15-17 September 2026 Sydney Central Hotel
5th annual
ESG Procurement Conference 2026
Turning ESG commitments into smarter procurement & measurable ROI
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Turning ESG commitments into smarter procurement & measurable ROI
The measurement era of ESG is over. You've built the baselines, gathered the supplier data, published the statements. Now regulators, boards and investors are asking a harder question: can you defend it? We believe procurement is where that answer is won or lost, because credibility isn't created in reports. It's created in tenders, contracts and supplier decisions that hold up under scrutiny.
That's why the 5th annual ESG Procurement Conference strips out the theory and works the way you do: real case studies from Transgrid, AMPOL, NAB and Infrastructure NSW, candid guidance from the Australian Human Rights Commissioner and NSW Anti-slavery Commissioner on what "reasonable steps" actually means, and a live clinic where you bring your own tender and workshop it with peers.
Over two days you'll leave with defensible evidence thresholds for imperfect supplier data, contract mechanisms that deliver outcomes rather than tick boxes, practical AI use cases for verification and risk, and the frameworks to balance cost, continuity and sustainability when they collide.
Join the procurement leaders turning measuring and data it into decisions that stand up to scrutiny.
Speakers include:
Arun Sudheendran
McCormick & Company
Lorraine Finlay
Australian Human Rights Commission
Mat Langley
Metcash
Co-chair
The Sustainable Procurement Pledge
Rosalinda Bustamante
Dyno Nobel
Andre Harvey
Seqwater
Margot Brassil
Infrastructure NSW
Dr James Cockayne
Commissioner
Dojo Esquivel
Chain
Australian Motoring
Services
Shaun Conroy
Committee & Queensland
State Council Member
Governance Institute of Australia
Joseph Degrazia
AMPOL
Coretta Bessi
ACT Government
Abbey White
Sustainability and Social
Impact
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Why leaders and decision makers will be at the ESG Procurement Conference
Hear what "reasonable steps" means from the two commissioners who define it, so when your modern slavery statement is questioned, you heard the standard from the source
Bring your hardest tender to our live clinic and leave with solutions gained from peers who’ve face the same constraints
Get the unpolished detail of Transgrid's Scope 3 rollout to help spotlight upcoming challenges in your own rollout
Hear from NAB and Alphinity Investment Management on where investor sentiment is really heading, so you're prepared for your board's next question
Learn about the AI use cases already saving procurement teams hours on supplier verification, so you can dodge the ungoverned pilots that become liabilities.
Partnership Opportunities
The ESG Procurement Conference 2026 is your chance to meet and engage with a highly targeted and engaged audience of business leaders, government decision makers, experts, and practitioners who are actively looking for the latest solutions to help them meet their ESG, procurement, and business goals.
The event offers numerous opportunities for sponsors to network, share their expertise, and build their reputation as thought leaders in the ESG and procurement spaces.
If you’d like to become a sponsor or speaker at the ESG Procurement Conference 2026, please contact:
Milad Etemadi
P: +61 (0) 478 195 857
E: milade@questevents.com.au
Key Themes
Ensuring ESG initiatives generate ROI without compromising financial & business performance
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Sponsors and Exhibitors:
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Exhibitor
RobobAI is an AI-powered procurement intelligence platform that helps organisations build more responsible, compliant, and resilient supply chains through intelligent supplier governance and ESG risk management.
Through RobobAI's AI-driven procurement intelligence platform, organisations gain a single, trusted view of supplier and procurement data. Information is cleansed, enriched, and validated to support accurate reporting, stronger governance, and confident decision-making across procurement, supplier management, and ESG initiatives.
RobobAI's Supplier Onboarding Agent automates supplier due diligence by collecting and validating supplier information, verifying ABN and company details, assessing supplier risk, checking certifications and policies, identifying missing documentation, and generating onboarding recommendations. This enables procurement teams to onboard suppliers faster while maintaining consistent governance and compliance standards.
The Risk Agent continuously monitors suppliers across financial health, sanctions, adverse media, ESG performance, geopolitical exposure, cyber risk, and regulatory compliance. Procurement teams receive proactive alerts and AI-generated recommendations to identify emerging risks, support Modern Slavery and ESG obligations, strengthen supplier resilience, and make informed sourcing decisions.
Supporting these capabilities is Agent Bob, RobobAI's AI procurement assistant, which enables procurement professionals to instantly analyse supplier portfolios, investigate ESG risks, evaluate compliance gaps, develop sourcing strategies, and generate actionable recommendations using natural language.
Trusted by enterprise organisations, RobobAI helps procurement teams transform supplier data into actionable intelligence reducing risk, improving supplier governance, strengthening ESG compliance, accelerating supplier onboarding, and enabling more sustainable procurement outcomes.
Supporting Partners:
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Supporting Partner
Established in 2013, Social Procurement Australasia is a volunteer-led organisation that brings together practitioners, governments, businesses, researchers, and community organisations committed to harnessing procurement’s power as a force for positive social change.
We raise awareness, connect practitioners with the best research and resources, and advocate for and champion the advancement of social procurement practices across Australia and New Zealand.
Supporting Partner
Operating in Australia as a not-for-profit since 1964, ASCI has fostered the professional learning in globally recognised best practice supply chain management. ASCI has grown the end to end supply chain management community over the years, merging into its fold the Logistics Association of Australia (2015); the Alliance for Supply Chain Innovation (2015), the Lean Network Australia (2016), and the Australian Chamber of International Trade (2017). As majority shareholder for the SMART Conference and the SMART Awards, it rebranded the conference and awards under its rebrand to Australasian Supply Chain Institute (ASCI) as the Professional Accreditation Body to reach its mission to professionalise Supply Chain Management in Australasia.
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