Agenda
24-28 January 2022 | Sustainability Summit
24 JANUARY – SUSTx ENERGY
The following years will be, according to BEIS, “a crucial decade” for both the policy and infrastructure foundations that must enable deep decarbonisation.
What do businesses and organisations need to do now, and what will be required in the short and medium term to achieve the net-zero targets?
Let’s learn about the energy transition’s best strategies and ideas for UK’s businesses and organisations.
- Integrating decarbonisation in our corporate strategy. If not now, when?
- Understanding where we are and where we must move to. Strategies on the road to net-zero
- Collaborations & partnerships: best practices and expertise for a radical transformation towards 2050
- What to do first thing in the morning? Daily strategies, while moving to zero, that works for businesses of all sizes.
- What to do about carbon-intensive activities: a change of path
- Energy efficiency: making decarbonisation work
Three thought leaders and business experts discuss, in an open conversation, the current state of all things sustainability and its impact on businesses’ and organisations’ efforts and strategies. An engaging format, with flowing ideas and vast expertise to close the afternoon session.
- How to achieve the Sixth Carbon Budget: an optimistic approach
- Profit from Renewable Energy: making money while being good
- New business opportunities: new models, marketing and clients and customers
Two stories, 15 minutes each, no slides.
In our Storytelling sessions, two speakers will tell stories that help illustrate or enhance today’s topic.
They reflect the authentic experience of an individual, a successful case study from a team within the company or a collaboration between companies, told like a traditional story.
An engaging and relatable format to get the best knowledge and practices to the SUSTx Stage.
Mili Fomicov: Clean Energy Investing
- Are new technologies the main enabler for energy transformation? What to do about the uncertainty around new technology
- How to fund the future of energy
- Innovation in the UK: the energy portfolio
Three thought leaders and business experts discuss, in an open conversation, the current state of all things sustainability and its impact on businesses’ and organisations’ efforts and strategies. An engaging format, with flowing ideas and vast expertise to close the afternoon session.
25 JANUARY – SUSTx TRANSPORTATION
Transport accounts for about 64% of global oil consumption, 27% of all energy use, and 23% of the world’s energy-related carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. It is expected 3x more passenger movement by 2050. With the 2021 Transport decarbonisation plan measures, the post-COVID changed world in the way we travel and transport goods, and innovation and technologies in the forefront: are we in the right lane on the road to zero?
From public transport to commercial and logistics, we’ll hear from experts and business leaders’ insights on how we are doing, what needs to change, and the transportation sector’s future.
- Collaborative efforts from private and public sectors. Implementing big ideas to business life
- How to address the behavioural and technological changes: micromobility, usership, WFH, EV…
- National strategies and how the policy makers are supporting the transformation to a sustainable transportation system
- Better commuting options for employees, supporting improved recruitment, retention and ESG goals
If you are a business looking for practical guidance to become more sustainable, look no further: A 30 minutes session full of practical outcomes and advice from the financial implications of the energy transition to the best strategies and ideas with real-life case studies.
For more information on how to sponsor this thought-leadership session please click here to contact the team.
- Best strategies towards a sustainable and efficient fleet management
- ZEVs as a challenge. Where are we and where we should be to help reach the targets and make UK’s fleets sustainable and profitable
- Stakeholder engagement: how a sustainable approach to fleet management is a corporate opportunity
Two thought leaders and business experts discuss, in an open conversation, the current state of all things sustainability and its impact on businesses’ and organisations’ efforts and strategies. An engaging format, with flowing ideas and vast expertise to close the morning session.
- Why we need a national strategy: Collaboration between administrations and private sector towards a new UK personal transport system
- How new models of sustainable personal transport can transform and improve cities and businesses
- Sustainable planning and public transportation operations: a joint journey
Two stories, 15 minutes each, no slides.
In our Storytelling sessions, two speakers will tell stories that help illustrate or enhance today’s topic.
They reflect the authentic experience of an individual, a successful case study from a team within the company or a collaboration between companies, told like a traditional story. An engaging and relatable format to get the best knowledge and practices to the SUSTx Stage
- Is the logistics industry facing its biggest transformation?
- How does the logistics industry currently impact the road to net-zero and how to get it right
- Holistic strategies: a full sustainable logistics cycle
- Predictions that we can REALLY make about the future of transportation
- 15 minutes city models: How business can grow with hyper proximity and other urban planning solutions
- How to maximise value from technology investment
- Digital technologies: Sustainability performance data and analysis, IoT, Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS), electrification…
26 JANUARY – SUSTx PROCUREMENT
According to CDP, Supply chain emissions are on average 11.4 times higher than operational emissions. How can we reduce this? What about all the other sustainability-related factors for the procurement and supply chain full cycle?
- Is Procurement’s ambition for Sustainability ambitious enough?
- Strategies to embed Sustainability to the core of our procurement team’s and our supplier’s decision making?
- Which Sustainability practices will drive true impact ‘on environmental’?
- Which Sustainability practices will drive true impact ‘on economic, social and governance?
- Framework for reducing supplier greenhouse gas emissions
- Real-world examples from teams leading the way
- Demonstrating a return on investment on decarbonisation programmes
For more information on how to sponsor our thought-leadership sessions please click here to contact the team.
- How to consider the impact of environmental and social factors along with the classic financial purchasing factors?
