Registration and welcome coffee

Welcome

Ruben Brunsveld

Moderator Deputy Director EMEA, RSPO

Opening Keynote speaker

Opening Keynote speaker

Mark Stevenson

Director of Strategy and Special Projects for Oath, CUR8

Plenary Session I: Defining Resilience

This opening session will explore what resilience means for different actors along the supply chain, from growers and traders to manufacturers and retailers.

Ruben Brunsveld

Moderator Deputy Director EMEA, RSPO

Caroline Westerik-Sikking

Director of Sustainability, AAK

Gary Lewis

President, National Edible Oils Distributors’ Association (NEODA)

Martin Huxtable

Global Procurement Director, Sustainability & Surfactants, Unilever

Dr. Matthew Nowak

Director of sustainability, SIPEF

Breakout Session I – Climate: Low carbon palm oil: How to decarbonise at mills and in smallholder farms?

The session will identify routes to decarbonising palm oil production, bringing together a grower, a trader, and a national federation to explore pathways, from commitments to scalable change.

Matthew Spencer

Moderator Director, Climate and Nature, IDH

Wei Peng

Global Head of Sustainability for Grains and Oilseeds; Group Land Management Lead, Louis Dreyfus Company

Perpetua (Pep) George

Sustainability & Climate Change Director – Nature Lead, , PwC Malaysia

Manuel Davila

Managing Director, DAABON EUROPE & UK

Breakout Session I – Nature: Measuring the unmeasurable

A case study presentation of a downstream company quantifying the biodiversity impact in its supply chain for impact mitigation, investment and risk assessment.

Thijs Pasmans

Moderator Sustainability Consultant, Amsterdam Declarations Partnership, Pasmans Consultancy

Alastair Pattrick

Sustainable Sourcing Manager , Co-op

Laura Ford

Sustainability Director, Faith in Nature

Per Bogstad

Senior Manager, Sustainability Supply, Haleon

Breakout Session I – People: Driving Systemic Change on Human Rights in Palm Oil Supply Chains Through Scale and Collaboration

This session will explore how supply chain companies can address salient and systemic human rights risks in the palm oil sector by achieving scale and collaborating with peers and the wider sector, exemplified by Nestle’s ongoing work in Malaysia and Indonesia

Bradley Graham

Moderator Principal Project Manager, Responsible Sourcing , Proforest

Suzan Cornelissen

Programme Lead, CNV Internationaal

Nadine Stueber

Global Responsible Sourcing Lead Palm Oil, Nestlé

Breakout Session 1:  Zoo Discovery Walk

This guided walk will explore fascinating animal habitats, including the Orangutans. The Zoo ranger will provide insights into the zoo’s conservation work and the impact of sustainable palm oil sourcing.

Coffee Break

Breakout Session II – Climate: Linking landscape initiatives to Greenhouse gases (GHG) reporting frameworks

This session will focus on how companies can link their efforts on deforestation-free palm production and improving smallholder Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) to their climate targets, including Scope 3 emission reductions. A case study from the Sustain Kutim landscape initiative, as well as approaches by the Insetting Platform on how to consider area-based GHG emission reductions, will be presented.

Tim Rayden

Moderator Deputy Director - Landscapes & Collaboration , Proforest

Will Schreiber

Co-Founder of 3Keel Group Limited, 3Keel Group Limited

Breakout Session II – Nature: Landscape Action on Nature for Resilience: Progress and Gaps in Palm Oil

This session brings together leading companies and global frameworks to explore how the palm oil sector can scale nature‑positive action, using real‑world examples and insights from recent IDH and CDP studies to strengthen resilience in producing regions.

Ari Sutanti

Moderator Program Director, IDH

James d’Ath

Technical Lead for Data and Analytics, Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD)

Claire Prescott

Head of Sustainable Places, Thought Leadership , CDP

Olivier Tichit

Director of Communications and Sustainability, Musim Mas

Breakout Session II – People: From Boycotts to Buy-In

How to transform consumer perceptions on palm oil?

