4th Annual Sustainability Week US 2024- Online | Economist Impact events | 12 June 2024 | Virtual

Demonstrating a measurable return on investment in business transformation is hard. But boards and external investors require it, and a clear business case helps organisations secure resources to implement change. Sustainability professionals are meeting more challenges in achieving their targets, from complex laws and reporting rules to a need for change in company culture and staff skills. In 2024, this event will bring together businesses, policymakers and government. One-on-one meetings and exclusive closed-room sessions such as the CSO Leaders’ Club will provide insight on how to achieve success.

Who should attend?
• Business: CSOs, CFOs, CEOs, Managing Directors, Other C-Suite and Directors of Sustainability, Vice Presidents of Sustainability, Heads of Sustainability, Heads of ESG and others from businesses
• Finance Industry: CSOs, CFOs, CEOs, Managing Directors, Other C-Suite, Directors of Sustainability, Vice Presidents, Heads of Sustainability, Heads of ESG from the finance • sector driving their internal sustainability strategies
• Investors and Asset Managers: CSOs, CIOs, Managing Directors and Other C-Suite, Directors of Sustainability, Heads of Sustainability and Heads of Sustainable Investing/Finance, Portfolio Managers at Asset Managers, Institutional Investors, Private Equity, Hedge Funds and Family Offices
• Solution Providers: Business Development Directors, Consultants, Marketing Directors and Product Specialists providing solutions to businesses to help them with the sustainability challenges
• Government: Ministers, Deputy Ministers, Chief of Staff, Other Senior Government Officials, Director Generals and Advisors
• Not for profits: NGOs, Civil Society and Associations
• Academia: Professors, Researchers and others
• Press

2024 Speakers

Ali Zaidi
Assistant to the President of the United States, National Climate Advisor, White House

David Crane
Under Secretary for Infrastructure, US Department of Energy

Alfonso Gonzalez Loeschen
Chief Executive, Nespresso North America

Kathleen McLaughlin
Executive Vice-President and Chief Sustainability Officer, Walmart, President, Walmart Foundation

Gina McCarthy
First White House National Climate Advisor and Former Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency

Max Lapin
Chief Financial Officer, Revolut US

Joji Tagawa
Senior Vice-President, Chief Sustainability Officer, Nissan

Christy Goldsmith Romero
Commissioner, CTFC

Chris Poinsatte
Chief Financial Officer, DFW International Airport

Rebecca Kujawa
President and Chief Executive, NextEra Energy Resources

Kingsley Wheaton
Chief Strategy and Growth Officer, British American Tobacco

Dee Siegel
Deputy Chief Sustainability Officer, White House Council on Environmental Quality

Rohit Aggarwala
Chief Climate Officer, Commissioner, New York City Department of Environmental Protection

Jim Skea
Chair, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)

Robin Millican
Director, US Policy and Advocacy, Breakthrough Energy

Adam Gromis
Head of Sustainability Policy, Uber

Sacha Sadan
Director, Environmental, Social and Governance, Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)

Caitlin Leibert
Vice-President, Sustainability, Whole Foods Market

Vijay Vaitheeswaran
Global Energy and Climate Innovation Editor, The Economist

Nancy Sutley
Chief Sustainability Officer and Deputy Mayor for Energy and Sustainability, City of Los Angeles

Emma Stewart
Chief Sustainability Officer, Netflix

Amelia DeLuca
Chief Sustainability Officer, Delta Air Lines

Audrey Vinant-Tang
Director, Sustainability Strategy, NBCUniversal

Stacey Hoppe
Vice-President, Social Responsibility and Sustainability, Warner Bros. Discovery

James Gowen
Senior Vice-President, Supply Chain/Sourcing, and Chief Sustainability Officer, Verizon

Renee Morin
Chief Sustainability Officer, eBay

Barry Parkin
Chief Procurement and Sustainability Officer, Mars

Ann Tracy
Chief Sustainability Officer, Colgate-Palmolive, and Board Member, UN Global Compact Network USA

Rebecca Marmot
Chief Sustainability Officer, Unilever

Virginie Helias
Chief Sustainability Officer, P&G

Paul Gallagher
Chief Supply-Chain Officer, General Mills

Gerassimos Thomas
Director-General, Directorate-General for Taxation and Customs Union, European Commission

Nira Johri
Chief Sustainability Officer, KFC (Yum! Brands)

Marie Owens Thomsen
Senior Vice-President, Sustainability, and Chief Economist, International Air Transport Association

Ellen Jackowski
Chief Sustainability Officer, Mastercard

Lisa Conway
Vice-President Global Market Sustainability, Interface

Kate Shearer
Director, Sustainability, Corporate Social Responsibility and Operational Excellence, Sodexo

Mia Ketterling
Global Sustainability Lead, Pinterest

George Georgiev
Associate Professor of Law, Emory University

Claire Bergkamp
Chief Executive, Textile Exchange

Walker Wells
Principal, Raimi + Associates; Lecturer, University of California Los Angeles

Katherine Pickus
Vice-President, Sustainability and Global Impact, Tyson Foods

Brendan Wilson
Executive Director and Chief Executive, Food Export USA

Rohitesh Dhawan
Chief Executive, International Council on Mining and Metals

Elizabeth Littlefield
Former Chief Executive, US Government Development Finance Institution

