Three New Executives to Speak at Sustainability LIVE: CWNYC
Sustainability LIVE: Climate Week NYC is back on 22 September 2025, to address the most pressing global challenges surrounding climate change and sustainability.
The invite-only event features a host of leading chief sustainability officers and industry trailblazers, with the aim of driving meaningful progress toward a sustainable future.
Register your interest for Sustainability LIVE: Climate Week NYC 2025 and be part of the solution here.
Pierre-François Thaler, Co-Founder and Co-CEO at EcoVadis
Pierre-François is the co-founder and co-CEO of EcoVadis, a purpose-led company dedicated to embedding sustainability data and intelligence into every business decision.
Under his co-leadership with Frédéric Trinel, EcoVadis grew from a startup to a US$1bn business sustainability unicorn.
Since launching in 2007, EcoVadis has screened over three million companies across 185 countries, and evaluated more than 150,000 suppliers, including more than 100 Global 500 companies.
Pierre-François has more than 25 years of experience in procurement and business development of innovative solutions for organisations.
During the event, he will take part in the Global Decarbonisation Strategies panel. He will explore strategies for decarbonising across sectors, focusing on renewable energy adoption, carbon offsetting and innovative technologies.
Steve Wilhite, President of Sustainability Business at Schneider Electric
Steve is President of Schneider Electricâs global Sustainability Business. He joined the company in 2011 through its acquisition of Summit Energy, where he had been CEO and President since 2001.
Since then, his team has become one of the largest and most respected global consulting firms, calling 40% of the Fortune 500 its clients and leveraging its 3,300 specialists in energy and sustainability to advise more than 3,700 enterprise clients.
Under Steveâs leadership, Schneiderâs Sustainability Business has built the largest energy management practice in the world, managing more than US$50bn in energy spend annually for its clients.
During the event, he will take part in the AI in Sustainability panel. He will explore how AI technologies are being leveraged to solve environmental challenges, from optimising energy consumption to predicting climate risks.
Faith Taylor, Senior Vice President of Global Citizenship and Sustainability at Kyndryl
Faith Taylor is the Global Sustainability & ESG Officer for Kyndryl, an IT infrastructure services company with 230 data centres in over 60 countries and thousands of global customers.
She is responsible for building and overseeing its sustainability and ESG programmes to meet their goals and strategic priorities.
Before joining Kyndryl, Faith was the Environmental Social Governance (ESG) leader for Tesla.
She was also a professor at Montclair State University (MSU), creating courses in ESG and sustainable innovation and was a founding member of their first global human trafficking centre.
During the event, Faith will take part in the AI in Sustainability panel.
