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Event Date |
Wed Mar 29 BST - Fri Mar 31 BST (about 2 years ago)
In your timezone (EDT): Tue Mar 28 7:00pm - Thu Mar 30 7:00pm |
Location |
Business Design Centre - Virtual
52 Upper St, London N1 0QH, UK |
Region | EMEA |
The event focuses on helping businesses become sustainable faster. We are the independent guide to sustainability, helping our audience cut through the noise and supporting them as they achieve sustainability goals and reach outcomes with actual business value.
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
2023 Speakers
António Guterres
Secretary-general, United Nations
Barbara Woodward
UK permanent representative to the United Nations, New York, former ambassador to China, United Kingdom Government
Graham Stuart
Minister of state for energy security and net zero, UK Government
Paul Polman
Business leader, campaigner, co-author of "Net Positive"
Hannah Mills
Great British SailGP team and sustainability ambassador, SailGP Global
Suzanne Lloyd
Vice-chair, International Sustainability Standards Board
Rajiv J. Shah
President, Rockefeller Foundation
John Holland-Kaye
Chief executive, Heathrow
Karin Svensson
Chief sustainability officer, Volvo Group
Michael Grenfell
Executive director, enforcement, Competition and Markets Authority (CMA)
Clover Hogan
Climate activist and executive director, Force of Nature
Ambeshwar Nath
Senior vice-president and head of EMEA, Infosys
Jon Banner
Executive vice-president and global chief impact officer, McDonald's
Mahmoud Mohieldin
UN climate change high-level champion, Egypt
Laurence Tubiana
Chief executive, European Climate Foundation
John Abel
Technical director, office of the chief technical officer, Google Cloud
Jakob Muus
Director of sustainability tribe, Transporeon
Matt Brittin
President, EMEA, Google
Nick Hampton
Chief executive, Tate and Lyle
Isabelle Sultan
Chief sustainability officer, Parfums Christian Dior
Nick Canney
Chief executive, Innocent Drinks
Stephen Daintith
Chief financial officer, Ocado
Bobbie Mellor
Global head of sustainability and transparency, Vodafone Group
Steve Howard
Chief sustainability officer, Temasek
Becky Heaton
Director of group environmental sustainability, Lloyds Banking Group
Elyn Corfield
Chief executive, business and commercial banking, Lloyds Banking Group
Thomas Becker
Vice-president sustainability and mobility strategy, BMW Group
Ola Elmqvist
Executive vice-president packaging solutions, Tetra Pak
Catherine Dolton
Chief sustainability officer, InterContinental Hotels Group
Juliette White
Vice-president global SHE and sustainability, AstraZeneca
Katharina Neureiter
Head of ESG, EMEA and APAC, The Carlyle Group
Kristian Rönn
Chief executive and co-founder, Normative
Ganesh Iyer
Chief executive, NIO US
Olaf Sleijpen
Executive board member, executive director of monetary affairs, De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB)
Bhavesh Mistry
Chief financial officer, British Land
Sandrine Sommer
Chief sustainability officer, Moët Hennessy
Adam Matthews
Chief responsible investment officer, Church of England Pensions Board
Anna Turrell
Group head of environment, Tesco
Nina Skorupska
Chief executive, The Association for Renewable Energy and Clean Technology (REA)
Matthias Rebellius
Member of the managing board, chief executive smart infrastructure, Siemens
Mahesh Roy
Investor practices programme director, IIGCC
Inga Doak
Head of sustainability and ESG, The Royal Mint
Cliff Prior
Chief executive, Global Steering Group for Impact Investment
Dax Lovegrove
Global director of sustainability, Jimmy Choo & Versace
Katherine Brown
Vice-president, inclusive impact and sustainability, Europe, Visa
Hampus Friberg
Head of climate and nature, H&M
Andy Rugeroni
Senior principal, Daggerwing
Katrina Shum
Head of sustainability & regeneration, North America, Lush
Frederika De Courcy Arora
Vice-president digital product management, new integrated offers, bp
Craig Douglas
Founding partner, World Fund
Becrom Basu
Partner, L.E.K. Consulting
Ana Paula Assis
Chair for Europe, Middle East and Africa, IBM
Rebecca Scottorn
Partner, L.E.K. Consulting
