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Event – Sustainable Purchasing Summit

by Richard Matthews
April 2, 2017
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The Sustainable Purchasing Leadership Council’s 2017 Summit (SPLC Summit 2017) will take place on May 8 – 10, at the Sheraton Downtown 1550 Court Place, Denver Colorado.

The Summit will bring together more than 400 leading procurement and sustainability professionals, suppliers, and NGO experts from diverse sectors and regions to share, simplify, and spread the best sustainable purchasing practices across the whole economy.

The summit will include inspiring conversations, workshops, and presentations that will give you innovative and actionable ideas you can apply in your own organization. There will also be a matchmaking event for sustainability-focused buyers & suppliers. SPLC Connect will be held on Monday, May 8th but it is a separate event from the Summit. You are welcome to register for Connect only. However, if you are attending the Summit, you will add Connect to your registration on the Agenda page.

Featured speakers

Shahid Javed
Global Chief Procurement Officer,

Jones Lang LaSalle

Joan Kerr
Director, Supply Chain Responsibility,
Pacific Gas & Electric

Jeanette Rennie
Senior Contracts Officer, The World Bank Group

Bill Hall
Director, Sustainability and Business Continuity,
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles

Featured sessions

The Business Case for Sustainable Purchasing
Purchasing for a Circular Economy
Purchasing with End of Life in Mind: Diversion, Zero-Waste, and Pre-thinking Product Design

Who Attends

Professionals attend from a wide variety of organizations in the private, public, and nonprofit sectors. Sample participant titles from the 2016 Summit:

  • Chief Procurement Officer
  • VP Strategic Sourcing
  • VP Supply Chain
  • Senior Director of Finance
  • Director, Contract Administration
  • Director, Strategic Sourcing
  • Associate Director, Purchasing
  • Sustainability Leader, Supply Chain
  • Sustainable Procurement Coordinator
  • Senior CSR Analyst
  • President & CEO
  • Principal
  • Certification Officer
  • Sustainability Communications Manager
  • Standards & Quality Control Manager
  • Senior Regulatory Counsel
  • VP Value Chain Outreach
  • Program Manager

What Attendees Say

SPLC’s Summit is one of the most dynamic and informative events that I attend. Great networking.

– Debbie Jaslow-Shatz, Sourcing, Bloomberg
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I had the opportunity to meet true sustainability leaders who care about the external impacts their purchasing decisions have on our society. This represents true value in my network.

– Nadine Cino, CEO & Co-Founder, Tygabox
____________________________________________ 

This was one of the best sustainability-related gatherings I’ve experienced in my 20 years working on sustainability.

– Stephan Sylvan, Senior Advisor, US EPA
____________________________________________ 

This is absolutely the best conference of this type that I have attended. I really appreciated the amount of time dedicated to networking, and that this was interspersed throughout the conference.

– Michelle Bhattacharyya, Coordinator, Global Living Wage Coalition
____________________________________________ 

Registration

For Member and Non-Member Summit registrants, registration includes Monday Summit Welcome Reception in addition to conference events on Tuesday and Wednesday. Save 10 percent by using the following partner discount code SKY2017. If you have any questions or concerns (503) 405-4592 8:00am-5pm PST or by emailing: registration@sustainablepurchasing.org

Click here to register.

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