TSC Summit 2026

March 17-19

Rob and Melani Walton Center for Planetary Health, Tempe AZ

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TSC Summit 2026: Building Bridges to Drive Enhanced Financial and Sustainability Performance

TSC Summit 2026 will bring together sustainability and finance leaders to advance priorities defined by the most resilient and high-performing companies. Participants will share about metrics, dive into emerging insights, and problem solve together to develop practical pathways to integrate sustainability into financial planning, capital allocation, investor engagement, risk management, and long-term value creation. By building common ground, attendees will uncover opportunities to strengthen both financial performance and sustainability outcomes for their companies – progressing strategies that drive material, measurable, and market-relevant results.

Overview

What is TSC Summit

TSC Summit is an invite-only annual event where sustainability leaders collaborate to tackle the most pressing global supply chain challenges. Unlike traditional conferences, this Summit emphasizes science-based tools, measurable outcomes, and meaningful discussions that drive actionable change.

Who You'll Meet

Leaders from retail, consumer goods, agriculture, NGOs, academia, government and finance—all committed to advancing sustainable supply chains.

What You'll Learn

How sustainability and finance can work together to drive impact with examples including Scope 3 emissions reduction, EPR legislation, regenerative agriculture, and supplier engagement.

Who You'll Learn From

Sustainability leaders from retail, consumer goods, agriculture, NGOs, as well as experts from academia, and finance.

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What to Expect

Inspiring Keynotes & Panels

Hear from cross-sector leaders driving change in retail, consumer goods, food, agriculture and finance.

Collaborative Working Sessions

Break down silos and co-create solutions with peers facing the same challenges.

Immersive Networking

Connect with changemakers in a setting designed for quality dialogue, not quantity of contacts.

Agenda

Event Details

Key Dates

Happy Hour: March 17th

Reception: March 18th

Session Content: March 18-19th

Location

Rob and Melani Walton Center for Planetary Health (Walton Center)

777 E University Dr, Tempe, AZ 85281

Hotel Information

Lodging and Accomodation Recommendations

WHY SHOULD I ATTEND TSC SUMMIT?

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Science-Backed: Sessions rooted in TSC’s and ASU’s expertise and research

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Exclusive & Curated: Invite-only, designed for meaningful dialogue not volume networking

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Cross-Sector Collaboration: Engage with leaders from retail, consumer goods, food, agriculture and finance

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Agenda

Tuesday, March 17

1:00 PM to 4:30 PM

TSC board meeting

6:00 PM to 8:00 PM

Welcome Happy Hour

Meet up for a beverage in the Hyatt downstairs bar and gather with TSC members as we kick off TSC Summit 2026.

Wednesday, March 18

8:00 AM to 9:00 AM

Breakfast

Join us for a light breakfast to network and get excited for the day ahead.

9:00 AM to 9:15 AM

Welcome and Opening remarks

Christy Slay, CEO of The Sustainability Consortium and Chris Howard, Executive Vice President and COO of ASU will kickoff TSC Summit 2026 with a warm welcome and overview of the event.

Speakers

Christy Slay, CEO, TSC
Chris Howard, COO, ASU

9:15 AM to 9:40 AM

Financing Nature: Unlocking Capital for a Regenerative Economy

As climate and biodiversity risks reshape markets, finance leaders are uniquely positioned to accelerate the transition toward nature-positive business models. This keynote interview with Sheila Bonini explores how integrating natural capital, risk valuation, and innovative financing mechanisms can unlock investment, drive resilience, and deliver measurable sustainability impact at scale.

Speakers

Sheila Bonini, SVP Corporate Engagement, WWF

9:40 AM to 10:50 AM

Finance as an Enabler of Sustainability Outcomes

Sustainability and finance – functions within organizations, execution efforts, and commitments and goals – should not operate in silos. Together, sustainability and finance shape procurement choices, capital planning, innovation pipelines, supply chain incentives, investor relations, and long-term corporate value. In this panel, attendees will learn how finance functions can serve as a strategic partner to sustainability teams, rather than as a barrier to greater budget, inspiring new ways of collaborative thinking about bringing the efforts closer together.

Speakers

Letitia Webster, CSO Goldman Sachs
John O’Brien, Managing Director, Deloitte
Daryl Saubourin, VP Sustainability, ASR Group

10:50 AM to 11:00 AM

Partnering for Circularity: Building an Innovative Microfactory

Learn the history behind our field trip- located at Goodwill of Central and Northern Arizona (GCNA) Retail Operations Center (ROC) and the Circular Plastics Microfactory developed by Arizona State University’s Rob and Melani Walton Sustainability Solutions Service (RMWSSS). The facility takes sorted plastic waste from Goodwill of Central and Northern Arizona, process it into pellets and use the pellets to create new products for sale, on site. Hear the role finance played in funding an innovative circularity solution.