Dennis Nobelius
Chief operating officer, Polestar
Andrea Meza Murillo
Deputy executive secretary, UNCCD and former minister of energy and environment, Costa Rica
Gabrielle Ginér
Group head of environmental sustainability, BT Group
Clare Jackson
Chief executive, Hydrogen UK
Fiona Ball
Group director, Bigger Picture & Sustainability, Sky Group
Emma Stewart
Sustainability officer, Netflix
John Browne
Founder and chairman, BeyondNetZero
Adair Turner
Chair, Energy Transitions Commission
Carmen Nuzzo
Head of fixed income, investment practices, Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI)
Simon Boas Hoffmeyer
Senior director, group sustainability and ESG, Carlsberg
Chris Stark
Chief executive, Climate Change Committee
Ruth Andrade
Earth care strategy lead, Lush
Mahesh Ramanujam
Chief executive, The Global Network for Zero
Una Kent
Vice-president, ESG and DEI International, Walgreens Boots Alliance
Ivo Mulder
Head of climate finance unit, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Ann Mettler
Vice-president, Europe, Breakthrough Energy
Sean O’Sullivan
Managing general partner, SOSV
Mark Manning
Technical specialist, sustainable finance and stewardship, Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)
Pedro Guazo
Chief executive, office of investment management, United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund
Louise Clarke
Head of sustainable places, Berkeley Group Plc
Rossella Cardone
Director and head of sustainability office, Jaguar Land Rover
Tim Brown
Co-founder, Allbirds
Jane Toogood
National hydrogen champion, UK
Faisal Ghani
Chief executive, SolarisKit
Tony Tiyou
Chief executive, Renewables in Africa
Aleyn Smith-Gillespie
Director, corporate sustainability, The Carbon Trust
David Russell
Head of responsible investment, USS
Stephen Cohen
Head of Europe, Middle East and Africa, BlackRock
Richard Manley
Chief sustainability officer, managing director and head of sustainable investing, CPP Investments
Vijay Vaitheeswaran
Global energy and climate innovation editor, The Economist
Jonathon Counsell
Group head of sustainability, International Airlines Group (IAG)
Philip Smith
Global head, sustainability advisory practice, Cognizant
Antoine Sautenet
Chief sustainability officer, Michelin
Didier Toubia
Chief executive, Aleph Farms
Simon Munk
Senior strategic advisor, UCLPartners Climate collaborative, UCLPartners
Jennifer Tsim
Partner, financial services and head of climate & sustainability in UK and Ireland, Oliver Wyman
Carolien van Brunschot
Lead circular electronics partnership, World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD)
Joseph Alenchery
Vice-president, global business head, energynext, Infosys
Joanna Gilroy
Group director of sustainability, Balfour Beatty
Noud Tillemans
Chief financial officer, Fairphone
Christoph Wolff
Chief executive, Smart Freight Center
Ana Nicholls
Industry director, The Economist Intelligence Unit (The EIU)
Charles Assaf
Chief executive, Novisto
Christoph Gebald
Chief executive, Climeworks
Robert Guest
Deputy editor, The Economist
Harry Boyd-Carpenter
Managing director, green economy and climate action, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
Shiva Rajgopal
Kester and Byrnes professor of accounting, Columbia Business School
Michael Gidney
Chief executive, Fairtrade Foundation
Lewis Perkins
President, Apparel Impact Institute
Andrew Kuper
Chief executive, LeapFrog Investments
Willie Watt
Chairman, Scottish National Investment Bank
Harald Emberger
Chief supply chain officer, Beiersdorf
Rachel Dobbs
News editor, The Economist
Moira Thomas
Group sustainable business and ESG director, Currys plc
Edward Millard
Director, landscapes and communities, Rainforest Alliance
Georges Tijbosch
Chief executive, MiQ
Steve Kenzie
Executive director, UN Global Compact Network UK
Catherine Kniker
Executive vice-president, chief strategy and marketing officer, PTC
Morgane Yvergniaux
Global head of sustainable terroirs, Pernod Ricard
Piyachart (Arm) Isarabhakdee
Chief executive, BRANDi and Companies
Ian Heasman
Director of sustainability, Taylor Wimpey
Elizabeth Fernando
Deputy chief investment officer, NEST
Michael Wyatt
