The sustainability mission of the energy transition

The sustainability mission of the energy transition

Event agenda

OPENING SEQUENCE

1.00 PM CEST – Welcome from the moderator – Giovanna Pancheri, journalist &
news anchor, Sky TG24

Introducing the Global Alliance for Sustainable Energy and its context

1.05 PM CEST – Global challenges and sustainability – Dante Pesce, member and
former Chair, UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights

1.15 PM CEST – The role of the energy sector and our commitment to
sustainable energy – Salvatore Bernabei, Representative of the Global Alliance
for Sustainable Energy, and Chief Executive Officer, Enel Green Power

A SUSTAINABLE VALUE CHAIN

1.25 PM CEST – Roundtable on sustainability in the renewables supply chain

• Gonzalo Saenz de Miera, Director of Climate Change and Alliances, Iberdrola

• Dr. Niu Xinwei, Executive Director, and Adele Mucci, General Manager,
Global Strategic Account Dept., JA Solar

• Wu Kai, Chief Executive Officer, Goldwind International

• Luiz Augusto Figueira, Director of Corporate Management and Sustainability,
Eletrobras

1.45 PM CEST Choosing a sustainable energy partner through PPAs –
Sim van der
Linde, Project Director Renewable Energy, Royal DSM

SUSTAINABLE KEYWORDS

Net-zero and the just transition

1.50 PM CEST – Net-zero and the just transition – Heidi Huusko, Senior
Manager, Environment & Climate, UN Global Compact, and Senior Advisor of the
Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) Leadership team

1.55 PM CEST – Roundtable on net-zero goals for the renewable energy industry

• Maureen Tholen, Vice President, Sustainability – Safety & Industrial Group,
3M

• Miguel Setas, Executive Board Member, EDP

• Narinder Mohan Gupta, Chief General Manager and Head of International
Business Development, NTPC Limited

• Santosh Kumar Singh, Chief Sustainability Officer, Adani Green Energy Ltd.

• Vaishali Nigam Sinha, Chief Sustainability Officer, ReNew Power, and
Founding Chair, ReNew Foundation

Sustainable design and metrics

2.25 PM CEST – Sustainable design and metrics – Peter Paul van de Wijs –
Chief External Affairs Officer, Global Reporting Initiative

2.30 PM CEST – Sustainable design and metrics – Luca Noviello, Head of
Procurement, Enel Green Power

Human rights

2.35 PM CEST – Human rights – Dante Pesce, member and former Chair, UN
Working Group on Business and Human Rights

The water-energy nexus

2.40 PM CEST – The water-energy nexus – Michela Miletto, Coordinator, UNESCO
World Water Assessment Programme (WWAP), and Director, UNESCO Programme Office
on Global Water Assessment

PERSPECTIVES ON THE FUTURE

2.43 PM CEST – A new generation taking action – Meredith Adler, Executive
Director, Student Energy, and Oluwadabira Abiola-Awe, Associate, Student Energy

2.45 PM CEST – Preparing the next generation of energy leaders –
Patrizia
Lombardi, Vice Rector, Politecnico di Torino, and President, Italian University
Network for Sustainable Development

2.50 PM CEST – The road to Glasgow and cross-sector collaboration –
Gianni Chianetta, Chief Executive Officer, Global Solar Council, and
Ben Backwell,
Chief Executive Officer, Global Wind Energy Council