Sustainability Week US 2022 | Economist Impact | 6 June 2022 | Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20004, USA

This event will bring together industry leaders, policymakers, entrepreneurs and researchers from around the world to discuss what actions they will take to prevent a climate disaster and deliver on the promise of a green future.

Why attend?
• Meet over 6,000 industry experts in the space
• Hear from real-life case studies from leading chief sustainability officers
• Understand how to future proof your business for a net-zero future
• Gain insights into how to effectively deploy ESG
• Discover how new climate policy might impact you

Six action-oriented industry tracks, plus real world case studies:
• Chief Sustainability Officer
This track will look to understand the ever more increasing importance of the role.

• Policy Leaders—Delivering Policy to Reach Net Zero
This track will look into what policies and frameworks are needed to support a net-zero world.

• Leaders: The Business of Climate Change
Business and finance are essential components to delivering action on climate change.

• Climate Change Tech and Innovation
What technologies are needed to be deployed to avert a climate disaster?

• Packaging, Recycling and the Circular Economy
How can a society exist in which finite resources are not consumed for the sake of packaging?

• Energy, Emissions and the Environment
Assessing the heaviest emitting industries and the challenges faced with reducing emissions.

2022 Speakers

Virginie Helias
Chief sustainability officer, P&G

David Croft
Global director sustainability, environment and human rights, Reckitt

Juvencio Maetzu
Chief financial officer and deputy chief executive, Ingka Group- IKEA

Matthew Slovik
managing director and head of global sustainable finance group, Morgan Stanley

Ben Ratner
Executive director, sustainability, JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Julia Pallé
Sustainability director, Formula E

Elizabeth Lewis
Managing director and deputy head of ESG, Blackstone

Emma Stewart
Sustainability officer, Netflix

Annette Nazareth
Chair, The Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market

Jim Andrew
Executive vice-president, chief sustainability officer, PepsiCo

Renee Morin
Chief sustainability officer, eBay

Cheryl Pinto
Global head of values-led sourcing, Ben & Jerry’s

Peter Land
Chief sustainability officer, DICK’S Sporting goods

Aditi Mohapatra
Vice-president, global social impact and sustainability, Expedia Group

Roberto Marques
Executive chairman and group chief executive, Natura & Co.

Jeff Merkley
US senator, Oregon State

Jean Case
Chief executive, Case Impact Network and chairperson, National Geographic Society

Charlene Lake
Chief sustainability officer and senior vice-president, corporate social responsibility, AT&T

John Rogers
Chief sustainability and procurement officer, US, Anheuser-Busch

Robert Coviello
Chief sustainability officer and government affairs, Bunge

Denise Naguib
Global vice-president, sustainability and supplier diversity, Marriott International

Marco Taricco
Co-founder, Bluebell Partners

Ivo Mulder
Head, climate finance unit, UN Environment Programme

Jennifer Layke
Global director, energy, World Resource Institute

Adair Turner
Chairman, Energy Transitions Commission

Karen M. St. Germain
Director, Earth Science Division, US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Carter Roberts
President and chief executive, World Wildlife Fund-US

Rohit Aggarwala
Commissioner, department of environmental protection and chief climate officer, New York

Andrew Mayock
Federal chief sustainability officer, US Government

Mona Das
State senator, Washington state

Glenn Llewellyn
Vice-president, zero-emission aircraft, Airbus

Sara Bogdan
Director, head of sustainability and ESG, JetBlue

Mike Witt
Vice president and chief sustainability officer, Northrop Grumman

Faith Taylor
Global sustainability officer, Kyndryl and former global environmental social governance leader, Tesla

Daniel M. Kammen
Senior advisor, energy innovation, US Agency for International Development

Fiona Morgan
Global director, purpose & impact, SailGP

Chiara Cecchini
Partner, Future Food Institute and board member, Food for Climate Leagues

Caroline D’Angelo
Deputy chief sustainability officer, office of management strategy and solutions, U.S. Department of State

Martha Stevenson
strategic advisor, SBTi

Dominic Charles
Director, transparency and finance, No Plastic Waste initiative, Minderoo Foundation

Nancy Sutley
Chief sustainability and economic development officer, Los Angeles Department of Water and Power

Alberto Carrillo Pineda
Co-founder and managing director, Science-Based Targets Initiative

Santiago Gowland
Chief executive, The Rainforest Alliance

Will Shafroth
Chief executive, National Park Foundation

Emily Grubert
Deputy assistant secretary, Office of Carbon Management, US Department of Energy

Mindy Lubber
Chief executive, Ceres

Elizabeth Maruma Mrema
Executive secretary, secretariat of the convention on biological diversity, United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (UNCBD)

Hunter Lovins
Founder and president, Natural Capitalism Solutions

Janet Salem
Economic affairs officer, innovation for circular economy, United Nations

