3rd - 4th June 2025
Agenda
DAY 1
08:00 – 08:50
REGISTRATION
08:55 – 09:00
CHAIRPERSON’S OPENING REMARKS
09:00 - 09:30
ReFuel Danone’s energy excellence efficiency and decarbonisation program
- Targets: Improve energy efficiency by 30% by 2025, transition to 100% renewable electricity, at least 50% total renewable energy and -47.2% Scope 1 & 2 emissions by 2030
- How to reframe external challenges (energy crisis) to build an integrated, operational sustainability program
- The pillars of a program focused on energy efficiency and decarbonisation (renewable electricity & thermal)
- A cross-functional, localised, lean governance structure to deliver performance and sustainability
- Case studies from across globe: driving energy reductions and transition to renewable energy
09:30 - 10:00
Infinity - the collective intelligence and creativity spark collaboration and impact
- Challenges to drive sustainability goals
- Transformation infrastructure
- Cascaded empowerment
- Orchestrated engagement
- Scaling up
10:00 - 10:30
Emerging Trends: Navigating Sustainability into 2025
- This presentation aims to explore five critical topics within the realms of Energy Transition, Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) standards, and Product Sustainability
- These areas are poised to gain significant traction in 2025 and the years that follow, offering profound insights that you can integrate into your strategic planning
- DEKRA, the world’s largest independent and unlisted testing, inspection, certification and expert organization, offers its unique perspective on these pivotal sustainability issues
10:35 - 11:25
COFFEE BREAK
11:30 - 12:00
Advancing Sustainability through Enhanced Traceability
- Recognizing the efficiency of managing diverse regulatory requirements, such as environmental (EUDR), food safety (FSMA), and sustainability reporting (CSRD), through integrated solutions
- Discussing compliance strategies and how traceability has emerged as a central element, encompassing the ability to track the origin (IRA), journey (SBTi), and transformation of products and raw materials
- How integrating these frameworks necessitates robust data management systems capable of handling complex data from various sources
- Ensuring transparency throughout the supply chain, from raw material sourcing to the finished product, is essential
12:00 - 12:30
Becoming an ESG Champion: How to stay course in turbulent waters?
- What are new developments and is the outlook for ESG in the current financial crisis?
- How can I measure my ESG maturity and progress compared to competitors and what is a recommended implementation roadmap?
- Deep dive: How is the EU battery pass impacting the product portfolio and regulatory requirements of my company?
12:30 - 13:00
How mature organizations can shift from complying with regulations to launching sustainable products with AI-enabled Ecodesign
- Focusing the efforts on the bigger picture of balancing sustainability with efficiency, and utilizing partners to help manage processes that might seem alien
- Mapping an effective roadmap towards further decarbonization
- Drive forward your net zero initiatives identifying your strengths and blind spots with data analysis knowledge
- The power of data-driven insights to drive down carbon emissions
PLANNED INVESTMENT AREAS
- Energy Efficient Facilities
- Sustainable and Circular Materials
- Materials Procurement
- Compressed Air Innovations
- Climate Risk Assessment & Reporting
- 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
Sustainability improvement with no investment
- Ambitious sustainability targets are difficult to reach without extensive investments into new energy-efficient equipment. Many companies struggle to make enough CVAPEX available to modernize manufacturing facilities
- One way to share the load and risk with vendors is through Product-as-a-Service models
- Compressed air is one of the easiest places to start saving energy (electricity and gas)
- Tamturbo offers zero CAPEX Touch-Free Air as a way to share the risk and savings
14:30 – 15:00
Sustainovate - sustainable innovation for improved resource efficiency and decarbonization
- About us, heritage & purpose
- Sustainovate, how we address sustainability
- Carbon: Decarboniztion, opportunities and challenges
- Circular: Circular Innovation
- People: Transformation and inspiring for change
15:00 – 15:30
PLANTS OF TOMORROW A CATALYST FOR DECARBONIZATION
- Introducing Holcim
- Importance of decarbonisation
- Transforming our cement operations to meet our future customers needs
- Cutting edge technologies take performance; circularity and carbon neutrality to next level
- Our industry 4 road map – designed to realize business value
- Holcim’s plants of tomorrow essential building blocks & principles
o How technology make our plants smarter
o Accelerating innovation across our entire value chain, from the quarry to the lorry
15:35 - 16:25
COFFEE BREAK
16:30 - 17:00
Navigating the Evolution of Sustainability Reporting and Compliance: Trends, Standards, and Regulations
- Keep abreast on the recent updates in international sustainability standards that might impact your sustainability strategy
- Understand the significant developments related to mandatory requirements in sustainability reporting, with a particular emphasis on the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD)
- Get an overview of the latest trends in jurisdiction-specific sustainability regulations and implications for global business
- Understand the main developments in regulations applicable to environmental, social, and governance and the risks they pose to your company
17:00 - 17:30
Net Zero Transition - An End-to-End perspective to transform industries
- Why we need a Net Zero transition
- An End-to-End perspective on Net Zero transition
- Successfully mastering the transition with a carbon intelligent enterprise
- Insights: Case studies
PLANNED INVESTMENT AREAS
- Energy Efficient Facilities
- Sustainable and Circular Materials
- Materials Procurement
- Compressed Air Innovations
- Climate Risk Assessment & Reporting
- 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
Journey to an interdependent sustainability culture
- Advancing Sustainability: Philip Morris’ Approach and Key Achievements
- Operationalizing Sustainability: Insights into Manufacturing Programs and Initiatives
- Defining a Culture of Sustainability to Support Achievements
- Practical Tools and Practices for Fostering Interdependent Culture
18:00 - 18:30
What do Energy Efficient Plants do right?
