Forbes 30 Under 30, OAM, and founder of My Green World — an environmental and social impact leader advising the W20, UNESCO, and the UN Environment Programme.
Natalie Kyriacou OAM was recognised by Forbes as a 30 Under 30 and by the UN Environment Programme as a Young Champion of the Earth finalist. She is the founder and chair of My Green World, an organisation focused on empowering global conservation, and serves as a Board Director at the Foundation for National Parks and Wildlife and a Board Committee Member at CARE Australia. She is an Australian Delegate to the W20, a UNESCO Pathfinder, a LinkedIn Top Green Voice, and holds the Medal of the Order of Australia for her contributions to environmental leadership.
Natalie’s perspective is shaped by a career built at the intersection of environmental activism, technology and policy — and by a deep conviction that the voices most often absent from those conversations are exactly the ones most needed. Her work consistently examines how young people, women and diverse communities can be empowered as genuine agents of environmental and social change, rather than simply beneficiaries of decisions made by others.
For sustainability, leadership, diversity, youth empowerment and corporate responsibility conferences, Natalie Kyriacou is a compelling and deeply credible choice. She combines the ambition and energy of a young leader with the institutional experience of someone who has been operating at the highest levels of national and international environmental governance. Her sessions leave audiences — particularly younger ones — with both a sharper understanding of the stakes and a clearer sense of their own capacity to act.
Natalie Kyriacou OAM is a keynote speaker based in New South Wales who speaks on diversity & inclusion, leadership and sustainability & ESG. Book through Executive Speakers Australia.
Powerful forces are reshaping the modern landscape in which leaders now operate, ushering in a new era of business that places environmental stewardship and social equity at the centre. Greater expectation is on businesses and leaders to reframe their company’s role in society and navigate the intersection of environmental, social and governance forces. How can businesses take this bold new wave of commitments from rhetoric to reality and create value along the way?
Key Takeaways:
• The economic benefits of addressing climate change: How companies can ensure long-term value while embracing sustainability.
• Key environmental trends in the global market: Who is doing it best, and what we can learn from them?
• A practical guide for embedding sustainability (or ESG) into an organisation.
• How companies and boards can prepare for the next wave of sustainability action.
• How to avoid greenwashing.
Technology is fundamentally reshaping our relationship with nature and with one another. Today, there are limitless opportunities for us to harness technology to benefit humankind and its environment.
Technology has the potential to both extend and enrich our experience of life on earth and unlock new solutions to society’s most pressing environmental challenges, or conversely, to widen inequalities and pose existential threats to society. How do we navigate this intersection of two modern phenomena: nature's destruction and technology's growth?
Key Takeaways:
• What we can learn from leading innovations in nature technology.
• How individuals, communities, organisations and governments harness frontier technologies to re-imagine how economies could serve better social and environmental needs.
• How technology can address highly nuanced global environmental challenges.
• Critical ingredients to build a technology-enabled future that supports people and planet.
• How to navigate the intersection of two modern phenomena: the destruction of nature and the growth of technology.
Why, in our conversations about corporate leadership, do we not talk more about the power, voice and impact of young people? These voices are consistently underestimated and disregarded.
If we want to know the skills, traits and qualities of an effective leader today and in the future, we need to look towards and share power with young and diverse people. They are not the leaders of tomorrow. They are the leaders of today. And they are shaping our society in profound ways.
Key Takeaways:
• What we can learn from young and diverse voices in the pursuit to becoming a better leader.
• How young people are changing the way businesses operate and changing government policies.
• Why leaders that ignore young and diverse voices do so at their own peril.
• How to be an inclusive leader that celebrates, amplifies and meaningfully includes young and diverse people.
The tide is shifting in Australia. A signal has been sent to leaders: That is, Diversity, social inclusion, and environmental stewardship are key determinants of a leader's (and businesses) ability to sink or swim.
The dominant paradigm that traditionally excluded women, culturally diverse people, Indigenous Australians and young and marginalised people is coming to an end.
In this time of massive transition, a time when many of us are leading despite the obstacles that face women - particularly marginalised women, we have a unique opportunity to help create an environment that fosters inclusion and shares power with others.
Key Takeaways:
• Strategies to embrace and celebrate your worth.
• Actions to narrow the entitlement and opportunity gap.
• How the burden of change falls on the shoulders of marginalised people and how we can stop this.
• How to create a culture that lifts and celebrates a diversity of voices.
• Why your D&I Committee isn’t working.
• Why diversity, equity and inclusion is a moral and economic imperative.
While we take a shared global responsibility for addressing climate change, the truth is, wealthier countries and wealthier people are linked to higher levels of materialism and wastefulness, which is unsustainable and harmful on the planet. To address this issue, we have an opportunity to rethink the relationship between wealth, materialism and wastefulness and recognise we have a moral duty to the planet and its people.
Key Takeaways:
• Understand the link between wealth, consumption and climate change.
• Learn how prosperity and economic growth can be improved by challenging notions of ‘conspicuous consumption’.
• Learn how we can perform our moral duty to protect the planet and alleviate suffering.
Climate change is more than an environmental crisis – it is a social crisis. Although women, indigenous peoples and vulnerable and marginalised populations are forced to bear the brunt of the consequences of climate change, they continue to be systematically excluded from decision-making mechanisms. How can we ensure our transition to a clean energy economy is just and equitable?
Key Takeaways:
• How women, marginalised communities and, particularly, indigenous voices, are absolutely critical to addressing climate change.
• How to address the inequities of climate change.
• How climate change disproportionately impacts the world’s most vulnerable people.
• Strategies to factor social equity into environmental decision-making.
It was my absolute pleasure to work with Natalie Kyriacou OAM on our Queensland Women’s Leadership Symposium. She was such an engaging and inspiring speaker, and she helped set up our event to be an incredibly successful day.Head of Events, Women's Leadership Symposium
Natalie is a passionate and engaging speaker who challenges, inspires and mobilises her audience. One of the most popular speakers of the day; we have already booked her for another one!CEO, Shared Value
Natalie was passionate, articulate and humble, a wonderful combination of attributes that drew in our audience and kept their attention for the full session.UN Global Compact
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