RETAIL COUNCIL OF CANADA

Retail Sustainability Conference

October 16, 2024
Toronto Congress Centre

Sustainable Solutions for Canadian Retailers & Manufacturers

A full-day event to empower retailers and value chain partners with sector-specific strategies to support a circular economy, build resilient supply chains, establish a route to net zero emissions, and to accelerate ESG solutions across all operations.

Sustainability trailblazers, manufacturers, suppliers, technology providers, and government leaders, and forward-thinking QSR and CPG experts will address EPR systems, ESG standards, decarbonization, packaging, supply chain optimization, and circular economy progression.

2023 Speakers

The Retail Sustainability Conference Agenda is made up of influential leaders, visionaries, and passionate professionals that will discuss the most critical topics in the sustainability landscape.

Sarah Thompson

Managing Director, Sustainable Finance

RBC

Rochelle Ezekiel

Senior VP, Digital Retail

Canada Goose

Fisk Johnson

Chairman and CEO

SC Johnson

Catherine McVitty

Sustainability Communications Lead

Unilever Canada

George Soleas

President & CEO

LCBO

Galen Weston

President and Chairman

Loblaw Companies Limited

Sam Kashani

Country Director

Too Good To Go, Canada

Gemma Hinksman

Senior Director - Canada Impact Team

McDonald's Canada

Alain Brandon

VP of Sustainability, Social Impact & Government Relation

Loblaw Companies Limited

Marie-France Gibson

Vice President, Private Brands

Metro Inc

Joe McMahan

VP, Sustainability and Shared Value

Maple Leaf Foods

Geraldine Huse

President

P&G Canada

Hon. Andrea Khanjin

Minister

Environment, Conservation and Parks

Kimi Walker

AVP , Product Stewardship

Canadian Tire Corporation

Mary De Guzman

Director, Environmental, Social and Governance

Sleep Country

Carrie Chisholm

VP, Environment, Social, Governance (ESG)

Canada Post

Jean-Simon Venne

Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer

BrainBox AI

Kim Saunders

VP ESG Strategy

Canadian Tire Corporation

Samer B. Kamal

CEO

Minus Global International

Heléne Loberg

Head of Sustainability

IKEA Canada

Mylene Champagne

Director, Environment and Technical Risks

Metro Inc.

Nick Venditti

Account Executive, Google Cloud

Google

Maya Colombani

Chief Sustainability & Human Rights Officer

L’ORÉAL

Geneviève Dionne

Director, Ecodesign and Circular Economy

Éco Entreprises Québec

Jonathan Farkouh

Director, Environmental Sustainability Programs

The Estée Lauder Companies

Joe Solly

Partner, National Consumer Sustainability & Climate Leader

Deloitte Canada

Crystal Rasa

CSCMP, Customer Fulfilment Sourcing Manager

IKEA Canada

Neil Savio Menezes

Packaging Sustainability Policy Manager

General Mills

Shannon Castellarin

Manager, Policy and Instrument Development Section

Environment and Climate Change Canada

Patrick Wiedemann

CEO

Reconomy Comply Division and Reverse Logistics Group

Megan Nichols

Associate Assistant Deputy Minister of the Environmental Protection Branch (EPB)

Environment and Climate Change, Canada

As The Voice of Retail™ in Canada since 1963, Retail Council of Canada (RCC) represents over 45,000 independent, regional, national mass and specialty retail businesses and online merchants in general merchandise, drug and grocery.