- How much energy can we save? How to set targets?
- What is the behind-the-scenes success story of the best-in-class automotive factories?
a. Changes and tools (process and lean),
b. Display & Analyze,
c. Interdisciplinary regular workshops. - Best practices
a. Ventilation,
b. Compressed air
c. Weekend shutdowns
18:30 – 19:30
DRINKS RECEPTION
DAY 2
08:55 – 09:00
CHAIRPERSON’S OPENING REMARKS
09:00 – 09:30
How sustained engagement is crucial to achieving value chain decarbonization and net-zero
- How we track and trace our sustainability practices throughout our value chain
- Three-phased approach to Double Materiality Assessment
- Engaging in large-scale collaborations
- Example of joint efforts for CO2 reduction
09:30 – 10:00
Essity sustainability strategy – how to accelerate the journey through innovations
- Essity sustainability strategy and roadmap for Consumer Tissue Category
- Infusing sustainability in everything we through new product innovations
- Finding the key to unlock “affordable sustainability”
- Talking to our consumers and customers about meaningful sustainability
- Examples of successful sustainable innovations
10:00 - 10:30
Achieving and Communicating Results in ESG and Climate Change
- Global organizations are obligated to communicate their challenges and progress regarding climate change and sustainability to stakeholders not only this year but until 2050
- Some of the most challenging issues organizations encounter include
– addressing scope 3 emissions,
– systematically determining material aspects,
– utilizing tools to define and achieve climate neutrality.
10:35 - 11:25
COFFEE BREAK
11:30 – 12:00
Leveraging your supply chain to boost sustainability
- Supply chain as key lever for sustainability
- Navigating and fulfilling key supply chain due diligence requirements (CSDDD, LkSG, VSoTr, NTA, etc.)
- Achieving climate objectives through tech-driven supply chain decarbonization
- Reporting according to recognized sustainability standards like CBAM, CSRD/ESRS and GRI
12:00 – 12:30
From Compliance to Impact: Transforming Manufacturing with ESG Platforms and Automation
- Understanding ESG Regulatory Frameworks: Explore how saas platforms can automate and simplify compliance with evolving ESG regulations
- Automation in ESG Reporting: Learn about automating data collection and reporting to enhance accuracy and efficiency
- Driving Innovation Through Sustainability: Discover how integrating ESG metrics can lead to innovative practices and competitive advantages in manufacturing.
12:30 – 13:00
Technology solutions for Sustainability Challenges. Emerging technology to aid the ever-growing Sustainability and ESG Challenges
- How can AI help?
- What support is available to address climate risk?
- How can technology be used to go beyond compliance and drive business value?
PLANNED INVESTMENT AREAS
- Energy Efficient Facilities
- Sustainable and Circular Materials
- Materials Procurement
- Compressed Air Innovations
- Climate Risk Assessment & Reporting
- 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
The “Cradle to Cradle” approach and how to implement it in your company
- What is the C2C initiative?
- The C2C institute: How does it work?
- Integrating the C2C approach into the operations of the ZF Bielefeld plant
- Insight into the circular economy value chain at ZF
14:30 - 15:00
Sustainability @ Bayer: What you can‘t measure, you can‘t manage
- About Bayer
- Sustainability Strategy @ Bayer
- Targets & Progress of KPIs
- What’s working. Where do we have Challenges
15:00 - 15:30
Environmental management at AkzoNobel: Carbon and more
- AkzoNobel & its sustainability strategy
- Scope 1&2 reduction: strategy, programs, challenges and results
- Waste management: CSRD and challenges