B4E, the Business for the Environment Summit
B4E, Business for the Environment, is the leading international platform for dialogue and partnership solutions for the environment. The B4E summits bring together world leaders, CEOs, senior executives and industry experts to share ideas and commit to solutions, which address the most urgent environmental challenges facing the world today.
The acceleration and delivery of such transformative solutions will require a higher level of collaboration between business, government and NGOs than ever seen before. B4E aims to facilitate such collaboration through networking, informed discussion and the creation of innovative partnerships for change.
Issues addressed at the summits include energy, natural resource security, climate change, water management and biodiversity conservation, among others.
Since its inception in 2007, B4E has provided leaders from around the world a unique opportunity to shape game-changing solutions and influence the global agenda, leading toward a greener, more sustainable future.
Past B4E Summits were convened for the last five years in Singapore, Paris, Copenhagen, Seoul, Mexico City, Cancun and Jakarta by the United Nations, WWF, Global Initiatives and host Governments.
B4E Summit – Past Speakers
Ban Ki-moon
Secretary General, United Nations
Al Gore
Former Vice President USA Nobel Peace Prize-winner
Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
President of Indonesia
Lee Myung-bak
President, Republic of Korea
Jim Leape
Director General
WWF International
Pavan Sukhdev
Study Leader
The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB)
Helen Clark
Administrator
UNDP
Ian Cheshire
Group Chief Executive
Kingfisher
Dax Lovegrove
Head of Business Engagement
World Wildlife Fund – UK
John Elkington
Founding Partner & Executive Chairman
Volans
Dorothy Maxwell
Executive Director
TEEB for Business Coalition
Matthew Pencharz
Environment & Political Advisor to the Mayor of London
Tony Simons
Director-General
World Agroforestry Centre
Peter Bakker
President
World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD)
Yvo de Boer
Special Global Advisor, Climate Change & Sustainability
KPMG
Gregory Barker
Minister of State for Energy & Climate Change
UK
Mark Kenber
Chief Executive Officer
The Climate Group
David Nussbaum
Chief Executive Officer
WWF UK
Frances Way
Co-Chief Operating Officer
CDP
Mary-Anne King
Head of Environmental Sustainability
Microsoft UK
Alexis Olans
Senior Global Program Manager
Adidas Better Place
Michael Alexander
Global Head of Environment (Communications & Policy)
Diageo
James Leape
Director General
WWF International
Bjorn Stigson
President
World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD)
Sim Tshabalala
Chief Executive Officer
Standard Bank South Africa
David King
Director
Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment
Caio Koch-Weser
Vice Chairman
Deutsche Bank Group
Jane Henley
Chief Executive Officer
World Green Building Council
Andrew Steer
Special Envoy for Climate Change
The World Bank
Steve Lennon
Divisonal Executive
Eskom International
Samantha Smith
Leader, Global Climate and Energy Initiative
WWF International
Phillip Barton
CEO
De Beers Consolidated Mines
Partha Sengupta
Vice President (Raw Materials)
Tata Steel
Sean de Cleene
Vice President, Global Business Initiatives
Yara International
Alison Hill
Concept Development – Climate
Vestergaard Frandsen
Peter Hoeppe
Head, Geo Risks Research, Corporate Climate Centre
MunichRe
Nick Robins
Head
HSBC Climate Change Centre of Excellence
Samantha Hoe-Richardson
Head of Sustainable Development & Energy
Anglo American
Percy Sechemane
CEO
Rand Water
Bill Bulmer
Director, Environment, Social & Governance Department
IFC
Peter Head
Founder
Ecological Sequestration Trust
Fawcett Ngoatje
Group Shared Services Executive
Rand Water
Justin Smith
Head, Sustainability
Woolworths
Ana Escobedo
Manager, International Affairs
ArcelorMittal
Jennifer Layke
Director, Institute for Building Efficiency
Johnson Controls
Mongezi Veti
General Manager, Group Safety & Sustainable Development
General Manager, Group Safety & Sustainable Development Exxaro
Engelina Jaspers
Vice President, Environmental Sustainability
Hewlett-Packard Company
Emma Stewart
Senior Manager, AEC Sustainability
Autodesk
Soren Buttkereit
Head, External Office, Corporate Sustainability
Siemens
Abyd Karmali
Global Head of Carbon Markets
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Karin Ireton
Leader, Director, Group Sustainability Management
Standard Bank Group
Jeremy Oppenheim
Director, Global Lead, Sustainability & Resource Productivity,
McKinsey & Co.
