Sustainable Investment 2024 - USA | Reuters Events | 7 October 2024 | TBA, New York, USA

Your complete toolkit to navigate political disruption, regulatory developments, and unlock unparalleled investment opportunity.

A confluence of regulatory changes, political intervention, underperforming funds and economic turbulence has left investors, asset managers and shareholders alike facing previously unseen levels of complexity when evaluating their ESG investment strategy. This complexity is matched in scale by the $53 trillion opportunity that awaits investors who can; rapidly adapt their strategy, satisfy both regulatory and client/shareholder demands and deliver sustainable returns.

This event unites 250+ senior decision makers spanning institutional investors, policymakers, data providers, standard setters, banks, and businesses to share strategic insight, case studies and practical solutions, enabling them to drive the ESG Investment landscape forward.

The event has been purpose built to provide senior ESG focused executives a toolkit to; navigate external turbulence, set realistic and achievable targets throughout the entire supply and value chain, unlock value in emerging markets, and create efficient and impactful shareholder relationships. Ultimately empowering the entire community to create value aligned and profitable investment portfolios.

2024 Speakers

Ali Zaidi
Assistant to the President and National Climate Advisor, White House

Rob Bonta
Attorney General, California

Sanda Ojiambo
Assistant Secretary-General, United Nations Global Compact

Brad Lander
Comptroller, NYC Office of the Comptroller

Christiana Figueres
Former Executive Secretary, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

Rohit Aggarwala
Commissioner of the New York City Department of Environmental Protection & Chief Climate Officer, New York City

Andrew Steer
CEO, Bezos Earth Fund

Lauren Riley
Chief Sustainability Officer, United Airlines

Michael Okoroafor
Chief Sustainability Officer, McCormick & Co.

Grady Crosby
Chief Sustainability and Impact Officer, Northwestern Mutual

Stewart Lindsay
Chief Sustainability Officer, Campbell’s

Ivan Frishberg
Chief Sustainability Officer, Amalgamated Bank

Mary Ellen Iskenderian
President and CEO, Women's World Banking

Jon Hixson
Chief Sustainability Officer, Yum! Brands

Carlos Ruiz
Chief Operations Officer, North America, L’Oréal Groupe

Kim Marotta
Chief Environmental Sustainability Officer, Suntory Global Spirits

Elizabeth Seeger
Member of the Board-ISSB, IFRS

Andrew Siwo
Head of Sustainable Investments and Climate Solutions, New York State Common Retirement Fund

Pam Klyn
EVP, Corporate Relations & Sustainability, Whirlpool Corporation

Emma Beard
VP Global ESG Reporting, Mondelez International

Holly McHugh
Vice President Sustainability & Social Impact, Mejuri

Jessica Thurston
VP ESG, Paramount

Sunita Pillai
AVP Sustainability Reporting & Disclosures, Sun Life

Greg Sommerville
VP – Global Sourcing & Quality, Frontier Co-op

Rajith Sebastian
Head of ESG, NYSIF

Matthew Rusk
Head of North America, GRI

Radhika Mehrotra
Associate Director of Capital Markets, CDP

Guillaume Compeyron
Head of Responsible Investment, UNJSPF

Rachel Mattes Greenberg
Head of Sustainability, Citizens

Marcene Mitchell
SVP, Climate Change, WWF

Andrew Rojeski
Head of Strategy, Investor Relations & Sustainability, Pilgrims Pride

Vrushali Gaud
Global Director, Carbon Reduction Strategy Lead, Google

John Hodges
Director ESG Strategy & Engagement, Bristol Myers Squibb

Shaun Castle
Chief Operating Officer, Paralyzed Veterans of America

Bryan McGannon
Managing Director, US SIF

Brad Sparks
Executive Director, A4S

Jeff Frye
VP, Global Procurement, Kontoor Brands

Kara Reske
Executive Director - Corporate Sustainability, SC Johnson

Jonah Wagner
Senior Advisor for Industrial Strategy - Loan Programs Office, U.S. Department of Energy

Kevin Eckerle
Director, ESG - Operations and Performance, Consumer Health, Bayer

Michael Weber
Senior Director, Climate & Environment, Mondelez International

Melissa Bauer
ESG Strategy Lead, eBay

Danielle Holly
Lead, North America, Ellen MacArthur Foundation

David Korngold
Managing Director, BSR Innovation Center

Charlie Schwarze
Senior Director, Sustainability, Keurig Dr Pepper

Jon Yoder
CEO, MN8

Joydeep Ganguly
SVP, Corporate Operations & Chief Sustainability Officer, Gilead Sciences

Jeff Milder
Director, Global Policy & Coalitions, Rainforest Alliance

William Nelson
Associate General Counsel, Investment Advisor Association

Saim Ghouse
Head of Client Development – Americas, Risilience

Louis Coppola
Co-Founder & EVP, G&A Institute

Annie Roberts
Senior Climate Advisor, G&A Institute

Marty Spitzer
Senior Director, Climate & Renewable Energy, WWF

Murat Sönmez
Co-founder and CEO, Pulsora

Simon Fischweicher
Director of Supply Chain and Reporter Services, CDP

Sue Allchurch
Chief Growth Officer, UN Global Compact

Nandika Madgavkar
Chief Growth Officer, Chief Executives for Corporate Purpose (CECP)

Carolina Murphy
Director, Corporate Advisory, Chief Executives for Corporate Purpose (CECP)

Liam Dowd
Industry Lead - Sustainable Business, Reuters Professional

Axel Threlfall
Editor at Large, Reuters

Isla Binnie
Sustainable Finance Reporter, Reuters

Kathy Baughman McLeod
CEO, Climate Resilience for All

Steven Rothstein
MD, Ceres Accelerator, Ceres

Shannon Smith
Chief Commercial Officer, Chestnut Carbon

Virginia Li
Executive Director - Sustainability & ESG, Nexteer Automotive

Adam Fishman
Associate Director - Transformation, BSR

Cory Skuldt
Head of ESG Strategic Advisory - US, SLR

Kavita Prakash-Mani
Board Member – Standards Oversight Committee, The Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market (ICVCM)

Erik Wohlgemuth
CEO, Future500

Bill Sisson
Executive Director, WBCSD

Kathleen Rogers
President, Earth Day

Aidan Charron
Associate Global Director, Earth Day

Ferdinand Fromholzer
Partner, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP

Sean Daley
Consulting, Sphera

Monique Ewerton
Nature Finance Manager, CDP

Kumar Bhattacharya
Senior Associate, Forests, CDP

Ferdinand Fromholzer
Partner, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP

Julia Lapitskaya
Partner, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP

Martha Stevenson
Senior Director, Strategy & Research, Forests, WWF

Anna Zubets-Anderson
Associate Director - Transformation, BSR

Erin Seglem
Manager - Consumer Sectors, BSR

Isla Binnie
Sustainable Finance Reporter, Reuters

Axel Threlfall
Editor at Large, Reuters

Neil Stewart
Sustainability Lead, IFRS

2024 Sponsors

GOLD SPONSORS:
• SLR
• MN8 Energy
• Gilead Science
• Pulsora

SILVER SPONSORS:
• Risilience
• Sphera
• Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
• Chesnut Carbon
• FIS
• Pwc
• Keramida

ASSOCIATE SPONSORS:
• Sustainext
• Datamaran
• Glynt.Ai
• Carbon Benchmark
• Embark
• Sustainable Exchange