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SUSTx Leaders Summit Agenda

8:00 am
SUSTx Leaders' Breakfast Chatham House Rules (by invitation only)

A selected group of speakers, business leaders, and experts gather under Chatham House rules for an open conversation on SUSTx topics. Please get in touch with us for sponsorship information.

9:00 am
Opening Leaders' Panel: Sustainability, the Great Organisation-Wide Opportunity.

95% of the FTSE100 companies identify sustainability risks, but only 37% identify sustainability opportunities. This significant gap is indeed an opportunity to address what the IPCC calls “fundamental societal and systems transitions and transformations” within your organisation.

Our opening leaders’ panel address all this and how sustainability can bring momentum to re-thinking critical organisation-wide changes.

Kelly Beaver MBE
Kelly Beaver MBE
CEO
Ipsos UK
Confirmed
Karen Pflug
Karen Pflug
Chief Sustainability Officer (CSO)
Ingka Group (IKEA)
Confirmed
Suzanne Scatliffe FICRS
Suzanne Scatliffe FICRS
Global Sustainability Director
AXA XL
Confirmed
9:50 am
Platinum Sponsor Session

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10:20 am
Networking Break and 1-2-1 meetings

The SUSTx Networking area includes carefully curated 1-2-1 meetings and limited access to the Speakers’ Lounge. Please click here if you want further info on how to attend and sponsor.

10:50 am
THE FINANCE THEATRE
THE PEOPLE THEATRE
The Road to a Sustainable Economy
  • How are regulations helping to progress on the pathway to a sustainable economy? Including EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive and UK regulations and policies
  • What is the true cost of organisations’ sustainability accounting and strategies?
  • How can sustainability help achieve a more profitable and better economy? Doing good by being good
Mark Manning
Mark Manning
Technical Specialist, Sustainable Finance and Stewardship
Financial Conduct Authority
Confirmed
Mardi McBrien
Mardi McBrien
Director Strategic Affairs
IFRS Foundation
Confirmed
Jason Mitchell
Jason Mitchell
Chair/ Head of Responsible Investment Research
UKSIF/ Man Group
Confirmed
A Spotlight on Sustainable and Impactful Leadership
  • Making decisions that change your organisation’s impact and lead to greater competitiveness and value creation
  • Going beyond the triple bottom line
  • How to lead and accelerate sustainability transformation in your organisation
  • How to take sustainability risks and challenges into account
  • Understanding responsible leadership

 

Catriona Brady
Catriona Brady
Director of Strategy and Development
World Green Building Council
Confirmed
Alastair Loasby
Alastair Loasby
Responsible Business and Strategy Director
Business in the Community (BITC)
Confirmed
11:40 am
THE FINANCE THEATRE
THE PEOPLE THEATRE
The Energy Panel: Addressing the Transition to a Greener Energy Supply
  • What are energy companies doing as one of the key players in the decarbonisation of the UK?
  • Is the fossil fuel industry going anywhere?
  • Regulation and policy developments: are they going in the right direction?
  • Decarbonisation: a matter of collaboration among industry and cross-industry peers
  •  A just transition: Addressing the Energy supply-demand imbalance. How to meet the UK’s decarbonisation targets while ensuring the security of supply and affordability for consumers?
  • Shifting investment in the energy portfolio from fossil fuels to the latest technology and renewables
Ana Musat
Ana Musat
Executive Director, Policy & Engagement
RenewableUK
Confirmed
Marzia Zafar
Marzia Zafar
Deputy Director of Strategy & Decarbonization
OFGEM
Confirmed
TBC
TBC
Senior Representative
Energy Saving Trust
Confirmed
People have the Power: Effective Engagement and Influence
  • How can we count everyone in? Is the 2030 agenda really an agenda “of the people, by the people and for the people”?
  • What challenges and rewards do institutional shareholders have to influence companies’ targets, policies, and business strategies?
  • How to promote change and address responsible divestment
  • Public influence: how the public perception, culture, and trends are setting businesses and organisations’ sustainability approach
Jessica Attard
Jessica Attard
Programme Director
ShareAction
Confirmed
Catherine David
Catherine David
Director of Collaboration and Change
WRAP
Confirmed
David Hayman
David Hayman
Campaign Director
Make my Money Matter
Confirmed
Maria Nazarova-Doyle
Maria Nazarova-Doyle
Head of Pension Investments and Responsible Investments/LinkedIn Top Green Voice
Scottish Widows
Confirmed
12:30 pm
SEMINARS AREA
SEMINARS AREA
SEMINARS AREA
SEMINARS AREA

Sponsorships opportunities plus room for our partners and experts to showcase success stories, present reports or case studies on topics like best business practices and ethics, strategies, moonshot and inspirational sessions. Please click here for more info.

