In 1990, Suzuki co-founded, with Dr. Tara Cullis, the David Suzuki Foundation to “collaborate with Canadians from all walks of life including government and business, to conserve our environment and find solutions that will create a sustainable Canada through science-based research, education, and policy work.”

Suzuki has been recognized by BC Achievement in partnership with the Lieutenant Governor of BC for his extraordinary work as a recipient of the 2021 BC Reconciliation Award. He is also a Companion to the Order of Canada and a recipient of UNESCO’s Kalinga Prize for science, the United Nations Environment Program medal, the 2012 Inamori Ethics Prize, the 2009 Right Livelihood Award, and UNEP’s Global 500. A Professor Emeritus at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Suzuki also holds 30 honorary degrees from universities around the world.

Jane McDonald is Senior Vice-President at the advisory firm Climate and Nature Solutions. A non-profit executive with over 20 years of experience, Jane has led two of Canada's major sustainability think tanks, Smart Prosperity and IISD.

She has also put her deep expertise in climate policy to work in the corporate sector, building new environmental markets at New York investment bank Cantor Fitzgerald, and leading advocacy efforts at Manitoba Hydro to secure the inclusion of Canadian renewable electricity in US clean power programs.

Jane is currently a board member of the Winnipeg Chamber of Commerce and the Transition Accelerator. She has served on many non-profit boards, taught as an Adjunct Professor of Environmental Finance at the University of Toronto and was a 2007-2008 Fellow of Action Canada. She holds degrees from McGill and York Universities.