Georgia Elliott-Smith

Georgia Elliott-Smith is a trailblazing environmental engineer and dynamic keynote speaker, bringing a rare blend of corporate leadership, technical expertise, and activism to each platform. With 30 years’ experience in hard-to-decarbonise industries, she has worked at the sharp edge of sustainability where solutions are complex, incrementalism fails, and bold action is the only way forward.

As the UK’s first Environment Manager in the construction sector, Georgia built her career in industries where sustainability is often discussed, but innovation is slow. Having served as a Sustainability Director at major corporates, she founded Element Four, an award-winning consultancy delivering “disruptive sustainability” that embeds systemic, measurable change for clients including the Bank of England, Amnesty International, Nike and HSBC.

Her approach is both pragmatic and uncompromising: helping leaders cut through jargon, greenwash, and surface-level pledges to focus on what truly shifts the dial.

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Georgia Elliott-Smith – Non-Profit and Activism

Beyond the corporate sphere, Georgia is a passionate campaigner and the Founder of Fighting Dirty, a non-profit that uses the law to strengthen national environmental policy and regulation. She famously led a landmark legal case against the UK government for excluding major polluters from their Emissions Trading Scheme, sparking a national conversation and influencing regulatory reform. Her activism positions her as a fearless voice for environmental and social justice, ensuring sustainability conversations are rooted not just in carbon metrics, but also in fairness, equity, and intergenerational responsibility. She has twice been named as the UK’s leading environmental campaigner in the ENDS Report Power List.

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Georgia Elliott-Smith – Speaking and Moderating

Georgia’s speaking style is bold, engaging, and transformative. She has delivered keynotes and moderated panels at international events, including TEDx, The New York Times Climate Forward, Blue Earth Summit, European Climate Change Summit, and multiple industry conferences. Whether addressing C-suite executives, policymakers, or professional institutions, she has an unrivalled ability to translate complexity into clear, actionable insights. She excels at moderating panels, especially in high-stakes discussions with diverse stakeholders, by challenging, balancing, and fostering constructive dialogue.

Audiences are energised, informed, and ready to act. Their understanding of risks and opportunities increases, building confidence to go from superficial commitments to meaningful change and the inspiration to lead with courage.

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Georgia Elliott-Smith – Keynote Speaking Topics

Georgia Elliott-Smith – Disruptive Sustainability: Change the System and Create Opportunities

What if sustainability wasn’t an overhead, but a way to open new markets? To win big, we need a completely different approach – one that activates systems change. A former corporate sustainability director, Georgia has changed the UK government’s policies on pollution, discovering how this has opened exciting and profitable new opportunities in green technology, finance, and services. She explains why today’s corporate sustainability plans fail and how to leverage systems change to create a new green economy, outsmart your competitors, and become a real force for good.

Georgia Elliott-Smith – Daring to Lead: Building a Culture of Courage and Integrity

The climate and social crises demand bold leadership, not cautious half-steps and virtue-signalling. Georgia draws on her experiences in the boardroom, as a climate protester, and a legal activist taking on the UK government to reveal why incremental change fails, and how business leaders can learn some surprising lessons from activism to drive systemic transformation. Expect uncomfortable truths, fresh perspectives, and practical tools for courageous leadership.

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What the Clients Say:

“An informed and forceful speaker at our recent national conference who took the trouble to thoroughly learn the brief. As a consequence, she gained credibility with our audience as well as with the media who have widely reported what she had to say”.

Tyre Recovery Association

“Georgia cut through the jargon, told us what we really need to know, and helped us identify greenwash and apply the principles of sustainability in our work.”

Silicon Brighton

“Georgia combines best practice and activism that drives meaningful change in the industry.”

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