Center for Sustainable Business | Annual Practice Forum

Sustainability Driven Value Creation: Research, Results & Real-world Applications

Thursday, March 27, 2025

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The NYU Stern Center for Sustainable Business is pleased to invite you to our Eighth Annual Practice Forum! This industry-leading event convenes investor and corporate sustainability professionals for an exchange of the latest research and insights on sustainability driving financial performance. The full-day program features new research findings, panel discussions, candid conversations with executives, and interactive sessions to apply learnings. Participants gain practical tools and frameworks to better understand and apply value creation levers in sustainability.

Thank you to this year's event sponsors: PwC, Workiva, Nespresso, Glenmede, Anthesis, SWCA, and our media partner Financial Times.

Agenda

A Decade of Research: 
How to Ensure Sustainability Initiatives Drive Enterprise-Wide Value Creation
Keynote address of annual research highlights and insights from NYU Stern CSB
Tensie Whelan, Distinguished Professor of Practice in Business and Society, Founding Director, NYU Stern CSB

Special Remarks from Gillian Tett
Gillian Tett, Chairman of the Editorial Board, Editor-at-Large, US, Financial Times;
Provost, King's College, Cambridge

2024 Sustainable Market Share Index & Effective Social Sustainability Communications
Updated SMSI analysis, including first-ever results from Europe, and a conversation on social sustainability messaging that best resonates with consumers
Nathalie Darres, CMO / GM US Nutrition, Reckitt
Sophie Waskow Rifkin, Director, Impact Innovation & Analytics, Chobani
Dawn Zappetti, CMO, Amalgamated Bank

Moderator: Randi Kronthal-Sacco, Senior Scholar, NYU Stern CSB

Sustainability Spotlight with Nespresso
Jessica Padula, VP of Marketing & Head of Sustainability, Nespresso USA

Return on Sustainability Investment (ROSI) in Action in the Automotive Industry
Panel discussion on sustainability value drivers in the auto industry
Grant Garrison, Senior Director of Sustainability, Rivian

Maureen Kline, Vice President, Public Affairs and Sustainability North America, Pirelli
Jon Nelson, Partner, PwC
Moderator: Elyse Douglas, Senior Research Scholar, NYU Stern CSB; former CFO, Hertz Global Holdings

FT Fireside Chat with Sammy Lakshmanan

Sammy Lakshmanan, Principal, Sustainability, PwC
in conversation with Sarah Murray, Contributor, Financial Times

Workshops on Sustainability-Drive Value Creation
Attendees will choose one of three hands-on workshops on sustainability strategies driving financial value facilitated by industry experts (in-person only)

• Stern Faculty Research Highlights & Learnings for Business
  • Xiao Liu, Associate Professor of Marketing
  • Johannes Stroebel, David S. Loeb Professor of Finance
• Applied ROSI: A Monetized Approach to Managing Business Sustainability and Resilience Risks/Opportunities
  • Brandy Muratore, Finance Vice President, Constellation Brands
  • John Platko, Vice President, SWCA
• Moving Beyond Compliance: Unlocking Business Value Through Assured Integrated Reporting
  • Abhay Krishna, Sr. Director, Value Management, Workiva
  • Alyssa Zucker, Sr. Industry Principal, Carbon, Workiva