9th Annual Sustainability Week 2024 | Economist Impact events | 3 March 2024 | Business Design Centre, 52 Upper St, London N1 0QH, UK

We are not reaching net zero fast enough
Implementing a robust sustainability strategy that delivers a return on investment should be every organisation’s long-term ambition. Improving your implementation of sustainability projects is good for business and the planet, and expected by investors.

This event, incorporating the Energy Transition summit (ETS), will deliver vital information that you can use to move faster on reducing emissions and improving your environmental impact in 2024. With new how-to workshops, the CSO Leaders’ Club and our unique Action Hour sessions, alongside extensive networking opportunities and an exhibition, this is an event not to be missed.
Topics you will hear discussed at the event
• Decarbonising business and industry
• Financing net zero
• Supply chain and circularity
• Innovative technology and adaptation
• Biodiversity and natural capital
• Energy Transition Summit

2024 Speakers

Vijay Vaitheeswaran
Global Energy and Climate Innovation Editor, the Economist

Graham Stuart
Minister of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, Uk Government

Inger Andersen
Executive Director, United Nations Environment Programme

Mark Versey
Chief Executive, Aviva Investors

Klaus Zellmer
Chief Executive, Skoda

Patricia Espinosa
Former Executive Secretary, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (unfccc)

Jochen Flasbarth
State Secretary, Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, Germany

Andy Cato
Co-Founder, Music and Record Producer, Wild Farmed, Groove Armada

Ben Ainslie
Captain, Sail Gp Great Britain

Raman Bhatia
Chief Executive, Ovo Energy

John Neal
Chief Executive, Lloyds of London

Anne Jessopp
Chief Executive, Royal Mint

Nick Hampton
Chief Executive, Tate and Lyle

Mark Gough
Chief Executive, Capitals Coalition

Tanya Larsen
Chief Executive, Eco Scanner

Eva Karlsson
Chief Executive, Houdini Sportswear

Augustin Becquet
Chief Executive, Recommerce Group

Clover Hogan
Founder and Activist, Force of Nature

Andrea Illy
Chairman, Illycaffè, Co-Chair, Regenerative Society Foundation

Adair Turner
Chair, Energy Transitions Commission

Luka Mucic
Chief Financial Officer, Vodafone

Jennifer Motles
Chief Sustainability Officer, Philip Morris International

Agustin Lopez Diaz
Chief Sustainability and Customer and Quality Officer, Schneider Electric

Anders Boyer
Chief Financial Officer, Pandora

Maggie Buggie
Chief Operating Officer, Normative

Joakim Reiter
Chief External and Corporate Affairs Officer, Vodafone

Robert Metzke
Chief Sustainability Officer, Phillips

Vanessa Wright
Chief Sustainability Officer, Pernod Ricard

Dana Haidan
Chief Sustainability Officer, Virgin Media O2

Catherine Dolton
Chief Sustainability Officer, Inter Continental Hotels Group

Julie De Moyer
Chief Data Officer, Lvmh, Beauty Group

Mike Hyde
Chief Data Officer, Trainline

Fabrice Beaulieu
Chief Marketing, Sustainability and Corporate Affairs Officer, Reckitt

Sibbe Krol
Chief Sustainability Officer, Bloom & Wild

David Benattar
Chief Sustainability Officer, the Warehouse Group

Rasha Hasaneen
Chief Product and Sustainability Officer, Aspen Technology

Nira Johri
Chief Sustainability Officer, Yum Brands

Gabrielle Ginér
Group Head of Environmental Sustainability, Bt Group

Raphael Güller
Vice-President of Strategy and Regulatory, Sweep

Yoann Bersihand
Vice-President, Ai Technology, Schneider Electric

Sarah Schaefer
Vice-President of Sustainability (europe), Electrolux

Thomas Becker
Vice-President of Sustainability and Mobility, Bmw

Sarah Compson
Associate Director of Standards and Innovation, Soil Association

Eriola Shehu Beetz
Managing Director and Partner, Bcg

Anca Iordanescu
Vice-President Engineering, Store of The Future, Ingka Digital, Ikea

Luciana Antonini Ribeiro
Co-Founder and Chief Investment Officer, E B Capital, Chair, B20 Taskforce on Finance and Infrastructure

