MARCH 12, 2025 | Sustainable Wednesday
08:00-10:00
Session 5: Sustainability strategies and initiatives in the EU
Chair
20’
Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability – the aims and key priorities
Christian Gründling, FCIO
20’
The green deal and the clean industrial deal - an industry view
30’
EU approach for sustainable innovation in advanced materials and chemicals
Javier Sanfelix*, European Commission DG RTD
20’
Essential use concept – an analysis
Sonja Haider, ChemSec
30’
EU Taxonomy regulation, Corporate Sustainability Reporting and Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directives – what companies need to prepare for
Meglena Mihova, EPPA
10:00-10:15
Q&A
10:15-10:45
Coffee break
10:45-12:45
Session 6: Product sustainability assessment - the substitution to safer alternatives
Chair
20’
Product Sustainability Assessment - a global approach
20’
EPA's Sustainability initiatives
NN*, US EPA
20’
EU policy to support substitution
20’
TURI's substitution planners approach
Baskut Tuncak, TURI
20’
Safer Materials Strategy
Beth Uhlhorn, Dow
20’
Future-Proof Profits: The Power of Safer Alternatives
Jerker Ligthart, ChemSec
12:45-13:00
Q&A
13:00-14:00
Lunch break
14:00–15:40
Session 7: Sustainability ambitions and consequences in the value chain
Chair
20’
Global Framework on Chemicals – For a Planet Free of Harm from Chemicals and Waste
20’
Transition pathway European chemicals industry as the sustainable motor for the green and digital transformation
20’
Advanced Recycling
NN*, ExxonMobil
20’
Global plastic treaty
Jean-Cyril Walker, Keller and Heckman
20’
How do investors think about chemicals management
15:40-16:00
Q&A
16:00-16:30
Coffee break
16:30-18:30
Session 8: Technological developments supporting sustainability implementation
Chair
20’
How can QR codes, blockchain technology and Artificial Intelligence enhance transparency and sustainability in the value chain
Michael Siebold, Merck
20’
Artificial intelligence for vendor SDS data extraction and management
NN*, opesus
20’
Self-Driving Laboratories for Chemistry and Materials Science
Melissa Schisler, Dow
20’
The Updated US National Nanotechnology Initiative EHS Research Strategy
Branden Brough, NNCO
20’
Ecodesign for sustainable products (ESPR), including a digital product passport
20’
Digital Product Passports – a multi tool for companies
Lorenzo Zullo, 3E
18:30-18:45
Q&A
18:45
End of Sessions - Day 2