Bruce Haase
Head, Climate Business Engagement Unit, Global Climate & Energy Initiative
WWF International
Malango Mughogho
Business and Market Transformation Programme Manager
WWF-South Africa
Alex MacGillivray
Executive Director
Climate Business
Janine Benyus
President
The Biomimicry Institute
NJ Mxakato-Diseko
Ambassador at Large: COP 17/CMP 7, Department of International Relations & Cooperation
South Africa
Olav Kjørven
Assistant Secretary-General and Director, Bureau for Policy Development
UNDP
Stewart Stevenson
Minister for Environment and Climate Change
Scottish Government
Guy Battle
Partner, Carbon & Sustainability
Deloitte dcarbon8
Jerry Stokes
President
Suntech Europe
Maja Wessels
Executive Vice President, Public Affairs
First Solar
Bernard Giraud
SVP, Sustainability & Shared Value Creation
Danone
Vivek Tulpule
Head of Economics & Chief Economist
Rio Tinto
Jayanthi Natarajan
Minister for Environment and Forests
India
S. Ramadorai
Adviser to Prime Minister
National Council on Skills Development, India
Kris Gopalakrishnan
Co-Chairman / President
Infosys Technologies / CII
Sheila Dikshit
Chief Minister
Delhi, India
Vijay Chhibber
Secretary
Ministry of Road Transport and Highways
Amitabh Kant
CEO & Managing Director
Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor Development Corporation (DMIC)
Seema Arora
Executive Director
CII-ITC Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Development
Suresh P Prabhu
Former Union Minister & Chairman
Council Energy, Environment & Water
Sandeep Kumar Mishra
Member Secretary
Delhi Pollution Control Committee
Ashok Khosla
President Emeritus
The Club of Rome
Luisa Diogo
Former PM, Mozambique, Member,
UN High Level Panel on Global Sustainability
Ravi Sharma
Principal Officer
UN Convention on Biological Diversity
Ranjit Barthakur
Secretary-General / Chairman
Club of Rome India / GMS
Martin Hiller
Director-General
Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP)
Peter Holmgren
Director General
Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)
Rangaswami
Founder
Corporate Eco Forum
Elizabeth Thompson
Executive Coordinator
Rio +20
Vibha Dhawan
Executive Director
The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI)
David Steuerman
Programme Officer, Business and Biodiversity
Secretariat of Convention on Biological Diversity
Sigrid Kaag
Assistant Secretary General & Assistant Administrator
UNDP
Seethapathy Chander
Director General
Regional & Sustainable Development Department (RSDD) / Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Rowan Williams
Regional Manager, Biodegradable Polymers
BASF, Asia-Pacific
GS Krishnan
Regional President – India
Novozymes South Asia Pvt. Ltd.
Gwen Andrews
Vice President, Environmental Policies & Global Advocacy, Asia & Oceania
Alstom International
Erastus Mwencha
Deputy Chairperson
African Union Commission
Patrick Rousseau
Chairman & Managing Director
Veolia Water India
P.K Mukherjee
Managing Director
Sesa Goa
Helmfried Meinel
Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Environment Baden-Wuerttemberg
Germany
Ajay Raghuvanshi
Vice President, Business Management
Nissan Motor India
Michael Mabuyakhulu
Minister for Economic Development & Tourism, KwaZulu-Natal
South Africa
Christos Sirros
Delegate General of Quebec
Canada
Michael Kuhndt
Head of Centre UNEP
UNEP/Wuppertal Institute Collaborating Centre on Sustainable Consumption and Production
Jochen Ebert
Managing Director, India / Head
Danone / Global BOP Initiatives
Jim Clancy
Anchor
CNN
Deepak Mukarji
President
Essar Energy
Ramesh Kymal
Chair & Managing Director
Gamesa Wind Turbines
HM Nerukar
Managing Director
Tata Steel
Sean Patrick Wall
Senior Vice President, Network Operations and Aviation
DHL Express Asia Pacific
Philippe Joubert
Advisor to the Chairman and CEO
Alstom
Howard-Yana Shapiro
Chief Agricultural Officer
Mars, Incorporated.
