Scope 3 Strategy Days 2025
24-26 June 2025
Chicago
Why join us:
We’ll be focusing on how to navigate all the current uncertainty; and balance that with the necessity to build more supply chain resilience
It will help you benchmark how your peers are focusing, responding & being proactive to better tackle supply chain emissions risk
Get advice, tools & templates directly from peers that have made the most progress. Work in teams with those facing the same issues
Walk away with your own template strategy for making faster and more confident progress in 2025-2026 – whether you’re more advanced or at the start of your journey - using the templates and advice of those that we have actively benchmarked
You can download a template business case for your participation
Agenda
June 24 2025
10am - 5:30pm | Co-located industry & other member scope 3 initiatives will have their meetings, including:
Automotive & Equipment Manufacturing - An opportunity for key stakeholders across the automotive and equipment manufacturing value chain to align on Scope 3 priorities, share best practices, and explore opportunities for collaboration on non-competitive challenges. Expect participation from General Motors, Suppliers Partnership & Trio ,Oshkosh, and more.
Chemicals - An opportunity to understand how PCF Data Exchange works in practice. Join Together for Sustainability and industry peers to explore collaboration on significant decarbonisation decisions. With Together for Sustainability.
Pharmaceuticals & Life Sciences - An opportunity for key stakeholders across the life sciences and pharmaceuticals value chain to explore practical approaches & share best practices to Scope 3 challenges. With the Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Initiative.
Supply Chain Heat Decarbonisation - An opportunity for Scope 3 Peer Group members and partners to explore the challenge and potential to collaborate on supply chain heat decarbonisation. With Renewable Thermal Collaborative and Guidehouse.
Scope 3 Procurement Strategies - Discussion of Scope 3 strategies and how to embed Scope 3 into procurement strategy. With Proxima.
5:30pm – 7:30pm
Informal Networking for all Peer Group Members & Partners and the Chicago Climate Connect community.
All participants will be able to meet, network, have drinks and go to dinner together ahead of the 2 days of work to co-develop Scope 3 strategies for 2025-2026!
June 25 2025
8:15am – 9:00am: Arrive. Grab a coffee, breakfast & meet your peers. Discover your suggested seating plan that puts you working with those peers we believe you can benefit from collaborating with most.
9:00am – 9:30am: Welcome & Benchmarking your 2025 plans with your peers
Set yourself up for a productive day by understanding where you stand compared to your peers. Using the Scope 3 Maturity Benchmark and AI-driven data, we’ll map the current scope 3 progress of the participants in the room. Get clarity on who’s in the room with you, what priorities you share, and how your plans compare.
Introduce yourself, share your key Scope 3 challenges, and identify where you can learn from - and support - each other. Plus, get practical guidance on how to navigate the agenda and workshops to maximize takeaways.
9:30am – 10:00 am: What’s Working, What’s Not, and What’s Next
Kick off with a candid, no-nonsense discussion with prominent Scope 3 leaders on balancing uncertainty with necessity - how to navigate the changing landscape while driving ACTUAL decarbonization. Tackle the biggest roadblocks head-on, from securing resources and aligning internal teams to engaging suppliers and building long-term resilience. Learn from the biggest lessons of the past year - what’s worked, what hasn’t - and see where companies are focusing their efforts in 2025 to move faster with confidence.
Including:
John Hodges, Director, ESG Strategy and Engagement, Bristol Myers Squibb
Fred Gersdorff, Senior Manager, Socially Responsible and Sustainable Supply Chains & Chair of Suppliers Partnership for the Environment, General Motors
Lauren Eisenmenger, Director, Environmental Sustainability, Suntory
Nicole Anderson Brodin, Sustainable Procurement Manager, Essity
Output: Summary of the guiding principles that scope 3 leaders are using for their strategy in the next 12 months
10:00am - 10:30am: Inside Ecolab’s Scope 3 Journey: Key Decisions, Breakthroughs & Lessons for 2025
Amie Hedlom, Director, Corporate Sustainability Marketing, Ecolab
Including Q&A, discussion in teams and comment from others in the room
Output: Case Study template of what success looks like in 2024 and what ambition looks like in 2025
10:30am – 11:00am: Networking Break
11:00am- 11:15am: Scope 3 Reduction through Just Good Supply Chain Practices: Smith + Nephew’s Approach
Katya Chistik Hantel, VP, Global Head of Environment, Social & Governance, Smith+Nephew
Output: Case Study template of shift in supply chain practices for Scope 3 reduction
11:15am- 11:30am: Discussion amongst your peers matched with you about how to balance reporting with actual decarbonisation.
11:30am – 12:15pm: Making Sense of Regulation: Turning Compliance into Action
A panel of peers breaks down how they understand evolving EU and U.S. state-level regulations, what they’re doing to comply, and how they’re moving beyond reporting to drive real decarbonization. Get clear on what’s expected, how companies are making confident decisions, and where they’re focusing next.