Director of Chrome Enterprise EMEA, Google
Ibukun Awosika
Former chairman, First Bank of Nigeria
Abdul Hakim Elwaer
Assistant director general, Near East and North Africa, UN FAO
Robert Metzke
Global head of sustainability, Philips
Sarah Schaefer
Vice-president sustainability Europe, Electrolux
Sharad Mittal
Chief executive, Teracube
Antti Vihavainen
Co-founder and chief executive, Puro.earth
Fredrik Ekström
President, Nasdaq Stockholm and head of carbon markets, Nasdaq
Cheryl Ferguson
Co-founder and president, Daggerwing
Amal-Lee Amin
Managing director and head of climate change, British International Investment
Antony Froggatt
Deputy director and senior research fellow, environment and society programme, Chatham House
Marleen Oberheide
ESG solutions engineer, OneTrust
Gwenaelle Avice-Huet
Chief strategy and sustainability officer, Schneider Electric
Jacob Loftus
Chief executive, General Projects
Maria Mendiluce
Chief executive, We Mean Business Coalition
Jacqueline Amy Jackson
Head of responsible investment, London CIV
Maria Nazarova-Doyle
Head of responsible investments and stewardship, Scottish Widows
Robin Millington
Chief executive, Planet Tracker
David Croft
Global head of sustainability, Reckitt
David Carlin
TCFD and climate risk program lead, United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI)
Noé van Hulst
Vice-chair, IPHE
Eva Zabey
Chief executive, Business for Nature
James Petrie
Chief executive, Nourish Ingredients
Nate Gorence
Chief of staff and head of business development, Impossible Foods
Kirsty Hunter
Chief marketing officer, Innocent Drinks
Kofi Mbuk
Lead cleantech reseacher, Carbon Tracker
Daniel Blaustein-Rejto
Director of food and agriculture, The Breakthrough Institute
Shaunagh Duncan
Head of sustainability, UK & Benelux, Oatly
Rob Colmer
Head of sustainability, Aston Martin Lagonda
Fabrice Beaulieu
Chief marketing, sustainability and corporate affairs officer, Reckitt
Edward Perry
Biodiversity policy analyst - environmental transitions and resilience division, OECD
Sylvain Filippi
Managing director and chief technology officer, Envision Racing
Maelle Pelisson
Advocacy director, Business for Nature
Samuel Dennigan
Chief executive and founder, Strong Roots
Sarah Galloway
Co-head, global sustainability practice, Russell Reynolds Associates
Frederick Duffield
Global head of corporate affairs, Oritain
Richard Swannell
Interim chief executive, Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP)
Liesl Truscott
Director, industry accountability and insights, Textile Exchange
Greg Clark
Chair, 3ci, Connected Places Catapult
Mike Smeed
Managing director InMotion Ventures
Oliver Hurrey
Chair, Scope 3 Peer Group
Josephine Moulds
Reporter, The Bureau of Investigative Journalism
Mark Campanale
Founder and director, Carbon Tracker
Ian Nolan
Partner and chairman of the investment committee, Circularity Capital
Eva Gladek
Chief executive, Metabolic
James Alexander
Chief executive, UK Sustainable Investment and Finance Association
Simon Perham
Head of investor outreach-Europe, Carbon Tracker
Edna Odhiambo
Climate-sustainability consultant, Ednaclimate
Stacy Kauk
Head of sustainability, Shopify
Andrea Vena
Chief climate and sustainability officer, European Space Agency
Mark Newman
Chief executive, Chemours
Maria Castillo
Social and environmental impact director, IESEG School of Management
Rhian-Mari Thomas
Chief executive, Green Finance Institute
Sepanta Dorri
Vice-president of decarbonisation, Teck Resources
Nicolette Bartlett
Chief impact officer, CDP
Amir Sokolowski
Global director for climate change, CDP
Lucy Yu
Chief executive, Centre for Net Zero
Rohitesh Dhawan
President and chief executive, International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM
Jonathan Birdwell
Regional head (EMEA) of policy & insights, Economist Impact
Matus Samel
Research manager, sustainability and climate change, Economist Impact
Vinjeru Mkandawire
Property correspondent, The Economist
Martina Chow
Research analyst, Economist Impact
Andrew New
Chief executive, NHS Supply Chain
Swenja Surminski
Professor in practice, Grantham Research Institute, LSE
Martin Watson
