As sustainability has become one of the hottest topics in innovation, it is no wonder that Corporate Venture Builders are also looking to focus more on building ventures under that flag. Yet building new ventures with a sustainability and impact mission is very different from the Net Zero journey corporates are on.

What are the relevant principles and mindsets to finding the right opportunities and building the right ventures in the right way that deliver business value in a sustainable way that positively impacts the planet and people?
– Aligning north star and expectations of the impact venture journey with the corporate mothership
– Optimising early ideas for sustainability and positive impact
– Measuring and optimising positive impact after launch

Sebastian is a founding partner at MING Labs, a strategic design firm and corporate venture builder. They started in 2011 in China, and he has spent 12 years working across China and Singapore on transformation and innovation topics for MNCs and governments. Besides MING, Sebastian is also an angel investor (focused on sustainability) and a frequent author/speaker on innovation.