Venue
Business Design Centre - Virtual
Business Design Centre - Virtual, 52 Upper St, London N1 0QH, UK

What is Qwoted?

Qwoted is a free expert network: we help reporters connect with experts & we help those same experts build relationships with top reporters.

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
Details

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

Speakers

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

Sponsors & Partners

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