Speaking
On the
Global Stage
Pierre Courtemanche brings four decades of practitioner experience to conference stages, panels, and executive forums — speaking on sustainability, supply chain, responsible investment, and systemic reform.
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What Pierre Speaks About
Speaking Topics
The Sustainability Mirage
The central argument of the book — why the global sustainability movement is sustaining the system it claims to reform, and what genuine change would require.
Supply Chain Traceability: Promise vs. Reality
What traceability systems can and cannot do, why most certification schemes fall short, and what a credible approach actually looks like on the ground.
Incentive Architecture & Systemic Reform
How the incentive structures embedded in corporations, NGOs, and governments systematically reward the appearance of progress over its substance.
Responsible Investment in Natural Resources
The gap between ESG commitments and ground-level reality in extractive industries — and what due diligence actually requires in developing markets.
Technology & Product Intelligence
How data, traceability platforms, and product intelligence tools are reshaping supply chain accountability — and where their limits lie.
Selected Speaking Engagements
Past Engagements
Responsible Investment and Deforestation in Supply Chains
RI Canada — Toronto
Due Diligence and Foreign Direct Investment in Developing Countries
IISD
Prosperity from Climate-Smart Agribusiness with and for Africa
GIZ
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Traceability but Were Afraid to Ask
Supply Chain Canada National Conference
Sustainability in Supply Chains: How Supply Chains Will Change the World
SCMA National Conference
Responsible Investment in Natural Resources
Geological Society — London
Innovative Sustainable Business Development at a Time of Rapid Technological Change
United Nations Environment Assembly — Nairobi
Proposing a New Deal to Smallholder ProducersKeynote
Responsible Business Forum — Jakarta
Transforming the Cocoa Supply Chain into a Value Chain
World Cocoa Conference — Bali
Certification and the IT Revolution
ISEAL Annual Conference — London
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Pierre is available for keynotes, panel discussions, executive briefings, and conference presentations. He speaks from four decades of direct experience — not from theory.
Get in TouchFormats
Keynote presentations (45–60 min)
Panel discussions & moderated debates
Executive briefings & roundtables
Workshop facilitation
Podcast & media interviews