Director, CCH Tagetik, UK and Ireland, Wolters Kluwer
Tanguy Touffut
Chief executive and co-founder, Descartes Underwriting
Joe Franses
Vice-president sustainability, Coca-Cola Europacific Partners
Doris Honold
Chair, Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI)
Chris Fenwick
Head of ESG center of excellence, OneTrust
Anna Palazij
Vice-president, sustainability ESG, PepsiCo
Fiona Asdshead
Chair, Sustainable Healthcare Coalition
Chris Turner
Executive director, B Lab UK
Chris Williams
Chief information officer, Community Fibre
Philippine de T’Serclaes
Chief sustainability officer, Dassault Systèmes
Stacy Flynn
Chief executive and co-founder, Evrnu
Heather Buchanan
Co-founder, Bankers for Net Zero
Elisabeth Goos
Market leader sustainability services EMEA & DACH, IBM Consulting
Jim Sutter
Chief executive, U.S. Soybean Export Council (USSEC)
Julia King
Baroness Brown of Cambridge and chair, adaptation committee, Climate Change Committee
Jenny McColloch
Chief sustainability officer, McDonald's
Angela Hultberg
Global sustainability director, Kearney
Allison Lin
Global vice president of packaging sustainability, Mars
Deepti Jerath
U.K. head and carbon markets lead, MIGA, World Bank Group
Tiffany Smyly
Chief programmes officer, The Economist Educational Foundation
David McDiarmid
Corporate relations director and head of sustainability, Princes Limited
Alex Cullen
Commercial and marketing director, Soil Association
Lia Nicholson
Head of sustainability, Terrascope
Sarah Willis
Chief financial officer, Intelligent Growth Solutions
David Atkin
Chief executive, Principles for Responsible Investment
Paul Volpe
Senior vice-president of growth, Workiva
Sue Allchurch
Chief, outreach and engagement, United Nations Global Compact
Dominic Waughray
Executive vice-president, World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD)
Dirk Ramhorst
Chief information officer, Evonik
Jonathan Wright
Managing partner, IBM Consulting
Emily Jackson-Keßler
Senior vice-president, sustainability, The Economist Group
Adam Woodhall
Chief executive, Lawyers for Net Zero
Paula Franklin
Chief medical officer, Bupa
Archana Jagannathan
Vice president, climate, water and sustainable operations, PepsiCo Europe and chief sustainability officer, PepsiCo UK & Ireland
Kenneth Cukier
Deputy executive editor London, United Kingdom, The Economist
Barrie Wilkinson
Partner and Head of 3D Carbon Accounting, Oliver Wyman
Martin Koehring
Head, World Ocean Initiative, senior manager, sustainability, climate change and natural resources, Economist Impact
David Greenfield
Vice-president, Circular Economy Institute
Mardi McBrien
Director, International Financial Reporting Standards Foundation
Edd Lees
Co-founder, Wildfarmed
Jojo Mehta
Co-founder, Stop Ecocide
Dana Haidan
Chief sustainability officer, Virgin Media O2
Gianluca Cantalupi
Global head of sustainability and climate risk, Credit Suisse
Sarah Willis
Chief financial officer, Intelligent Growth Solutions
Glyn Richards
Group director of sustainability, BUPA
Peter Harris
Vice president, international sustainability, UPS
Saad Malik
Group ESG Reporting Lead, National Grid
Anna Lungley
Chief sustainability officer, Dentsu
Andrew Beadle
Team leader global sustainability strategy, BASF Agricultural Solutions
Caroline Justet
Vice-president Europe, Strohm
Matt Randall
Head of finance regulatory and climate change, NatWest
Katherine Stewart
Principal and team lead, policy & insights, Economist Impact
Tim Wainwright
Chief executive, WaterAid UK
2023 Sponsors
DIAMOND SPONSORS:
• Infosys
• Lloyds Banking Group
• Onetrust
WORKSHOP DAY SPONSOR:
• Oliver Wyman
PLATINUM SPONSORS:
• Cognizant
• Google Cloud
• IBM
• Siemens
• Tetra Pak
STRATEGIC INSIGHTS PARTNER:
• L.E.K. Consulting
GLOBAL SUSTAINABILITY SPONSOR:
• Schneider Electric
GOLD SPONSORS:
• BASF
• Brandi
• Bupa
• Chemours
• Dassault Systems
• Daggerwing Group
• Chrome OS
• IESEG
• Novisto
• Oritain
• PTC
• Terrascope
• Workiva
SILVER SPONSORS:
• Nasdaq
• Puro Earth
• Normativ
• U.S. Soybean Export Council (USSEC)
INNOVATION SHOWCASE SPONSORS:
• Transporeon
• Wolters Kluwer
GLOBAL SUSTAINABILITY PARTNER:
• United Nations Global Compact