15th -16th June 2026
Agenda
DAY 1
08:00 – 08:50
REGISTRATION
08:55 – 09:00
CHAIRPERSON’S OPENING REMARKS
09:00 - 09:30
From Global vision to local impact
- Introduction: From vision to local impact.
- What’s driving the disconnect: understanding the barriers
- You can’t manage what you can’t measure: the road to better data and analytics
- Ensuring relevance and impact: get on the leadership agenda
- Driving local & visible impact: upskilling and engagement
Maaike van ‘t Zand, Director Sustainability, Philips
09:30 - 10:00
The application of AI in the development of technologies essential for reaching global net zero targets
- Many technological solutions are ready for large-scale global deployment in the chemical, fuel and energy sectors, now.
- However, we are at the beginning of our decarbonisation journey and we need to continuously improve our technologies.
- AI and ML help to accelerate the development of the next generations of sustainable technologies.
- Data management is of the utmost important and is crucial for AI and ML to be used at their full potential.
John Davies, Group Sustainability Delivery Director, IP/DS Smith
10:00 - 10:30
The Innovative New Approaches to Reducing Energy Usage, Designing for Circularity and How to Transition to Science Based Targets
- How to begin the transition to science-based targets including reviewing and setting a greenhouse gas target
- Energy Reduction strategy for industrial plants
- Case Studies
10:35 - 11:25
COFFEE BREAK
11:30 - 12:00
From Imperfect Data to Informed Decisions: A Path to Scalable Sustainable Manufacturing
- Embedding Sustainability into Core Decisions
- Bridging Data Gaps Across Silos
- Making Imperfect Data Actionable
- Digital Twins as a Decision Engine
- System Integration for Scalable Change
- A Blueprint for Scalable Sustainablity Impact
12:00 - 12:30
Sustainable Operational Excellence: The Milliken Way
- Milliken & Performance Solutions by Milliken history and approach to sustainability
- Sustaining Peak performance whilst respecting environmental and social responsibilities
- The Pillars of Sustainability
- Integration of Sustainability with Operational Excellence & Key Performance Indicators
- Challenges, roadblocks and client case study
- Questions & Answers
12:30 - 13:00
Step-by-Step Guide to an Effective Product Life Cycle Assessment to Enhance Sustainable Product Development
- Uncover a step-by-step process of how to do a life cycle assessment to identify what the biggest environmental impact of your products is and thus where to target to reduce your climate impact
- Rethinking the use of raw materials to be more sustainable
- Uncover our step by step ‘recipe’ for life cycle assessment for all manufacturers to identify where your biggest environmental impact is and how to directly influence this to reduce climate impact
PLANNED INVESTMENT AREAS
- Energy Efficient Facilities
- Sustainable and Circular Materials
- Materials Procurement
- Compressed Air Innovations
- Climate Risk Assessment & Reporting
- Energy & Infrastructure Insurance Solutions
- PPA & VPPA
- Life Cycle Assessment
- Carbon Capture
- Data Governance
- Renewable Energy
- Energy Storage Solutions
- Carbon Offsetting Solutions
- Process Quality Control
- Environmental Commodities
- Environmental Management Solutions
- Water Management Software
- Plastic/Waste Recycling
- Resource Management Software
- Air Emissions Management
- Factory-as-a-Service
- Sustainability & ESG Software
- Machine & Deep Learning
- Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
- Material Requirements Planning (MRP)
- Circular Economy Strategies
- ESG Strategy Solutions
- Sustainable Materials Management (SMM)
13:05 - 13:55
LUNCH
14:00 - 14:30
How to manage the Sustainability agenda through turbulent times?
