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
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
11:00 - 11:30
Water and waste reduced by common sense & lean tools
- How much waste your industry produces?
- Approach to waste & water – leadership & lean tools
- Power of interdisciplinary workshops
- Simple, no capex ideas revealed
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
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IonityHead of Sustainability
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PPG Operations Sustainability Manager
Rauch Fruchtsäfte GmbH und Co OG Sustainability Project Manager
Royal Cosun Sustainability Manager
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TI Automotive Regional Energy Manager EMEA
Triton Showers (part of Norcros group) Sustainability Manager
Vento Group Sr Manager Sustainability
ZF Steering Systems Poland Global Manager Sustainability Operations, Chassis Solutions