The committee is made up of the following individuals:

• Prof Karl-Henrik Robert, Chair, Founder of The Natural Step
• Raymond Van Ermen, Executive Director of European Partners for the Environment
• Dr Maritta Koch-Weser, CEO, The Global Exchange of Social Investment
• Prof Ethan Kapstein, Professor of Sustainable Development, INSEAD
• Robert Rubinstein, CEO, Brooklyn Bridge

Professor Karl-Henrik Robèrt, MD, PhD, is the founder of The Natural Step (TNS), an international NGO that promotes a scientific consensus approach for social, ecological and economic sustainability.

Prof. Robèrt is a member of the roundtable on "A Sustainable Project for European Society" convened by former European Commission President Romano Prodi. In 1999, Prof. Robèrt won the Green Cross Award for International Leadership, and in 2000 he won the Blue Planet Prize, the ´Nobel prize´ for ecological sustainability, sponsored by the Asahi Glass Foundation.

In 2005 Dr. Robèrt was awarded The Social Responsibility Laureate Medal award by the Global Center for Leadership & Business Ethics. Prof Robèrt is Fellow of World Business Academy, Advisory Board Member at Georgia Institute of Technology and Doctor of Public Service ­ Honorus Causa at the University of Portland, USA.