ChemCon The Americas 2025 -

08:00-10:15

Session A: Best practices and benchmarks of sustainable approaches in industry

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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 KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany
▸Panel members:
Molly Blessing, HCPA
Amit Rosner,Clearya
Rui Resendes,Change Chemistry

45’

Best practices on sustainable approaches and experiences
- Supply chain transparency
- Sustainability assessment
- Company commitment
- Organise, manage and skills
- 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
Ethan Mirsky, NobleAI

10:15-10:45

Coffee break

10:45-13:15

Session B: Investment and innovation opportunities

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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
- How the evolving regulatory landscape is affecting sustainable investment models and decision making

▸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: Caroline Boden, Mercy Investment Services, Inc.
▸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
Ethan Mirsky,NobleAI

13:15-14:15

Lunch break

14:15–15:45

Session C: Key drivers to create a sustainability/investment roadmap

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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 KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany
▸Panel members:
Sonja Haider, ChemSec
Larisa Ruoff, Loring, Wolcott & Coolidge
Joel Tickner, Change Chemistry
Carina Kraft, BYK