FORUM PROGRAM

MAR 13, 2025 | Investment Thursday

08:00-10:15
Session A: Best practices and benchmarks of sustainable approaches in industry
Details
45’
Sustainability trends that drive sustainable product development
- Consumer trends safer products
- Circularity/reparability/advanced recycling
- Human rights/Environmental Justice
- Absence of substances of concern/safer chemicals
- Sustainable supply chain
- Investor awareness
- ...
    ▸Moderator: Michael Siebold, Merck
    ▸Panel members:
     Molly Blessing, HCPA
     Amit Rosner,Clearya
     NN, NN*
    45’
    Best practices on sustainable approaches and experiences
    - Supply chain transparency
    - Sustainability assessment
    - Company commitment
    - Organise, manage and skills
    - Result focus (adverse events, ...)
    - Hazard based vs risk based chemicals management
    - ...
      ▸Moderator: Lorenzo Zullo, 3E
      ▸Panel members:
       Beth Uhlhorn, Dow
       Jerker Ligthart, ChemSec
       Caroline Boden, Mercy  Investment Services, Inc.
       Carina Kraft, BYK
      45’
      Sustainability and de-risking tools
      - Sustainability objectives
      - Emerging policy frameworks
      - Science based approaches
      - ...
        ▸Moderator: Sonja Haider, ChemSec
        ▸Panel members:
         Angela Pinilla, Chemical footprint project
         Stacy Glass, ChemFORWARD
         NN, NN*
        10:15-10:45
        Coffee break
        10:45-13:15
        Session B: Investment and innovation opportunities
        Details
        50’
        Follow the money - who has the money and where is the eagerness to invest in a sustainable industry
        - Safety vs carbon
        - Environmental justice
        - Long-term vs short-term
        - Investor relation departments
        - ...
          ▸Moderator: Rui Resendes, Change Chemistry
          ▸Panel members:
           Christoph Katz, EPPA
           Bill Walsh,Sustainable Chemistry Impact fund
           Lisa Hayles,Trillium Asset Management
          50’
          Authority inspired innovation and investments in sustainability
          - Pilot projects – case studies
          - Aviation fuel
          - Financial incentives
          - regulations
          - ...
            ▸Moderator: Anahita Williamson, US EPA
            ▸Panel members:
             Javier Sanfelix, European Commission DG RTD
             Joel Tickner, Change Chemistry
             Christoph Katz, EPPA
             Derek Phelps, twelve
            50’
            Sustainability as accelerator for industrial transition and competitiveness
            - How to create a new business rational via sustainability
            - Carbon Capture Utilisation
            - Green bonds and investments
            - Innovation via new digital tools
            - ...
              ▸Moderator: Bart vander Velpen, Royal HaskoningDHV
              ▸Panel members:
               Kevin Norfleet, Celanese
               Beth Uhlhorn, Dow
                NN*
              13:15-14:15
              Lunch break
              14:15–15:45
              Session C: Key drivers to create a sustainability/investment roadmap
              Details
              45’
              Key drivers to create the desired sustainability impact
              - ...
              ▸Moderator: Caroline Boden, Mercy Investment Services, Inc.
              ▸Panel members:
               Alexandra McPherson, Investor Environmental Health Network for Clean Production Action
               Amit Rosner, Clearya
               Lisa Hayles,Trillium Asset Management
              45’
              How to implement a sustainable investment roadmap
              - ...
              ▸Moderator: Michael Siebold, Merck
              ▸Panel members:
               Sonja Haider, ChemSec
               Larisa Ruoff, Loring, Wolcott, & Coolidge
               Joel Tickner, Change Chemistry
               Carina Kraft, BYK
              15:45-16:15
              Coffee break
              16:15-17:55
              Session 12: European updates
              Details
              Chair : Parvoleta Luleva, EPPA
              20’
              The chemicals industry package incl REACH revision and developments on authorisation and the restrictions roadmap
              Kristin Schreiber, DG GROW
              20’
              Update from ECHA on REACH authorisation and restriction, incl. ECHA’s expanding mandate
              NN*, ECHA
              20’
              EU CLP revision, including endocrine disruptors and other new hazard classes
              20’
              UK REACH overview and implementation. Incl Authorisation in the UK.
              Angélo Blanken, Royal HaskoningDHV
              20’
              Türkiye – implementation of KKDIK registrations by industry
              İlkay Çetin, Greenovation
              17:55-18:15
              Q&A
              18:15
              End of ChemCon The Americas 2025’s Inspire Investment in Sustainable Growth Forum