About the Summit

The Suppliers Partnership for the Environment (SP) Innovation Summit is designed as an interactive event focused on building understanding of critical barriers impacting the sustainability of the automotive value chain and working towards practical solutions to accelerate innovation in support of industry sustainability priorities.

SP's automaker and tiered supplier members are leading action on the next generation of ambitious environmental sustainability goals aspiring to advance positive environmental, economic and community impacts through their operations and value chains. The Summit agenda will focus in on innovation and emerging trends related to key industry goals, within key areas such as carbon neutrality, circular and sustainable materials, EV battery lifecycle management, and nature and water stewardship.

Key Summit Themes

• Decarbonizing Operations & Supply Chains: Exploring challenges and opportunities in effectively advancing industry decarbonization efforts within manufacturing operations and through the value chain on the path toward carbon neutrality.
• Sustainable & Circular Materials: Exploring challenges and opportunities in accelerating industry efforts towards a low-carbon circular materials economy via deep dives on specific product / material categories.
• Nature & Water Stewardship: Exploring new initiatives and stakeholder expectations aimed at a wide range of nature-related risks and dependencies within the value chain, and new opportunities to drive positive impacts through nature-based solutions and water stewardship practices.
• Sustainability Leadership Strategies & Emerging Issues: Exploring challenges and opportunities in integrating sustainability within the business and building capacity to adapt and innovate in face of rapid change. 

Want to learn more? See examples of past event photos here​ and read about last year's event here​.