- Sustainable procurement as a key to future-proof our organisation long term targets and strategies
- Educating the supply chain: How to engage and influence our suppliers
Two thought leaders and business experts discuss, in an open conversation, the current state of all things sustainability and its impact on businesses’ and organisations’ efforts and strategies. An engaging format, with flowing ideas and vast expertise to close the morning session.
Water Plus, the largest water retailer in the UK and 2021 Green Apple Environment Award winner, outlines how to cut carbon emissions with water, whether you’re in the public sector or private sector, sharing examples of success by organisations.
- The costs and opportunities for sustainability of a global supply chain
- Spreading our sustainability goals and targets down the chain. Transparency and accountability
- Reputation and brand awareness: Sustainable sourcing building trust with consumers
Sharing how a technology solution called ‘e-halo’ provides clear and transparent structural packaging and sustainability data to allow you to optimise packaging, manage compliance and tax liabilities whilst reducing your environmental impact.
Today, more than ever before, global retailers and brands need to assess their packaging requirements on a macro and micro level to survive and thrive the seismic shifts in paradigm across global supply chains, international and national politics, legislation, retailing and consumer expectations.
- Innovations on supply chain management: new business models and disruptive ideas from and for the private and public sectors
- How AI, IoT, big data advanced analytics and other technologies are helping us to make making smarter, and more transparent and sustainable decisions
- Innovative designs for the whole supply chain cycle
27 JANUARY – SUSTx ASSETS & CIRCULARITY
Today we’ll focus on two different topics, both continuously present in our lives. In the morning we’ll talk about property, infrastructure, and estates, from where do we live, to where we drive our cars to where and how we work. After lunch we’ll move to talk about circular economy: We’ll discuss and learn how to keep resources in use as long as possible, extracting maximum value from them, minimizing waste and promoting resource efficiency (CEP).
- Regulations and compliance: creating a building passport
- How the new normal world is changing the construction and facilities industry
- Build Greener: collaboration across stakeholders from birth to decommission.
- Facilities managers on the frontline of our organisations’ sustainability journey
- How to manage existing buildings and estates
- Creating a sustainability policy: education, design and operations. From the big picture to the day to day basis.
Two thought leaders and business experts discuss, in an open conversation, the current state of all things sustainability and its impact on businesses’ and organisations’ efforts and strategies. An engaging format, with flowing ideas and vast expertise to close the morning session.
Two stories, 15 minutes each, no slides.
In our Storytelling sessions, two speakers will tell stories that help illustrate or enhance today’s topic.
They reflect the authentic experience of an individual, a successful case study from a team within the company or a collaboration between companies, told like a traditional story. An engaging and relatable format to get the best knowledge and practices to the SUSTx Stage.
- How to establish a long-term plan for life: from design to recycle
- Building new circular systems with other value chain actors; collaboration and engagement
- How moving to a circular economy is already adding value to the UK and how the best is yet to come (net gain Gross Value Added of £9.1bn and 517,000 jobs by 2030)
- Creating new business models and recycling old ones
- How tech is helping to enable a more circular economy
- Development of future programmes
- Innovating from designs and new material to re-using and disposal tools
28 JANUARY – SUSTx PEOPLE
93% of CEOs see sustainability as critical to their company’s future success. But are they moving in that direction in the right way? How are customers changing the way they buy or use services, and how the companies can use sustainability to achieve new revenues, gain reputation, and become a “better” organisation? Let’s hear from today’s experts on the final day of SUSTx 22.
- Purpose-driven strategies for our sustainability journey
- Integration of the sustainability strategies within the organisation: The need for internal and external collaboration.
- How to build a robust sustainability culture, stakeholders’ engagement from leadership
Sustainability and profitability are not mutually exclusive. Damien Field from The Say Do Company will outline how companies stand to profit from putting the customer at the heart of their sustainability strategy. He will also share the steps companies should take to seize this opportunity.
If you are a business looking for practical guidance to become more sustainable, look no further: A 30 minutes session full of practical outcomes
- What to do when we start our journey: involving stakeholders on day to day sustainable efforts
- Understanding the organisational change challenges, barriers, and opportunities
- Achieving successful organisations: doing well by doing good
Two thought leaders and business experts discuss, in an open conversation, the current state of all things sustainability and its impact on businesses’ and organisations’ efforts and strategies. An engaging format, with flowing ideas and vast expertise to close the morning session.
- How the current workforce can become more sustainable: Training and re-skilling
- Creating jobs that don’t exist now. Where are we going?
- The role of our sustainability credentials and culture on attracting and retaining talent
Two stories, 15 minutes each, no slides.
In our Storytelling sessions, two speakers will tell stories that help illustrate or enhance today’s topic.
- Clare Jenkinson: How COVID had shaped sustainability in travel and tourism
- Cecilia Parker-Aranha: The story behind the Green Claims Code
- Sustainability messaging; how to tell different audiences what are we doing right.
- The G-word. Avoiding greenwashing and mitigating reputational risks
- Sustainability messaging in house. How to engage everyone in our organisations’ sustainability journey through comms
- Aligning our companies with consumers’ values
- Engaging and influencing: a two-way street
- How changes in consumer attitudes and perception are creating a positive impact
Three thought leaders and business experts discuss, in an open conversation, the current state of all things sustainability and its impact on businesses’ and organisations’ efforts and strategies. An engaging format, with flowing ideas and vast expertise to close the day.
