7th Annual Sustainability Week 2022 | Economist Impact events | 20 March 2022 | etc.venues St. Paul's, 200 Aldersgate St, Barbican, London EC1A 4HD, UK

Accelerating transition, building resilience
The world is not transitioning to net zero fast enough. Extreme weather events of the past year—with average global warming at 1.1°C over pre-industrial levels—are just a taste of what could lie down the road. If countries fail to become carbon-neutral by 2050, limiting the global temperature rise to 1.5°C will not be possible.

This is the decade to deliver. Business leaders need to respond more aggressively to meet ambitious targets for mitigating climate change. Governments need to invest in climate-resilient infrastructure while reducing social inequalities that have been highlighted by the covid-19 pandemic.

Four months on from COP26, the seventh edition of Economist Impact’s Sustainability Week will examine how existing policy and regulatory frameworks have addressed climate change, and the progress made so far on emission-reduction commitments. Bringing together industry leaders, policymakers, entrepreneurs and researchers from around the world, the event will assess how society can take a more holistic approach to sustainability in order to achieve targets and deliver significant impact.

Who should attend?
• Senior sustainability and CSR professionals from all industries
• Business leaders and executives (managers, directors, c-suite) from all industries
• Impact investors / responsible investors
• ESG reporting agencies
• Charities and organisations with an interest in sustainability issues
• Sustainability and climate academics e.g. researchers and professors
• Relevant government bodies, departments and policymakers

2022 Speakers

Alok Sharma
President, COP26

Ban Ki-Moon
Eighth secretary-general, United Nations and chair, Global Center on Adaptation

François Villeroy de Galhau
Governor, Banque de France

Joanna Cound
Managing director, co-head, global public policy group, BlackRock

Damilola Ogunbiyi
Chief executive and UN secretary-general’s special representative, Sustainable Energy for All and co-chair, UN-Energy

Mark Read
Chief executive, WPP

Carine Smith Ihenacho
Chief governance and compliance officer, Norges Bank Investment Management

Alexander Van der Bellen
President, Republic of Austria

Jean Rogers
Global head of ESG, Blackstone

Warren East
Chief executive, Rolls-Royce

Sabine Mauderer
Member, executive board, Deutsche Bundesbank and vice-chair, steering committee, central banks and supervisors, Network for Greening the Financial System (NGFS)

David Blood
Senior partner, Generation Investment Management and chair, Just Climate

Alison Dolan
Chief financial officer, Rightmove

Ethan Brown
Founder, president and chief executive, Beyond Meat

Lea Wermelin
Minister for the environment, Denmark

Leonore Gewessler
Federal minister of climate action, environment, energy, mobility, innovation and technology, Republic of Austria

Martin Jetter
Chairman, IBM Europe

Andy Samuel
Chief executive, Oil & Gas Authority, UK Government

Douglas Sabo
Chief sustainability officer, Visa

Rami Bibi
Director, head of Europe, global impact, KKR

Rebecca Marmot
Chief sustainability officer, Unilever

Mathias Cormann
Secretary-general, OECD

Nick Watts
Chief sustainability officer, NHS

Lilli Matson
Chief safety, health and environment officer, Transport for London

Niklas Gustafsson
Chief sustainability officer, Volvo Group

Fatih Birol
Executive director, International Energy Agency

Konstantinos Skrekas
Minister of environment and energy, Greece

Sanda Ojiambo
Executive director, United Nations Global Compact (UNGC)

Anna König Jerlmyr
Mayor, Stockholm

Basile van Havre
Co-chair, Convention on Biological Diversity, United Nations

Anabella Rosemberg
International programme director, Greenpeace International

Roger Millar
Transport secretary, Washington State Department of Transport

Andrea Álvares
Chief brand, innovation, international and sustainability officer, Natura

Rosana Elias
Head of sustainability, Whitbread

Michele Bellabarba
Head of investment analysis and ESG investing, Bank of England

Jennifer Wilcox
Principal deputy assistant secretary for fossil energy, U.S. Department of Energy

Dave Jones
Director, climate risk initiative, University of California, Berkeley and former insurance commissioner, State of California

Thomas Becker
Vice-president, sustainability and mobility strategy, BMW Group

Katherine Brown
Vice-president, inclusive impact and sustainability, Europe, Visa

Hélène Valade
Environmental development director, LVMH

Rosalinde van der Vlies
Director, clean planet directorate, DG Research and Innovation, European Commission and deputy mission manager, Climate-Neutral and Smart Cities Mission

Todd Corley
Head of sustainability and inclusion, Carhartt

Glyn Richards
Director of sustainability, BUPA

Kirstie McIntyre
Global sustainability director, Diageo

Salil Parekh
Chief executive, Infosys

Brune Poirson
Former secretary of state, ministry for the ecological and inclusive transition, France and chief sustainability officer, Accor

