The Scope 3 Innovation Forum USA
This two day conference will bring together an expert group of 150+ cross-industry practitioners. The focus throughout will remain on the practical steps business can take to engage key actors, decarbonize supply chains and achieve net zero.

From climate targets to climate action

How leading businesses are translating 2030 and 2050 Scope 3 targets into impactful action in the short, medium, and long-term
 

Supplier partnerships

Cross-industry insights and leading approaches to engage, incentivize and enable suppliers in emissions reductions

Map, measure, manage

How to use supply chain data to incentivize supplier action, track business performance and determine effective strategy on Scope 3

Embedding Scope 3

How to ensure ownership and accountability within leadership, procurement, finance, operations and the entire business

Speakers

Kevin Rabinovitch

Mars

Global VP Sustainability & Chief Climate Officer

Ame Igharo

Ulta Beauty

Senior Director, Sustainability Strategy

Michael Hewer

Johnson & Johnson

Director, Supplier Sustainability

Diana Farmer

Science Based Targets initiative

North American Regional Lead

Jayant Kairam

Diageo

Vice President, Society for Diageo North America

Maureen Kline

Pirelli Tire North America

Vice President, Public Affairs & Sustainability, North America

John Lee

Danone

Director of Mission and Sustainability, Nature

Severine Delaporte

PepsiCo

Senior Manager, Scope 3 - Procurement

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Agenda highlights

  • Scope 3 policy briefing: What does evolving legislation mean for business and broader climate strategy? 
  • The carbon credits debate: What is the role of the carbon markets in net zero?
  • Embedding sustainable procurement: How to ensure the integration of Scope 3 in procurement decisions 
  • How to establish a supplier carbon reduction plan: Looking at years 1, 2, 3, and beyond 
  • Empowering suppliers: How to build capacity through supplier networks, training, engagement and incentives 
  • Product carbon footprinting: What are the solutions to track and trace Scope 3? 
  • Scope 3 101: A comprehensive guide to tackle your carbon emissions 
  • Map, measure, and manage: How supply chain data can drive your strategy on Scope 3
  • Financing net zero: How investors are incentivizing Scope 3 action 
  • Science-based targets: What’s working, what's not, and what’s next? 
  • Report, verify, standardize: How to maximize the potential of Scope 3 standardization for effective monitoring and disclosure
  • Looking ahead to 2030: With five years to go, let’s scope out the strategy
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Why attend?

Discover best practices from industry leaders and get in-depth guidance on how to effectively implement policies

Meet & network with an influential audience of key stakeholders, including NGOs, business, government and supply chain actors

Benchmark company performance amongst a room of your peers and discover where you should be focusing efforts

What's new this year:

The Other Room
We’re adding an additional space for discussion on some of the unspoken truths in sustainability. In these off-the-record sessions, we’ll ask attendees to share mistakes and freely speak their minds as we have pragmatic and honest conversation about the future.

Cross-industry insights
We all recognize that collaboration plays a crucial role in ensuring a sustainable future. Join us our sector-focused sessions, as we invite industry leaders to share practical examples and insights on how to facilitate cross-industry collaboration to enable comprehensive climate action.

Practical, focused problem solving
We’re taking a number of breakout sessions and revamping the format to utilize the full extent of the expertise in the room. Join us on day 1 for our Scope 3 101 workshop, providing a comprehensive guide to tackle carbon emissions, and day 2, for our cross-industry case studies and Other Room sessions.

More networking, more connections
With increased schmoosing time, more side events and better networking options, we’re ensuring there’s the opportunity to make the connections that matter and build the partnerships that can really make a difference. 

 I really enjoyed the event, the programme was superb, a great mix between inspirational and expert speakers
 
- The Future of Food and Beverage, 2024
Anonymous
Enjoyed the content, great speakers, and good conversations in between. Big thanks to Innovation Forum for hosting such a great event.

- The Future of Food USA, 2023
Susanne Mathis-Alig / Senior director sustainability, head impact investment at Mondelez
It was an excellent conference. The sessions were wide-ranging, the content was very interesting and we heard a range of different perspectives.

- The Future of Food and Beverage, 2024 
Ian Derbyshire / Mercy Corps

What’s different about this forum?

Innovation Forum is:
  • Candid: Entirely off-the-record discussion that enables open and honest disclosure from speakers and genuine participation from the audience.
  • Practical: A clear focus on the practical and actionable guidance that can drive change throughout industries and supply chains.
  • Focused: We provide enough time, resources and expertise to the issues that really matter. We don’t skate the surface, but get to the crux of the issues to provide in-depth, constructive discussion.
Innovation Forum is NOT:
  • A PR platform: Enthusiastic speakers are NOT given free rein to fill a session presenting their companies, allowing no time to actually get to the crux of the issues.
  • A talking shop: This is NOT an opportunity for a group people in a room to simply agree with everything said, regardless of outcomes.
  • All promise, no delivery: We will NOT promise what we can’t deliver. The issues covered are complex. They won’t be solved at a two-day conference. But we will help deliver progress through in-depth, constructive and practical advice around specific issues.

Who attends

Mars
The Nature Conservancy
Pirelli
Ceres
Barry Callebaut
Neste
International Paper
Johnson & Johnson
McDonald’s
Hilton
BASF
Mondelēz International
Cargill
General Mills
Amazon
Otto Group
Avon
Burger King
Reckitt
Ford Motor Company
Ahold Delhaize
Kroger
VF Corporation
The Coca-Cola Company
World Resources Institute
WWF
Lush
Campbell's
Walgreens Boots Alliance
Verra
Signify
Calvert
Nestlé
ING
AB InBev
Walmart
Dell
Colgate-Palmolive
Natura & Co

The venue


Convene Arlington

1201 Wilson Blvd 30th floor

Arlington, VA
22209
United States

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Contact

For any questions, please contact:

Hannah Oborne
Project Manager
[email protected]

For more information on partnership opportunities, please contact:

Anita Thomson
Chief Partnerships Officer
[email protected] 

Sign up

Registration for Innovation Forum's Scope 3 Innovation Forum is currently open.

To sign up, you can do so online here, or get in touch directly for details on group discounts. 

Join us for

  • In-depth guidance from industry leaders on how to effectively implement policies.
  • Networking with key stakeholders, including NGOs, business, government and supply chain actors.
  • An entirely off-the-record discussion that encourages open and honest disclosure from speakers and genuine participation from the audience

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