GreenBiz 21 - The Premier Annual Event for Sustainable Business Leaders 2021 | GreenBiz Group Inc. | 9 February 2021 | Virtual Event

The sustainability profession is evolving, with new concerns and concepts emerging faster than ever. To keep up, you need to know the latest trends, tools and insights shaping your job and company today and tomorrow.

GreenBiz 21, the premier annual event for sustainable business leaders, will convene more than 1,200 professionals online — February 9-11. By joining this invitation-only event, you’ll form valuable connections with the GreenBiz community and gain access to more than 80 sessions — leaving you feeling inspired and prepared for a successful year ahead.

2021 Speakers

Mario Abela
Director, Redefining Value, World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD)

Michele Abo
Chief Sales Officer, Barrie House Coffee Roasters

Adiyah Ali
Development Officer, Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC)

Cambria Allen
Corporate Governance Director, UAW Retiree Medical Benefits Trust

Andrea Álvares
Chief Brand, Innovation, International and Sustainability Officer, Natura

Deonna Anderson
Associate Editor, GreenBiz Group

Edwin Anderson
Partner, Financial Services Practice, Oliver Wyman

Jim Andrew
Chief Sustainability Officer, PepsiCo

Laura Asiala
Lead Facilitator, WholeWorks

Louise Assem
Director of Material Stewardship, International Copper Association

Jeannette Astorga
Head of Sustainability, Zoetis

Jeremy Baines
President, US division, Neste

Peter Bakker
President & CEO, World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD)

Piya Baptista
Manager, Program Implementation, Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)

Yanina Barrera
Sustainability and Environment Manager, Amgen

Holly Beale
Community Environmental Sustainability PM, Microsoft

Jodi Beasley
Senior Partnership Development Manager, Fair Trade

David Bennell
Manager - Food and Nature, WBCSD North America

Agustina Besada
Explorer, National Geographic

Susan Beverly
Senior Director, Sustainability and Shared Impact, Abbott

Erin Billman
Executive Director, Science Based Targets Network

Jason Blake
SVP, Chief Sustainability Officer, PepsiCo

Jarami Bond
Chief Storyteller, Bond Studio

Danielle Boyer
Founder and CEO, The STEAM Connection

Patrick Boyle
Director of Corporate Sustainability, Sloan Valve Company

Deanna Bratter
Head of Sustainable Development, Danone North America

Christine Bruckner
Director, M Moser Associates

Ellie Buechner
VP, Conferences, GreenBiz Group

Gabriela Burian
Senior Director, Sustainable Agriculture, Bayer

Devon Buskin
Workforce Development Director, The Greening of Detroit

Karen Campbell
New Ventures, Arc'teryx

Joby Carlson
Director, Global Sustainability, Walmart

Jean Case
Chairman, National Geographic Society

Adam Chappell
Co-Owner, Chappell Brothers Farm

Tom Chen
Mid-Market Account Executive, EcoVadis

Martina Cheung
President, S&P Global Market Intelligence, S&P Global

Douglas Chia
President, Soundboard Governance

Jyoti Chopra
Chief People, Inclusion & Sustainability Officer, MGM Resorts International

Heather Clancy
Editorial Director, GreenBiz Group

Todd Cline
North America Fabric Care Section Head - Research & Development, Procter & Gamble

Chad Coggin
Director, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, and Continuous Improvement, Norcom Inc

Chris Coulter
CEO, GlobeScan

Bridget Croke
Managing Director, Closed Loop Partners

Helen Crowley
Head of Sustainable Sourcing Innovation, Kering, Fellow and Sr. Advisor for Resilient Supply Chains, Conservation International

Amanda Cumberland
Senior Manager - CSR Strategy & Insights, Cisco

Jad Daley
President & CEO, American Forests

John Davies
VP, Senior Analyst, GreenBiz Group

Leonardo De Biasi
VP - Data Intelligence, NIMBL

Patrick De Cambourg
President, Autorité des normes comptables

Chantale Despres
Head of Sustainability, Canadian Rail

CaSondra Devine
Head of Strategy and Transformation, Wells Fargo

Melissa Donelly
Director Environmental Sustainability, Campbell Soup Company

Mary Draves
Chief Sustainability Officer and VP of Environment, Health & Safety, Dow

