Bob Geldof

Lead Singer Of The Boomtown Rats, Founder Of Band Aid & Political Activist
Bob Geldof

Sir Bob Geldof's official speaking topics are listed below:

From Band Aid to ESG - 40 Years of Fighting for a Better World:

The Moral Case for ESG -

  • ESG is not a regulatory checkbox - it's a moral imperative
  • The human cost of inequality and inaction
  • Corporations have as much power as countries - with power comes duty

Lessons from Band Aid & Live Aid -

  • Mobilising global empathy - what we did in 1985 can, and must, be done now for climate, poverty and justice
  • What worked, what failed and what the next generation must do better
  • Media, storytelling and celebrities as catalysts for change

Africa & the Global South: Still Waiting -

  • How ESG frameworks often leave out or marginalise the Global South
  • Real investment and not charity - why sustainable capitalism must include Africa and other third world regions
  • The global cost of ignoring development and justice

Disruption with Purpose -

  • Businesses need to be bold, not just to avoid risk, but to create meaningful change
  • ESG isn't soft, it's a strategy
  • His personal journey of fighting

"His speech was perfectly balanced. It rejuvenated and inspired many people in the audience." - SJP

  • 2014 - Awarded the BASCA Gold Badge Award
  • 2013 - Awarded the Freedom of the City of London
  • 2006 - Awarded Freedom of Dublin City & the Medal of Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
  • 2005 - Awarded the Man of Peace Award
  • 2004 - Made a development Chief in Ghana
  • 2002 - Listed as one of the 100 Greatest Britons
  • 1986 - Published his autobiography Is That It?
  • 1986 - Made a Freeman of the Borough of Swale & appointed as an Honorary KBE
  • 1975 - Became Lead Singer of the Boomtown Rats
  • Founder of Live Aid, Band Aid & Live 8
  • Chairman of 8 Miles 

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