DAY 1 – 11th May 2023

REGISTRATION

CHAIRPERSON’S OPENING REMARKS

Covestro: A chemical company on its way to circularity

• Vision
• Path
• Targets
• Partnerships
• Enabling conditions

Dr. Jacques Ragot, VP, Head of SUST & Public Affairs EMLA, Covestro

CREATING VALUE & IMPROVING SUSTAINABILITY THROUGH DIGITALISATION OF MANUFACTURING

• Journey towards net zero CO2 emissions
• Role of digitalisation in manufacturing
• Productivity: improving asset uptime and productivity of employees
• Quality: ensuring best customer experience and reducing waste
• Cost: using advanced analytics to drive material, energy and CO2-efficiency

Olli Härkönen, Technology Director Sustainability & Digitalisation, Essity

AGILITY FOR COMPETIVENESS: TRANSFORMING MANUFACTURING OPERATIONS FOR BUSINESS OPTIMIZATION

• Improve cross-functional supply-chain visibility.
• Create production plans that are feasible to execute and based on actual plant conditions.
• Leverage operational data with predictive and prescriptive AI for continuous productivity, asset reliability, and eco-sustainability optimization.
• Provide the visibility, transparency, and traceability consumers and regulators demand.

How we Volvo Construction Equipment works towards energy efficient and decarbonized production

• Volvo CE sustainability approach & objectives and ambitions for energy efficiency and decarbonization
• How we work with involvement to engage the organization in sustainability transformation
• The role of lean energy and digitalization in operational development
• Our decarbonization journey and way forward – together we are building tomorrow!

Adam Björk, Head of Environmental Sustainability, Volvo Construction Equipment

OPTIMIZING OUR MANUFACTURING PROCESSES AND ENTERING THE CIRCULAR ECONOMY

• Bring people and information together in a connected digital platform for end-to-end visibility
• Transform scrap into raw materials that can be used elsewhere in their operations
• Measuring a product’s overall environmental impact on energy consumption, materials and emissions with the lifecycle assessment methodology
• Link and analyse the information to detect potential issues during the product design phase

SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS MODEL TRANSFORMATION –KEY SUCCESS FACTORS FOR SHAPING A NEW FUTURE ACHIEVING SUSTAINABILITY AND HIGH PERFORMANCE

• What is the ecological, social and spiritual divide?
• How can we create the “compound effect” to successfully co-create and shape a sustainable future
• Which methods are particularly suitable to promote people and performance in the company
• How can we intrinsically motivate people to embrace transformation instead of traditionally managing change?

Marco Sclimpert, VP Performance Improvement & Technology, Lenzing

PANEL DISCUSSION – WHY WE NEED TO CHANGE THE WAY WE CALCULATE CO2 FOOTPRINTS – PAVING THE FUTURE

• Decarbonisation is on almost every company’s agenda and a discipline that has long been a shadowy existence becomes an essential part of business decisions: Life Cycle Assessment
• Methodical insufficiencies, some known for decades, now become problems as companies struggle to identify ways to reduce their products’ ecological impact
• Work on concrete KPIs, carbon reduction targets and carbon neutrality objectives as an important part of the company’s strategy
• The action plan to carbon neutrality by 2050

DAY 2 – 12th May 2023

CHAIRPERSON’S OPENING REMARKS

Sustainability Capabilities and Employee Empowerment at Bayer Crop Science

• Why is sustainability such an integral part of Bayer’s strategy
• How is Bayer progressing towards our commitments?
• Sustainability is not a linear journey
• How to activate and empower sustainability enthusiasts in a global organization.

Dr. Sigurd Buchholz, Crop Science Head of Corporate Citizenship, Bayer AG, Crop Science Product Supply

An ESG Landscape – How to focus your company

• ESG has so many aspects, companies can’t address them all.
• How do you develop your ESG strategy and goals?
• How do you communicate your ESG strategy and goals to your stakeholders?
• How do you comply with all the various reporting standards?

Stefan Kürbis, Sr. Global Director Communications & Sustainability, Novanta Europe GmbH

REDESIGNING AN EXISTING SUPPLY CHAIN TO MEET ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS AND ENABLE CIRCULAR ECONOMY

• Plan and establish viable sustainable production practices without disrupting the operations
• Make data-driven decisions to transform existing supply networks and instill ecological responsibility
• Map the existing supply network and optimise the workflow using sustainability tracking metrics
• Making Circular Assessment to analyse the disparities in a supply chain, considering the entire business operations
• Elevate your process into environmentally-responsible workflows and reduce your carbon footprint

Planned Investment Areas:

• Predictive Maintenance PdM 4.0
• Product Process Integration
• Process Monitoring
• Process Quality Control
• Environmental Management Solutions
• Digital Twin
• Net Zero Facilities
• Plastic and Packaging Circularity
• Water Management Software
• Carbon Capture, Storage & Utilization
• Waste Management Software
• Resource Management Software
• Value Chain Risk Management
• Renewable Energy
• Supply Chain Sustainability
• ESG Risk Management
• Air Emissions Management
• Factory-as-a-Service
• Sustainability & ESG Software
• Machine & Deep Learning
• Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
• Material Requirements Planning (MRP)
• Circular Economy Solutions
• ESG Strategy Solutions
• Sustainable Materials Management (SMM)

TAKING ACTIVE STEPS TO ADDRESS YOUR CARBON FOOTPRINT

• Achieve concrete KPIs, carbon reduction targets and carbon neutrality objectives
• Leveraging the power of data with accelerated digitalisation for extensive emission cuts
• Reducing your fossil fuel consumption with innovative technologies as part of the net zero puzzle

Michaela Thiel, Head of Sustainability, Körber Group

Transformation of the coatings industry through renewable carbon raw materials

• Carbon is the major coatings raw material which today is almost exclusively derived from fossil sources. Beckers actively supports the chemical industry push for renewable carbon and embraces opportunities for the development of sustainable coatings.
• More than 80% of Beckers product carbon footprint is embedded in these raw materials, the change from fossil to renewable sources is the game changer in our offer to the market.
• To work on our products’ handprint we evaluate raw materials that help to decarbonise our downstream value chain with carbon footprint benefits during application and final product usage.
• As a medium sized player with limited buying power and resources operating in a variety of upstream markets, we consider external partnerships as a strategic path forward. Where possible we try to employ industry standards and 3rd party validation patterns.
• In B2B relationships with significant distance to the end user any benefit claims of a new product especially if requesting a higher price must be credibly quantified and tangible to our customers.

Thomas Lueder, Global Director Procurement, Beckers Group

PANEL DISCUSSION – LEVERAGING AI AND MACHINE LEARNING TO REDUCE CO2 EMISSIONS

• Improve any process to reduce carbon emissions and improve the sustainability of operations
• Replacing fossil fuels with renewable energy sources in chemical manufacturing to significantly reduce carbon emissions and facilitate sustainable production of high quality chemicals
• New designs of sustainable reactor for the manufacture of chemicals

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