Beth Thoren
Director, environmental action, EMEA, Patagonia

Susie Braun
Director of Social Purpose, ITV

Leyla Ertur
Head of sustainability, H&M Group

Ani Dasgupta
President and chief executive, World Resources Institute

Jim O’Neill
Senior adviser, Chatham House

Julia King
Chair, The Carbon Trust

Rafael Mariano Grossi
Director general, International Atomic Energy Agency

Jeremy Grantham
Co-founder, Grantham Foundation for the Protection of the Environment

Emily Shuckburgh
Director, Cambridge Zero

Mark Campanale
Founder and executive chairman, Carbon Tracker

Paul Simpson
Chief executive, CDP

Duncan Burt
Chief sustainability officer, National Grid

Olaf Sleijpen
Executive director, monetary affairs and financial stability, De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB)

Catherine Howarth
Chief executive, ShareAction

Joanna Dorothy Haigh
Former president, Royal Meteorological Society

Vivek Pathak
Director and global head of climate business, IFC

Santiago Gowland
Chief executive, Rainforest Alliance

Emma Howard Boyd
Chair, Environment Agency

Megan Starr
Global head of impact, The Carlyle Group

Ronald Cohen
Chair, Global Steering Group for Impact Investment

Mohit Joshi
President, Infosys

Cecilia Parker Aranha
Director, consumer protection enforcement, Competition and Markets Authority

Peter Betts
Senior advisor to the director-general, International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)

Nick Robins
Professor in practice for sustainable finance, Grantham Research Institute, LSE

Simonas Gentvilas
Minister of environment, Republic of Lithuania

Rhian-Mari Thomas
Chief executive, Green Finance Institute

Tom Delay
Chief executive, The Carbon Trust

Christopher James
Founder and executive chairman, Engine no. 1

Bill Rogers
Managing director, head of sustainable energies, Europe and Asia, CPP Investments

Eric Usher
Head, UNEP Finance Initiative

Bruno Oberle
Director general, International Union for Conservation of Nature

Erin Billman
Executive director, Science Based Targets Network

Eliot Whittington
Policy director, Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership

Sally Wong
Chief executive, Hong Kong Investment Funds Association

Ben Kahrs
Executive vice-president and chief innovation officer, Alcoa

David Craig
Co-chair, Taskforce for Nature-related Financial Disclosures

Mark Gough
Chief executive, Capitals Coalition

Helena Leurent
Director general, Consumers International

Giulia Chierchia
Executive vice-president, strategy and sustainability, bp

Brian Sullivan
Executive director, IPIECA

Nina Seega
Research director for sustainable finance, Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership

Lutfey Siddiqi
Visiting professor in practice, LSE IDEAS

Adam Matthews
Chief responsible investment officer, Church of England Pensions Board

Rosa Pritchard
Plastics lawyer, Client Earth

Myles Allen
Director, Oxford Net Zero

Noé van Hulst
Specialist advisor, hydrogen, International Energy Agency (IEA) and chair, International Partnership on Hydrogen and Fuel Cells in the Economy (IPHE)

Uday Varadarajan
Principal, carbon free electricity, RMI

James Alexander
Chief executive, UK Sustainable Investment and Finance Association

Clare Wildfire
Global practice lead, cities, Mott MacDonald

Chendi Zhang
Director, Exeter Sustainable Finance Centre and associate dean for research, professor of finance, University of Exeter Business School

Eelco van der Enden
Chief executive, GRI

Asif Sadiq
Senior vice-president, head of equity and inclusion, WarnerMedia

Ignacio de Calonje
Chief investment officer and sustainable finance lead, global infrastructure, IFC

Ingrid Holmes
Executive director, Green Finance Institute

James Andrus
Interim managing investment director, CalPERS

Lars Fogh Mortensen
Expert, circular economy, consumption and production, European Environment Agency

Cait Hewitt
Policy director, Aviation Environment Federation

Catharina Hillenbrand von der Neyen
Head of research, Carbon Tracker

Katrina Hayter
Challenge director, transforming food production, UKRI

Catherine Lewis La Torre
Chief executive, British Business Bank

Anna Scott
Co-founder and chief science officer, Project Canary

Paul Seidler
Managing director, Evergreen Climate Innovations

Nick Villiers
Director of sustainable finance, Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership

Katherine Willis
Professor of biodiversity, department of zoology, University of Oxford

Marcus Gover
Chief executive, WRAP

Inonge Mulozi
Senior research analyst, Competition and Consumer Protection Commission, Zambia

Simone Cipriani
Chairperson, UN Alliance for Sustainable Fashion and founder, Ethical Fashion Initiative

Mark Watts
Chief executive, C40 Cities

Wang Yao
Director-general, International Institute of Green Finance, Central University of Finance and Economics, Beijing

David Arkush
Managing director, climate program, Public Citizen

Chris Fox
Chief sustainability officer, HanesBrands

Steven Hamburg
Chair, international methane observatory’s scientific oversight committee, UN and chief scientist, Environmental Defence Fund

Carole Ferguson
Managing director, Industry Tracker

Greg Clarke
Chair, Connected Places Catapult

Sarah Burch
Associate professor, Canada research chair, and executive director, IC3, University of Waterloo

