Where decisions become direction
As the superyacht industry works toward carbon neutrality and a regenerative future, collaboration and strategic alignment have never been more important. Building on the ambitions of Roadmap 2050 and the wider industry conversation around decarbonisation, this event brings together the sector’s most influential leaders to discuss how to collectively accelerate progress.
Without a shared vision and coordinated action, the industry risks being shaped by external pressures rather than proactive leadership. This event provides a space for decision-makers to align on priorities, exchange knowledge, and explore practical pathways that will help steer the sector towards achieving the goals set out in Roadmap 2050 and beyond.
Focused dialogue
A small, curated group means every voice is heard and every conversation leads somewhere. Depth over breadth.
Collective accountability
Participants are the people with the power to implement change — across shipyards, suppliers, designers, brokers and beyond.
Cross-industry alignment
Systemic change only happens when the entire value chain moves together. This is the room where that alignment is built.
Céline Cousteau · Keynote speaker, 2025 editionIf yachting can transform, no other sector will have an excuse not to follow.
Sanlorenzo — Business Leaders 2025, closing remarksThe collective will is here. The tools are emerging. Now, we must act with ambition and urgency to realise a regenerative future that ensures our business, and our oceans, thrive together.
Robert van Tol, Executive Director, Water Revolution Foundation (2025 edition)This Roadmap 2050 has been specifically designed to serve as a guiding compass for our industry. It acts as a collective instrument to help us navigate together through what are, undeniably, uncharted waters in terms of our future sustainability journey.
Henk de Vries, CEO Feadship & Chairman WRF (2024 edition)This is not just about furthering our business — it’s about making sure we have a business for the future.
Roadmap 2050
The industry’s most ambitious project to date was launched during the Business Leaders Event of 2025, where all participants signed to commit to knowledge sharing, data analytics, and real change toward a regenerative yachting future.
REDUCE
Minimise negative impacts at every stage of the yacht’s lifecycle.
REMOVE
Adopt cleaner alternatives and actively decouple from fossil fuels.
RESTORE
Actively regenerate ocean ecosystems and neutralise remaining impacts.
Where to find us
Date: Early February 2027
Team in attendance:
Collaborators
Sponsor companies — to be announced.
Past events and roadmap updates
The Roadmap 2050 - Towards Regenerative Yachting
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Distinguished yachting industry leaders convened last week for the second edition of the Business Leadership event, organised by Water Revolution Foundation and hosted by Feadship.