Panel. What are the costs and benefits for companies on the road to sustainability? 

As businesses walk the path to sustainability, they must grapple with difficult trade-offs, incurring financial and opportunity costs as the apparent price of a greener future. How do investments in sustainability ripple through their balance sheets, and how do companies balance profitability and eco-friendly practices? As they try to reconcile economics, supply-chain resilience and ecology, could they find sustainability is a long-run financial boon despite the initial hurdles?
Sponsored by Novisto
Moderated by Vijay Vaitheeswaran, global energy and climate innovation editor, The Economist
Speakers
Paul Gallagher, chief supply-chain officer, General Mills
Jean Garris Hand, vice president, global ESG, Hilton
Nancy Mahon, chief sustainability officer, Estée Lauder
Nira Johri, chief sustainability officer, KFC (Yum! Brands)
Monica Simha, lead ESG analyst, Novisto