Stephen Harper
Director, Global Environment & Energy Policy
Intel
Yalmaz Siddiqui
Senior Director of Environmental Strategy
Office Depot
Sam Di Piazza
Vice Chairman
Citigroup Institutional Clients Group
Helle Juhler-Verdoner
Vice President, Global Affairs, Environmental Policies & Global Advocacy
ALSTOM
Sabrina Soussan
Senior Vice President, CEO Sustainability & Energy Management
Siemens Building Automation
Gregory Koch
Managing Director, Global Water Stewardship
The Coca Cola Company
Ashishkumar Chauhan
Chief Executive Officer
Bombay Stock Exchange
Hitoshi Mihara
Head of Rail Systems Group
Hitachi India
Chandrashekhar Pitre
Senior Director Marketing
DHL Express India
Tom Berry
Head of Sustainability, Europe
Kimberly Clark
Rakesh Sharma
Senior Director
Philips Electronics India Limited
Sujoy Ghosh
India Country Head
First Solar
Ajit Jha
Director, Corporate Affairs and Legal
SAB Miller, India
Andreas Bluethner
Global Coordinator, Food Fortification
BASF
Peter White
Director, Global Sustainability
P&G
Magnus Kuschel
Managing Director
Volvo, Commute Greener
Giane Zimmer
General Manager, Sustainability
Vale
Katharina Tomoff
Vice President GoGreen Program
Deutsche Post DHL
Thomas Becker
Vice President, Government Affairs
BMW Group
Giles Dickson
Vice President for Environmental Policies & Global Advocacy
Alstom
Ravi Chaudhry
Founder & Chairman
CeNext Consulting & Investment
Duncan Pollard
Sustainability Advisor
Nestle
Ian Hope-Johnstone
Director of Agricultural Sustainability
PepsiCo.
Stephan Herbst
Senior Manager Government Affairs
Toyota Motor Europe
Akshaya Kamath
Head, South Asia Territory
Syngenta
Uwe Bergmann
Head Sustainability Management
Henkel
Peter Lacy
Managing Director – Asia Pacific Region
Accenture Sustainability Services
Tara Lundy
Concept Development Manager – Climate
Vestergaard Frandsen
Hannes Schwaderer
Managing Director
Intel
Gerhard Praetorius
Head of Coordination CSR and Sustainability
Volkswagen Group
Mallika Kapur
CNN’s Mumbai-based International Correspondent
CNN
Serge Younes
Director, Sustainability Service, Accenture’s Global Strategy and Sustainability practice,
Accenture Sustainability Services
Hans Wendschlag
EMEA Environmental Programme Manager
Hewlett-Packard Company
Beth Galetti
Vice President, Planning & Engineering
FedEx Express EMEA
Stefan Helming
Country Director
GIZ India
Soon-Young Kwon
Chief Technological Officer
KOSEP Korea South-East Power
Lakshminarasimhan Srinivasan
Global Head, Eco-Sustainability Services
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)
Kevin O’Donovan
Director, Energy Sector Sales
Intel
Dipak Kripalani
Head, Solutions & Partnership, Eco-Sustainability Services
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)
Juan Ramon Silva
Executive Director, Sustainability
Acciona
Ajay Pradhan
India Country Managing Director
CH2M Hill
Jan Klawitter
Government Relations Manager
Anglo American
George Rittenhouse
Chief Operating Officer
Alcatel-Lucent Software, Services
Jens Bruno
Senior Director Environmental Programs
DHL Express
Jeeva Perumalpillai-Essex
Manager, Sustainable Business Advisory
International Finance Corporation (IFC)
Stella Thomas
Founder & Executive Director
Global Water Fund
Damandeep Singh
Director
Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) – India
V. Subramanian
Chief Executive Officer & Secretary General
Indian Wind Energy Association
