Harriet Kingaby accelerates solutions to information integrity at the crossroads of advertising, climate and human rights.
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“Your session was one of the most engaging, with people hooked at your every word. It was repeatedly mentioned as one of the sessions participants had found most inspiring.”
Cecily Spelling
UK100
Harriet Kingaby is a serial founder, speaker and thought leader accelerating solutions to information integrity. Working at the intersection of advertising, human rights and climate change, she challenges how media investment shapes our world. From the UN Forum for Business and Human Rights to Cannes, Harriet brings clarity, urgency and practical action to the biggest questions facing brands, agencies and policymakers today.
Harriet Kingaby is a serial founder and internationally recognised speaker accelerating solutions to information integrity. Her work sits at the crossroads of advertising, corporate ethics, climate change and digital technologies. With a rare ability to bridge commercial realities and human rights, Harriet helps organisations understand how media systems influence society – and how they can be redesigned to work for everyone.
Book Harriet Kingaby for your event if you want a keynote that connects climate science, advertising effectiveness and ethical responsibility into one compelling narrative. She brings strategic insight, real-world case studies and a deep understanding of how brands can lead in a time defined by misinformation and greenwashing.
Harriet is co-chair and co-founder of the Conscious Advertising Network (CAN), an initiative building an industry where effective advertising works for everyone. Today, CAN brings together over 200 members, from global advertising agencies and major brands to civil society organisations.
Through CAN, Harriet has helped drive industry conversations around climate misinformation, greenwashing, human rights and responsible media placement. She works to ensure that advertising investment supports trusted journalism, credible climate action and inclusive digital spaces.
Her leadership has positioned her as a trusted voice for businesses seeking to align profitability with integrity. She challenges organisations to ask better questions about where their media budgets go – and what impact those choices have on democracy, climate and society.
Harriet is widely recognised for her work on climate change misinformation and greenwashing. She has addressed the UN Forum for Business and Human Rights and spoken at Cannes about conscious media investment. Her insights cut through complexity, offering audiences practical tools to navigate risk and responsibility in the communications landscape.
She was voted one of Forbes’ 43 people changing advertising for the climate and was nominated for the Judges’ Choice Award at Mediatel’s Media Leaders Awards. These recognitions reflect her influence in reshaping how the industry approaches climate communication and ethical advertising.
When Harriet Kingaby speaks, audiences gain:
A clear understanding of how misinformation spreads through advertising ecosystems
Concrete strategies to avoid greenwashing and build credible climate narratives
Insight into responsible media investment and long-term brand trust
Previously, Harriet co-founded ACT Climate Labs at Media Bounty. The initiative focused on supercharging the effectiveness of climate communications through advertising. She co-authored research and insights into Persuadable audiences, helping organisations understand how to reach and mobilise people open to climate action.
Her work contributed to Ad Net Zero award-winning campaigns, proving that climate-focused advertising can drive measurable impact when grounded in behavioural insight and strategic media planning.
Harriet also co-founded We Are Europe, a youth-focused political campaign that won multiple awards, and the boutique change agency BoraCo. She has worked with Sky Ocean Rescue across production, sports and business transformation portfolios, and with Kantar across technology and sector thought leadership.
Her early career was shaped at pioneering sustainability communications agencies Futerra and OgilvyEarth, alongside experience at the Energy Saving Trust. This blend of agency, NGO and campaign expertise gives her a 360-degree view of the sustainability communications landscape.
Harriet’s expertise extends into digital technologies and artificial intelligence. She was selected as one of Mozilla’s 2019 Trustworthy AI fellows, where she worked with Consumers International on a roadmap for responsible uses of AI in advertising.
Her work explores how AI systems influence information ecosystems, consumer trust and human rights. She challenges organisations to adopt responsible innovation frameworks that protect people while unlocking creativity and effectiveness.
For conferences exploring AI governance, ethical tech, sustainable business or the future of media, Harriet Kingaby delivers sharp analysis combined with actionable guidance.
In 2020, Harriet swapped London for France and now works globally as a keynote speaker, consultant and mentor. She also serves as a board member to Ambient, a data-driven heat electrification accelerator, supporting climate solutions beyond communications.
Her global outlook, combined with hands-on entrepreneurial experience, makes her a compelling choice for leadership summits, marketing conferences, sustainability forums and executive workshops.
Book Harriet Kingaby for your event to inspire informed action, challenge conventional thinking and equip your audience with the tools to align advertising, climate responsibility and human rights. She brings energy, authority and a clear vision for a media landscape built on integrity.
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“Your session was one of the most engaging, with people hooked at your every word. It was repeatedly mentioned as one of the sessions participants had found most inspiring.”
Cecily Spelling UK100
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“Harriet is an inspiring leader with a clear vision and strategic focus. She’s an impressive speaker with clarity and conviction as a subject matter expert.”
Laura Lesser Defiant
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“Harriet simplifies complex challenges to offer advice and implementable plans for any stage of organisation.”
Carolyn Sims Marketing & Business Strategy
Keynote by Harriet Kingaby:
What is information integrity and why is it one of 2026’s greatest challenges?
A thought-provoking keynote designed to demystify how economic incentives drive the creation, distribution, and amplification of information pollution through our online world. And why healthy incentives are key to solving the problem.
Harriet unpacks how advertising models, platform dynamics and emerging technologies shape what we see, share and believe. She connects the dots between misinformation, greenwashing, brand risk and democratic resilience, offering clear examples from the worlds of climate, media and AI.
Audiences leave with a sharper understanding of where responsibility sits – and practical insight into how businesses, policymakers and civil society can realign incentives to rebuild trust and strengthen information integrity.
Keynote by Harriet Kingaby:
An introduction to the wild world of climate disinformation – and what to do to win against it
This keynote / workshop examines the strangest, scariest and most effective narratives and tactics peddled by climate deniers, while showing how brands and NGOs can keep their own messaging myth-proof and get ahead of the culture wars.
Harriet breaks down how these narratives spread, who funds and amplifies them, and why certain messages stick. She explores the role of media systems, political polarisation and economic incentives in fuelling confusion and delay.
Participants gain practical tools to strengthen climate communications, avoid common pitfalls and respond with confidence. The session equips teams to protect credibility, engage persuadable audiences and lead with clarity in an increasingly contested information landscape.
Keynote by Harriet Kingaby:
How can we ensure that AI revolutionises advertising for the better – not the worse?
This keynote considers AI’s impacts on information integrity, and warns of its effects on an impending information crisis. Asking why advertisers should care, and what they can do about it now.
Harriet explores how generative AI, automated media buying and algorithmic optimisation are reshaping the advertising ecosystem at speed. She highlights the risks around misinformation, bias, brand safety and public trust, alongside the opportunities for smarter, more responsible innovation.
Audiences gain a clear view of the choices facing the industry, and practical steps to embed accountability, transparency and ethical guardrails into AI-driven advertising before today’s efficiencies become tomorrow’s crisis.
Keynote by Harriet Kingaby:
Is advertising’s Rana Plaza moment just around the corner, and who will pay the price?
A hard hitting keynote that draws parallels between harm caused by fashion industry supply chain malpractice and the opaque digital advertising supply chains prevalent today.
This keynote highlights issues such as advertising’s role in content that sparked the UK’s Southport riots, links to organised crime, and waste that’s driving huge inefficiencies for brands.
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