Program
Sessions
Schedule
The program is subject to change. More sessions and speakers are being added weekly. Click here to learn more about GreenBiz topics & tracks.
6:30 am - 7:30 am
Sunrise Desert Run
Experiences & Activities
7:45 am - 4:30 pm
Registration Check-in
Activity
7:45 am - 9:00 am
Breakfast & Expo
Breakfast Session
8:00 am - 9:00 am
Guided Networking: It's Your First Time at GreenBiz!
Guided Networking
8:15 am - 11:30 am
Field Trip: True Garden Vertical Aeroponic Food Farm with Stephen Ritz of Green Bronx Machine
Experiences & Activities
8:15 am - 12 pm
Field Trip: Lessons From the Rio Salado: Investing in Watershed and Community Resilience
+3 more speakers
Topics:
Water
Sponsors:
Tutorial
8:45 am - 12:00 pm
Hike the Apache Wash with One Tree Planted
Sponsors:
Experiences & Activities
9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Getting Ready for the New Regulatory Regime
+11 more speakers
Tutorial
9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Shift Happens: Mastering the Art of the Strategic Communications Pivot
+6 more speakers
Topics:
Strategic Comms
Tutorial
9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Design Swarm for Circularity: Harnessing Our Collective Genius
+5 more speakers
Tutorial
9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Climate Fresk: Gamifying the Basics of Climate Science
Workshop
9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Regenerative Leadership: Creating a (perma)Culture of Resilience So You Can Do More
Tutorial
9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Scope 3 Bootcamp
+8 more speakers
Topics:
GreenBiz 24
Tutorial
9:00 am - 12:00 pm
How to Nurture Your Supply Chain to Grow Resilience
+7 more speakers
Tutorial
9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Cracking the Code: Decarbonizing the Built Environment (Sponsored)
+8 more speakers
Sponsors:
Tutorial
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch & Expo
Sponsors:
Lunch
12:15 PM - 1:15 PM
Lunch: Scope 3 and Supply Chain Intelligence (Sponsored)
Sponsors:
Sponsored Lunch
12:15 pm - 1:15 pm
Roundtable Lunches
+28 more speakers
Roundtable Lunch
12:15 PM - 1:15 PM
Lunch: Sustainable Value Creation: Closing the Gap Between Commitments and Operational Realities (Sponsored)
+3 more speakers
Sponsors:
Sponsored Lunch
1:30 pm - 1:35 pm
Reflections from GreenBiz's Chairman and Co-founder
Keynote
1:35 pm - 1:40 pm
Opening: Listening and Influence
Keynote
1:40 pm - 1:45 pm
Mayor's Welcome
Keynote
1:45 pm - 1:55 pm
Beyond Acknowledging Tribal Land
Keynote
1:55 pm - 2:10 pm
From a Whisper to a Chorus
Keynote
2:10 pm - 2:25 pm
How Social Media Influencers Change Hearts and Minds
+1 more speakers
Keynote
2:25 pm - 2:30 pm
Introducing Trellis Network
Keynote
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Influence Is Your Superpower
Keynote
3:00 pm - 3:45 pm
Networking Break + Expo
Networking
3:10 pm - 3:40 pm
Manifest your Intention for Being at GreenBiz
Experiences & Activities
3:45 pm - 4:45 pm
Why and How to Design a Credible Nature Strategy
+7 more speakers
Topics:
Foundational Sustainability
Interactive Discussion
3:45 pm - 4:45 pm
How Your Company's Energy Goals Can Feed Grid Decarbonization
+2 more speakers
Panel
3:45 PM - 4:45 PM
You’ve Set Your Decarbonization Targets, Now What? (Sponsored)
+2 more speakers
Sponsors:
Panel
3:45 pm - 4:45 pm
The Latest in Carbon Markets
+3 more speakers
Panel
3:45 pm - 4:45 pm
Beginner's Guide to ESG: What It Is, What It Is Not and What It Will Be
+2 more speakers
Topics:
Strategic Comms
Interactive Discussion
3:45 pm - 4:45 pm
Value Chain Pain Points: Better Methods for Decarbonization
+3 more speakers