Brian Yutko
Vice-president and chief engineer, sustainability and future mobility, Boeing

Sam Dennigan
Founder and chief executive, Strong Roots

Andrew Chen
Principal, aviation decarbonisation, RMI

Juliana Garaizar
Vice-president, innovation, Greentown Labs

Daniel Hanna
Global head, sustainable finance, Standard Chartered Bank

Carlos Sanchez
Director, climate resilience investment, climate and resilience hub, Willis Towers Watson

Madeleine Rawlins
Global practice leader, climate change, Mott MacDonald

James Mitchell
Director, Center for Climate-Aligned Finance & principal, RMI

Elana Sulakshana
Senior energy finance campaigner, Rainforest Action Network

Helen Browning
Chief executive, Soil Association

Dirk Voeste
Senior vice-president, regulatory, sustainability and public affairs, BASF Agricultural Solutions

Oyin Oduya
Impact measurement & management practice leader, Wellington Management

Rob Miller
Director, Whittle Lab, University of Cambridge

Lazar Armianov
Regional director, Northern Europe, Middle East & Africa, EcoVadis

Maria Westerbos
Founder and director, Plastic Soup Foundation

Kirti Gupta
Vice-president and chief economist, Qualcomm

Guy Williams
Director, biodiversity and natural capital, Deloitte

Vanessa Horne
General manager, Fair Trading, Commerce Commission, New Zealand

Swenja Surminski
Head of adaptation research, Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, LSE

Marie-Josée Privyk
Chief ESG innovation officer, Novisto

Mike Train
Chief sustainability officer, Emerson

Asif Saleh
Executive director, BRAC Bangladesh

Richard Hammell
Managing partner, UK financial services, Deloitte

Riddhima Yadav
Sustainable finance strategist, Goldman Sachs

Sheri Hinish
Global sustainability services lead, IBM

Cliff Prior
Chief executive, The Global Steering Group for Impact Investment

Alexandra Hammond
Head, sustainable procurement and supply chain, NHS England and NHS Improvement

Nicolai Lundy
Chief, market relationships, Value Reporting Foundation

Anna Alex
Co-founder, Planetly

Ralf Pfitzner
Global head of sustainability, Volkswagen Group

Jane Stevensen
Founding director, JS Global Advisory

Pascale Wautelet
Vice-president, global research and development, Avery Dennison

Jane Thostrup Jagd
Deputy director, net zero finance, We Mean Business Coalition

Lenneke Schils
Global insights director, GFK

Matt Brittin
President EMEA, Google

Chris Turner
Executive director, B Lab

Carrie Bellamy
Director of commercialisation, Malta

Anthony Hobley
Co-executive director, Mission Possible Partnership

Zanny Minton Beddoes
Editor-in-chief, The Economist

Lara Boro
Chief executive, The Economist Group

Sacha Nauta
Executive editor, The Economist

Anne McElvoy
Executive editor and host "The Economist Asks" Podcast, The Economist

Vijay V. Vaitheeswaran
Global energy and climate innovation editor, The Economist

Daniel Franklin
Executive editor, The Economist

Kenneth Cukier
Senior editor and the host Babbage, The Economist

Catherine Brahic
Environment editor, The Economist

Soumaya Keynes
Britain economics editor, The Economist

Simon Wright
Industry editor, The Economist

Martin Koehring
Head, World Ocean Initiative & senior manager, sustainability, climate change and natural resources, Economist Impact

Claudia Malley
President and managing director, client solutions business, Economist Impact

Matus Samel
Research manager, sustainability and climate change, Economist Impact

Martin Adams
Editor, executive education, The Economist Group

Melanie Noronha
Senior manager, policy & insights, EMEA, Economist Impact

Phillip Cornell
Principal, energy and sustainability, The Economist Intelligence Unit

Matthieu Favas
Finance correspondent, The Economist

Vaibhav Sahgal
Senior manager, Americas, Economist Impact

Jonathan Birdwell
Regional head (EMEA), policy & insights, Economist Impact

Elyena de Goguel
Community and content coordinator, sustainability and world ocean initiative, Economist Impact

2022 Sponsors and Partners

DIAMOND SPONSORS:
• IBM
• Infosys
• OneTrust ESG

PLATINUM SPONSOR:
• Avery Dennison
• Google Cloud
• Mott Macdonald

GOLD SPONSORS:
• Alcoa
• Baker Hughes
• BASF
• BP
• British Business Bank
• Ecovadis
• Emerson
• GfK
• Interos
• Melrose
• NationalGrid
• Skycell
• Standard Chartered
• Wellington Management

SILVER SPONSORS:
• BCG
• Johnson&Johnson

INNOVATION SHOWCASE SPONSOR:
• Novisto

ROUNDTABLE SPONSOR:
• Accenture

PR AGENCY:
• Browning Environmental

TREE PLANTING PARTNER:
• Treeapp

SUSTAINABILTY PARTNER:
• rePurpose