2024 Global Aluminium Can Sustainability Summit

Can Maker Welcome 

• Oliver Graham, Chief Executive Officer, Ardagh Metal Packaging
• Jerry Gifford, Chief Operating Officer, Crown Holdings

Emissions Profile of Today’s Aluminium Can Versus the Aluminium Can of the Future

• Matt Meenan, Vice President of External Affairs, The Aluminum Association
• Björn Kulmann, Vice President Sustainability, Ball Corporation
• Sandrine Duquerroy-Delesalle, Director of Sustainability & External Affairs, Crown Holdings
• Andy Doran, Senior Manager Government Affairs & Recycling Development, Novelis
• Boris Kurth, Head of BU Can & Recycling, Speira

Aluminium Industry Emissions State of Play

• Josie Armstrong, Senior Principal, Green Hydrogen and Ammonia, AFRY
• Chris Bayliss, Climate Change and Decarbonisation Director, Aluminium Stewardship Initiative
• Pernelle Nunez, Deputy Secretary General and Director of Sustainability, International Aluminium Institute

Reality Check on Higher Can Recycling Rates

• Chukwuma Ndigwe, Recycling Team Lead, GZ Industries
• Kenji Nose, Head of Technology Working Group, Aluminum Beverage Can Committee, Japan Aluminum Association
• Keefe Harrison, Chief Executive Officer, The Recycling Partnership
• Clarissa Morawski, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder, Reloop Platform

Recycling Policy Debate: Advocacy Deposits Everywhere or Tailored Policy Approaches

Recycling refunds have been proven to significantly increase recycling rates, but are they the right solution for the can industry to push everywhere?

• Maarten Labberton, Director Packaging Group, European Aluminium Association
• Clarissa Morawski, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder, Reloop Platform

Lightning Talks on Game Changers in Aluminium Circularity 

Short Ted talk style presentations on game changers in aluminum circularity from different perspectives—policy, innovation, and communications

• Policy: Julia Leferman, Secretary General, Brewers of Europe
• Innovation: Thomas Morgenstern, Vice President of Public Affairs, Head of EU and Central Asia, TOMRA
• Communications: Dan Murray, Director of Development, Hubbub

Partner Talks

Several aluminum circularity question prompts provided for people to pair up and discuss. The answers will be put down on paper or online. The results and insights will be shared out after lunch.

Sense of the Room

Review key insights and themes from the partner talks that took place before lunch.

Expected Growth in Can Sales and the Sustainability-Related Threats

The session first highlights the forecasted growth for the aluminum beverage can due to sustainability and other factors and then details the threat greenwashing accusations, improved sustainability performance by competitors, and greater amounts of reusable packaging could pose to that growth.

• Abinhav Goel, Partner, McKinsey
• Ciaran Little, Vice President of Americas & Asia Pacific, Information Division, Smithers
• Chris Parkinson, Managing Director, Equity Research Chemicals, Agriculture, & Packaging, Wolfe Research

Making Metal Can Recycling/Sustainability Claims Without Greenwashing

• Illana Adamson, Founder/Chief Executive Officer, Be Better Sustainability
• Sophie Kemp, Partner, Kingsley Napley

Customers Speak

• Aline Casagrande, Climate Solutions Global Director, AB InBev 
• Herve Le Faou, Chief Procurement Officer, Heineken
• Michael Goulden, Procurement Director – Beverages Packaging, PepsiCo

Wrap up 

List of restaurants that St. Ermins recommends for you to consider if going out on your own or with other attendees.

Welcome From Can Maker Sponsors

• Carey Causey, Senior Vice President and Chief Growth Officer, Ball Corporation
• Marius Croitoru, Chief Executive Officer, CANPACK Group
• Luis F. Zúñiga Rivas, Commercial Director, Envases

Recycled Content Overview and Measurement Methodology Discussion

• Laura Thompson, Advisor, GreenBlue 
• Alison Conroy, Director of Global Sustainability, Novelis

Exploring the Ramifications and Nuances of the Recycled Content Methodology

Choosing how to measure the recycled content in aluminum beverage can is only the first step. Now it has to be used in carbon accounting, policy advocacy, public communications, etc. This session will explore the ramifications of the how the aluminum can industry is measuring its recycled content as well as certain nuances that may not be apparent at first review.

• Simon Hann, Managing Consultant, Eunomia
• Laura Thompson, Advisor, GreenBlue

Best Practices in Sustainability Reporting Within Industries and Externally

The aluminum beverage can sector can learn from how other sectors have standardized and improved their sustainability reporting between companies within the industry and to those external to the industry. In this session, we will explore how other industries have enhanced their sustainability reporting and the lessons learned for the aluminum can industry.

• Jose Hopkins, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Simplify Climate

Standardizing Reporting Across the Value Chain on Key Sustainability Metrics

Sustainability disclosure and reporting are key for many stakeholders across the value chain. Robust disclosure and reporting requires good data. The availability of good data and the capacity to report out that good data varies across the value chain. Further, the requests for the data often create complications as they are not in standard formats or using standard definitions. This session will explore the need for efficient, standardized, and meaningful reporting and how the can industry value chain has worked together and could work together after the Summit to create more efficient, standardized, and meaningful reporting.

• Abad Sanz Israel, Director Commercial Sustainability, Alcoa
• John O’Maoileoin, Group Global Sustainability Director, CANPACK Group
• Raphael Thevenin, Vice President Strategy and Business Planning, Constellium
• Yashica Kasiram, Global Sustainability Lead, Heineken
• Casilda Malagón, Independent Sustainability Consultant (Moderator)

Visioning Exercise

Group discussions to catalyze thinking among attendees on what the aluminum can industry’s sustainability vision should be, the goals that should be set to achieve that vision, and what will help and hinder progress toward those goals.

Reviewing Inspiration and Takeaways

The Summit is meant to empower attendees with insights on the challenges and opportunities for the aluminum beverage can to build on its leading sustainability position. This session reviews the key takeaways from the Summit so that you are inspired to improve the aluminum can’s sustainability performance and share its story with others.

• Cátilo Cândido, President, Abralatas
• Fiona Solomon, Chief Executive Officer, Aluminium Stewardship Initiative
• Robert Budway, President, Can Manufacturers Institute
• Krassimira Kazashka, Chief Executive Officer, Metal Packaging Europe
• Miles Prosser, Secretary General, International Aluminium Institute

Goodbye From Can Maker Sponsors

Goodbye and see you in two years!

• Carey Causey, Senior Vice President and Chief Growth Officer, Ball Corporation
• Marius Croitoru, Chief Executive Officer, CANPACK Group
• Jerry Gifford, Chief Operating Officer, Crown Holdings
• Oliver Graham, Chief Executive Officer, Ardagh Metal Packaging
• Luis F. Zúñiga Rivas, Commercial Director, Envases