Sustainability 4.0 – How Digitalization is Redefining Sustainable Manufacturing
Business Leaders’ Debate
20th May 2026, 10am – 12pm CET
Platform: Microsoft Teams
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
Peter Lukassen
Director Operational Sustainability
Julian Weitz
Chief Revenue Officer
Dr. Rouzbeh Amini
Global VP Sustainability Performance
AGENDA
20th May 2026
All times are CET
10:00 - 10:05
WELCOME BY FAISAL ANSARI, CEO, GLOBAL BUSINESS RESEARCH
10:05 - 10:30
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
10:30 - 11:00
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
11:00 - 11:30
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
11:30 - 12:00
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 - 12:30
Group Discussion
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 
Goodvalley Agro S.A. Energy and Sustainability Specialist 
Henkel AG & Co KGaA Head of Global Environmental Reporting 
Husqvarna Group ESG Reporting Director 
Kingspan Group Sustainability Programme Manager 
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