EiQ Global Summit 2026: New York

The EiQ Global Summit returns to New York on 23 September 2026, during Climate Week NYC.

The morning opens with an external view of where regulation is heading and what happens to sourcing decisions when requirements multiply and diverge across markets. Then a session from Li & Fung on how it rebuilt its operating model around resilience since 2020, and what the business can now see coming that it could not before. From there, a panel on running responsible sourcing as a business capability rather than a compliance exercise, and our own view of what is raising the bar and what it takes to keep pace.

Roundtables give you time on your own problems, with EiQ facilitators and peers from other brands on the table. The morning closes with a discussion on what responsible sourcing looks like three to five years out.

The afternoon moves to a working session for EiQ clients only, who get a direct hand in shaping the product roadmap and what gets built first.

Guest speakers

Georg Kell – Chairman, Arabesque

Georg spent more than 25 years at the United Nations, where he founded the Global Compact in 2000 and led it for 15 years, building it around principles on human rights, labour, environment and anti-corruption. He now chairs Arabesque, an asset manager that builds ESG data into its investment strategies.

Jason Kra – President, USA, Li & Fung

Jason runs Li & Fung's trading business across the Americas, covering the factory-direct, wholesale and distribution operations, and has spent more than 30 years in global supply chains. He joined Li & Fung in 2012 when it acquired the sourcing business he had built and run for 16 years.

More speakers to be announced.

Agenda

Please note timings may shift slightly closer to the event.

• 09:00–09:30: Arrival, breakfast and networking
• 09:30–09:35: Welcome
• 09:35–10:05: Guest keynote – Building a framework that adapts: regulation, technology and the next phase of sustainability
• 10:05–10:25: Guest session – Resilience by design: how Li & Fung transformed its operating model
• 10:25–10:55: Panel – Operationalising resilience in a fragmented geopolitical and regulatory environment
• 10:55–11:15: Break
• 11:15–11:45: EiQ keynote – The rising bar for responsible sourcing
• 11:45–12:25: Roundtable – Bring your toughest supply chain challenges
• 12:25–13:00: Panel – What will risk management look like five years from now?
• 13:00–14:00: Networking lunch
• 14:00–17:00: Workshop – Built to code: shaping EiQ for a bar that keeps rising (EiQ clients only)
• 17:00-18:00: Drinks reception

Places are limited and subject to availability. Please register your interest via the link and one of the team will come back to you to confirm.

Who should attend

Responsible sourcing, supply chain sustainability, procurement, and risk and compliance professionals at global brands. The morning is open to all; the afternoon working session is for EiQ clients.

What you'll take away

1. A view of what it takes to rebuild a sourcing operation around resilience, and which parts of that are realistic at your own scale
2. A sense of how to get early warning out of the supplier data you already hold, rather than finding out after the fact
3. Peer-tested approaches from teams working with the same constraints on budget, data and supplier cooperation
4. Language for the internal conversation about requirements that differ from one market to the next