Green Markets Day 2026 | Session Recordings Now Available

Green Markets Day 2026: Markets in Motion — Turning Progress into Scale

The transition to a low-carbon economy depends on turning ambition into action. Now in its third year, Green Markets Day has become a flagship gathering during New York Climate Week, bringing together corporate leaders, suppliers, policymakers, investors, and nonprofit partners to explore how markets can accelerate the deployment of low-emissions fuels, materials, technologies, and infrastructure. Hosted by the Center for Green Market Activation in partnership with RMI and Smart Freight Centre on September 22, 2026, this year’s program examined how corporate demand is accelerating decarbonization of value chains across hard-to-abate sectors. Explore the session recordings and transcripts below by clicking the links in the session titles.

Session Recordings

Welcome & State of the Market
Kim Carnahan, CEO, Center for Green Market Activation (GMA)

Executive Keynote
Robert Kowalik, VP of Worldwide Environment, Amazon

Panel Session: Opening the Floodgates: Standards and Market Infrastructure that Unlock Action
Jim Giles, Vice President, Trellis Group (moderator)
David Kennedy, CEO, SBTi
Jim Andrew, Executive Vice President, Chief Sustainability Officer, PepsiCo
Laura Draucker, Standards Director, GMA & AIM Platform
Tim Juliani, Director of US Corporate Climate Engagement, WWF

Spotlight Remarks: ZEMBA’s Market-Making Momentum
Ingrid Irigoyen, Managing Director, GMA

Panel Session: Deals That Move Markets
Andre de Fontaine, Managing Director, GMA (moderator)
Ayesha Choudhury, Chief Commercial Officer, Infinium
Albert Luu, Chief Financial Officer, Fortera
Vrushali Gaud, Global Operations Director, Google
Andreas Marschner, VP of Global Engineering, Maintenance & Sustainability (GEMS) and Worldwide Operations Sustainability (WWOS), Amazon

Spotlight Remarks: From Demand to Deployment, Scaling Zero-Emission Freight
Christoph Wolff, CEO, Smart Freight Centre

Spotlight Announcement: Expanding Sustainable Aviation Fuel Markets in Asia
Frederick Teo, CEO, GenZero
Seow Hui Tan, CEO, SAFCo
Kim Carnahan, CEO, GMA

Panel Session: The Next Frontiers for Green Market Activation: New Technologies, New Sectors, New Regions
Andrew Alcorta, Senior Director, GMA (moderator)
Philippe Vedrenne, CEO, 3Degrees
Frederick Teo, CEO, GenZero
Rachel Lichte, Interim CEO, Good Food Institute
Devon Lake, Head of Net Zero Strategy, Meta

Spotlight Announcement: Scaling the Market for Low Emission Steel
Thomas Koch Blank, Managing Director, RMI

Closing Remarks
Jon Creyts, CEO, RMI