program at Cambridge University.​​

 

Source: KPMG

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"Whitty has a simpler way of looking at things, of wiping away the marketing drivel that people tend to be caught up in. He gets past that to thinking bigger."

Neville Isdell, Chairman, IBLF  
Chairman & CEO, Coca-Cola

Services

Brand Strategy, Ideation 

Design, Video, Events

Client

Neville Isdale, Chairman

Adam Leach, CEO

Joe Phelan, Communications Director

Collaborators

Alexsis de Raadt St. James

Chris Kirk, MindBomb Films

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