1:00 pm
LUNCH NETWORKING BREAK

The SUSTx Networking area includes carefully curated 1-2-1 meetings and limited access to the Speakers’ lounge. Please click here if you want further info on the sponsorship packages.

2:00 pm
THE FINANCE THEATRE
THE PEOPLE THEATRE
How is Sustainable Investing and Finance Redefining the Businesses Landscape
  • How far are we from the UK’s objective to become the world’s first Net-Zero financial centre?
  • Attracting investing through your sustainability credentials
  • A growing awareness of biodiversity risk in the financial sector
  • Integrating ESG into mainstream lending and investment. ESG data and ratings.
  • How does sustainability performance affect the economy?
  • Finance professionals and their influence on sustainability performance and management 
Anita McBain
Anita McBain
Managing Director, Head of EMEA ESG Research
Citi
Confirmed
Bea Natzler
Bea Natzler
Team Leader People and Business
Climate Change Committee
Confirmed
Richard Spencer
Richard Spencer
Director of Sustainability
ICAEW
Confirmed
Simon Thompson
Simon Thompson
Chair
UK’s Green Finance Education Charter (BEIS)
Confirmed
Sustainability Communications and Marketing: A New Priority Element in the Organisations' Strategies
  • Marketing and communications: driving sustainability strategies and changing business and customers behaviour
  • How to communicate your sustainability efforts right: internal engagement and selling sustainability
  • Sustainability-led marketing and comms: what are the short- and long-term gains?
Samira Brophy
Samira Brophy
Senior Director, Creative Excellence
Ipsos UK
Confirmed
Cristina Macina
Cristina Macina
Director of Corporate Affairs
Nestlé UK & Ireland
Confirmed
Cecilia Parker-Aranha
Cecilia Parker-Aranha
Project Director
Competition and Markets Authority
Confirmed
2:50 pm
THE FINANCE THEATRE
THE PEOPLE THEATRE
How can Tech and Innovation Become Part of the Solution?
  • How can we combine the impact of tech in achieving our sustainability goals and the transformation the ICT industry has to take?
  • How data and analytics are shaping the way organisations set their sustainability journey
  • Doing old things a new way. How innovation can be critical in transforming organisations
Claire Miller
Claire Miller
Director of Tech & Innovation
Octopus Electric Vehicles
Confirmed
Matt Pumfrey
Matt Pumfrey
CEO
Innovation Gateway
Confirmed
Adam Turner CEnv MIEMA
Adam Turner CEnv MIEMA
Head of Digital Sustainability/ Author of UK Government, NATO, MOD and Defra Sustainable ICT Policy
DEFRA
Confirmed
The Impact of Sustainability Strategies on the Organisation's Talent and People
  • Seven in 10 U.S. workers cite a company’s environmental record as crucial when contemplating a new job.
  • Rethinking recruitment: Making sustainability a crucial part of talent attraction and retention
  •  Encouraging ownership: Employee participation and engagement in the organisation’s sustainability strategies
  • Long-term workforce planning: training, development, re-skilling, and new skills
  • People’s Sustainability: how to address diversity, equity, inclusion, and employee wellbeing. The role of HR in Social and Governance

 

Amani Boros
Amani Boros
Head of ESG
State Street SSBI
Confirmed
3:40 pm
Networking Break and 1-2-1 Meetings

The SUSTx Networking area includes carefully curated 1-2-1 meetings and limited access to the Speakers’ lounge. Please click here if you want further info on how to sponsor.

4:10 pm
Leaders' Closing Panel: The Future of Sustainability, Society, and Capitalism: A Positive Approach

We close SUSTx Leaders with an optimistic note and approach. Our panellists will discuss how sustainability is shaping and creating a new business environment,  how the rewards surpass the challenges, and where companies and society will be adopting the principles of stakeholder capitalism: people, governance, prosperity, and the planet.

Tony Burdon
Tony Burdon
Chief Executive Officer
Make My Money Matter
Confirmed
Tessa Clarke
Tessa Clarke
Co-Founder and CEO
OLIO
Confirmed
Dr. Doug Parr
Dr. Doug Parr
Chief Scientist/ Head of Policy
Greenpeace UK
Confirmed
Emilie Stephenson
Emilie Stephenson
Head of Force for Good
Innocent Drinks
Confirmed
5:00 pm
Closing Remarks
5:10 pm
Drinks Reception

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