- Sustainability is in a perfect storm at first sight
- Chaotic developments require sustainable countermeasures
- Short term results are required to keep the momentum
- Business value is the element that will drive the Sustainability agenda
Frank Scheepers, Director Quality & Sustainability, Canon Production Printing
14:30 – 15:00
How the Right Partners can Transform your Environmental Impact and Enhance Employee Experience
- Picking the right partner to not only reduce your environmental impact but have positive social impact within your organization. Uncover how to cultivate a positive partnership to source new technology, reduce climate impact and enhance employee experience
- Utilizing new levels of visibility on real time energy usage data across manufacturing lines to significantly improve energy savings
Ashley Woods, Global Head of Environment and Decarbonisation, Trafigura
15:00 – 15:30
Signify Circle - Circularity program @ Signify
- Introduction to next Signify’s Sustainability program Brighter Lives Better World 2026-2030
- Signify’s journey in integrating Circularity – one of the strategic topics
- Next step “Signify Circle”, our circularity program focussing on:
o Design for Circularity in products
o Remanufacturing, refurbishment & re-use
o Circular services, like product-as-a-Service
o Spare parts & upgrade kits
Thomas Marinelli, Head of Sustainable innovation & Design, Signify
15:35 - 16:25
COFFEE BREAK
16:30 - 17:00
Value creating and no regret moves in sustainability
- Gaining efficiency with positive sustainability effects
- Added value by sustainability leadership
- Untapping sustainability value pools
- Support decision making and implementation roadmaps
17:00 - 17:30
Turning circularity and decarbonisation into business value
- An interactive discussion to explore tools and examples of value creation in the manufacturing sector, through circularity and decarbonisation
- Explore how recent global changes are impacting on sustainability within your sector
- Introducing value creation through circular thinking: case studies and tools of drivers for change, customer, innovation leavers and consumer responses
- Maximising decarbonization: case studies and tools for levers to deliver business opportunity
- Discover how manufacturing businesses and their supply chain are optimising performance
PLANNED INVESTMENT AREAS
- Energy Efficient Facilities
- Sustainable and Circular Materials
- Materials Procurement
- Compressed Air Innovations
- Climate Risk Assessment & Reporting
- Energy & Infrastructure Insurance Solutions
- PPA & VPPA
- Life Cycle Assessment
- Carbon Capture
- Data Governance
- Renewable Energy
- Energy Storage Solutions
- Carbon Offsetting Solutions
- Process Quality Control
- Environmental Commodities
- Environmental Management Solutions
- Water Management Software
- Plastic/Waste Recycling
- Resource Management Software
- Air Emissions Management
- Factory-as-a-Service
- Sustainability & ESG Software
- Machine & Deep Learning
- Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
- Material Requirements Planning (MRP)
- Circular Economy Strategies
- ESG Strategy Solutions
- Sustainable Materials Management (SMM)
17:30 - 18:00
Decarbonizing complex heavy-industry supply chains: from strategy to measurable impact
- Why supply-chain decarbonization is hard in heavy industry
- A practical and data-driven program management model that turns ambition into measurable, cost-effective emissions reductions across complex supply chains
- How commercial valuation and incentives can accelerate the transition, reshaping environmental performance and competitiveness
- Critical success factors, including scaling and replicability across routes, sites, and partners
- Call to action: the path forward for supply chain and logistics leaders
Dr. Wenyi Chen, Supply Chain and Logistics Decarbonization Expert, Former Head of Logistics Sustainability at Tata Steel Netherlands
18:00 – 19:00
DRINKS RECEPTION
DAY 2
08:55 – 09:00
CHAIRPERSON’S OPENING REMARKS
09:00 – 09:30
Scaling circular services / I have a carbon footprint, what now?
Carbon footprint, what now
- Measuring carbon footprints
- Education and value of the number
- Risk of comparing numbers
- Thinking ahead with carbon strategy
Renee Remijnse, Sustainability Communication Director, Essity, Tork brand
09:30 – 10:00
The challenges and opportunities of Product environmental impact assessments within the pharmaceutical industry
- What are Product Environmental Impact studies incl. concept of LCA
- Why should we all investigate the impact of our products to the environment?
