Speakers

These influential leaders, visionaries and passionate professionals discuss the most critical topics in the Retail Sustainability landscape.

Alyson Slater

Managing Director, Sustainable Investment, Public Markets

Manulife Investment Management

Megan Nichols

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

Environment and Climate Change, Canada

Hon. Andrea Khanjin

Minister

Environment, Conservation and Parks

Sarah Thompson

Managing Director, Sustainable Finance

RBC

Samer B. Kamal

CEO

Minus Global International

Shannon Castellarin

Manager, Policy and Instrument Development Section

Environment and Climate Change Canada

Mylene Champagne

Director, Environment and Technical Risks

Metro Inc.

Rochelle Ezekiel

Senior VP, Digital Retail

Canada Goose

Jean-Simon Venne

Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer

BrainBox AI

Sam Kashani

Country Director

Too Good To Go, Canada

Maya Colombani

Chief Sustainability & Human Rights Officer

L’ORÉAL

Marie-France Gibson

Vice President, Private Brands

Metro Inc

Patrick Wiedemann

CEO

Reconomy Comply Division and Reverse Logistics Group

Heléne Loberg

Head of Sustainability

IKEA Canada

Fisk Johnson

CEO, Chairman, and Chairman of the Board

SC Johnson

Neil Savio Menezes

Packaging Sustainability Policy Manager

General Mills

Kimi Walker

AVP , Product Stewardship

Canadian Tire Corporation

Cher Mereweather

Managing Director

Canada Plastics Pact

Himanshu Sudan

CEO & Co-Founder

Jule

Michael Graydon

CEO

Food, Health & Consumer Products of Canada

Pam Horvatis

Senior VP, Industry Relations

GS1 Canada

Galen Weston

President and Chairman

Loblaw Companies Limited

Cliff Hacking

President and CEO

Electronic Products Recycling Association

Nick Venditti

Account Executive, Google Cloud

Google

Krista Scaldwell

President

Canadian Beverage Association

Joe Solly

Partner, National Consumer Sustainability & Climate Leader

Deloitte Canada

Stéphane Crevier

VP, Brand Strategy and Growth

Pigeon

Geneviève Dionne

Director, Ecodesign and Circular Economy

Éco Entreprises Québec

Tony Moucachen

President and Founder

Merlin Plastics

Catherine McVitty

Sustainability Communications Lead

Unilever Canada

Alain Brandon

VP of Sustainability, Social Impact & Government Relation

Loblaw Companies Limited

Allen Langdon

Chief Executive Officer

Circular Materials

Gabe Smith

VP, Client Development

Schneider Electric

Joe McMahan

VP, Sustainability and Shared Value

Maple Leaf Foods

Gemma Hinksman

Senior Director - Canada Impact Team

McDonald's Canada

Carrie Chisholm

VP, Environment, Social, Governance (ESG)

Canada Post

Diane J. Brisbois

President and CEO

Retail Council of Canada

George Soleas

President & CEO

LCBO

Geraldine Huse

President

P&G Canada

Kim Saunders

VP ESG Strategy

Canadian Tire Corporation

Jonathan Farkouh

Director, Environmental Sustainability Programs

The Estée Lauder Companies

Crystal Rasa

CSCMP, Customer Fulfilment Sourcing Manager

IKEA Canada

Mary De Guzman

Director, Environmental, Social and Governance

Sleep Country

Michael Zabaneh

VP, Sustainability

Retail Council of Canada

Michael Jantzi

Member

International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB)

Michael LeBlanc

Founder & President

M.E. LeBlanc & Company Inc.

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