20th Annual Sustainability Conference

This virtual conference will take take place on July 15 – 16, 2021, it will focus on navigating the evolving sustainability priorities in a business-aligned and integrated way. Sustainability took a huge step forward during the 2020 pandemic. Investors have begun to prioritize sustainability and demand that their portfolio companies provide detailed environmental, social, and governance information. At the 2021 Sustainability Conference attendees will hear how companies are navigating environmental sustainability and social sustainability expectations.

Topics Include:

• What’s ahead in environmental disclosure: regulation, reporting frameworks, and rating agencies
• Taking an integrated approach to achieve net-zero carbon targets
• Understanding how capital markets expect your company to integrate, organize, and communicate environmental sustainability
• Taking a holistic approach to DEI
• Addressing the intersection of environmental and human health
• Assuring supply chain resilience and sustainability
• Telling your sustainability story

As an attendee, you will learn how to:

• Focus sustainability activities on generating financial returns
• Design and deliver strategies and programs that deliver impact
• Transition from a compliance approach to an impact orientation
• Prioritize a strategic sustainability agenda over a reactive approach
• Communicate sustainability performance to key stakeholders, from consumers to shareholders

This event is ideal for Vice Presidents, Directors, and Senior Managers of:

• Sustainability
• Corporate Responsibility and Corporate Social Responsibility
• Environment, Health, and Safety
• Corporate Giving / Foundations
• Public Affairs / Government Affairs / Corporate Affairs
• Finance
• M&A
• Legal
• Communications
• Human Resources
• Strategy
• Marketing

Speakers

• Kimberly Ascoli Almeida, Director, Worker Well-being, Levi Strauss Foundation, Levi Strauss & Co.
• Cynthia Cummis, Director of Private Sector Climate Mitigation, World Resources Institute
• Eloiza Domingo, Vice President, Human Resources and Chief Inclusive Diversity & Equity Officer, The Allstate Corporation
• Kim Fortunato, President, Campbell Soup Foundation and Vice President, Community Affairs, Campbell Soup Co.
• John Gibson, Vice President, External and Multicultural Affairs, Motion Picture Association
• Lyuba A. Goltser, Partner,Weil, Gotshal & Manges
• James Gowen, Senior Vice President Global Supply Chain and Chief Sustainability Officer, Verizon
• Chairman of the Board of Directors, Global Enabling Sustainability Initiative,
• Helle Jorgensen, CEO, Competent Boards
• Tim Juliani, Director Corporate Climate Engagement, WWF
• Erika Karp, Executive Managing Director and Chief Impact Officer, Pathstone
• Leon Kaye, Executive Editor, 3BL Media / TriplePundit
• Zach Kosanda, Solutions Engineer & ESG, Workiva
• Michelle Lancaster, Director, Sustainability, Microsoft Corporation
• Luis Neves, CEO, Global Enabling Sustainability Initiative (GeSI)
• Margaret O’Gorman, President, Wildlife Habitat Council
• Marleen Oberheide, ESG Solutions Engineer, OneTrust
• Asha Palmer, Chief Ethics & Compliance Officer & EVP, Converge at Convercent by OneTrust
• Lea Rankinen, Director, Sustainability and Public Affairs, Paulig
• Steve Rochlin, Program Director, The Conference Board
• Sheldon Scott, Head of Purpose, Eaton Workshop
• Thomas Singer, Principal Researcher, The Conference Board
• John Streur, President & CEO, Calvert Research and Management
• Elizabeth Sturcken, Managing Director, EDF + Business, Environmental Defense Fund
• Paul Washington, Executive Director, ESG Center, The Conference Board
• David Wofford, Senior Director, Private Sector Action for Women’s Health and Empowerment, Universal Access Project, The United Nations Foundation

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This event is complimentary for The Conference Board members and $495 for non-members. Register to watch live or to view later on-demand. Click here to register.