Speakers

Beth Forsberg, SVP CSO, Goodwill AZ and CA
Raj Bush, Business Development Director, Walton Sustainability Solutions Service, ASU

11:00 AM to 11:20 AM

Networking Break

11:30 AM to 12:30 PM

Breakout 1: Case-Based Deep Dive on Financing Climate Solutions

This case-based deep dive brings sustainability and finance leaders together to examine real-world approaches to financing climate and GHG emissions solutions across complex value chains. Participants will explore practical mechanisms, business tradeoffs, and lessons learned for aligning capital, incentives, and supplier engagement to drive measurable impact and financial value.

Speakers

John Baldwin, Sr VP, Discount Tire
Vance Merolla, Sr VP Global Sustainability, Colgate Palmolive
David Spitzley, Climate & Nature Director, Starbucks
Kevin Dooley, Professor, NASPO Department of Supply Chain Management, ASU

Breakout 2: Turning regenerative agriculture commitments into practice

Grounded in findings from TSC’s Regenerative Agriculture in Supply Chains report, this breakout will explore how companies are translating regenerative agriculture commitments and metrics into practical action across their supply chains, including how sustainability, finance, and procurement teams align to set priorities, allocate resources, and enable progress even when data and supplier readiness vary.

Speakers

Jeff Hanratty, Managing Director National Sustainability Programs, Ducks Unlimited
Mark Wunderly, Sr. Analyst, Corp. Responsibility & Sustainability, The Campbell’s Company
Eleanor Durrant, Senior Learning Officer, Cool Farm
Andrea Dixon, The Sustainability Consortium

12:30 PM to 1:30 PM

Lunch

Join us in the sunshine to dine al fresco and network.

1:30 PM to 5:00 PM

Plastics Recycling Microfactory Field Trip

All aboard for a behind-the-scenes look at circular innovation in action. This tour will take participants through the Goodwill of Central and Northern Arizona (GCNA) Retail Operations Center (ROC)—a large-scale material recovery and logistics hub that processes millions of donated goods each year—and the Circular Plastics Microfactory developed by Arizona State University’s Rob and Melani Walton Sustainability Solutions Service (RMWSSS) in partnership with GCNA. The Microfactory is a first-of-its-kind remanufacturing facility demonstrating how post-consumer plastics can be recovered, processed, and transformed into new products locally.

Speakers

Alicia Marseille, Senior Director, Walton Sustainability Solutions Service, ASU
Beth Forsberg, SVP CSO, Goodwill AZ and CA
Raj Buch, Business Development Director, Walton Sustainability Solutions Service, ASU
Tim O’Neal, President and CEO Goodwill AZ and CA

5:00 PM to 6:30 PM

Awards Reception

Join us on the Hyatt rooftop to enjoy the desert sunset with a special awards ceremony to celebrate TSC members.

6:30 PM to 8:00 PM

Change the World Showcase

Change the World is an experience that celebrates the imagination, efforts, and achievements of lifelong learners. Join this showcase of lifelong learning and innovation with ASU students as they present through art, pitch, performance, and exhibits with sustainability as a core theme.

Thursday, March 19

7:30 AM to 8:30 AM

Breakfast and Optional Walk to Mechanical Carbon Capture Tree

Grab coffee and a bite before heading over to learn about an innovative technology from the Center for Negative Carbon Emissions to sequester carbon “like a tree.”

Speakers

Travis Johnson, Project Manager, LightWorks, ASU

8:30 AM to 8:50 AM

Welcome and Opening remarks

Speakers

Christy Slay, CEO, TSC

8:50 AM to 9:25 AM

Tracking changes to the global water supply: Science for business

Using satellites to track changing water availability around the world participants will learn about pioneering methods to detect groundwater depletion from space, improving hydrological prediction in climate models like those used in the IPCC. This work has driven research in global groundwater sustainability, the food-water nexus, corporate water sustainability and stewardship, innovations in financial tools and data-driven reporting platforms, and international water diplomacy.

Speakers

Jay Famiglietti, AZ Water Institute and ASU Global Futures professor

9:25 AM to 9:35 AM

Overview of Workshop

9:35 AM to 9:50 AM

Networking Break

9:50 AM to 12:00 PM

Effectively Financing Sustainability

Case-Based Workshop: How to more effectively build business support to fund sustainability benefits

Working through practical case studies and live challenges to build the most effective economic argument to deliver on sustainability initiatives, with problem solving guided by expertise and ideas from our workshop moderators at Deloitte and your TSC peers. During this hands-on session, participants will discuss different ways to approach finance and economic arguments, work on specific real-world challenges and test the efficacy of their arguments to a panel of peers.

Speakers

John O’Brien, Managing Director, Deloitte
Amber Pelayo, General Counsel & Head of Sustainability, ECOS
Leanna Rossman, CFO, ECOS
Merrill Steketee, Supply Chain Transparency Manager, ECOS