Inside, Outside, Upside Down: How Corporate Sustainability Professionals are Navigating 2026

​Corporate sustainability is going through a moment: rising political tensions coinciding with surging environmental and social disturbances, against a backdrop of market and geopolitical disruption. The event will examine the moment through multiple prisms: industry insiders, consultants and those changing jobs or changing titles to increase their impact. We will explore organizational geography, ownership vs. influence, essential skillsets and the what sustainability leadership looks like in a fast-evolving market.

​Hear from:

• ​Kim Marotta, Chief Environmental Sustainability Officer & Head of Enterprise Risk Management, Suntory Global Spirits

• ​Angela Foster-Rice, Sustainable Aviation executive, Attorney, and former Vice President, Government and Regulatory Affairs, LanzaJet

• ​Matthew Roling, Founding Executive Director, Abrams Climate Academy and Professor, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University

• ​Rachel Fleishman, Member of the Board, CIty of Evanston Environment Board and former Managing Director, Business for Social Responsibility

• ​Other speakers to be announced soon!

​The event will be held at Stagg Court, Chicago Athletic Association, 12 South Michigan Avenue.