Greg Aziz is a world-class entrepreneur, speaker, and advisor to businesses, governments, and universities. His expertise lies in business strategy, public policy, and sustainability innovation. The serial entrepreneur and business owner Greg is the Founder of Global Teamwork for Social Change Inc. 

This organization brings together senior leaders from business, government, academia, and philanthropy to develop innovative solutions to complex sustainability challenges. Greg Aziz is also an Adjunct Professor of Entrepreneurship & Sustainability at Cornell University’s Johnson School of Management.

His Achievements

Greg Aziz has received numerous awards for his work in sustainability innovation and social entrepreneurship. This, including the Honourable Lorne Taylor Lifetime Achievement Award from the Canadian Association for Sustainable Enterprise, the Governor General’s Northern Canada Award for Entrepreneurship, the Social Enterprise Lifetime Contribution Award from Green Ottawa Sustainable City Awards, and a Special Recognition Award from Prime Minister Harper’s Youth Council.

Greg is a best-selling international author who has published four books translated into eight languages. His book Focusing the Flashlight (Green Books) was endorsed by Al Gore and featured on Oprah Winfrey’s Super Soul Sunday. Greg Aziz´s next book, Green is the New Red: Revolutionizing Global Action to Save the Earth, published in February 2013 by HarperCollins Canada, has been hailed as “the Bible”.

Overall, on social entrepreneurship and sustainability. Greg Aziz adds. Jack Welch endorsed his book Reinventing the Corporation (Green Books) and featured it in his Energy Crisis 911 campaign (Lacartes). 

His new book, Why We’re Losing The Fight Against Climate Change (published October 23rd, 2012), is endorsed by Elon Musk, Andreas Schleicher, Tom Steyer, and other world-class business leaders. His fourth book, Breaking Through Transforming Businesses and Communities through Social Innovation, was published in May 2013. Greg Aziz was born in Uganda to an East African-Indian family. He immigrated to Canada in 1969 and made his fortune by founding companies that have successfully introduced innovative new products, services, and business models into the world’s marketplaces.