Jamie Duies
Director of Investor Relations, Kellogg's

Deborah Dull
Product Leader, GE Digital

Robyn Eason
Senior Sustainability Planner, City of West Hollywood

Genell Ebbini
Assistant Professor, Indiana State University

Abe Eshkenazi
Chief Executive Officer, Association for Supply Chain Management

Ela Eskinazi
SVP, Environmental Finance, Bank of America

Peter Fadoul
Associate Manager, U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation

Suzanne Fallender
Director, Corporate Responsibility, Intel Corporation

George Favaloro
Executive Director, Anthesis

Tim Faveri
Vice President, Sustainability & Shared Value, Maple Leaf Foods

Diego Arreola Fernández
Founder & President, Green Speaking

Fabrizio Fiocchi
CEO, ESGeo

Mike Forbes
CEO, Alter Eco

Jane Franch
Director, Strategic Sourcing & Sustainability, Numi Tea

Ashish Gadnis
Co-founder & CEO, BanQu

Chris Gaither
Founder, Lantern Leadership

Doug Gatlin
CEO, Green Seal

Yabome Gilpin-Jackson
Chief People Officer, BCLC

Esther Goodwin Brown
Lead of the Circular Jobs Initiative, Circle Economy

Arathi Gowda
Associate Director, SOM

Terra Grantham
VP of Sustainability Strategy and Partnerships, CPI Card Group

Tim Greiner
Co-Founder & Managing Director, Pure Strategies

Lisa Grice
Executive Director, Anthesis

Brian Griffith
Executive Chairman, Griffith Foods

Soukeyna Gueye
Project Manager, Ellen MacArthur Foundation

Sam Guhan
VP of Engineering, Amgen

David Hackett
Partner, Baker McKenzie

David Haddad
Managing Director, Co-Head of Impact Investing, Nuveen

Jim Hanna
Director, Datacenter Community Development, Microsoft

Chris Harbourt
Global Head of Carbon, Indigo Ag

Stuart Hart
Professor, University of Vermont

Rasha Hasaneen
VP - Innovation, Trane Technologies

Reginaldo Haslett-Marroquin
President, Regenerative Agriculture Alliance

Eunice Heath
Corporate Director, Sustainability, Dow

Eric Hespenheide
Chairman, Board of Directors, GRI

Debbie Hitchen
Director, Anthesis Group

Justin Hodges
Global VP, Enterprise Development, Dow Jones

John Holm
Vice President, Strategic Initiatives, PYXERA Global

Shannon Houde
Managing Director and Impact Coach, Walk of Life Coaching

Tara Houska
Founder, Giniw Collective

D'Anne Hurd
Independent Trustee, Pax World Funds

Rodney Irwin
Managing Director / Senior Management Team, WBCSD

Ateli Iyalla
Managing Director, CDP

Nira Johri
Director, Global Diversity & Sustainability, Rich Products Corporation

Cecily Joseph
Advisor, Initiative for Equity & Social Justice, Presidio Graduate School

Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka
Explorer, National Geographic

Mary Kate Francis
Senior Director, Renewable Supply, Edison Energy

Jenn Keesson
Sustainability Manager, IKEA U.S.

Brandon Kienenberger
Sustainability Analyst, Nestlé Waters North America

Kellen Klein
Director of Stakeholder Engagement, Future 500

David Knipe
Partner, Energy, Head of Climate and Sustainability Platform, Oliver Wyman

Elena Kocherovsky
Principal Consultant & Supplier Engagement Lead, Anthesis

Meredith Leahy
Waste Diversion Manager, Rubicon

Skye Lei
Principal Consultant, Anthesis

Martin Lemos
Associate, BSR

Kimberly Lewis
SVP, Community Advancement, Conferences & Events, U.S. Green Building Council

Sarah Lewis
Senior Director, Innovation, The Sustainability Consortium

Sarah Lillie Anderson
Director of Career Pathways, American Forests

Sissi Liu
CEO & Co-founder, Metalmark Innovations

Renay Loper
Vice President, Program Innovation, Pyxera Global

Andrew Lowe
Senior Client Partner, Korn Ferry

Joel Makower
Chairman & Executive Editor, GreenBiz Group

Anna Marciano
Division General Counsel, Head of US Legal Sustainability, Nespresso USA & Intl Premium Waters, Nestle

