Sustainability 4.0 – How Digitalization is Redefining Sustainable Manufacturing

Business Leaders’ Debate

TBC

In today’s connected world and the connected consumer, the application of digital is crucial to achieve cost-effective and sustainable solutions that drive value for a company. Optimized real-time data driven information management can provide efficiencies and future focused insights that will deliver improved outcomes for the business, as well as an enhanced reputation through transparent supply chains and improved customer satisfaction.

SPEAKERS

Dr. Rouzbeh Amini

Dr. Rouzbeh Amini

Global VP Sustainability Performance

Samuel Gjessing Sepstrup

Samuel Gjessing Sepstrup

Regional Director, Northern Europe

Peter Lukassen

Peter Lukassen

Director Operational Sustainability

AGENDA

20th May 2026

All times are CET

10:00 AM - 10:05 AM

WELCOME BY FAISAL ANSARI, CEO, GLOBAL BUSINESS RESEARCH

10:05 AM - 10:30 AM

From Data to Impact

  • Sustainability has quietly become one of the most valuable data domains in the modern enterprise
  • Regulation, investor pressure, and supply-chain demands are forcing the lineage, governance, and assurance that enterprise AI actually needs
  • For the first time, sustainability data is trustworthy enough to drive commercial decisions at speed and scale
  • The question for CIOs, CDOs, and AI leaders is no longer whether to invest — it’s how to compound it into strategy, financial planning, and trusted AI

Rouzbeh Amini, Global VP Sustainability Performance, dsm-firmenich

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM

Moving from data chaos to clarity – how data maturity powers goals beyond sustainability

  • Embedding Sustainability into Core Decisions
  • Bridging Data Gaps Across Silos
  • Making Imperfect Data Actionable
  • Digital Twins as a Decision Engine
  • System Integration for Scalable Change
  • A Blueprint for Scalable Sustainablity Impact

Samuel Gjessing Sepstrup, Regional Director, Northern Europe, Makersite

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM

Carbon Transparency and Circular Economy: The Twin Engines of Decarbonization

  • Carbon transparency turns sustainability into a management system
  • Without shared standards, carbon data is not comparable
  • Circular economy is one of the most powerful decarbonization levers in the aftermarket
  • The future of decarbonization will be data-driven value chains

Peter Lukassen, Director Operational Sustainability, Robert Bosch GmbH

11:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Group Discussion: Empowering Customers Through Data-Driven Sustainability

  • Helping customers quantify and reduce emissions from logistics—turning operational data into actionable insights
  • Enabling smarter procurement by comparing environmental performance across suppliers and product categories
  • Providing transparency on product-level carbon impact and allow customers to assess the total footprint of their purchasing

12.00 PM - 12.05 PM

CLOSE

PARTICIPANTS

  • BASF SE Senior Expert Digitalization Circularity
  • BMI GROUP Group Environmental Manager
  • DS Smith Fulda PSP Sustainability Director
  • dsm-firmenich Global VP Sustainability Performance
  • Electrolux Professional Group Group VP Sustainability and Quality
  • Franke AG Global Operations Sustainability Manager
  • FORVIA HELLA Group Director Sustainability CO2
  • Goodvalley Agro S.A. Energy and Sustainability Specialist
  • Henkel AG & Co KGaA Head of Global Environmental Reporting
  • Howdens Supplier Sustainability Specialist
  • Husqvarna Group ESG Reporting Director
  • Kellanova Facilities, Utilities & Sustainability Senior Manager
  • Kingspan Group Sustainability Programme Manager
  • Kerry Group Group Head of Sustainability Reporting
  • Knauf Corporate Sustainability
  • Marzek Kner Packaging Kft. Sustainability Expert
  • Nonwovenn Ltd. Board Member and Sustainability Director
  • Nölken Hygiene Products GmbH Sustainability Manager
  • Pfeifer Holding GmbH Head of Sustainability
  • Robert Bosch GmbHDirector Operational Sustainability Mobility Aftermarket
  • Vestas Benelux B.V. Sustainability Specialist