Mili Majumdar
Director, Sustainable Habitat Division
The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI)
Martin Wright
Editor In Chief, Green Futures
Forum for The Future
Vishnu Swaminathan
India Director & Representative
Ashoka
Michael Dax
Director International System
DGNB
Thomas R. Tavella
President
American Society of Landscape Architects
Romi Khosla
Architect & Urban Planner
UNDP
Yoshiro Owadano
Vice Representative / Deputy Director-General, Planning Headquarters
Japan Council for Renewable Energy / AIST
Mahesh Rao
Country Director, India
Ecolab
Peter Graham
Executive Director
Global Buildings Performance Network (GBPN)
Vivek Bharati
Executive Director
Pepsico India
Tarun Tejpal
Editor
Tehelka
Shrashtant Patara
Senior Vice President
Development Alternatives Group
Sanjay K Gupta
Senior Advisor
Waste Ventures
Tobias Engelmerier
Founder & Managing Director
Bridge to India
Emani B.V. Kumar
Executive Director
ICLEI South Asia
Arun Kumar
President, Business Initiatives
Development Alternatives Group
V.G. Ramakrishnan
Managing Director, South Asia
Frost & Sullivan
Anupam Saraph
Smart Cites Expert / Future Designer
Naveen Madishetty
India Representative
Global Marshall Plan Initiative
Charles Emmerson
Independent Advisor and Senior Fellow
Chatham House
Joseph Mathews
General Manager, Head of Government & Community Relations
ArcelorMittal Mining
Roberto Vega
Director, Sustainability
Dole Food Company
Matthias Hansch
Vice President, Health, Safety & Environment
E.ON
Stephanie Maier
Head of Corporate Responsibility
Aviva Investors
Thomas Nagy
Senior Vice President & Chief of Staff
Novozymes
Bernhard Stormyr
Corporate Communication Manager
Yara International
Hsin Huang
Secretary General
International Meat Secretariat
Carlo Scaramella
Director, Climate Change
World Food Program
Alexander Doering
Secretary General
FEFAC
Jessica Fries
Executive Chairman
The Prince’s Accounting for Sustainability Project
Steven Tebbe
Managing Director
CDP Europe
Bruno Berthon
Global Managing Director
Accenture Sustainability Services
Malcolm Preston
Global Head and UK Leader, Sustainability & Climate Change
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Risto Veivo
Advisor, Chair of Climate and Environment Group
City of Turku, Finland
Robin Bidwell
Senior Advisor
Environmental Resources Management
Christian Hageluken
Director, EU Government Affairs
Umicore
Joppe Cramwinckel
Director, Water
WBCSD
Susan Dreyer
Director, Head of Programs & Markets
CDP Germany & Austria
Richard Spencer
Head of Sustainability
ICAEW
Angelina Galiteva
Chairperson
World Council for Renewable Energy
Thomas Koenen
Executive Director
econsense
Anne-Catherine Husson-Traore
CEO
Novethic
Mizue Unno
Founder & Managing Director
So-Tech Consulting
Alexander Holst
Lead, Sustainability Services Practice in Austria, Switzerland, and Germany
Accenture
Geoff Lane
Partner, Sustainability & Climate Change
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Christian Kornevall
Director, Building Efficiency
WBCSD
Jens Riese
Director
McKinsey & Company
Kevin McGovern
Chief Executive Officer
The Water Initiative
Anastasia O’Rouke
Co-founder
Big Room Inc
Susan Chaffin
BCtA Programme Manager
Business Call to Action
Claude Fussler
Special Advisor on Sustainability & Innovation
Philippe Fonta
Cement Sustainability Initiative Lead
WBCSD
Bas de Leeuw
Managing Director