- Challenges and opportunities incl. manual as well as automated approaches (linking to data governance and quality)
- Industry collaboration and supplier engagement are key – potential insights into work of the PEG Pharma LCA consortia
- Reflections and Q&A
Lisa Schlereth, Product Environmental Footprint Lead Healthcare, Merck HealthCare
10:00 - 10:30
Improving Supply Chain Sustainability and Management to Ensure You Are on Track to Reach Sciences Based Targets
- Enhancing the tracking of all ESG related data with a cross-company database and revealing the lessons learned from an entire ESG reporting cycle
- Improving supplier engagement and building their capabilities in emissions, admissions tracking and management space
- Improving supply chain engagement to better map progress and setting up for meaningful emissions reductions in category 1 in both the short and long term to reach our 2050 net zero goal
10:35 - 11:25
COFFEE BREAK
11:30 – 12:00
Empowering Sustainable Manufacturing Through No-Code Industrial AI
- Democratising AI: Learn how no-code platforms enable all levels of the workforce to contribute to sustainability goals without needing advanced technical skills
- Rapid Implementation: Understand the benefits of swift AI deployment in manufacturing settings, leading to immediate improvements in efficiency and waste reduction
- Scalable Sustainability: Explore strategies for scaling AI solutions across operations to achieve long-term environmental and economic benefits
12:00 – 12:30
Sustainability, AI and the rise of the sustainability business partner
- The world of corporate sustainability professionals looks very different than a year ago. Amidst geopolitical uncertainty, economic pressures and regulatory rollback, priorities have shifted elsewhere, and the conditions for investment in sustainability are challenging.
- Yet compliance hasn’t gone away. There is more uncertainty, are fewer resources, but there’s not less to do. Too many time-consuming, repeated tasks are still filling the diaries and clogging the to-do lists of in-house sustainability professionals because of underdeveloped systems and processes.
- In this environment, progress depends on brilliant basics. With AI and human oversight, compliance and credibility are taken care of in a smooth process at minimal hassle and cost. And sustainability teams can focus on transformation: talking to the business to set targets, agreeing actions and getting these implemented.
- In his presentation, Sytze will share examples of how AI can be applied to address real-life sustainability challenges and illustrate how sustainability professionals can continue delivering impact by acting as true business partners.
Sytze Dijkstra, Global Head of Client Strategies, Simply Sustainable
12:30 – 13:00
Sustainable Compressed Air – an Oxymoron?
- How to build a strong foundation of sustainable solutions for compressed air treatment
- Start with where and how to visualise improvements. Keep it simple. Keep it smart
- Avoid costly compressed air losses with state-of-the-art measurement technology
- Ensure environmentally smart solutions for economical, ecological, and efficient processes
- Monitor your compressed air system 24/7 to ensure optimal performance at all times
PLANNED INVESTMENT AREAS
- Energy Efficient Facilities
- Sustainable and Circular Materials
- Materials Procurement
- Compressed Air Innovations
- Climate Risk Assessment & Reporting
- Energy & Infrastructure Insurance Solutions
- PPA & VPPA
- Life Cycle Assessment
- Carbon Capture
- Data Governance
- Renewable Energy
- Energy Storage Solutions
- Carbon Offsetting Solutions
- Process Quality Control
- Environmental Commodities
- Environmental Management Solutions
- Water Management Software
- Plastic/Waste Recycling
- Resource Management Software
- Air Emissions Management
- Factory-as-a-Service
- Sustainability & ESG Software
- Machine & Deep Learning
- Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
- Material Requirements Planning (MRP)
- Circular Economy Strategies
- ESG Strategy Solutions
- Sustainable Materials Management (SMM)
13:05 - 13:55
LUNCH
14:00 – 14:30
Water and waste reduced by common sense & lean tools
- How much waste your industry produces?
- Approach to waste & water – leadership & lean tools
- Power of interdisciplinary workshops
- Simple, no capex ideas revealed
Sebastian Stachowicz, Sustainability Manager Chassis Solutions, ZF
14:30 - 15:00
Sustainability in Digital Factories: Navigating the Data Challenge
- In this presentation, we will explore projects that bridge sustainability data with digital twins to enhance sustainability and efficiency in factories.
- From water management to energy efficiency, we will highlight diverse strategies for achieving sustainability in factory settings, thereby offering a roadmap towards a more sustainable future for manufacturing.