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

Bobbie Mellor
Global Head of Sustainability and Transparency, Vodafone Group

Kieren Mayers
Senior Director of Environment, Social and Governance, Sony Interactive Entertainment

Sofía Condés
Head of Investor Outreach, Fairr Initiative

Thibaud Simphal
Global Head of Sustainability, Uber

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

Bertrand Conqueret
President Global Supply Chain Company and Corporate Senior Vice President Purchasing, Henkel

Mads Twomey-Madsen
Senior Vice President, Communications and Sustainability, Pandora

Duncan Clark
Head of Ørsted Uk & Ireland, Ørsted

Aled Guy
Head of Sustainability and Net Zero Carbon Management, Nhs Wales

Phillip Cornell
Global Head, Sustainability (interim), Economist Impact

John Holland-Kaye
Ex-Chief Executive, Heathrow

Alexander Stafford
Mp, Chair, All-Party Parliamentary Group on Esg, House of Commons

Thomas Körmendi
Chief Executive, Elopak

Julie De Moyer
Chief Data Officer, Lvmh, Beauty Group

Mike Hyde
Chief Data Officer, Trainline

Fabrice Beaulieu
Chief Marketing, Sustainability and Corporate Affairs Officer, Reckitt

Sibbe Krol
Chief Sustainability Officer, Bloom & Wild

David Benattar
Chief Sustainability Officer, the Warehouse Group

Rasha Hasaneen
Chief Product and Sustainability Officer, Aspen Technology

Nira Johri
Chief Sustainability Officer, Yum Brands

Gabrielle Ginér
Group Head of Environmental Sustainability, Bt Group

Raphael Güller
Vice-President of Strategy and Regulatory, Sweep

Yoann Bersihand
Vice-President, Ai Technology, Schneider Electric

Sarah Schaefer
Vice-President of Sustainability (europe), Electrolux

Thomas Becker
Vice-President of Sustainability and Mobility, Bmw

Sarah Compson
Associate Director of Standards and Innovation, Soil Association

Eriola Shehu Beetz
Managing Director and Partner, Bcg

Anca Iordanescu
Vice-President Engineering, Store of The Future, Ingka Digital, Ikea

Luciana Antonini Ribeiro
Co-Founder and Chief Investment Officer, E B Capital, Chair, B20 Taskforce on Finance and Infrastructure

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

Bobbie Mellor
Global Head of Sustainability and Transparency, Vodafone Group

Kieren Mayers
Senior Director of Environment, Social and Governance, Sony Interactive Entertainment

Sofía Condés
Head of Investor Outreach, Fairr Initiative

Thibaud Simphal
Global Head of Sustainability, Uber

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

Bertrand Conqueret
President Global Supply Chain Company and Corporate Senior Vice President Purchasing, Henkel

Mads Twomey-Madsen
Senior Vice President, Communications and Sustainability, Pandora

Duncan Clark
Head of Ørsted Uk & Ireland, Ørsted

Aled Guy
Head of Sustainability and Net Zero Carbon Management, Nhs Wales

Phillip Cornell
Global Head, Sustainability (interim), Economist Impact

John Holland-Kaye
Ex-Chief Executive, Heathrow

Alexander Stafford
Mp, Chair, All-Party Parliamentary Group on Esg, House of Commons

Thomas Körmendi
Chief Executive, Elopak

Nick Brown
Director Commercial Revenues, Fifa

Marija Rompani
Director of Sustainability and Ethics, John Lewis Partnership

Jack Dearlove
Group Digital Information Director, Isg

Eric De Montgolfier
Chief Executive, Invest Europe

Cecilia Parker
Director of Consumer Protection, Competition and Markets Authority (cma)

Nina Seega
Sustainable Finance Director, University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership

Abe Eshkenazi
Chief Executive, Association for Supply Chain Management

Christopher Davis
International Sustainability, Activism and Communications Director, the Body Shop International

Sebastian Munden
Chair, Wrap

David Craig
Co-Chair, Taskforce on Nature-Related Financial Disclosures (tnfd)

Sherry Madera
Chief Executive, Cdp

Ian Stanton
Head of Sustainability, Beggars Group

Julia Hayhoe
Non-Executive Director and Ambassador, Forum for Gc Sustainability Leaders

Jan Bebbington
Director, Pentland Centre for Sustainability in Business, Lancaster University