Jim Matthews
President and chief executive, Rail Passengers Association

Jan-Willem Bode
Partner, Guidehouse

Johanna Chao Kreilick
President, Union of Concerned Scientists

Mandi McReynolds
Head of global environmental, social and governance, Workiva

Cecil Scheib
Chief sustainability officer, New York University

Rose Mwebaza
Director, UN Climate Technology Centre & Network

Kate Finn
Executive director, First Peoples Worldwide

Helaina Matza
Director, office of energy transformation, bureau of energy resources, Department of State

Madhavi Venkatesan
Executive director, Sustainable Practices

Mindy Simmons
Senior environmental policy advisor, Headquarters, US Army Corps of Engineers

Matthew Kwatinetz
Senior director of real estate, Burning Man Project

Moira Birss
Climate and finance director, Amazon Watch

Peter Fadoul
Manager, sustainability and circular economy programme, US Chamber of Commerce Foundation

Sarah Gordon
Chief executive, Impact Investing Institute

Stephanie Pfeifer
Chief executive, Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change

Virginijus Sinkevicius
Commissioner, environment, oceans and fisheries, European Commission

Allyson Anderson Book
Vice-president, energy transition, Baker Hughes

Angela Wilkinson
Secretary-general and chief executive, World Energy Council

Chris Field
Perry L. McCarty director, Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment

Claire Bergkamp
Chief operating officer, Textile Exchange, former chief sustainability officer, Stella McCartney

Gifford Pinchot III
President, Pinchot & Company

Anne Simpson
Global head of sustainability, Franklin Templeton Companies

James Reinhart
Chief executive, thredUP

Rita Hite
President and chief executive, American Forest Foundation

Jonathan Winer
Co-founder and co-chief executive, Sidewalk Infrastructure Partners

Malcolm Johnson
Deputy secretary-general, International Telecommunication Union, United Nations

Maria Korsnick
President and chief executive, Nuclear Energy Institute

Saman Sarbazvatan
Chief operating officer and deputy dean, École des Ponts Business School

Rosa Pritchard
Plastics lawyer, Client Earth

Joss Bleriot
Institutions, governments, and cities lead, Ellen McArthur Foundation

Rebekah Cain
Chief sustainability officer, Bank of New Zealand

Anna Gueorguieva
Senior economist, World Bank

Thomas Guillot
Chief executive, Global Cement and Concrete Association

Teresa Hartmann
Lead, climate and nature, Natural Climate Solution Alliance

Simone Cipriani
Funder and manager, Ethical Fashion Initiative and chairperson, UN Alliance for Sustainable Fashion

Patrick Krieger
Vice president, sustainability, Plastics Industry Association

Nick Watts
Chief sustainability officer, NHS

Helena Leurent
Director general, Consumers International

Cassie Sutherland
Managing director, climate solutions and networks team, C40 Cities

Granville Martin
Head of global regulatory outreach, Value Reporting Foundation

Alan Chan
Vice-president and general manager, DuPont Water Solutions

Anna Pierce
Director, sustainability, Tate & Lyle

Melissa D. Ho
Senior vice president, fresh water and food, World Wildlife Fund - US

Ben Walton
Co-founder, ZOMALAB

Ben Wilson
Chief strategy and external engagements officer, National Grid

Douglas Melnick
Chief sustainability officer, City of San Antonio

Donna Morton
Co-founder and chief executive, Change Finance

Henrik Jeppesen
Head of investor outreach, Carbon Tracker Initiative

Kaitlin Crouch-Hess
Director, Center for Climate-Aligned Finance, RMI

Eelco Van der Enden
Chief executive, GRI

Karen van Bergen
Executive vice-president and dean, Omnicom University and chief environmental sustainability officer, Omnicom

Marty Durbin
President, Global Energy Institute, U.S. Chambers of Commerce

Monique Oxender
Senior vice president, corporate responsibility, chief sustainability officer, Keurig Dr Pepper

Matthew Popkin
Manager, urban transformation, RMI

Jordan Stone
Assistant vice-president, government affairs, The Association of American Railroads

Roger Harris
Executive vice-president, marketing and revenue and chief commercial officer, Amtrak

Lina Osman
Regional head, sustainable finance for West, Standard Chartered

Conrad MacKerron
Senior vice-president, As You Sow

Rob Watson
President, electrical, Rolls-Royce Electrical

Abigail Ross Hopper
President and chief executive, Solar Energy Industries Association

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

Susan K. Urahn
President and chief executive, The Pew Charitable Trusts

Scott Corwin
US leader for sustainability & climate change, Deloitte

Jennifer Morris
Chief executive, The Nature Conservancy

Sean Millard
Chief growth officer, Royal Mint

Alex Smout
Principal, InMotion Ventures

Mahesh Ramanujam
Former president and chief executive, US Green Building Council

Wei Feng
Research scientist, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

