Shauna Sadowski
Sustainability Integration Lead
Improvin'
Shauna Sadowski is an industry-recognized sustainability leader with more than 20 years dedicated to leading and supporting sustainability initiatives at the intersection of food, farming, and business. She currently leads sustainability for Improvin'. In this role, she supports the development of farm-level product solutions that foster deeper supply chain relationships and drive sustainability actions.
Throughout her career, Shauna has been a leading voice for change in the food industry, having led sustainability for companies and brands, including IKEA, Simple Mills, Annie’s/ General Mills, Fork in the Road Foods, and Clif Bar. Her work has involved raising awareness, building evidence-based programs, and collaborating with stakeholders to drive positive change in food systems.
Eline Plate
Sustainability Marketing Manager Europe
AAK
Eline Plate is responsible for driving AAK’s European go-to-market sustainability strategy, focusing on integrating sustainability initiatives into sales and marketing efforts. She plays a key role in shaping customer sustainable value propositions, connecting customer needs with on-the-ground impact.
Eline also leads the rapeseed sustainability program with cooperatives in Sweden, scaling sustainable agriculture initiatives to create value for all stakeholders in the value chain. Eline has close to 5 years of experience in the plant-based oils industry and holds a bachelor's in Business Adminstration (BBA).
Laura Schlebes
Global Sustainability Manager
AAK
Laura Schlebes oversees the global implementation of several of AAK’s supply chain sustainability programs, including Human Rights Due Diligence, responsible procurement of raw materials, mitigating risks, and creating a positive impact at origin to help customers safeguard their brands and make sustainable choices.
She plays a key role in shaping AAK's sustainability strategies in regard to protection of biodiversity and implementing regenerative agriculture. Laura has eight years of experience in supply chain sustainability and holds an M.Sc. in Agricultural Development from the University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
Niklas Wallsargård
CEO and Co-founder
Improvin’
Niklas Wallsargård is the CEO and Co-founder of Improvin’, a technology company tackling the critical global challenge: how to produce more food, more sustainably.
Improvin’ provides food and beverage brands, mills, and processors with the digital infrastructure to collect primary data, quantify sustainability insights, and drive positive impact within their supply chains, together with supplying partners and farmers.
Today, Improvin’ is recognized as one of Europe’s fastest-growing agri-food tech companies, trusted by industry leaders such as Mondelēz International, Barilla, AAK, and Oatly to achieve measurable and scalable sustainability impacts.
Drawing on over a decade of experience in the industry, Niklas is a strong advocate of leveraging smart technology to advance transparency and sustainability across the agri-food sector. His expertise lies in fostering cross-supply chain collaboration and empowering stakeholders to utilize technology for building a more resilient and biodiverse food system.
Improvin'
Website: https://improvin.com/
Improvin’ provides food brands, mills, and processors with digital infrastructure to collect primary data, quantify sustainability insights, and drive positive impact in their own supply chain - across crops and countries - together with the supplying farmers. The infrastructure enables companies to transform tangible sustainability outcomes into concrete business value.
Virginia Castellucci
Head of Sustainability
xNatura
Simone Mazzola
COO
xNatura
XNatura
Website: https://www.xnatura.com/it
XNatura** is an integrated nature-tech environmental platform designed to define and implement a comprehensive strategy for biodiversity, nature, and climate. By leveraging satellite imagery, bioacoustic sensors, and eDNA analysis, we help businesses understand their impact and dependencies on nature, in full compliance with ESRS standards and leading international frameworks (TNFD, SBTN). Using MSA (Mean Species Abundance), we guide companies, natural parks, and municipalities in improving their nature performance.
Farm-level emission data is foundational for targeted climate action across the supply chain. Learn
how farm-level data can help you accelerate your climate action plans - from future-proof emission
reporting to unlocking reduction co-financing by:
• Sharing practical approaches for collecting and managing farm-level emissions data at scale
• Turning raw activity data into insights that power climate action plans throughout the supply chain
Alina Rieforth
Business Development - Downstream
Root Global
Explore what EUDR means in practice, from traceability and due diligence to enforcement
timelines. Learn how larger companies are adapting procurement and data systems ahead
of, and how smaller firms can start preparing now with scalable, low-burden solutions before
compliance kicks in.
• What documentation, data and systems are required for EUDR compliance
• How multinationals are responding and where the pressure points are
• Practical first steps for smaller companies preparing for enforcement
