Keynote SpeakersChris Hines MBE is a keynote speaker who has been working and campaigning for the environment for 30 years and revels in inspiring positive change.
He co-founded and later served as Director of Surfers Against Sewage from 1990 to 2000.
The BBC called Surfers Against Sewage “some of the Government’s most sophisticated environmental critics”, and the Independent called it “Britain’s coolest pressure group”; the organisation helped deliver major environmental improvements.
Chris then served as Sustainability Director at the Eden Project for five years. This included conceiving and delivering “Waste Neutral”, an early version of the circular economy and helping embed the triple bottom line of sustainable business practice throughout the organisation.
He’s given evidence to the UK Parliament, the Competition and Mergers Commission, and the European Commission. He briefed the President of the European Parliament and was a special advisor to the Minister for the Environment. He also appears on various media outlets, including BBC World Service and Panorama, and CNN.
In 2008, he was awarded an MBE for Services to the Environment in the Queen’s Birthday Honours. He was also awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Science from the University of Plymouth.
He also received the Global Surfers Path Inaugural Green Wave Award.
As a sustainability and environmental keynote speaker, Chris Hines has delivered speeches to a wide range of groups and organisations. Clients include BMW Guggenheim Future Lab, the Dutch Tax Office, Bombay Sapphire, Rock Star Games, the National Grid, the Global Surf Cities Conference and International Schools in The Hague and Geneva.
Chris Hines speaking topics:
- Environmental Issues
- Sustainability
- Communication
- Motivation and Leadership
- Financial Viability of an Organisation
- Lobbying and Interacting with Government Bodies
He aims to drive positive change by working with clients who share a vision, including serving on the BBC’s Sustainability Advisory Group.
Chris works on strategic planning, communications, leadership, and embedding sustainability principles within a profitable business. He strongly believes that business can be a force for good in a challenging world… and he still gets plenty of surfing in!
