Our biggest seminar room hosts the Business in the Community Sustainable Futures conference. It seats 60 and covers a range of environmental topics.
8.30am Index Launch – Julian Walker-Palin, Head of Corporate Sustainability, ASDA
Sponsored by ASDA. Results of the annual, influential survey of business environmental activity. For 15 years the Environment Index has helped businesses and organisations benchmark and improve their environmental performance, get advice, find new opportunities and prove their credentials. Find out who has topped our league table for 2013 in the Index Launch for 2013.
9.15 Driving improvements in your supply chain – reducing risk, increasing value. Introduction: Richard Hall, Director, PWC. Speaker: Julian Walker-Palin, Head of Corporate Sustainability, ASDA.
Leading businesses collaborate with their suppliers to understand and manage their current and future supply chain risks. This work builds valuable relationships for both supplier and customer and gives opportunities to find new ways to reduce risk in the supply chain and increase value for all.
Hear from ASDA how they have helped suppliers find new efficiencies and opportunities through the ‘Asda Sustain and Save Exchange’, and what the benefits have been for ASDA and their suppliers.
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10:00 Closed loop manufacturing: giving for a sustainable future. Introduction: David Symons, Director, WSP. Speaker: Chas Maloney, Marketing Director, Ricoh.
Ricoh is one of the leading providers of office equipment and committed to the creation of a sustainable society. Hear about their innovations in manufacturing, just part of their culture of excellence.
10.45 BREAK
11.30 Was Yahoo right to ban flexi-working? - Trewin Restorick, CEO, Global Action Plan.
Change always carries both risks and potential rewards. This seminar will explore the financial, environmental and performance benefits of promoting smarter travel choices to employees. How can you make this work in a changing business environment? Changing corporate culture can help adapt to changed business needs. How can you decide what is right for your business?
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12.15 Engaging your customers in sustainable living. Jo Daniels, Marks and Spencer.
Making sustainability simple. Start is an initiative inspired by HRH The Prince of Wales to promote and celebrate sustainable lifestyles.
Marks and Spencer is a key partner in taking this message to customers. Find out why your company should be doing the same and how to go about it.
13.00 Environmental Regulations Update. Alastair Clough, Legal Director, DLA Piper
Environmental regulations can confuse even the best of us. The volume of environmental legislation and regulations increases year on year. All businesses have legal environmental obligations that they must meet with some sectors more heavily regulated than others. Attend this session to get a comprehensive overview, find out about new legislation and legislation in the planning, consultation and draft stages.
This session is being presented by Alastair Clough, Legal Director within the Safety Health and Environment (SHE) team at DLA Piper. Alastair is a well-known speaker at national conferences on environmental and health and safety compliance and has a wealth of experience in both regulation and legal practice. His clients range from large and medium sized businesses in heavy industry to small businesses, not-for-profit organisations and local authorities.
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14:40 Question Time: panel discussion
Business contribution to a sustainable future: how can the government support this? Debate panel featuring major green business leaders. Chair: HRH Prince of Wales Ambassador for Responsible Business – Tony Reeves, Chief Executive, City of Bradford Metropolitan Council. Panel members: Richard Flint, CEO, Yorkshire Water; Cal Bailey, Sustainability Director, NG Bailey; Nick Tovey, Director, Wardell Armstrong. Rt. Hon Gregory Barker MP, Minister of State for Climate Change (attending session).
15:00 Keynote speech from the Rt. Hon. Gregory Barker Minister of State for Climate Change.
The Minister of State for Climate Change works on issues and policies related to climate change. These include Green Deal, energy efficiency and energy demand reduction, managing fuel poverty, national and international climate change, carbon budgets, Renewable Heat Incentive, feed-in tariffs, planning reform and consents, Green Investment Bank, green jobs and skills, and climate science.
15:40 The 9 Billion Challenge – Dr Alan Knight, Sustainability Director, Business in the Community.
In 2050 world population is forecast to rise to 9 billion, placing increased pressure on resources. How do we deliver 9 billion poverty free sustainable lifestyles? We need to shape companies, products and citizens’ lifestyles to deliver a sustainable future for our planet and its people. Find out how your organisation should be involved.