Who Actually Owns Sustainability?

Ask most companies who owns sustainability, and the answer is usually vague: a manager who reports up separately, an annual report nobody reads closely, a function that sits apart from how the business actually makes decisions. This session makes the case for something different: sustainability works when it's built into how product, finance, and operations already operate, rather than handed off to a single team. Led by Milene Pardo Figueroa (founder of Maze Works), the conversation brings in voices from the ESG software and reporting space to show what embedded sustainability actually looks like, from decarbonization strategy to navigating CSRD, GRI, and SBTi without turning them into a checkbox exercise. Companies that take this approach tend to make faster, better informed decisions, face less regulatory and reputational risk, and open doors to impact focused investors who now weigh sustainability performance in their decisions. If you're a founder, operator, or investor, this session gives you a practical way to think about ESG, not as a cost center, but as a real competitive advantage.