HowGood Announces 2026 Climate Week NYC Events at Regen House

Monday, September 21 - Join events with Nestle, Danone, Mars, The Gates Foundation, other industry leaders 

CSO +1 Breakfast: The Unusual Suspects | HowGood (8:00 - 9:15 am) An annual, intimate farm-fresh breakfast kickoff to Climate Week. Sustainability goals cannot be achieved without cross-functional alliances, yet it is rare that everyone sits down at a single table to discuss commercials, contracts, and coordinated action. If you’re interested in driving real change and practical business value with your peers, customers and suppliers... pull up a chair. This year, each Chief Sustainability Officer must bring a counterpart from their company to secure a seat: a business leader from procurement, finance, sales, or operations. Register here.

Faster, together: Unlocking the Next Phase of Sustainable Dairy Transformation | Nestle, Royal Dairy Farming, Arva Intelligence, Louis Dreyfus Company, California Dairies Inc. (10:00-11:15 am): The future of food systems will be shaped not by ambition alone, but by the speed at which we can turn it into action.Transforming how dairy is produced is essential to delivering sustainable nutrition at scale. This interactive session brings together leaders from across the value chain—from farmers and suppliers to NGOs, policymakers and industry partners—alongside the perspectives of the Nestlé Dairy Plan, to explore what a truly sustainable dairy system could look like by 2035 and the critical levers needed today to unlock progress. Register here.

Pitching for the Planet: Live Solutions, Real Stakes | CARE, Gates Foundation, Mars Incorporated, Green Climate Fund (3:30 - 4:45 pm): Four nature-based solutions for climate adaptation, implemented in countries around the world will be pitched live to a panel of philanthropic, multilateral, and corporate judges, in a high energy, "shark tank" style session hosted by CARE and the CARE/WWF Alliance. In attendance to evaluate the pitches will be Gates Foundation, Green Climate Fund, and Mars Incorporate. Register here.

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Tuesday, September 22 - Hear from HowGood, Walmart, Ingredion and Nestle 

‍Credibility by Design: Turning Innovation into Consumer Value | Ingredion, Sodexo US (10:00 - 11:15 am): Consumers will only prioritize and accept innovation when it can be translated into clear, credible value. This interactive session led by Ingredion and Sodexo US brings together technology providers, CPG leaders, retailers, and foodservice players in a meaningful discussion about combining ingredient and product innovation to meet the cost, performance, and credibility thresholds required to scale. Register here.

‍The Power of Collaboration Along the Value Chain to Accelerate the Transition for a More Resilient Future | Nestle, Walmart (10:30 - 11:45 am): ​Nestle & Walmart will share their journey and how value creation can advance partnerships. This interactive session will help initiate this journey for all players in the industry by highlighting the importance of a shared vision. Register here.

‍Land Emissions Alliance | HowGood, World Resources Institute, Quantis, AdAstra, Merieux NutriSciences, Mérieux NutriSciences | Blonk (4:15 - 5:15 pm): Land use change data is entering a new era. As satellite imagery, data processing, and carbon accounting methods improve, the industry is moving from static updates released every several years toward a more frequent, granular, and actionable model.​This session explores what that shift means for companies, practitioners, and the broader carbon accounting community. Land Emissions Alliance partners — WRI, HowGood, Quantis, Mérieux NutriSciences | Blonk, and AdAstra — will discuss the evolution of shared land-use values, the implications of more frequent data updates, and how organizations can prepare for re-baselining in this new era of data improvements. Register here.

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Wednesday, September 23 - Learn from leaders at Yerba Madre, Holganix, Vita Coco, and more 

The Wisdom to Restore: What Farmers & Indigenous Communities Can Teach Us About Climate Resilience | Yerba Madre, Association of American Indian Farmers, SIMPLi, Regenerative Agriculture Alliance (10:30 - 11:45 am): ​As climate conversations increasingly focus on technology and carbon metrics, one of the most powerful climate solutions already exists: the knowledge held by farmers, Indigenous communities, and land stewards who have cultivated resilient ecosystems for generations. This session explores how regenerative food systems can scale not by replacing traditional knowledge, but by valuing, protecting, and investing in it. Register here.

‍Climate Week(end) Update: The Dirt on Climate​ | Holganix (11:00 - 12:15 pm) Climate Week is full of big promises, but what’s actually changing beneath our feet? Join Holganix for a fast paced, humorous take on the week’s biggest sustainability headlines, sparking candid conversations between farmers, food companies, and sustainability leaders about what it will really take to move agriculture and climate forward. Register here.

‍Building Resilient Supply Chains: A Hands-On Workshop | Vita Coco, Yerba Madre, Tony’s Chocoloney (2:30 - 3:45 pm): This interactive workshop brings together food and beverage leaders navigating the realities of building resilient, agriculture-based supply chains in an increasingly unpredictable world. From climate shocks to sourcing complexity and pricing pressures, participants will engage with the challenges brands and retailers are facing today. Through collaborative exercises and real-world scenarios, attendees will work in small groups to test decisions, explore tradeoffs, and leave with practical insights they can apply across their value chains. Register here.

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Thursday,  September 24 - Hear from Amazon, PepsiCo, Rabobank and Aldi 

Building Better Partnerships for Agriculture | ALDI SUD, Wendy’s, FrieslandCampina, SAI Platform, Dairy Farmers of America (8:00 - 11:00 am): This interactive breakfast session hosted by the ALDI SOUTH Group explores practical examples of partnership across agriculture before inviting retailers, suppliers, NGOs and public-sector leaders to work together on real challenges facing farmers and food systems. Bringing together key stakeholders from across the value chain, the session focuses on shared learning, practical collaboration and identifying opportunities that can continue long after New York Climate Week concludes. Register here.

‍AI, Food, and Water: Designing Systems for Lasting Security | Regen House, Amazon, Rabobank (9:00 - 10:15 am): As the global race to build AI infrastructure accelerates, a critical tension is emerging: data centers and agriculture are drawing on the same finite resources — water and land. ​This session brings together three business leaders from finance, food service, and technology to move beyond “either/or” framing and toward a proactive framework for responsible AI infrastructure development — one that treats food security, water security, and digital security as interconnected pillars of resilience. Register here.

‍From Proof to Policy: Building the Conditions for Scale | PepsiCo, One Planet Business for Biodiversity, Royal Friesland Campina (12:30 - 1:45 pm): As regenerative agriculture moves beyond pilots, the challenge is increasingly less about proving what works and more about creating the conditions that allow adoption to scale. Drawing on emerging research with One Planet Business for Biodiversity (OP2B) exploring the future of European agricultural policy, this session will examine what governments, companies, and financial institutions must do differently to accelerate transition. Register here.

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The full list of New York Climate Week programming from Regen House and HowGood can be found here: https://www.regen.house/ 

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