Holly Evans, Senior Vice President, Environmental Policy and Legal Affairs, Responsible Business Alliance
Chris Perzan, President & Founder, Kyndenos LLC (previously Vice President, Environment & Sustainability; Chief Environmental Counsel at Navistar)
Including Q&A, discussion in teams and comment ,from others in the room
Output: A set of recommendations on how to balance uncertainty around regulations and necessity for decarbonisation
12:15pm – 1:15pm: Lunch
You’ll have the opportunity to relax and network - both in your designated “team” of peers with similar challenges, maturity, suppliers and goals - and the wider group.
1:15pm- 1:30pm: Discussion amongst your peers matched with you about what works and doesn’t work; the success and failures of supplier engagement.
1:30pm – 2:30pm: Supplier Engagement & Data Strategy That Actually Works
A panel of practitioners sharing best practices on segmenting and engaging suppliers, collecting and using data to drive decisions, and overcoming common challenges. Hear how they’re building effective engagement programs, the strategies and tools they’re using, and key lessons learned. Plus, gain valuable insights from suppliers on what’s driving action, what’s holding progress back, and how to build stronger, more effective partnerships.
Including:
Ashlee Nelson, Supplier Diversity & ESG Leader, Booking Holdings
Campbell Weyland, Manager Corporate Sustainability, Lowe's
Output: Advice from your peers for how to evolve your supplier engagement & data strategy
2:30pm - 3:00pm: From Supplier Decarbonization to Industry-Wide Action
Move beyond one-on-one supplier engagement to scaling decarbonization across the entire value chain. Hear from Scope 3 leaders on how companies are shifting from incremental progress to collective transformation - tackling shared challenges like scaling renewable energy and addressing supply chain heat. Learn where collaboration is making the biggest impact, what’s driving real momentum, and how to accelerate action beyond individual efforts.
Including:
Dave Rimkus, Associate Director of Supply Chain Decarbonization, Schneider Electric
Steve Ramus, Vice President, Sustainability & ESG, Perrigo
3:00pm – 3:30pm: Networking Break
3:30pm – 4:00pm: Cutting Through the Noise: Tools, Technology & AI for Scope 3
A personal experience of using a range of tools and platforms for Scope 3 management and insights from the Scope 3 Peer Group Tools Landscape Survey. Explore where AI and technology can genuinely accelerate progress - and where expectations outpace reality. Learn from real-world mistakes to de-risk your next technology decision, and dive into a best-practice template for selecting Scope 3 tools and navigating the future of the market.
Including:
Gauri Angrish, Global Manager Sustainable Sourcing (Climate & Water), Colgate-Palmolive
4:00pm - 4:30pm: How to engage and capability-build procurement on scope 3?
A panel of the procurement leaders in scope 3 will share their strategies for capability-building procurement teams – including setting KPIs; training; tools; data & content.
4:30pm - 4:45pm: You think your scope 3 is tricky?
Elizabeth Carlson, Chief Sustainability Officer, Tricon International & Chair of Sustainability Subcommittee, 2026 Houston World Cup
4:45pm – 5:30pm: The one thing to take back to your team
Lock in your most valuable takeaway from the day and see what resonated most with your peers. Share the insight that will have the biggest impact on your team and surface the top ideas from the room. A fast-paced, peer-driven close to keep energy high - and a look ahead at how these insights will shape the “So What” Workshops on Day 2.
6:00pm: Networking Food & Drinks
“What Next Workshops”
June 26 2025
Putting what we’ve discussed into action through smaller, focused workshops with partners that can help implement
Attendance prioritised for Strategy Day participants.
Open to specially-invited others at no cost.
Attendees to June 25 prioritised
Breakfast Workshops (8:30 - 10:00)
Beverage Industry Environmental Roundtable - An opportunity for beverage industry leaders to collaborate on Scope 3 challenges, share best practices, and identify opportunities for collective action.
Life Sciences & Pharmaceuticals - An opportunity for life sciences and health sector members to meet and continue working together on implementing best practices and improving value chain collaboration across the industry.
Roundtable Workshops - (10:30 - 12:00)
Supplier Engagement & Capacity Building - With EDF and BSR
Product Carbon Footprint Collaboration - With WBCSD PACT
Roundtable Workshops - (13:00 - 14:30)
Supplier Decarbonisation & Renewables Workshop: Explore practical ways to drive real decarbonization, not just improve measurement accuracy. Assess whether a supply chain renewables program is the right fit and learn how to design it for real impact. With Schneider Electric.
Scope 3 Procurement Training - Learn how to equip your procurement teams with the right knowledge and tools to drive supply chain decarbonization. Explore high-quality, practical training that helps teams focus their expertise, engage suppliers effectively, collect the right data, and make smarter, impact-driven decisions.
Afternoon Workshops - (15:00 - 16:30)
Carbon Pricing: Explore how companies are piloting carbon pricing in procurement. Hear lessons from early adopters, discuss challenges, and identify practical steps to integrate carbon costs into purchasing decisions.
AI for Scope 3 Workshop
Innovation for Impact Workshop
Please contact Oliver Hurrey – ohurrey@getgalvanised.com – with any questions at all.
Join us and focus your efforts on the day by taking the Scope 3 Benchmark at www.scope3benchmark.com or by clicking on the banner below.
