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
