At this conference, we invite you to join us as we work together toward a more sustainable future today, tomorrow, and for generations to come.

Get learnings and insights from leading companies’ journeys toward sustainable procurement.

Meet a team of inspiring speakers from Chr. Hansen, Grundfos, and Maersk,  who will share their fascinating insights on the path to more sustainable procurement.

Programme

9.30-10.00  – Registration, coffee and breakfast snack.

10.00 – 10.15 – Opening remarks

The sustainability area is undergoing a significant change and requirements are 

also increasing towards all industries and companies. A key question that has become even more relevant is how do we best leverage and ensure to turn all the sustainability requirements into concrete opportunities. Opportunities that before where difficult to or even off limits to address and who have significant impact on our competitive position.

 

By Chairman Peter-John Liberoth, Senior Partner, Implement Consulting Group

Peter-John is senior partner at Implement consulting having worked over 30 years within procurement and supply chain, procurement strategy and larger transformations. He has worked across several industries and has worked intensively with global companies on how best to work with and leverage sustainability.

10.15-10.45  – Sustainable procurement: from strategy to action

Sustainable procurement plays a central role in the effort to ensure that Denmark reaches the climate target of a 70% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030.

This is because approximately half of Denmark’s climate impact comes from our consumption of goods and services.

Therefore, private and public companies must work systematically to reduce the environmental impact from purchases and consumption.

How do you move from the strategies for greener and more sustainable consumption to concrete actions in procurement and supply?

By Rikke Dreyer, Chairman of the Forum for Sustainable Procurement and Chief Consultant, Miljømærkning Danmark

Rikke is a civil engineer with a specialization in environmental management and has for many years been advising on sustainable procurement and facilitating networks and dialogue between buyers and suppliers – including Netværk for Miljømærket indkøb . Forum for Bæredygtige Indkøb and Miljømærkning Danmark have an ambition to promote sustainable procurement in both public and private companies in order to motivate suppliers and manufacturers to develop, produce, and market increasingly sustainable products.

10.45-11.05  – Q&A & roundtable discussion

11.05-11.50  – Learnings and insights from Chr. Hansen’s journey to sustainable procurement

Get insights in the challenge of translating sustainability commitments and decarbonization targets into a Sustainable Procurement program that is effective, scalable, and an integrated part of strategic sourcing that includes ESG agenda and data-driven insights and decision-making.

Chr. Hansen A/S is a leading global bioscience company, that develops natural ingredient solutions for the food, nutritional, pharmaceutical, and agricultural industries. Chr. Hansen has been listed on Corporate Knights’ Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World for the past 4 years and most recently in 2022 as the 2nd most sustainable company in the world.

By René Wienmann, CPO – Head of Global Sourcing, Chr. Hansen

René and his team focus, among other things, very much on the ESG agenda and data-driven insights and decision-making. René has held numerous procurement and supply chain management roles over his career, with businesses such as IBM, Schneider Electric, Carlsberg Group, and Novozymes. He is recognized for his work within procurement strategy development, SRM programs, eSourcing & eProcurement deployment, Procurement Analytics, Supplier Risk Management, deployment of Procurement Shared Services, and proactive Business Partnering.

11.50-12.30  – Q&A & roundtable discussion

12.30-13.15  – Lunch & networking 

13.15-14.00  – Get insights and inspiration from Maersk’s Open Source sustainability maturity model

Maersk IT/Tech Procurement have developed a new free to use Open Source sustainability maturity model. The concept is created in collaboration with key leading global technology providers, procurement-/sustainability experts, and a leading education institution in Denmark.

The concept is powered by Maersk and made available at no cost to both procurement organizations and technology companies participating.

By Henrik Bruun-Pedersen, Head of IT/Tech Procurement, Maersk

Henrik is responsible for a Procurement organization of +25 employees across 5 locations, covering all technology focused negotiations and tenders across all brands and business divisions in Maersk, covering a yearly external Tech budget around 700 mill USD. Henrik have been with Maersk for 10 years and spent 14 years in IT consulting at SAP Denmark prior to joining Maersk.

14.00-14.20  –  Q&A & roundtable discussion 

14.20-14.40 – Coffee and networking. 

14.40-15.25  – Learnings and insights from Grundfos’ journey to sustainable procurement

In recent years, Grundfos have made significant progress on their journey toward sustainable purchasing. Different initiatives that prioritize environmental and social responsibility have been implemented. In this presentation you will get insights on:

• How Grundfos have developed their own ’Total Sustainability Cost of Ownership’ (TSCO) model
• How Grundfos advance their supplier engagement and assessment processes in sustainability
• How collaborating with industry-leading service providers to pioneer solutions can bring visibility to vendors’ carbon reduction efforts.These efforts have not only reduced environmental footprint and social impact but have also created long-term value for business by building trust with customers, by reducing risks, and enhancing Grundfos’ brand reputation.

Zorán will be sharing the ‘Grundfos Journey’ and give you a unique glance into their kitchen on how they are accelerating sustainable purchasing practices to create value for all their stakeholders.

By Zorán Kohuth, Global Director of Purchasing Excellence, Grundfos, Hungary

Zoran is experienced in Global Sourcing and Supply chain Management with a demonstrated history of working in the demand driven and JIT operations. Skilled in negotiations, Managing Business, Leading S&OP and Continuous Improvement departments, driving transformation, organization development, people and change management, establishing sustainability in sourcing, leading digitalization.

15.25-15.45  – Q&A roundtable discussion

15.45- 16.00  – Closing remarks

By Chairman Peter-John Liberoth, Senior Partner, Implement Consulting Group