About the Roundtable
The Foundation’s major global meeting for the year will take place in the heart of the Amazon Rainforest in Carajás, Brazil, from 13-15 August 2025. The Carajás Roundtable is the centrepiece of our Global Project, ‘Shaping Global Governance, Climate and Nature,’ and builds on the momentum established at its launch in Rome 2024, where ‘business with purpose’ was recognised as a critical pillar in shaping and achieving global climate and nature goals. The Carajás Roundtable represents the next step in realising that vision – a platform for focused dialogue, action and long-term collaboration, intersecting with and contributing to Brazil’s hosting of COP30 later this year in Pará state, and the country’s role in advancing the energy transition.
The Roundtable will be convened in partnership with and kindly hosted by our Global Project Partner, Vale, whose CEO, Mr Gustavo Pimenta, will personally lead the meeting. Brazilian non-profit, CEBRI (Centro Brasileiro de Relações Internacionais), will also lend its support. Participants will include senior Brazilian and global leaders from business, institutions and civil society.
The Global Foundation Leadership will be represented by Dr Mark Cutifani CBE, Ms Sharan Burrow AC and Mr Steve Howard.
Dr Mark Cutifani CBE
Co-Chair, the Global Project, the Global Foundation
Ms Sharan Burrow AC
Co-Chair, the Global Project, the Global Foundation
Mr Steve Howard
Secretary General, the Global Foundation
At a time when global systems are becoming increasingly fragmented and multilateral cooperation is under strain, the role of business in supporting and reinforcing international frameworks is more critical than ever. Businesses possess unique capabilities to operate across borders, scale innovation, and act decisively where policy alignment may be slow to emerge.
Hosted at Vale’s operations in the heart of the Amazon, the Roundtable offers a powerful setting to explore how partnerships between business, government, and institutions can accelerate solutions and drive systems-level transformation. The Roundtable, an in-person program only, will include visits to the Vale Amazonia BioPark, Vale’s iron-ore mine, along with other significant areas within the Carajás complex. The Carajás complex is a successful example of a public-private partnership based on a sustainable mining model, with a focus on protecting the forest.
Across industries – from infrastructure and energy to manufacturing and resource development – companies are driving significant progress through innovation, investment, and cultural transformation. Business leadership is essential to the transition. The Carajás Roundtable will not only highlight this leadership; it will also provide a platform to clarify and strengthen the role of business in the broader architecture of global solutions.