1:00-1:05 pm ET
Welcome Remarks

1:05-1:45 pm ET
Effective ESG Communications Strategy

This session will cover industry disclosure trends and best practices across existing and emerging channels of ESG communications, from regulatory filings, ESG reporting, corporate website disclosures and employee communications. Hear Laura Wanlass, Global Head of Corporate Governance & ESG Advisory at Aon, discuss how companies are addressing the increasingly complex cross-departmental coordination on ESG efforts (Marketing, IR, Legal, HR, etc.), as well as how to communicate with the board on ESG.

Watch On Demand

1:45-1:50 pm ET
Break

1:50-2:30 pm ET
Decarbonizing the Manufacturing Industry

Global manufacturing and production account for 20% of greenhouse gas emissions and 54% of energy consumption. With increased focus on Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) initiatives from boards and consumers, investors, and much-needed talent looking to purchase from, invest in, and work for companies with significant ESG commitments, manufacturers are working to reduce their carbon emissions.

The Manufacturers Alliance, in partnership with Infosys, surveyed almost 200 companies and interviewed cross-functional leaders to understand where the industry stands in terms of decarbonization. Delivering on Carbon Neutral Goals details that many manufacturers are making progress with Scope 1 and 2 emissions, with 45% of respondents advancing their measurements of these emissions. Further advancement into Scope 3 emissions is on the horizon with 28% reporting tracking beyond their factories. Jasmeet Singh, EVP and Global Head, Manufacturing at Infosys, Katie McGinty, VP & Chief Sustainability, and External Relations Officer at Johnson Controls, and Danielle Merfeld, VP & Chief Technology Officer at GE Renewable Energy, will join us to review the findings and to share common challenges and best practices to track, report, and reduce carbon emissions.

Watch On Demand

2:30-2:45 pm ET
Break

2:45-3:15 pm ET
Microsoft’s Sustainability Journey

At Microsoft, sustainability isn’t just something the company does, it’s become an integral part of the business as employees have worked on reducing emissions over the last decade and more. Microsoft has been carbon neutral since 2013, and that drove the implementation of a data system to track and tax carbon across the business. The same data-driven approach led them to assess, select, and build new technologies to reduce emissions across their own operations—with smart building strategies, smart grid and renewable energy programs—and through their supply chain. And in 2020, they set new commitments to go beyond neutral and to a real net zero target, and become a carbon negative, water positive, zero waste company by 2030, while also building a Planetary Computer. The company continues to see clear ways that sustainability solutions are not only good for the planet, they are good for business.

In this session, Bob Familiar, Director of the Microsoft Technology Center (MTC), will cover the history of sustainability at Microsoft and how that has influenced the culture, the products and technology and how the company is bringing solutions to market along with partners to help customers address their own sustainability goals.

3:15-3:20 pm ET
Break

3:20-4:00 pm ET
Perspectives in Manufacturing

Hear from Cliff Fleener, Corporate Director of Environmental Responsibility, Valmont Industries, Inc., about the organization's ESG journey.