Thomas Fowler
Director of Sustainability and Finance, Ryanair

Karthik Ramanna
Professor of Business and Public Policy, University of Oxford

Daniel Russek
Chief Executive, Atarraya, Inc

Natalie Campbell
Co-Chief Executive, Belu

Charlie Wigglesworth
Managing Director, Telos

Bethany Cockshutt
Associate, the Carbon Trust

Michael Gidney
Chief Executive, Fairtrade Foundation

Will Attenborough
Climate Finance Strategist; Green Rider Campaign Lead, Coal Action Network; Equity for A Green New Deal

Mahesh Ramanujam
President and Chief Executive, Global Network for Zero

Ian Riley
Chief Executive, World Cement Association

Patrick Verkooijen
Chief Executive, Global Centre on Adaptation

Oliver Hurrey
Founder and Chair, Scope 3 Peer Group

Nicole Rycroft
Founder and Executive Director, Canopy

Robin Millington
Chief Executive, Planet Tracker

Susie Braun
Head of Social Purpose, Itv

Christoph Wolff
Chief Executive, Smart Freight Center

Will Silverwood
Head of Sustainability, Whitbread

Krijn De Nood
Co-Founder and Chief Executive, Meatable

Leslie Labruto
Managing Director of Sustainable Finance, Environmental Defense Fund Europe

Chris Davies
Founder & Chief Executive, Harvest Farms

Laurie Wayburn
President, Pacific Forest Trust

Evelina Olago
Managing Director of Client and Strategy, Just Climate

Tom Butcher
Director of Esg, Van Eck Associates Corporation

Natalia Agüeros-Macario
Director, Esg Strategy and Engagement, Umicore

Katherine Stewart
Principal and Team Lead, Policy & Insights, Economist Impact

Melanie Bausen-Wiens
Senior Vice-President, Regulatory, Sustainability & Public Affairs Agricultural Solutions, Basf

Adam Matthews
Chief Responsible Investment Officer, Church of England Pensions Board

Veronique Toully
Global Head of Sustainability, Corporate Affairs and Risks, Ucb

Vanina Laurent-Ledru
Director General, Foundation S- the Sanofi Collective

Hugh Lewis
Head of Sustainability, Gousto

Anthony Gibbs
Director, Imaginary Forces

Richard Barker
Board Member, Issb

Kenneth Cukier
Deputy Executive Editor London, United Kingdom, the Economist

Tim Lamont
Research Fellow, Lancaster University

Gabriele Bowen
Senior Analyst, Economist Impact

Edward Glanville
Head of Sustainability Programming, Economist Impact

Douglas Kent
Chief Executive, Association for Supply Chain Management

Dina Alborno
Senior Analyst, Policy and Insights, Economist Impact

Ailia Haider
Manager, Policy and Insights, Economist Impact

Jonathan Birdwell
Global Head of Policy and Insights, Economist Impact

Maryam Rasheed
Senior Analyst, Economist Impact

Shivangi Jain
Senior Manager and Economic Modelling Lead, Policy and Insights, Economist Impact

Eddie Milev
Analyst, Policy and Insights, Economist Impact

Dení Pörtl
Analyst Policy and Insights, Economist Impact

Elizabeth Sukkar
Senior Research Manager, Policy and Insights, Global Health, Economist Impact

2024 Sponsors

GLOBAL KNOWLEDGE PARTNER:
• BCG

DIAMOND SPONSOR:
• SAP

PLATINUM SPONSORS:
• Philip Morris International
• Geopost
• Orsted
• Schneider Electric

WORKSHOP SPONSOR:
• Osapiens

GOLD SPONSORS:
• D-Basf
• Elopak
• Novisto
• WLGA
• OVO
• IESEG
• Santander
• LEK
• ADM
• Neste

TRAVEL SPONSOR:
• Uber

SILVER SPONSORS:
• Environmental Defense Fund
• Sweep
• EarthScan
• Normative
• Atarraya
• Cloverly
• US Soy
• Leather and Hide

INNOVATION SHOWCASE SPONSOR:
• Wolters Kluwer

ASSOCIATE SPONSOR:
• Eco Scanner

GLOBAL SUSTAINABILITY PARTNER:
• United Nations Global Compact

SUSTAINABLE FUTURE PROVIDER:
• Not Your Every Day