Juan Carlos Marin
Corporate Energy Conservation Manager, Kimberly Clark

Richard Mattison
CEO, Trucost, part of S&P Global

Roma McCaig
VP Corporate Responsibility & Sustainability, Campbell Soup Company

Mary McCarthy
Principal Strategist, Forum for the Future

Andrew McMullen
Director Environmental Impacts, LEGO

Susan McPherson
Founder & CEO, McPherson Strategies

Christy Melhart Slay
Director, Technical Alignment, The Sustainability Consortium

Amelia Miazad
Founding Director & Senior Research Fellow, Business in Society Institute, Berkeley Law School

Brandon Middaugh
Senior Program Manager, Microsoft

Sarah Mihalecz
Director, Education & Engagement, Renewable Energy Buyers Alliance (REBA)

Vanessa Miler-Fels
Director for Energy Innovation and Impact, Microsoft

Victoria Mills
Managing Director, Corporate Partnerships Program, Environmental Defense Fund

Sherri Mitchell
Founding Director, Land Peace Foundation

Roxanne Moore
Executive Director, Sodexo Stop Hunger Foundation, Sodexo

Michelle Moore
CEO, Groundswell

Nathaly Moreno
Equity and Access Innovation Manager, Elemental Excelerator

Euan Murray
Chief Executive, The Sustainability Consortium

Natalie Nicholles
Development Director, Capitals Coalition

Sanda Ojiambo
Our CEO & Executive Director, United Nations Global Compact

Suz Okie
Circular Economy Associate Analyst, GreenBiz Group

Santiago Ossa
Environmental Engineer, Sustainability Consultant, Geosyntec Consultants

Julia Osterman
Head of Business Development, SilviaTerra

Sanchali Pal
Founder and CEO, Joro

Zack Parisa
Co-Founder, SilviaTerra

Shawn Patterson
Vice President, Environmental Management & Safety, DTE Energy

Kimberly Paxton-Hagner
Co-Owner, Kwik-Lok

Markus Pfanner
Vice President of Sustainability, Tetra Pak

Lauren Phipps
Director & Senior Analyst, Circular Economy, GreenBiz Group

Bryn Pittinger
Manager, Ernst & Young LLP (EY)

Paul Polman
Co-founder and Chair, Imagine

Cynthia Power
Director, EILEEN FISHER Renew

Kevin Rabinovitch
Global VP, Sustainability and Chief Climate Officer, Mars, Inc.

Lavanya Rajaramkumar
Director Strategic Initiatives, NIMBL

Veena Ramani
Senior Program Director, Capital Market Systems, Ceres

Shana Rappaport
Vice President & Executive Director, VERGE, GreenBiz Group

Mireya Reith
Founding Executive Director, Arkansas United

Jeannie Renne-Malone
Vice President, Global Sustainability, VF Corporation

Stephen Ritz
Founder / Author / Chief Eternal Optimist, Green Bronx Machine

Regina Romero
Mayor, City of Tucson

Rochelle Routman
Chief Sustainability and Quality Officer, HMTX Industries

Kelly Rytel
Director, 3Degrees

Gloria Santona
Of Counsel, Baker & McKenzie LLP

Max Scher
Sustainability Manager, Salesforce

Jane Schindewolf
VP Corporate Sustainability, Dupont

Keesa Schreane
Global Partner Director, Author, Refinitiv

Janis Searles Jones
CEO, Ocean Conservancy

David Seitz
Director of Sustainability, Amgen

Matthew Sekol
ESG Industry Executive, Capital Markets, Microsoft

Jeff Senne
Responsible Business Leader, PwC

Sandra Seru
Managing Director, US, Forum for the Future

Suzanne Shelton
President & CEO, Shelton Group

Carol Shu
Senior Manager, Global Sustainability, The North Face

Katrina Shum
Sustainability Officer, North America, Lush

Steve Sikra
Vice President and Head of the Americas, Alliance to End Plastic Waste

Erin Simon
Head, Plastic Waste and Business, World Wildlife Fund

Aman Singh
Senior Director, Sustainability Communications, CRI Communications

Priyamvada Singh
Managing Director & Regional Head, Product, Structuring and Implementation, HSBC

Esther Speck
Vice President, Global Sustainability and Social Impact, Lululemon

Ryan Spies
Director of Sustainability, Energy and Stewardship, Saint-Gobain North America

Martin Spitzer
Senior Director, Climate and Renewable Energy, WWF

Malcolm Staves
Corporate Health & Safety Director, L'Oreal

Christopher Stewart
Global Head of Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability, Olam

