Agnes Vinblad is USCIB’s Director of Environment and Sustainable Development. In this role, Vinblad is the Policy Lead for Climate, Biodiversity, and Environment, and heads up USCIB’s Environment Committee. Vinblad represents USCIB members at key global policy deliberations across the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), UN Convention on Biological Diversity (UN CBD), and the UN Environment Programme (UNEP). Vinblad also represents USCIB members at meetings of the OECD/IEA Climate Change Expert Group (CCXG), and the OECD Environment Policy Committee (EPOC). She co-leads USCIB’s SDG Working Group, supporting the organizations’ representation to the UN in New York and workstreams related to the SDGs and the 2030 Development Agenda.
Vinblad has represented U.S. Business perspectives at several high-level UN conferences across the world, including in Geneva, Paris, Stockholm, Nairobi, Sharm el-Sheikh, Doha, and Montreal, serving as Head of Delegation to critical meetings such as UN Stockholm+50 in Sweden, UN Biodiversity COP15 in Canada, multiple Climate COPs, and other UNFCCC intersessional negotiations.
She brings with her years of experience in multilateral engagement from her time working with the Youth Innovation Program at UN SDSN Youth, among other roles. In 2018, she represented the European Union as a G7 Youth Delegate, crafting and delivering policy recommendations through the Youth 7 (Y7) Summit – one of the Official G7 Engagement Summits informing the formal negotiations. In 2020, Vinblad was listed as a Top 33 Under 33 Sustainability Talent in her home country Sweden.
Vinblad joined USCIB in 2021. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and Management from Long Island University, where she graduated with Magna Cum Laude Honors.
Recent Articles by Agnes
Vinblad Speaks on Business and Biodiversity at Columbia University (2/12/2024) - USCIB Director for Environment and Sustainable Development Agnes Vinblad was invited to participate in an expert panel organized by the Columbia University Climate School Earth Institute in New York City. The event was held under the title, “Solving the Biodiversity Crisis: Strategic & Interdisciplinary Approaches.” Discussions highlighted the importance of biodiversity considerations in sustainable business decisions with a focus on […]
Landmark Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework Agreed at UN Biodiversity Meetings (1/10/2023) - The United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (UN CBD) convened a Fifth Session of the Open-Ended Working Group on the Global Biodiversity Framework (OEWG-5) December 3-6, immediately followed by the Fifteenth Conference of the Parties (COP-15) December 7-19, 2022, in Montreal, Canada at Palais des Congrès de Montréal. Government delegations traveled to Montreal for the final negotiations of a new […]
Vinblad Appointed as a Young Business Expert for Business at OECD’s Youth Network (1/10/2023) - As the sole U.S. affiliate of Business at OECD (BIAC), USCIB has a long history of successful collaboration with the organization. Together with its members, USCIB is actively participating in BIAC’s policy committees pertaining to critical issue areas such as climate change, agriculture, labor and trade, with the goal of providing a constructive global business voice into OECD decision-making processes. […]