Barnaby Patchett

Moderator Managing Director, One Nine Nine

Emma Heathcote-James

Founder & CEO, Little Soap Company

Cat Barton

Chair, World Association of Zoos and Aquariums (WAZA) Deforestation-Free Commodities Representative

Charlie Cayton

Director Communications & Corporate Affairs, Ferrero

Breakout Session II:  Zoo Discovery Walk

This guided walk will explore fascinating animal habitats, including the Orangutans. The Zoo ranger will provide insights into the zoo’s conservation work and the impact of sustainable palm oil sourcing.

Lunch

Plenary Session II: Beyond EUDR: from legal compliance to real-world change

This session explores how to leverage the momentum created by EUDR to achieve real sectoral change. What are the lessons from years of EUDR preparation, and how can we build on the experiences to go beyond compliance and truly transform the sector?

Ruben Brunsveld

Moderator Deputy Director EMEA, RSPO

Rose McCulloch

Sr. Consultant, EFECA

Matthew Coulson

Chief Executive, M.P. Evans Group PLC

Lesly Vera

Programme Manager, Solidaridad LATAM, Solidaridad Peru

Katie Caudle

Sustainable Supply Chains Adviser, UK International Forest Unit

Breakout Session III – Climate: Closing the Loop on Climate Responsibility

How can downstream actors quantify their climate impacts? This session looks into how climate data can be made accessible and usable for downstream actors.

Ruben Brunsveld

Moderator Deputy Director EMEA, RSPO

Mark Wong

Head Downstream Sustainability, SD Guthrie International

Richard Vaughan

Group Compliance and Quality Director, Delifrance

Robert Bailey

Sustainability Manager, Silbury

Breakout Session III – Nature:  Beyond 2025 DCF commitments: transitioning to resilient palm oil supply chains

This interactive session will explore practical solutions from companies and NGOs to accelerate progress through recognising efforts to drive smallholder inclusion at the landscape level. Participants will discuss the guidance, mechanisms, and collaboration needed to drive sector transition, support credible DCF reporting, and deliver nature-positive, resilient palm production.

Patricia Arenas Gonzalez

Moderator Principal Project Manager, Landscapes and Collaboration , Proforest

Ana Lima

Partnerships Lead , Accountability Framework initiative (AFi) / Rainforest Alliance

Lucas Olmos Woodward

Group Forests Manager, Tesco

Breakout Session III – People: The Emerging Business Case for Smallholder Inclusion in D-free Markets

This session explores the emerging business case for including palm oil smallholders in deforestation-free markets, drawing on data and industry perspectives to show what’s needed for resilient, compliant supply in a turbulent world.

Tessa Meulensteen

Moderator Director, Global Markets, IDH

Marieke Leegwater

International Program Coordinator Palm Oil, Solidaridad Network

Eddy Esselink

Senior Manager Sustainable Development, MVO - Netherlands Oils and Fats Industry

Emma Maetens

Sustainability Coordinator , Puratos

Josil Murray, PhD

Value Chain Expert , European Forest Institute (EFI)

Breakout Session III: Zoo Discovery Walk

This guided walk will explore fascinating animal habitats, including the Orangutans. The Zoo ranger will provide insights into the zoo’s conservation work and the impact of sustainable palm oil sourcing.

Coffee Break

Plenary session III: The Road to 2030: Scaling Impact in Sustainable Palm Oil

What is on the agenda in the coming years? What are the concerns around the corner and what are we not seeing that we should be looking at?

Ruben Brunsveld

Moderator Deputy Director EMEA, RSPO

Marie Lavialle-Piot

Director Responsible Sourcing, Proforest

Tessa Meulensteen

Moderator Director, Global Markets, IDH

Inke Van Der Sluijs

Director Market Transformation, RSPO

Closing