The environment for companies and professionals managing sustainability and ESG risks has changed rapidly over the past few years. Increased scrutiny from regulators and stakeholders has led ESG and sustainability to go from a siloed function to an integrated business function.
Beyond increasingly fragmented reporting regulations, artificial intelligence continues to proliferate and scale across companies, bringing infrastructure, power and water risk questions along with its expansion. Companies who set 2025 climate goals or targets will also get a chance to share their learnings with their peers at conferences scheduled in the upcoming year.
How to adapt to national and international regulatory shifts, AI and its risks and an expanding carbon market are all on early agendas for events looking to gather ESG practitioners next year. Here are some of the notable ESG and sustainability conferences that are already scheduled for 2027.
Top ESG and sustainability conferences in 2027
Cleantech Forum North America
Jan. 25-27
Paradise Point Resort & Spa
San Diego
Cleantech Forum North America brings together up to 700 corporates, entrepreneurs, professional services, government, academic and nonprofit experts. The 2027 iteration is expected to tackle the fallout from the U.S. midterm elections and ongoing geopolitical issues, alongside AI infrastructure, climate risk to materials and water stress. The event focuses on connecting corporations and investors to increase business growth and impact in sustainable innovation.
Feb. 23-25
Gaylord Pacific Resort
San Diego
Greenbiz27 is for sustainable business professionals and leaders from all sectors and job functions, including chief executive officers, chief financial officers, chief operating officers, heads of legal, supply chain, human resources and investor relations. The conference is hosted annually by climate-focused media and events company Trellis and will move to San Diego next year, from its usual Phoenix, Arizona gathering spot.
Greenbiz27 will have at least three program tracks: an energy-focused track, a water-focused track and another for those professionals who have spent over five years in the industry, according to its website. Here is a roundup of ESG Dive’s coverage from Greenbiz26.
Wall Street Green Summit
March 8-9
Cornell Club
New York
The Wall Street Green Summit celebrated its 25th anniversary this year, making the summit hosted by climate activist Peter Fusaro one of the longest running sustainable finance conferences. The agenda for 2027’s summit isn’t available yet, but the conference will focus, in part, on climate tech investing, energy security, carbon markets and making data centers more sustainable, according to its website.
Responsible Investment Forum: New York
March 9-10
Convene, 117 West 46th Street
New York
The Responsible Investment Forum, hosted by business intelligence firm PEI Group, brings together around 500 sustainable finance professionals and institutional investors. The two-day event will look to define “sustainability’s new identity in a new investment reality,” according to its website. The conference typically draws a crowd of institutional investors, fund managers and other industry experts.
DC Climate Week
Spring (TBD)
Washington, D.C.
The nation’s capital is gearing up for its third annual climate week. Dates, themes and speakers for 2027 have yet to be announced, but the event is expected to take place in spring again. ESG Dive’s coverage of the 2026 edition included panels focused on the clean energy economy, in addition to an exclusive conversation with the CEO of Corporate Energy Buyers Association.
Engage for Good 2027
April 20-23
Palm Springs, California
The Engage for Good conference gathers corporate leaders, nonprofits, consultancies and tech providers. The event aims to gather “the leaders shaping corporate impact” and pull in professionals working on corporate social responsibility, ESG and DEI at their companies.
2027 Corporate Citizenship Summit
April 13-14
New York Marriott Downtown
New York
The Conference Board will once again host a sustainable impact-focused conference, the Corporate Citizenship Summit, in April 2027. The summit will look to “examine what responsible leadership looks like in this environment,” including how companies can stick to their values and keep the trust of stakeholders with opposing views. The event is expected to convene CEOs and professionals focused on sustainability, governance, ESG strategy and corporate citizenship for two days of discussions.
Social Innovation Summit 2027
May 11-12
Sheraton New York Times Square
New York
The conference, organized by investment banking, advising and events company Landmark Ventures, will bring together leaders from the technology and climate solutions space across different sectors and regions for discussions about what is possible and achievable when it comes to corporate social impact. The 2027 lineup includes restaurateur and chef José Andrés, activist and actor Rainn Wilson of “The Office” fame, former Georgia state representative Stacey Abrams, and Amazon Web Services Global Head of Nonprofit Programs Lauren Stovall. Executives from Nike, Home Depot and Univision are also on the agenda.
Trellis Impact 27
May 11-13
Moscone Center
San Francisco
The Trellis-hosted summit combines four events the sustainability-focused media and events company had previously designated as separate annual conferences: Bloom, Verge, GreenFin and Circularity. The 2027 iteration of the summit is expected to gather over 2,000 sustainable business leaders from different industries, sectors, technologies, with attendees ranging from Fortune 500 company executives to investors. The four-day event will consist of more than 100 sessions with leaders who are accelerating sustainable business innovation and implementation.
Responsible Business USA 2027
May 20-21
Boston
This will be the second time Reuters’ Responsible Business USA 2027 will host its gathering of CEOs, senior sustainability, legal, communications and finance executives, and policymakers in Boston after relocating the event to the city in 2026. The event is designed to overlap with Boston’s own climate week and convene sustainability-focused executives across a range of sectors and industries. The conference agenda seeks to “[prove] the business case of sustainability" and spark conversation on what’s driving progress when it comes to climate action, decarbonizing supply chains and reporting and disclosure frameworks.
Society for Corporate Governance National Conference
June 22-25
Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina
San Diego
The annual conference from the Society for Corporate Governance will convene over 800 governance professionals at its 2027 iteration. The Society for Corporate Governance is a nonprofit organization that caters to corporate secretaries, in-house counsel, and governance professionals who back corporate boards and executive management structures. The event had over 900 attendees in 2026 and hosted sessions on the evolving regulatory landscape, the impact of AI, the current corporate environment and key governance practices. The agenda for 2027 hasn’t been released yet.
Climate Week NYC
Sept. 19-26
New York
Climate Week NYC just wrapped up its 2026 conference, with a vast agenda centered around 12 themes from “technology and AI” to “energy and electrification.” Over 1,000 talks, panels and events took place during the annual climate conference and pulled in more than 100,000 attendees. Next year’s edition of the event will also coincide with the week of high-level discussions taking place at the United Nations General Assembly. The theme for Climate Week NYC 2027 has yet to be announced.
UN 2027 Climate Change Conference (COP32)
November
Addis Abba, Ethiopia
The United Nations’ annual climate change conference for 2026, COP31, has yet to take place in Antalya, Türkiye — with Australia chairing and leading the negotiations. COP32, which is expected to take place some time in November 2027 will be hosted by Ethiopia and seeks to highlight the global South and the support it needs for climate adaptation.
