Critical Minerals, Innovation and Fair Competition: Towards Nature-Positive Supply Chains

The global push toward a low-carbon, digital economy requires an unprecedented supply of critical minerals—yet conventional extraction places heavy strain on ecosystems, water, and communities. Hosted by the Global Alliance for a Sustainable Planet in partnership with Attero and Squire Patton Boggs, this session convenes leaders across government, mining, tech, finance, and civil society to explore how innovation and fair competition can shape the next generation of critical-mineral supply chains. The discussion will focus on how to build resilient, nature-positive critical-mineral supply chains by integrating primary extraction with urban mining, recycling, and resource recovery from e-waste and industrial tailings. Leaders across sectors will discuss deploying low-impact extraction technologies, establishing market standards that reward high environmental performance over lowest-cost production, and advancing restoration frameworks that generate measurable ecological gains across global markets. Program: 11:15 – 11:30 | Arrival & Informal Interaction 11:30 – 11:40 | Welcome and framing by Satya S. Tripathi: Why Nature Positive Supply Chains Matter 11:40 – 12:00 | Fireside Chat – Christina Alfonso-Ercan and Edward Knight 12:00 – 12:45 | The Case for Global Innovation and Collaboration on Nature Positive Supply Chains: Moderated by Satya S. Tripathi Panelists – Christina Alfonso-Ercan, Nitin Gupta, Mitch Reznick and Ranajoy Basu 12:45 – 12:50 | Signing of partnership MoU between CGCI and Circularity Impact Foundation for Seeding of CGCI India 12:50 – 13:00 | Wrap up and consolidating the Action Agenda: Satya S. Tripathi The participants are invited to interact informally over lunch following the Session Participating Thought Leaders: Christina Alfonso-Ercan, President, Council on Global Competition and Innovation Craig Cogut - Founder, Chairman & CEO, Pegasus Capital Advisors Edward Knight, Executive Vice Chairman at Nasdaq Mitch Reznick - Global Head of Sustainable Fixed Income, Federated Hermes Nitin Gupta, Cofounder and CEO, Attero Ranajoy Basu - Partner & Global Head of Structured Finance, Squire Patton Boggs Satya S. Tripathi, Secretary General, Global Alliance for a Sustainable Planet