Coro Strandberg
President, Strandberg Consulting

Alpa Sutaria
General Manager, Sustainability, Coca-Cola

Tom Szaky
Founder & CEO, TerraCycle

Heather Tansey
Sustainability Director - Animal Nutrition & Health and Protein & Salt, Cargill

Emilio Tenuta
Vice President, Corporate Sustainability, Ecolab

Peter ter Weeme
Chief Officer of Social Purpose & Vice President, Player Experience, BCLC

Maeve Tropf
Supervisor of Energy, Climate and Renewables, Steelcase

David Tulauskas
Chief Sustainability Officer, Nestlé Waters North America

Sally Uren
CEO, Forum for the Future

Saskia Van Gendt
Senior Director of Global Sustainability, Method

Marcial Vargas-Gonzalez
Senior Sustainability Consultant,, Quantis

Sunny Verghese
CEO, Olam

Debra Vernon
Senior Director, Corporate Social Responsibility, Tyson

Candace Vinke
Director, Nature-based Innovations, Verra

Ken Voeller
Manager, New Business Development, Recommerce, REI

Amanda Von Almen
Head of Sustainable Built Environment, Salesforce

Noah Walker
Director, Product and Business Development for Indigo Carbon, Indigo Ag

Mike Wallace
Partner, ERM

Chad Wasilenkoff
CEO, Helicoid Industries Inc.

Mark Weick
Managing Director, Climate Change and Sustainability Services, Ernst & Young, LLP (EY)

Bill Weihl
Founder, Executive Director, ClimateVoice

Adam Werbach
Global Lead, Sustainable Shopping, Amazon

Tensie Whelan
Director, NYU Stern Center for Sustainable Business, NYU Stern School of Business

Katherine White
Professor of Marketing and Behavioral Science, University of British Columbia

Katharine Wilkinson
Co-Founder & Co-Director, The All We Can Save Project

Emily Williams
Vice President, Strategy and Sustainability, Edison Energy

Ellonda Williams
Director of Equity, DEI, B Lab

Kathrin Winkler
Consultant, CW Partners

Steve Wourgiotis
Sustainable Business Strategist, Quantis

Lauren Yarmuth
Special Project, The Cultural Conditions Project

Jared Yarnall-Schane
Entrepreneurship Director, Biomimicry Institute

Lindsey Ziegler
Business Manager, Renewable Energy and Climate, 3Degrees

2021 Sponsors and Partners

PREMIER SPONSORS:
• Alliance to End Plastic Waste
• Amazon
• ESGE
• P&G
• Silviaterra

SUPPORTING SPONSORS:
• American Forests
• Ecolab
• indigo
• Nestle Waters
• Quantis
• Steelcase
• Tetra Pak

CONTRIBUTING SPONSORS:
• 3degrees
• Amgen
• Anthesis
• Bank of America
• Cargill
• Citi
• Coca Cola
• Dow
• DTE
• Ecovadis
• Edison Energy
• EDF
• EY
• Intel
• International Copper Association
• Eco-Look
• Oliver Wyman
• pepsico
• Pure Strategies
• Rubicon
• SCJohnson
• Target
• Trane Technologies

PARTICIPATING SPONSORS:
• ACT
• Arbor Day Foundation
• Calpine Energy Solutions
• Cleartrace
• DIRTT
• Eaton
• ERM
• Fig Bytes
• Fill it forward
• Guidehouse
• International Paper
• iPoint
• Loyola
• Metrio
• Natural Capital Partners
• NextEra Energy
• One Tree Planted
• Prescott College
• RSPO
• Scale Microgrid Solutions
• Life is On
• Scottmadden
• Scout Clean Energy
• Wiser Globe

SUSTAINABILITY PARTNERS:
• Natural Capital Partners
• One Tree Planted
• rePurpose
• Copia

COMMUNITY PARTNERS:
• Future 500
• Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)
• Green Sports Alliance
• Intentional Endowment Network
• 3BL Media
• Niri
• Arizona State University
• Nori
• Pyxera Global
• B Lab
• REBA
• BSR
• ReFED
• Rocky Mountain Institute
• Capitals Coalition
• Sustainable Purchasing Leadership Council
• Carbon Trust
• The Rainforest Alliance
• Carbon180
• The Sustainability Consortium
• CDP
• UN Global Compact
• Ceres
• U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation
• Closed Loop Fund
• World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD)
• Forum for the Future