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IRG COP30 Rio CMO Summit

The role of the CMO in developing and delivering the strategy for driving more sustainable business growth is unclear. Marketing can help better understand, engage, and influence key stakeholders, but there are very few examples of effective CMO-CSO (Chief Sustainability Officer) collaboration, and there is no playbook for doing this well.

The Institute for Real Growth has partnered with leading Marketing and Sustainability organizations to develop this playbook and launch it in Rio the week before COP30.

The CMO Summit will convene 30 Global and 30 Brazilian CMOs, sustainability experts, and Marketing industry leaders to review and discuss the CMO-CSO Playbook recommendations, share practical best practices, and connect with peers ahead of COP30.

Detailed Rio CMO Summit Agenda

November 4, 2025

Delegates welcome dinner hosted by WPP at the Xian Lounge Restaurant

November 5, 2025
8:00 9:00 1:00 Coffee and Breakfast
9:00 9:30 0:30 Welcome, Framing & Introductions IRG
9:30 10:00 0:30 Sustainability: Reset or Retreat? Ipsos
10:00 10:30 0:30 Sustainability in Brazil WPP Panel
10:30 11:00 0:30 Coffee Break
11:00 11:30 0:30 The IRG CMO-CSO Playbook IRG
11:30 11:50 0:20 CMO-CSO Playbook discussion Ad Net Zero
11:50 12:30 0:40 30 min table discussion & plenary feedback All
12:30 13:30 1:00 Lunch
13:30 14:00 0:30 Da Vinci Leadership IRG
14:00 15:00 1:00 Sustainability C-Suite Constellations & Planning Comm&Sense
15:00 15:30 0:30 Coffee Break
15:30 16:00 0:30 Making Sustainability Fashionable IAA Panel
16:00 16:30 0:30 20 min Table discussion & Plenary Feedback All
16:30 16:50 0:20 L'Oreal Longevity Case Study L’Oreal
16:50 17:00 0:10 Recap, Program Tomorrow & Close IRG
17:00 19:00 2:00 Break
19:00 22:00 3:00 L'Oreal Cocktails & Dinner L'Oreal
November 6, 2025
8:00 9:00 1:00 Coffee and Breakfast
9:00 9:10 0:10 Welcome, Recap, Intro Brands into Action Day IRG
9:10 9:30 0:20 AB InBev Learning AB InBev
9:30 9:50 0:20 Coca Cola Sports & Community Case Study Coca-Cola
9:50 10:30 0:40 The Dove Real Beauty Case Dove exCMO
10:30 11:00 0:30 Coffee Break
11:00 11:20 0:20 Sustainability & AI Google
11:20 11:50 0:30 Marketing Value Creation - Intangibles Vicomte
11:50 12:00 0:10 Marketing2030 IRG/ Winning
12:00 12:20 0:20 Coral Case Study Flavia Takeuchi & Elaine Coral
12:20 12:50 0:30 Lunch
12:50 13:30 0:40 Transport to Coral Project
13:30 15:00 1:30 Coral Project Visit & Participation Coral
15:00 16:00 1:00 Transport to Globo
16:00 18:00 2:00 Globo Event Globo
18:00 20:00 2:00 Globo Cocktails followed by dinner
20:00 21:00 1:00 Transport back to Copacabana

Speakers & Contributors

Alessandro Manfredi

Former Dove CMO

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Aljan de Boer

IRG

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Catalina Garcia

AB InBev

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Cindy Tervoort

IRG

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Chris Burggraeve

Vicomte

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Daniela Lobo

IRG

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Estee Cheng

Google

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Fredrik Borestrom

LinkedIn and IAA

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Henrique F Striker

Akzo Nobel

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Juan Carlos Gomez

L’Oreal

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Katielle Haffner

Coca-Cola

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Marc de Swaan Arons

IRG

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Mariana Peneva

IRG

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Sebastian Munden

Ad Net Zero

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Stefano Zunino

WPP

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Sue Phillips

Ipsos

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Ted Ketterer

The Coca Cola Company

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Oskar Metsavaht

Osklen

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Vincent de Klerk

Comm & Sense

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Contact: Monica Bernal
Experience and Operations Director

Email: monica@institueforrealgrowth.com

Phone/WhatsApp: +1 917 476 7114