Intimate dinner with Elvire Regnier on Regenerative Procurement—exploring innovation, resilience, and the future of sustainable business.
We’re hosting an intimate dinner in early December at Freemans, one of New York’s most atmospheric hidden-alley restaurants. The evening will bring together senior leaders in procurement, supply chain, packaging, and sustainability to explore the ideas in Elvire’s recently published book Regenerative Procurement: Redefining Value Creation and connect around the future of responsible business.
In this evening session, Elvire Regnier introduces Regenerative Procurement, a forward-looking model that turns supplier relationships into engines of innovation, sustainability, and long-term growth.
Drawing on her book, Regenerative Procurement: From Performance to Resilience, she will show how organizations can activate their ecosystems to deliver measurable impact and build resilience in a turbulent world.
Speaker bio
Elvire Regnier is the Founder of Regenerative-Advisory, a Senior Advisor to global strategy firms, and a former procurement executive for international groups including Unilever, Colgate-Palmolive, Bouygues (construction), Avril (renewable energy), and L’Occitane (cosmetics).
Author of Regenerative Procurement: From Performance to Resilience, she helps leaders unleash procurement as a driver of resilience, innovation, and sustainable growth.
A regular lecturer at HEC Paris and ESSEC, she bridges business transformation, ecosystem strategy, and regenerative leadership.
Agenda
6:00–6:45 PM | Welcome
Guests arrive for a welcome drink and networking.
6:45–7:30 PM | Talk & conversation
A short keynote and fireside-style discussion on evolving procurement from a transactional function into a driver of resilience, innovation, and sustainability. Topics include:
Moving from efficiency to ecosystem vitality
Building “partner of choice” relationships that drive innovation and trust
Defining new metrics of regenerative performance: value, resilience, and shared impact
7:30–9:00 PM | Dinner & networking
A seated dinner featuring locally sourced, seasonal dishes, with conversation in a relaxed setting.
About the venue
Freemans is a renowned New York restaurant tucked at the end of a small alley off the Bowery. Known for its rustic elegance and private dining spaces, it offers an intimate setting ideal for discussion, reflection, and connection.