World Resources Forum
Neil McIndoe
Head of Environmental Finance
Trucost
Robin Haycock
Head of Transport
The Climate Group
Peter Young
Chairman
Aldersgate Group
Keith Allott
Head, Climate Change
WWF-UK
Tatjana von Bormann
Market Transformation Manager, Sustainable Business Programme
WWF South Africa
Charles Hodson
Anchor
CNN
Bryan Walsh
Staff Writer
Time Magazine
Chris Tuppen
Founder & Senior Partner
Advancing Sustainability
Marco Albani
Senior Practice Expert, Sustainability & Resource Productivity
McKinsey & Company
Trewin Restorick
Chief Executive Officer
Global Action Plan
Paul Laird
Interim Director of Corporate Partnerships, Europe
Earthwatch
Steve Evans
Director
EPSRC Centre for Innovative Manufacturing in Industrial Sustainability
Mohammad Rafiq
Senior Vice President, Programs
Rainforest Alliance
Alexandra Tracy
Chairman
Association of Socially Responsible Investors in Asia (ASrIA)
Henry Bastaman
Deputy Minister, Ministry of Environment
Republic of Indonesia
Puvan Selvanathan
Vice President
Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil
Simon Mills
Head of Sustainable Development
City of London Corporation
Michael Molitor
Principal Advisor, Roundtable on Sustainable Development
OECD
Caroline Hurford
Senior Public Information Officer
United Nations World Food Programme
Binny Prabhakar
Head Corporate, Business Development
Ecofys
Tony Boatman
Founder and CEO
TheIndela.com
Tracy Currer
Co-founder
Ecomodo
Steffen Säcker
Business Manager
SAFECHEM Europe
Philip Wolfe
Chairman
Ownergy
Shane Slater
Director
Element Energy
Emma Boyd
Director
Jupiter Asset Management
Susan Claris
Associate Director
Arup
Bruce Duguid
Senior Advisor, Green Investment Bank Team
BIS
Peter Malik
Director, Centre for Market Innovation
Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)
Melanie Moore
Vice President Environment
Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics
Paul Lin
Senior Manager , Overseas Marketing
BYD Auto
Paul Dickinson
Executive Chairman
Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP)
Giles Hutchins
Global Director, Sustainability Solutions
AtoS
Wilson Newton de Mello Neto
Vice President of Corporate Affairs
BRF Brasil Foods S.A.
Alistair Guthrie
Director & Leader, Global Buildings Sustainability
Arup
Gerry O’ Hagan
Global Technical Director
Diageo Global Supply
Thomas Tang
Director, Corporate Sustainability
AECOM Asia
Che Wall
Director, Sustainability
Lend Lease
Ramon Arratia
Sustainability Director, EMEAI
InterfaceFLOR
Bruno Zago
Environmental Manager, UK & Ireland
HP
David Fell
Co-Founder & Director
Brook Lyndhurst
Benjamin Kott
Clean Energy Advocacy Manager EMEA
Google
Julian Walker-Palin
Head, Corporate Sustainability
ASDA
Peter Bragg
General Manager, Energy & Environment
Eurostar International
Reiner Hengstmann
Global Director SAFE Supply Chain
PUMA
Christian Ramaseder
Group Environmental Manager
Mondi
Justin Adams
Head, Emerging Business & Ventures
BP Alternative Energy
Cecile Ortlieb
Strategy Lead Sustainability, Global Sustainability
Kimberly Clark International
Damian Miller
Founder
Orb Energy
Mac Motraghi
Head of Sales and Marketing
Hitachi Rail Europe
Jay Witherspoon
Vice President, Water Sustainability Director & International Technology Leader
CH2M HILL International
Karen Hamilton
VP, Sustainability
Unilever
Seiji Kawazoe
Associate General Manager
Sumitomo Trust & Banking Co.