Lightning Talk
3:45 PM - 4:45 PM
AI-Powered ESG Governance: A Workshop for Business Leaders (Sponsored)
+2 more speakers
Sponsors:
Sponsored Breakout
3:45 pm - 4:45 pm
The Elephant We Want in the Room: Biodiversity’s Role in CSR and Sustainability (Sponsored)
+3 more speakers
Sponsors:
Panel
3:45 PM - 4:45 PM
Decarbonization is a Team Sport
+2 more speakers
Panel
3:45 pm - 4:45 pm
Practically Integrating Anti-Racism into Your Sustainability Strategy
+1 more speakers
Workshop
3:45 pm - 4:45 pm
Achieving ESG Goals Through Circular Strategies
+2 more speakers
Panel
3:45 pm - 4:45 pm
A Business Case for Corporate-Community Partnerships: Retain Land Ownership, Conserve Forests
+2 more speakers
Case Study
3:45 pm - 4:45 pm
Cultivating Charisma
Workshop
3:45 pm - 5:30 pm
From Ripples to Waves: The Value of Corporate Water Stewardship
Partner Event
4:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Building a Single Source of Truth for ESG Data
Sponsors:
Interactive Discussion
4:45 pm - 6:45 pm
Opening Reception
Networking
5:30 pm - 8:30pm
WBCSD's Reception on Business Action Against Inequality
Partner Event
6:15 am - 7:15 am
Morning Yoga
Experiences & Activities
7:00 am
Sunrise Bird Walk
Experiences & Activities
7:45 am - 4:30 pm
Registration Check-in
Activity
7:45 am - 9:00 am
Breakfast + Expo
Breakfast Session
7:50 AM - 8:50 AM
Breakfast: Connecting Nature and Climate Strategies (Sponsored)
+1 more speakers
Sponsors:
Sponsored Breakfast
7:50 AM - 8:50 AM
Breakfast: Influencing Sustainable Habit Change Through Innovative Product Design and Communication (Sponsored)
+1 more speakers
Sponsors:
Sponsored Breakfast
8:00 am - 9:00 am
LGBTQIA Morning Networking
Guided Networking
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Incorporating Water and Energy Data into Your Sustainability and ESG Goals (Sponsored)
+2 more speakers
Sponsors:
Panel
9:00 am - 10:00 am
Guided Networking: Women
Guided Networking
9:00 am - 10:00 am
How We Built This: Creating a Sound Sustainability Program
+2 more speakers
Topics:
Foundational Sustainability
Panel
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Beyond Compliance: Accelerating the Business Case for Sustainability (Sponsored)
+3 more speakers
Sponsors:
Sponsored Breakout
9:00 am - 10:00 am
Unlocking Circular Value Chains: Leveraging Collaboration and Technology
+3 more speakers
Panel
9:00 am - 10:00 am
Ask an Expert: Phoenix’s Boom in Advanced Transport Tech, EVs and more with City Councilwoman Yassamin Ansari
Ask an Expert
9:00 am - 10:00 am
How to Champion High-quality, High-impact Carbon Credits
+4 more speakers
Lightning Talk
9:00 am - 10:00 am
Adaptation & Insurance in a Changing Climate
+2 more speakers
Panel
9:00 am - 10:00 am
Evaluating Sustainability Software Solutions
+2 more speakers
Panel
9:00 am - 10:00 am
Meeting Your Energy Sustainability Goals: A Case Study with Top Industry Experts (Sponsored)
+2 more speakers
Sponsors:
Panel
9:00 am - 10:00 am
Community-Centered Decision Making for a Just Transition
Panel
9:00 am - 10:00 am
Scaling Scope 3 Impact and Measurement in the Ag Value Chain
+4 more speakers
Case Study
9:00 am - 10:00 am
Stop Greenhushing: Confidently Communicating Your Company’s Actions for People and Planet
+1 more speakers
Topics:
Strategic Comms
Panel
9:00 am - 10:30 am
VWBA 2.0 Workshop
Partner Event
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Networking Break + Expo
Sponsors:
Networking
10:30 am - 10:35 am
Welcome: Using Your Influence to Take Action
Keynote
10:35 am - 10:45 am
Overcoming Anti-ESG Narratives
Keynote
10:45 am - 11:05 am
What does it look like for business to authentically work toward a just transition?