Jaclyn Bowen
Executive Director, Clean Label Project

Arthur Haubenstock
Chief Strategy Advisor, Office of Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chains, US Department of Energy

Ilan Shapiro
Chief Health Correspondent and Medical Affairs Officer, AltaMed Health Services

Neil Stewart
Director of Corporate Outreach, ISSB, IFRS Foundation

Mike Kazmierczak
Chief Marketing Officer, Digital Energy Division, Schneider Electric

Jason Noel
Regional Sales Director, Zycus Lythouse

Wasiq Bokhari
Chairman, Pasqal

Katie Walsh
Head, Climate Finance for Cities, States/Regions & North America Lead, CDP

Sarah Schwimmer
Co-Chief Executive, B Lab

Chhavi Maggu
Governing Board Vice-President, International Society of Sustainability Professionals (ISSP)

Kristin Johnson
Commissioner, CFTC

Jaideep Majumdar
Chief Procurement Officer, City of Atlanta

Satish Rao
Chief Product Officer, Newlab

Russell Chung
Chief Procurement Officer, University of California, Berkeley

Wendy Woods
Vice Chair, Social Impact, Climate and Sustainability; Managing Director and Senior Partner, BCG

R. Jisung Park
Assistant Professor, University of Pennsylvania

Sandrine Chetail-Armour
Senior Director Economic Opportunities, Mercy Corps

Bruno Pigott
Acting Assistant Administrator, U.S. EPA

Jean Garris Hand
Vice-President, Global ESG, Hilton

Eric Mittenthal
Chief Strategy Officer, Meat Institute

Rachel Jacobson
Assistant Secretary of the Army for Installations Energy and Environment, United States Department of Defense

John Marshall
Founder and Chief Executive, Potential Energy Coalition

Julie Kunen
Director Sustainability North America, Oatly

René van Merrienboer
Director of Sustainable Systems, PRI

Nancy Mahon
Chief Sustainability Officer, The Estée Lauder Companies

Dick Benschop
Interim Chief Executive, Mission Possible Partnership

Michelle Moore
Chief Executive, Groundswell

Olga Chernysheva
Chief Sustainability Officer, DRESSX

Harriet Kingaby
Head, ACT Climate Labs

Jason Bordoff
Founding Director, Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University SIPA, Co-Founding Dean, Columbia Climate School

Robert Metzke
Senior Vice-President and Global Head Sustainability, Philips

Rebecca Kaduru
President, Institute for Sustainable Communities

Kelly Cummins
Acting Director, Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations, US Department of Energy

John Berger
Senior Research Fellow, The Pacific Institute US, Environment Correspondent, Sustain Europe

William Theisen
Chief Executive, EcoAct North America

Joseph Conway
Sustainable Supply Chains Account Manager, CDP North America

Giulia Siccardo
Director of the Office of Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chains, US Department of Energy

Simon Fischweicher
Director, Supply Chain and Reporter Services, CDP

Meghna Tare
Chief Sustainability Officer, University of Texas at Arlington

Pratima Singh
Principal, Sustainability, Policy, Research and Insights, Economist Impact

Aliza Ayaz
Goodwill Ambassador, UN; Director, Climate Action Society

Rachel Stroer
President, Land Institute

Jeff Vockrodt
President and CEO, Fair Labor Association

Torey Carter-Conneen
Chief Executive, American Society of Landscape Architects

Sally Uren
Chief Executive, Forum for the Future

John Batten
Global Cities Director, Arcadis

Andrew Beebe
Managing Director, Obvious Ventures

Ria Stout
Chief Program Officer, Rainforest Alliance

Daniel Russek
Chief Executive, Atarraya Inc

Noel Anderson
Chief Sustainability Officer, American Red Cross

Sofia Economopoulos
Manager, Economist Impact

Shreya Mukarji
Manager, Policy and Insights, Economist Impact

Katherine Stewart
Principal, New Globalisation and Lead, Benchmarking, Policy and Insights, Economist Impact

Gavin Jackson
Economics and Finance Correspondent, The Economist

Eddie Milev
Analyst, Policy and Insights, Economist Impact

Kim Marotta
Chief Sustainability Officer, Suntory Global Spirits

Emily Jackson-Keßler
Senior Vice-President for Sustainability, The Economist Group

Sarah Repucci
Americas Regional Head of Policy and Insights, Economist Impact

Apurva Kothari
Senior Analyst, Economist Impact

Mahesh Ramanujam
Chief Executive, The Global Network for Zero

Mark Kenber
Executive Director, Voluntary Carbon Markets Integrity Initiative (VCMI)

Billy Pizer
Chief Executive, Resources for the Future

Anthony Myint
Founder and Executive Director, Zero Foodprint

Calla Rose Ostrander
Founding Partner, Terra Regenerative Capital

John Wick
Co-Founder, Marin Carbon Project

2024 Sponsors and Partners

GLOBAL KNOWLEDGE PARTNER:
• Boston Consulting Group

PLATINUM SPONSORS:
• Schneider Electric
• BAT
• DOW

GOLD SPONSORS:
• Protein PACT
• Pasqal
• Nextera Energy
• Arcadis
• Lyt House

SILVER SPONSORS:
• Atarraya Inc
• Voluntary Carbon Markets Integrity Initiative
• Newlab
• Novisto