Gaya Herrington

Why you should listen

Gaya Herrington is shaping conversations at local and global levels with her message that true sustainability will not be achieved without transforming our economic system away from an obsession with perpetual growth to one that centers around human and ecological wellbeing. She worked as an economic policy advisor at the Dutch Central Bank before emigrating to the United States in 2014. For several years, she advised many multinationals in the position of director of sustainability services at KPMG US. Since 2022, she has served as vice president at Schneider Electric, a multinational working in the energy transition. Her 2021 study, Update to Limits to Growth, went viral and sparked widespread discussion. A year later, her book Five Insights for Avoiding Global Collapse further solidified her reputation as a thought leader.