The Scope 3 Innovation Forum USA
This two-day conference will bring together 150+ cross-industry experts. The focus throughout will remain on the practical steps business can take to engage key actors, decarbonize supply chains and achieve net zero.

The business case for Scope 3

How climate ambition is driving a shift from compliance to competition, innovation, and implementation

Supplier partnerships

How leading businesses are accelerating decarbonization through deeper supplier engagement and empowerment

Reframing climate strategy

The steps to build internal alignment and adapt business models to unlock the commercial opportunities in Scope 3

Moving beyond carbon

How to shift past carbon tunnel vision by integrating nature, culture, and consumer engagement on the path to net zero

2025 Speakers

Ame Igharo

Ulta Beauty

Senior Director, Sustainability Strategy

Vance Merolla

Colgate-Palmolive

Senior Vice President & Fellow, Global Sustainability

Nira Johri

KFC

Chief Sustainability Officer

Rishi Shah

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts

Vice President, Global Sustainability & ESG

Sophie Beckham

International Paper

VP, Chief Sustainability Officer

Helen Sahi

BIC

Group Sustainability Officer

Bridget Ferrari

Takeda

Director, Supplier Sustainability

Candace Vinke

Verra

Chief Program Development and Innovation Officer

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Agenda highlights

  • 4 years to 2030, 24 years to 2050: Are we moving far enough, fast enough?
  • Navigating the political climate: What’s the business case for continuity in the midst of rollback and uncertainty? 
  • Establish, engage, and empower: How to engage tier 1, 2 and 3 suppliers through targets and incentives 
  • Reframing climate strategy: How business can ensure internal alignment around the commercial opportunity in Scope 3 
  • Tackling ESG backlash: Should we just deliver on Scope 3 without talking about Scope 3? 
  • The carbon credits update: The clock is ticking - how can we ensure integrity and credibility? 
  • Scope 3 refresher: A comprehensive guide to tackle your carbon emissions 
  • Traceability and transparency: How emissions monitoring can deliver more efficient, effective supply chains 
  • Product carbon footprint: How to navigate the barriers to entry and create a compelling market for supplier decarbonization 
  • Proactive procurement: What are the right metrics to measure and incentivize success? 
  • Financing decarbonization: Practical examples of effective partnerships and collective financing 
  • Beyond carbon tunnel vision: How to integrate nature and biodiversity in your climate strategy 
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Why attend?

Discover best practices from industry leaders and get in-depth guidance on how to effectively implement policies

Meet & network with an influential audience of key stakeholders, including NGOs, business, government and supply chain actors

Benchmark company performance amongst a room of your peers and discover where you should be focusing efforts

What to expect this year:

The Other Room
We’re adding an additional space for discussion on some of the unspoken truths in sustainability. These candid, off-the-record sessions will tackle the more critical and controversial topics. With no speakers or panels, we will focus on honest discussions and collaborative problem-solving. 

Cross-industry insights
We all recognize that collaboration plays a crucial role in ensuring a sustainable future. Join us in our sector-focused sessions to hear about the successful collaborations that are driving decarbonization efforts across sectors. From food and agriculture to apparel, technology, and automotive, these case studies will focus on what’s working, what’s not, and what's next.

Interactive roundtable sessions
On Day 2, we’ll be hosting nine interactive roundtables covering topics from procurement and incentives to moving beyond carbon tunnel vision. These sessions are designed to be highly participatory, giving you the chance to engage directly with industry leaders, share ideas, and collectively shape the future of climate action. 

More networking, more connections
From our conference app, to Speed Networking sessions, we're we’re ensuring there’s the opportunity to make the connections that matter and build the partnerships that can really make a difference.

The forum was a testament to the power of collaboration, innovation and best practices sharing in driving sustainability.

- The Scope 3 Innovation Forum US, 2024
Raquel Guevara / General Manager, Compliance, Governance and Sustainability at Microsoft
Another fantastic and educational event. So many dedicated and knowledgeable experts in those rooms looking for solutions. It’s the university of innovation forum for professionals.

- The Scope 3 Innovation Forum US, 2024
Ramona Handel-Bajema / Lecturer at Columbia University
Such a great conference. Impressed as always at the quality of speakers, discussion and organisation! 

- The Scope 3 Innovation Forum US, 2024
Nate Truitt / Executive Vice President of Climate Funding at American Forest Foundation
Because it's run under Chatham House rules, the forum creates a safe space for participants to talk about what's working, what's not, and what next. This year's Scope 3 forum couldn't have come at a better time. It was packed and buzzing. 

- The Scope 3 Innovation Forum US, 2024
Karimah Hudda / Founder and Chief Catalyst at illumine.earth

What’s different about this forum?

Innovation Forum is:
  • Candid: Entirely off-the-record discussion that enables open and honest disclosure from speakers and genuine participation from the audience.
  • Practical: A clear focus on the practical and actionable guidance that can drive change throughout industries and supply chains.
  • Focused: We provide enough time, resources and expertise to the issues that really matter. We don’t skate the surface, but get to the crux of the issues to provide in-depth, constructive discussion.
Innovation Forum is NOT:
  • A PR platform: Enthusiastic speakers are NOT given free rein to fill a session presenting their companies, allowing no time to actually get to the crux of the issues.
  • A talking shop: This is NOT an opportunity for a group people in a room to simply agree with everything said, regardless of outcomes.
  • All promise, no delivery: We will NOT promise what we can’t deliver. The issues covered are complex. They won’t be solved at a two-day conference. But we will help deliver progress through in-depth, constructive and practical advice around specific issues.

Who attends

Mars
The Nature Conservancy
Pirelli
Ceres
Barry Callebaut
Neste
International Paper
Johnson & Johnson
McDonald’s
Hilton
BASF
Mondelēz International
Cargill
General Mills
Amazon
Otto Group
Avon
Burger King
Reckitt
Ford Motor Company
Ahold Delhaize
Kroger
VF Corporation
The Coca-Cola Company
World Resources Institute
WWF
Lush
Campbell's
Walgreens Boots Alliance
Verra
Signify
Calvert
Nestlé
ING
AB InBev
Walmart
Dell
Colgate-Palmolive
Natura & Co

The venue


Convene Arlington

1201 Wilson Blvd 30th floor

Arlington, VA
22209
United States

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Contact

For any questions, please contact:

Hannah Oborne
Senior Project Manager
hannah.oborne@innovationforum.co.uk

For more information on partnership opportunities, please contact:

Anita Thomson
Chief Partnerships Officer
anita.thomson@innovationforum.co.uk 

Sign up

Registration for Innovation Forum's Scope 3 Innovation Forum is currently open.

To sign up, you can do so online here, or get in touch directly for details on group discounts. 

Join us for

  • In-depth guidance from industry leaders on how to effectively implement policies.
  • Networking with key stakeholders, including NGOs, business, government and supply chain actors.
  • An entirely off-the-record discussion that encourages open and honest disclosure from speakers and genuine participation from the audience

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