Alois M. Flatz
Managing Partner
Zouk Ventures Limited
Markus Zils
Partner, SRP
McKinsey & Company
Ian Walker
Director
Element Energy
Malcolm T. Jacques
Executive Director
Wasabi Energy Limited
Sandy Rodger
Director
Lighthouse Leadership
Kersti Strandqvist
Senior Vice President, Sustainability
SCA
Michael T. Eckhart
Managing Director and Global Head of Environmental Finance & Sustainability
Citigroup
David Michael Jerome
SVP Corporate Responsibility
IHG
Tobias Krug
Energy Efficiency & Buildings
WWF Germany
Rosalio Rodriguez
SVP, Operations
Grupo Bimbo
Stephen Ouaknine
Chairman and CEO, Managing Partner
Inerjys
Filippo Veglio
Deputy Director, Development Focus Area
WBCSD
Aline Kraemer
Managing Director
Endeva
Luc Bas
Director, International States & Regions
The Climate Group
Cornelia Daheim
Managing Director
CDP Europe
Fritz Lietsch
Executive Director
Forum CSR
Nancy Gillis
Section 13, Working Group
General Services Administration, US
Suzanne Chew
Alliance Director
Nexus-Carbon for Development
Gerard Bos
Head Business and Biodiversity Programme
IUCN
Stefan Crets
Executive Director
CSR Europe
Chris Knight
Head Sustainability and Climate Change
PwC UK
Peter Boyd
COO
Carbon War Room
Koen Boone
Managing Director Europe
The Sustainability Consortium (TSC)
Martina Fleckenstein
Director EU Policy, Agriculture & Sustainable Biomass
WWF Germany
Mark Hidson
Director
Global Sustainable Procurement Centre
Jennifer Helfrich
Global Ambassador
Solar Sister
James Fava
Senior Executive Director
PE International
Ben Goldsmith
Founding Partner
WHEB Partners
Kees van der Leun
Chief Operating Officer
Ecofys
Rob Cameron
Executive Director
SustainAbility
Nick Molho
Head of Energy Policy
WWF UK
Adriaan Korthuis
Founding Partner & Director
Climate Focus
Molly Web
Head of Smart Technologies
The Climate Group
Ben Ferrari
Director of Corporate Relations
The Climate Group
Katie McCoy
Account Manager
CDP
Ivo Mulder
Coordinator Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
UNEP FI
Terri Wills
Director
Global Initiatives, C40, in partnership with the Clinton Climate Initiative
Amanda Feldman
Engagement Officer
Volans
Conor Riffle
Head
CDP
Ben Gannon
Vice President Public Affairs
Svenska Cellulosa Aktiebolaget (SCA)
Chris Librie
Director of Environmental and Health Initiatives
HP Sustainability and Social Innovation
Gerhard Prätorius
Head of Coordination CSR and Sustainability
Volkswagen
Wouter van Tol
Head of Sustainability Communications
Nestlé UK
Jerry Hardcastle
Global Chief Marketability Engineer and Technical Director, Global Motorsport
Nissan
Neil Harris
Head of Sustainability EMEA
Cisco
Paul Crewe
Head of Sustainability, Energy & Engineering
Sainsburys Stores
Philippe Tuzzolino
Environment Director
France Telecom-Orange Group
Gabrielle Giner
Environmental Sustainability
BT
Magnus Rosen
Portfolio Manager
SKF BeyondZero Portfolio
Dominique Roche
Head of Sustainability Standardisation & Operators / Counsellor & Co-chairman, WG Data Centre & Sustainability
France Telecom-Orange Group / CTO Alliance/CRIP
Tracey Currer
Co-founder
Ecomodo
Dan Perez
Chief Executive Officer
Marblar
Nick Christy
Chief Executive Officer
CINTEP Recycling Shower Systems
Richard Ellis
Director, Corporate Social Responsibility
Alliance Boots Group
Allen Creedy
Chairman of the Energy, Environment & Water Policy Unit
The Federation of Small Businesses
Seiji Kawazoe
Associate General Manager
Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank
Sally Uren
Deputy Chief Executive
Forum for the Future
Paul King
Chief Executive Officer / Chair
UK Green Building Council / Zero Carbon Hub
Scott Cain
Future Cities Programme Leader
Technology Strategy Board
Suresh Babu Sugumaran
Head of Eco Sustainability Services, Europe
Tata Consulting Services
Ed Gill
Head of External Affairs
Good Energy
Mike Sherry
Founder
Mwezi
Nelson Sam
Managing Director, Global Advisory Services, Commodities & Energy
Thomson Reuters
Ralph Thurm
Founder & Managing Director
A|HEAD|ahead
Dexter Galvin
Head of Supply Chain
CDP