Runa Khan is the founder of Friendship, a social purpose organisation established in Bangladesh in 2002 and widely recognised for its holistic work with the country’s most remote and climate-vulnerable communities. Her integrated development system brings together people, environment and biodiversity through healthcare, education, livelihoods, climate adaptation and dignity — not as separate sectors, but as one living system. In 2025, Friendship’s long-standing work received international recognition through the Earthshot Prize.
Why the environmental responsibility of media companies extends beyond emissions and paper use to the quality of the public knowledge they produce.
For all the rhetoric that tends to surround sustainability gatherings, ChangeNOW 2026 offered something more substantial since its launch in 2017: evidence that the conversation is beginning to shift from aspiration to implementation.
