Dublin #14 - The climate heist

What if we could hijack the very systems driving climate and nature destruction to fuel regeneration instead?

Climate Heist is a night out with substance.

Professional but unbuttoned.

Curious but commercially sharp.

If the future is being quietly assembled in rooms where ideas meet capital and courage, this is one of those rooms. Join us 🍸🌍

Partnering with Entrepreneurs' Organization (EO), this intimate evening brings together entrepreneurs, investors and innovators to explore how business, finance, policy and technology can be re-engineered for impact and advantage. From impact investing, industrial symbiosis, renewable energy and regenerative supply chains to AI and IoT, we’ll unpack real strategies already reshaping industries - not in theory, but in practice.

Expect a candid panel discussion, a keynote from a world-class climate and nature business leader, and space for meaningful conversation in a relaxed, design-led setting. With music, art and light bites, The Climate Heist is designed to feel more like a curated gathering than a conference. It showcases how to use capitalism’s own playbook - but for good

SPEAKERS & PERFORMERS

• Tom Popple, Founder-CEO, BE IMPACTFUL & Climate Cocktail Club

• Jack McHugh, Folk-singing guitar-slinging songwriting Animator from Kilkenny

• Heather Griffin and Patrick Mulvihill, Artists, Living Rhythms & Dinnseanchas project

• Lesley O'Connor, Founder and Executive Chair, Trifecta Energy CLG

• David Scanlon, Director, Resolve Partners

• Phil Doyle, Managing Director & Co-Head of the SDCL Global Energy Transition Fund (GETF), Sustainable Development Capital LLP (SDCL)

• Annie Leeson, CEO & Co-Founder, Agricarbon

• David Connolly, CEO, HeatGrid Ireland

• Lavanya Bhandari, CEO & Founder, Ecoroots

EVENT SCHEDULE

1800 - Doors open (cocktails, networking and food)

1815 - Live music: Jack McHugh

1900 - Kick off and welcome: Tom Popple

1910 - Creative feature: immersive experimental audio-visual performance by Heather Griffin & Patrick Mulvihill 

1930 - Leadership keynote and fireside: Lesley O'Connor

2000 - B Lab Ireland Spotlight

2010 - Panel session: David Scanlon (host), Phil Doyle, Annie Leeson, David Connolly, Lavanya Bhandari

2050 - Closing remarks: Tom Popple

2100 - Live music (with Jack), networking and cocktails

2200 - Close

GET IN THE CCC MOOD... Check out our live folksinger Jack McHugh

WHY ATTEND

• Steal the future before it steals you. Climate and nature shifts are redrawing the profit map. Come see where the treasure is buried.

• From compliance headache to competitive edge. The transition is not a tax. It is a tactical advantage for those awake enough to spot it.

• Regeneration that pays its own bar tab. Real companies. Real margins. Impact baked in, not sprinkled on.

• AI meets ROI meets the biosphere. How data, tech and clever tools are turning impact from reporting theatre into strategic muscle.

• Capital is moving. Are you? What future-fit businesses must prove to attract serious money in a warming world.

• No lanyards. No lurkers. Just sharp minds, good drinks and conversations that actually go somewhere.

• Serious ideas. Loosened ties. Professional enough to matter. Playful enough to enjoy.

• Where climate ambition gets street smart. Less preaching. More plotting

GET IN THE CCC MOOD... Check out a previous event (and more here)

PARTNERS

We are proud to be supported by our event partners. Contact us to support the mission and become a partner to the Climate Cocktail Club. We need your sponsorship to ensure our events are successful. We have a limited number of event partner and sponsor opportunities - please get in touch (info@climatecocktailclub.org).

HOST PARTNER

ENTREPRENEURS' ORGANIZATION (EO)

Since 1987, Entrepreneurs' Organization (EO) has been the catalyst for entrepreneurs worldwide to learn, grow, and achieve their full leadership potential. We are a global community of nearly 20,000 members in more than 220 chapters and 80 countries. We are united by our passion for entrepreneurship and commitment to moving the world forward.

 In EO, we support the whole entrepreneur in business and beyond because successful enterprises start with people. We connect entrepreneurs locally, then globally, encouraging members to bring their whole selves to a trusted community that creates growth and belonging for them and the people in their lives. This holistic approach includes our families and key executives because strong relationships and solid support systems are vital to any entrepreneur’s well-being. 


BRAND PARTNER

THINKHOUSE

THINKHOUSE is one of the world’s leading independent agencies. Powered by youth culture, its digital-first, future-fit marketing is for progressive brands that care about people and planet. The company transforms and empowers organisations and teams by helping shift mindsets and adopt new ways of looking at the world - through the lens of the next generation. THINKHOUSE’s innovative, creative work is a vehicle for change, born out of its mission to have a positive impact on the lives of younger generations, now and into the future. www.thinkhousehq.com

SUPPORTING PARTNERS

BE IMPACTFUL

INDEPENDENT ADVISORY FOR CLIMATE, NATURE AND COMMUNITY IMPACT. We unleash changemakers with the insights, solutions and partnerships they need to reach set goals. We supercharge purpose-driven brands, organisations and social enterprises across the world. We are honest, transparent and fiercely independent. We strive for a just, equitable and thriving planet.

COLLABORATORS

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT CAPITAL LLP

Founded in 2007, Sustainable Development Capital LLP (“SDCL”) is one of the most established and innovative investment firms in the sustainability markets and is unique in its dedicated focus on efficient and decentralized energy solutions. SDCL’s core strategy is to develop and invest in sustainable energy infrastructure assets that reduce cost and carbon and improve reliability. The Firm has a long and proven track record in delivering solutions for major technology, healthcare, commercial, industrial, and public sector clients, such as enterprise and hyper-scale data centres, hospitals, heavy and light industrial facilities, universities, warehouses, and hotels. SDCL deploys a wide range of commercially proven technologies such as on-site renewables including solar paired with storage, renewable heat, and cogeneration, as well as energy conservation measures such as LED lighting, energy efficient heating and cooling, motors, building management systems and controls. SDCL’s infrastructure investment capabilities cover all stages of the project development lifecycle, from concept to long term operations. In addition to project investments, SDCL has launched a private equity division to invest growth equity capital in the best companies providing products and services to the EDGE markets. SDCL is headquartered in London and the group, and its investment vehicles also operate from offices in New York, Greenwich, Dublin, Hong Kong, and Singapore.  SDCL is authorized and regulated in the UK by the Financial Conduct Authority.

SUSTAINABILITYEXAMPLES.COM

We help small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) driving climate action (Doers) gain more visibility, greater recognition, and a faster ROI for their sustainability initiatives by providing a dedicated platform where they can launch, share, and compete for prominence through community engagement with climate-conscious supporters (Champions).

B LAB IRELAND

B Lab Ireland is part of a global nonprofit network that creates economic systems change through standards, policies, tools, and programs for business, and certifies companies—known as B Corps™—who are leading the way. B Corps are companies verified by B Lab to meet high standards of social and environmental performance, transparency, and accountability. Globally there are now over 9,600 B Corps in 100+ countries, across 160 industries, employing over 960,000 people.

RESOLVE PARTNERS

At Resolve, we back bold climate entrepreneurs. Through hands-on programmes and our early-stage investment fund, we help founders scale solutions that tackle the toughest decarbonisation challenges—with the urgency this moment demands.

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