PROGRAMME
Moderator: Sonja van Renssen, Journalist on EU-affairs
Registration (14:00 – 14:30)

Opening statements (14:30 – 14:50)

• Janez Potočnik, Commissioner for Environment, European Commission
• Dame Lucy Neville-Rolfe, Executive Director (Corporate and Legal Affairs) of Tesco Plc, President, EuroCommerce

• Dick Boer, CEO, Royal Ahold & President, ERRT
• Steve Howard, Sustainability Manager and member of the Executive Board of IKEA

Discussion (14:50 – 15:05)
Presentation of the voluntary initiative on waste (15:05 – 15:15)

• Marion Sollbach, Head of Sustainability Unit, Galeria Kaufhof

1st panel discussion: make waste a resource (15:15 – 16:00)

• Anna-Maria Corazza Bildt, Member of the European Parliament
• Alan Seatter, Deputy Director General, DG Environment
• Adela Torres, Environment Department, Mercadona
• Rob Buurman, Public Affairs Counsellor, CRIOC

2nd panel discussion: environmental footprint – a boost for the green single market? (16:00 – 16:45)

• Michael Kuhndt, Head of CSCP – Centre for sustainable consumption and production
• Alan Seatter, Deputy Director General, DG Environment
• Mieke Vercaeren, Public Affairs Adviser, Colruyt
• Franz Speer, Corporate Director International sales unit, Henkel

Visits of the stands of REAP (Retailers Environmental Action Programme) members (16:45 – 18:00)

• Guided tour by Soledad Blanco (DG ENVI) and Marion Sollbach (Galeria Kaufhof) of retailers’ achievements in REAP (16:45 – 17:00)

Reception (18:00 – 19:30)