Knowledge is more valuable than oil. Anybody selling knowledge is richer than anybody selling oil. Apple, Google and Facebook are more valuable companies than Exxon, the wealthiest oil company in the world. The second major observation is that nature provides the largest knowledge deposit in the planet. That’s why presidents should search for biodiversity in their countries rather than for oil.

Dr. Idriss Aberkane, Researcher, entrepreneur, author of “Free up your mind!”

The most important innovation is a changed mindset. Future success will be determined by a mindset that does not assume that the future is a continuation of the past.

Mamphela Ramphele, Apartheid activist, former Vice-Chancellor at University of Cape Town, former Managing Director of the World Bank

The Zermatt Summit was a spark to create the Blue- print for better business initiative in the UK.

Charles WOOKEY, Blueprint for Better Business, United Kingdom

While many so-called “World” Summits generating debates and controversies most often conclude on a note of self-satisfaction, the effervescence of the Zermatt Summit inspires change.

Father Nicolas Buttet, Member of the Zermatt Summit Board, Founder Eucharistein and Philanthropos Institute

I think there are very concerned people here (at the Zermatt Summit), thinking people and with this assembly we can make a step forwards.

Francisco Van der Hoff-Boersma, Founder Max Havelaar, The Netherlands

The Zermatt Summit provides a great opportunity to re-engage and re-inspire for the challenges ahead.

Rob CAMERON, SustainAbility, United Kingdom

We definitely need to move away from the CSR world and simply say this is the way business needs to be done if we want to sustain our planet and our society

Jochen Zeitz, Director of Kering & Co-founder The B Team, Germany

The Zermatt Summit is a world recognized platform that is helping
to make our planet more sustainable, economically, socially and environmentally by developing a practical consensus among a wide range of
influential decision makers.

Mohan MUNASINGE, Nobel Peace Prize co winner, Siri Lanka

We need long-term thinking. In the old days, that was the natural thing to do. Every forester planted trees with a vision of 100 or 200 years beyond his own lifespan. Cathedrals were built over generations. Civilizations have arisen based on the virtue of respecting the long term. Today we live in an age of quarterly reports of the companies that dominate the market.

Ernst Ulrich von Weizsaecker, Co-President of the Club of Rome

Nature has an incredibly efficient business model. There’s no waste in nature, no pollution, and no unemployment. Nature is never concerned about its “core business” or about “economies of scale”. Nature respects limits.

Prof. Dr. Gunter Pauli, Author of “The Third Dimension” and “The Blue Economy”, founder of ZERI

How to explore ethics to affect our personal commitment but also bringing ethics in government

Hernando de Soto, President Institute for Liberty and Democracy, Peru

A servant leader is servant first, and only after he starts to lead.

Naftali Brawer CEO of Spiritual Capital Foundation United Kingdom

Sharing values, what we think about ethics in growing a business, respect for others, listening how companies do this are important reasons to come to the Zermatt Summit.

Carlo D’Asaro Biondo, President Google Europe, Middle East & Africa, Italy

The Zermatt Summit is a recognized platform to make our planet more sustainable, economically, socially and environmentally by developing a practical consensus among stakeholders.

Mohan Munasinge, Nobel prize co-winner

This family (Zermatt Summit) is where I belong and what I believe in.

Dr Hisham el Sherif, Chairman IT Investments Group, Egypt