The SustainableIT Impact Summit was held June 23rd in London, UK during London Climate Action Week.

The event brought together global tech and sustainability leaders to engage in game-changing discussions about sustainable IT and the future of AI. From the assembled experts, practitioners and award winners, attendees were provided the opportunity to learn the latest strategies for harnessing AI responsibly, and balancing risk with ethical, scalable impact. 

Opening Keynote: What’s Next for Sustainability – Sue Allchurch – Chief, Outreach and Engagement, United Nations Global Compact

Making Responsible AI Real and Practical – Moderator :Richard R. Pastore – Research Principal, Sustainableit.org with panelists:
Wiebren van der Zee – Sustainability Lead, Office of the CIO, ABN AMRO Bank N.V.
Lisa Pratico – Chair / Co-Founder, Sustainable Architectures
Ron Guerrier – CTO, Save the Children US

Successful Approaches to Scaling AI Responsibly – Moderator: Simon Bennett – Private Cloud CTO, Rackspace Technology with panelists:
Poonam Kripalani – Senior Director, Digital Technology | Asset & Supplier Business Management, ServiceNow
Vikram Nagendra – Director, Corporate Sustainability, SAP
Anurang Revri – Chief Enterprise Architect, Stanford Health Care

How to Unlock the Double-Wins of Cloud Sustainability
Kevin Leslie – Chief Revenue Officer, Greenpixie

Scaling AI Responsibly to Unlock Business Potential – Moderator: Kim Jenkins – CEO, The Kim Jenkins Experience with panelists:
Janina Bauer – VP of Sustainability, Celonis
George Maddaloni – EVP, CTO, Mastercard

Getting Better Faster – Elevating IT’s Essential Sustainability Drivers – Moderator: Richard R. Pastore – Research Principal, SustainableIT.org
Gourav Banerjee – Principal, Deloitte

Board-Level Perspectives Panel: State of IT Sustainability – Moderator: Ralph Loura – Chairman of the Board, SustainableIT.org
Shannon Soland – CTO, National Grid
Niklas Sundberg – Chief Digital Officer, Kuehne+Nagel
Bernard GAVGANI – Group CIO, BNP Paribas

Immediately following the Summit, the Responsible AI Impact Awards were presented to organizations in recognition of demonstrated excellence in the effective and sustainable deployment of AI at scale in the enterprise.

The events were produced by the team at SustainableIT.org, a non-profit trade association dedicated to advancing global sustainability through IT leadership.

The event was supported through underwriting and sponsorship donations from Perforce Software, Deloitte, Celonis, AMD+Greenpixie, ServiceNow, HumanIT, Imperial College of London’s Leonardo Centre, HSBC and National Grid and in partnership with Sustainable Architectures and London Climate Action Week. Full details here: https://events.sustainableit.org/2025-london-impact-summit-and-awards/home