+1 more speakers
Keynote
11:05 am - 11:15 am
The Just Transition in Practice
Keynote
11:15 am - 11:20 am
Emerging Leaders: Meeting Sustainability's Next Generation
Keynote
11:20 am - 11:40 am
AI for Nature, Climate and Beyond: How New Tech Is Transforming Sustainability
+2 more speakers
Keynote
11:40 am - 12:00 pm
Laughing About Climate Change
Keynote
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch + Expo
Sponsors:
Lunch
12:15 pm - 1:15 pm
Roundtable Lunches
+26 more speakers
Roundtable Lunch
12:15 PM - 1:15 PM
Lunch: The Power of Public-Private Partnerships: Cross-Sector Collaboration for Future Success (Sponsored)
+2 more speakers
Sponsors:
Sponsored Lunch
12:15 PM – 1:15 PM
Lunch: PIVOT! Keep Moving Your Strategy Forward When Everything Changes… (Sponsored)
+2 more speakers
Sponsors:
Sponsored Lunch
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
The Global Treaty on Plastic: What You Need to Know
+2 more speakers
Panel
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
How AI Will Ease ESG Reporting and Accelerate Goals (Sponsored)
+1 more speakers
Sponsors:
Panel
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
How to Develop a Water Strategy That Reaches Beyond Your Footprint
+3 more speakers
Topics:
Water
Panel
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Guided networking: BIPOC Professionals
Guided Networking
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Disruptive Perspectives and Pathways
+3 more speakers
Lightning Talk
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
AI & Sustainability – The Tech Enabled CSO (Sponsored)
+1 more speakers
Sponsors:
Panel
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
After California SB253 and SB261: Looking Around the Disclosure Corner
+2 more speakers
Panel
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Have-to-Abate Industries: The Path to Decarbonize Steel, Cement and Chemicals
+2 more speakers
Panel
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
En-ROADS Climate Simulator Workshop
Workshop
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Creating an Internal Network of Change Agents
+1 more speakers
Panel
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Reducing Scope 3 Emissions Through Corporate Dining
+2 more speakers
Panel
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
The Corporate Approach to Nature: Deepening Your Connection Through Trees (Sponsored)
+3 more speakers
Sponsors:
Panel
1:30 pm - 3:45 pm
2-Hour Workshop: A Beginner’s Guide to Nature-Related Risks and Dependencies
+3 more speakers
Topics:
Foundational Sustainability
Workshop
2:45 pm - 3:45 pm
Thriving in the New ESG Disclosure Landscape
+3 more speakers
Panel
2:45 pm - 3:45 pm
Unlocking the Climate-Nature Nexus
+2 more speakers
Topics:
Foundational Sustainability
Interactive Discussion
2:45 pm - 3:45 pm
IRA IRL: Decoding Government Funding to Decarbonize Your Company
+2 more speakers
Panel
2:45 pm - 3:45 pm
Guided Networking: Communications
Topics:
Strategic Comms
Guided Networking
2:45 PM - 3:45 PM
Make Sustainability Part of Everybody’s Job: The Role of Employees in Transforming Your Company
+1 more speakers
Topics:
Foundational Sustainability
Breakout
2:45 PM - 3:45 PM
Decarbonizing the Global Supply Chain with Sustainable Logistics (Sponsored)
+2 more speakers
Sponsors:
Panel
2:45 pm - 3:45 pm
ESG Data and AI: Paving the Way for Transformation (Sponsored)
Sponsors:
Breakout
2:45 PM - 3:45 PM
So, You Want to Join a Board
+3 more speakers
Panel
2:45 PM - 3:45 PM
Why Collaborating With Your Communications Team Is Key to Driving Progress (Sponsored)
+2 more speakers
Sponsors:
Panel
2:45 PM - 3:45 PM
Share the Road: The Latest in Transport Decarbonization
+2 more speakers
Interactive Discussion
2:45 pm - 3:45 pm
Building a Unified View of Your Supply Chain
+3 more speakers
Panel
2:45 pm - 5:15 pm
Aim Higher and Move Faster: An Accelerator for Corporate Sustainability Changemakers
+2 more speakers
Workshop
3:30 pm - 4:45 pm
Advancing Sustainability Reporting Across Landscapes and Seascapes
Partner Event
3:45 pm - 4:15 pm
Networking Break + Expo
Networking
3:45 pm - 4:15 pm
Find Joy in Mindfulness and Movement
Experiences & Activities
4:15 pm - 5:15 pm
A Roadmap for Measuring and Monitoring Biodiversity
+10 more speakers
Interactive Discussion
4:15 PM - 5:15 PM
Putting the AI in Decarbonization
+2 more speakers
Panel
4:15 pm - 5:15 pm
How to Scale ESG Reporting Across Complex Enterprises (Sponsored)
+3 more speakers
Sponsors:
Panel
4:15 pm - 5:15 pm
From Scratch: Launching a Sustainability Program from Nothing
+2 more speakers
Topics:
Foundational Sustainability
Panel
4:15 PM - 5:15 PM
Accelerating the Journey to Scope 3 Decarbonization: Factors Driving Success (Sponsored)
+3 more speakers
Sponsors:
Sponsored Breakout
4:15 pm - 5:15 pm
Credit and Credibility: The Benefits of Raising Sustainable Debt
+3 more speakers
Panel
4:15 PM - 5:15 PM
Guided Networking: Getting Grounded in the Foundations of Corporate Sustainability
Guided Networking
4:15 PM - 5:15 PM
Sustainability Slide Deck Karaoke
Interactive Discussion
4:15 pm - 5:15 pm
The Impact of Sustainability on Organizational Transformation (Sponsored)
+1 more speakers
Sponsors:
Panel
4:15 pm - 5:15 pm
Becoming a B Corp: Is Certification Right for Your Company?