David Clark
Vice president, sustainability, Amcor

Gavin McCormick
Co-founder and executive director, WattTime

Erin Simon
Head, plastic waste and business, World Wildlife Fund

Rob Harmon
Executive director, MEETS Accelerator Coalition

Sriya Sundaresan
Co-founder and co-chief executive, TransitionZero

Audrey Choi
Senior advisor, Morgan Stanley

Victoria Pettibone
Chief investment officer and managing partner, Astia Fund

Benoit Mojon
Head of economic analysis, Bank for International Settlements

Deborah Gordon
Senior principal, RMI

Tony Tiyou
Founder and chief executive, Renewables in Africa

Sundaa Bridgett-Jones
Managing director, policy and coalitions, The Rockefeller Foundation

Jessica Fries
Executive chairman, Accounting for Sustainability (A4S)

Lauri Spengler
Chief executive, Courageous Capital Advisors

Braulio Eduardo Morera
Director, 50L Home Coalition

Carol O’Donnell
Senior executive and director, Smithsonian Science Education Centre

Shari Littan
Director of corporate reporting research and policy, IMA Institute of Management Accountants

Tom Samson
Chief executive, Rolls-Royce SMR

Mark Z. Jacobson
Director, atmosphere/energy programme and professor of civil and environmental engineering, Stanford University

Caroline Gleich
Professional ski mountaineer and athlete activist

Gwenaelle Avice-Huet
Chief strategy and sustainability officer, Schneider Electric

David Madon
Director, sustainability, policy & regulatory affairs, International Federation of Accountants

Anna Alex
founder and chief commercial officer, Planetly by OneTrust

Christoph Beuttler
Head of climate policy, Climeworks

Michael Testa
Head, carbon pricing strategy analysis, UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

James Petrie
chief executive, Nourish Ingredients

Mike Davis
Principal, director of corporate social responsibility, Bergmeyer, and board executive, American Institute of Architects

Dan Reicher
Senior research scholar, Stanford Woods Institute for Environment, Stanford University

Vedika Bhandarkar
Chief operating officer, Water.org

Jeroen Diderich
Vice-president and general manager, label and graphic materials North America, Avery Dennison

Gina Hall
Investment director and global head of sustainable finance, Carbon Trust

Henning Stein
Global head of thought leadership and market strategy, Invesco

Micha Schildmann
Vice-president, strategy, OneTrust

Gayatri Kawlra
PhD candidate, Columbia University

Marie-Josée Privyk
Chief ESG innovation officer, Novisto

Tariye Gbadegesin
Co-chair, Steering Committee, Voluntary Carbon Markets Integrity Initiative (VCMI)

John Berger
Senior research fellow, Pacific Institute of Oakland

Zdenka Piskulich
Managing director, Enduring Earth

Elizabeth Small
Head, policy and general counsel, CDP North America

Liv A. Watson
Managing director, Adviseers SAS and digitisation lead, Capital Coalition

Curtis Sloan
Assistant vice-president, policy and sustainability, Watco

James Lawler
Chief executive, Climate Now

Cait Hewitt
Policy director, Aviation Environment Federation

Mark Towill
Co-founder, 11th Hour Racing Team

Sacha Nauta
Executive editor, The Economist

Vijay Vaitheeswaran
Global energy & climate innovation editor, The Economist

Claire Casey
Global head of policy and insights, Economist Impact

Emily Jackson-Kessler
Senior vice-president, sustainability and head of Germany and Austria, The Economist Group

Sarah Repucci
Policy lead, Economist Impact

Charlotte Howard
New York bureau chief and US business editor, The Economist

Oliver Morton
British science writer and editor, The Economist

Phillip Cornell
Principal, energy sustainability, Economist Impact

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

Vaibhav Sahgal
Principal, North America, Economist Impact

Pratima Singh
Senior manager, policy and insights, Economist Impact

Nellie de Goguel
Community and content coordinator, sustainability and World Ocean Initiative, Economist Impact

Arjun Ramani
Global business and economics correspondent, The Economist

Carolina Zweig
Consultant, Economist Impact

Eve Labalme
Senior analyst, Economist Impact

Towo Babayemi
Analyst, Economist Impact

Dan Rosenheck
Data editor, The Economist

Sofia Economopoulos
Research manager, public policy, Economist Impact

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

2022 Sponsors and Partners

DIAMOND SPONSORS:
• Deloitte
• OneTrust ESG

PLATINUM SPONSORS:
• Avery Dennison
• Guidehouse
• Schneider Electric
• Workiva

GOLD SPONSORS:
• Baker Hughes
• Dupont
• Innovation Center for US Today
• Invesco
• Keurig DrPepper
• National Grid
• Standard Chartered

SILVER SPONSORS:
• NCX
• The Integrity Council

INNOVATION SHOWCASE SPONSOR:
Novisto

SUSTAINABILITY PARTNER:
• rePurpose

SUPPORTING ORGANISATION:
• 3BL Europe
• Carbon Tracker
• Climate Now
• Earth Day Initiative
• G&A
• GRI
• Savvy Investor
• Science Based Targets
• SmartCities World
• Sustainable
• Sustain Europe
• U.S Chamber of Commerce Foundation
• We Mean Business Coalition