+3 more speakers
Panel
4:15 PM - 5:15 PM
Making the Case for Recommerce
+2 more speakers
Panel
4:15 pm - 5:15 pm
Driving Living Wages Across Supply Chains
+1 more speakers
Panel
5:15 pm - 7:00 pm
Reception
Networking
5:30 pm - 6 pm
Empowering Your Teams With AI for Sustainability
Sponsors:
Interactive Discussion
7:00 pm
Live Stand-Up with Climate Comedian, Stuart Goldsmith
Experiences & Activities
8:30 pm - 12:00 am
After Dark
Experiences & Activities
6:15 am - 7:15 am
Morning Yoga
Experiences & Activities
7:45 am - 9:00 am
Breakfast
Breakfast Session
9:00 am - 10:00 am
CSRD Implications for Companies in North America
+3 more speakers
Panel
9:00 am - 10:00 am
Ask an Expert: Higher Ed and Corporate Sustainability's Evolving Relationship
+1 more speakers
Ask an Expert
9:00 am - 10:00 am
Music Industry Case Study: Collaboration to Bridge the Guidance Gap
+3 more speakers
Case Study
9:00 am - 10:00 am
Using the ROSI Methodology to Build a Stronger Sustainability Business Case
+2 more speakers
Panel
9:00 am - 10:00 am
Preparing for the Unexpected: Water Management and Climate Resilience (Sponsored)
+2 more speakers
Sponsors:
Panel
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
The Intersection of Biodiversity and Climate - Approaches, Benefits and Challenges (Sponsored)
+2 more speakers
Sponsors:
Panel
9:00 am - 10:00 am
Beyond Green Teams: How Employees Can Drive Decarbonization
+2 more speakers
Panel
9:00 am - 10:00 am
Balancing Act: Solutions and Trade-offs to Address the Plastics Problem
Workshop
9:00 am - 10:00 am
Future-proofing Your Real Estate and Energy Portfolios
+2 more speakers
Panel
9:00 am - 10:00 am
Making Progress on Critical Minerals and Materials
+3 more speakers
Panel
9:00 am - 10:00 am
Under the Influence: Sustainable Consumer Behavior
+3 more speakers
Topics:
Strategic Comms
Panel
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
ESG and Disclosure: Navigating Through Constant Change Towards a Regulated Future (Sponsored)
+2 more speakers
Sponsors:
Sponsored Breakout
9:00 am - 10:00 am
Moving Beyond Regenerative Farming as the Silver Bullet
+3 more speakers
Panel
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Networking Break
Networking
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Cultivating Kindness and Vitality with Guided Meditation and Breathwork
Experiences & Activities
10:30 am - 11:30 am
Become a More Informed Carbon Buyer: Establishing Equity and Quality in Early Project Development
+2 more speakers
Panel
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Partnering for Resilient Forests: Climate, Fires, Communities (Sponsored)
+2 more speakers
Sponsors:
Panel
10:30 am - 11:30 am
The Rise of the ESG Controller
+2 more speakers
Panel
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
NextEra and Reynolds's Innovative Path to a Sustainable Future (Sponsored)
Topics:
GreenBiz 24
Sponsors:
Sponsored Breakout
10:30 am - 11:30 am
Demystifying Scope 3 Accounting: Going Deep on Data
+3 more speakers
Panel
10:30 am - 11:30 am
Banking on Supply Chains: Financing Supplier Decarbonization
+2 more speakers
Panel
10:30 am - 11:30 am
Catalyzing Innovative Water Solutions
+5 more speakers
Topics:
Water
Case Study
10:30 am - 11:30 am
Building Bridges: Engaging Stakeholders in Your Corporate Strategy
+2 more speakers
Panel
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Lunch & Networking - Closed to WRI/CCG members only
Partner Event
6:00 pm - 8:30 pm
10th Annual Women in Sustainability Leadership Awards Cocktail and Dinner Party
Partner Event