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1 - 2 FEBRUARY 2022
BUSINESS DESIGN CENTRE: LONDON
Part of edie’s Sustainability Leadership Week: 31 January - 4 February 2022
Time to Transform
MOBILISING AND EMPOWERING BUSINESSES TO BUILD A BETTER FUTURE
Cristina Kenz Chief growth
officer The Kraft Heinz
Company
Andreas Ahrens Head of climate
IKEA Group
Sir David King Founder and
chair Centre for
Climate Repair
Bukky Bird Group
sustainability director Barratt
Developments
Aliza Ayaz UN youth
ambassador Sustainable
Development Goals
Tony Juniper Chair
Natural England
Shirley Rodrigues
Deputy mayorfor environment
and energy London
Akanksha Khatri Head of nature action agenda
World Economic Forum
Natalie Campbell
CEO Belu
Dr Rhian-Mari Thomas
CEO Green Finance
Institute
Kresse Wesling Founder
Elvis & Kresse
Richard Hall VP general secretary
Danone UK & Ireland
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The climate crisis is raging. Technologies are evolving. The future of work is upon us, and new paradigms of growth are emerging. The time to reinvent business models, evolve company cultures, and build a more equitable, net-zero carbon economy is NOW.
The multi-award-winning Sustainability Leaders Forum is back, bigger and better for 2022, re-uniting business leaders, sustainability practitioners, policymakers, investors and NGOs around a common goal: to turn the ambitions of COP26 into meaningful climate action and truly transform business, for good.
Over three days in London and online, you will be connected with peers through expertly facilitated networking sessions; inspired by powerful keynote talks from global industry leaders; immersed in a series of themed plenary discussions and dynamic best-practice presentations; and challenged to think differently in our interactive panel debates and co-creative workshops.
Whether you’re a sustainability changemaker, a disruptive business leader, or a bold climate innovator – edie’s premier annual event is tailor-made for you.
TURN AMBITION INTO ACTION
Luke NichollsContent directoredie
600+ GLOBAL ATTENDEES
60+ INDUSTRY-LEADING SPEAKERS
8 INTERACTIVE WORKSHOPS
1 PURPOSE
Sponsors
Why we are different:• edie is editorially driven: our purpose
is to spark ideas and action
• We allow space for both strategic discussion and personal development, equipping you with the tools to enhance your interpersonal skills including communication and partnership building
• The global sustainability forum that unites hundreds of the most senior business and sustainability leaders, climate experts, policy makers, NGOs and investors with a collective purpose: to shape the future of purpose-driven business and inspire bold, collective action
• Our event generates outputs: we create opportunities for collaboration and the interactive tackling of issues through workshops, panel debates and topic specific networking
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Shape the future of purpose-driven business
Job titles of 2021 attendees: Business activities of 2021 attendees:
The multi-award-winning Sustainability Leaders Forum is edie’s annual flagship event, uniting corporate leaders, sustainability experts, government representatives, investors and NGOs for three days of thought-provoking talks and interactive workshops – all with a laser-like focus on transforming business, for good.
They include CEOs, CSOs, COOs, directors, heads of and senior management across sustainability, CSR, climate change & environment, strategy & risk management, external affairs & stakeholder relations, supply chain management & procurement and innovation in companies such as:
Communication / marketing Consultant Environmental / sustainabillity management Executive management / board R&D / academic Supply chain / contract management
58%
9%4%
11%
10%
8%
Business services 17%
Academia 14%
Manufacturing 15%
Construction / real estate 8%
Retail 7%
Financial / legal services 6%
Utilities 6%
NGO 5%
Gov / policy 4%
Transport / distribution / logistics 4%
Engineering 3%
Healthcare 2%
Hospitality / leisure / travel 3%
Paper / print / packaging manufacturer 2%
Telecoms 1%
Agriculture, forestry and fishing 1%
Mining / extraction 2%
31 JAN 2022 - COMMUNICATION & ENGAGEMENT SKILLS WORKSHOPS
INTERNAL ENGAGEMENT: empowering yourself within your organisation
CUSTOMER ENGAGEMENT: bringing the consumer on the sustainability journey
ENGAGING LEADERSHIP: How to talk to your CFO about sustainability
edie 30 under 30 announcement
Networking drinks reception
1 FEB 2022 - TURNING AMBITION INTO ACTION
KEYNOTE: Our COP26 legacy
KEYNOTE: Tackling global inequalities in a rapidly changing climate
KEYNOTE PANEL: Our just transition: Building a fairer, net-zero carbon economy
PANEL A: Net-zero strategy PANEL B: Biodiversity and nature-based solutions
WORKSHOP A: Transparent and accurate reporting
WORKSHOP B: Plastic reduction and packaging innovation
WORKSHOP C: Establishing meaningful partnerships
WORKSHOP D: De-bunking net zero terminology
NETWORKING AND PROBLEM SOLVING ROUND TABLES:
1Using data to decarbonise
your supply chain
2The future of transport:
working towards net-zero
3Communication and engagement for
sustainability leadership
KEYNOTE PANEL: Young voices powering the future of sustainability
2 FEB 2022 - SHAPING THE FUTURE OF PURPOSE-LED BUSINESS
KEYNOTE: Influencing green policy
KEYNOTE: The future of business: sustainability, skills and a just transition
KEYNOTE PANEL: Driving purpose-led sustainable business through B corp
PANEL A: Making circularity a reality PANEL B: Seizing the green opportunity in finance
WORKSHOP A: Building a more transparent and resilient
supply chain
WORKSHOP B: Social equality and achieving a
just transition
WORKSHOP C: Engaging leadership - why aren’t they
getting it?
WORKSHOP D: Sustainability in the built environment
DEBATE: Myth busting carbon offsetting
CLOSING KEYNOTE: Time to transform: building a better future
EVENT PARTNERS AND INNOVATION ZONE
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31 JAN PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS
PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS: COMMUNICATION & ENGAGEMENT SKILLSWith collaboration driving the global sustainability agenda, the need for effective engagement skills is key. Hosted in association with the Sustainability Leaders Forum 2022, this half day of panel debates and interactive workshop sessions is designed to bring together sustainability and CSR professionals of all levels to grow their engagement and communication skills. Workshops will be run in-person in London, encouraging interaction and peer-to-peer collaboration.
13:00 Registration and refreshments
13:25 Chair’s welcome and opening remarksLuke Nicholls, Content director, edie
13:30 INTERNAL ENGAGEMENT: empowering yourself within your organisation• Integrating sustainability into the wider business functions • Closing the green skills gap: upskilling within your organisation • How do we train up our existing colleagues to buy into a company-wide approach? • Promoting well-being and addressing talent burn-out
14:15 Refreshment break
14:45 CONSUMER ENGAGEMENT: bringing the consumer on the sustainability journey• Understanding, tracking and influencing the motivation of the consumer • Company or consumer led? to what extent do we educate consumers to make sustainable choices• Practical examples of consumer engagement in the digital era • To what extent does, or should customer behaviour drive decision-making?
15:20 ENGAGING LEADERSHIP: How to talk to your CFO about Sustainability With internal financing needed to scale up sustainability initiatives, buy in from the CFO is essential. In this session we will roleplay with a CFO to equip professionals with the tools to demonstrate sustainability efforts as a source of value rather than a cost.• Connecting financial professionals with the metrics and language used by sustainability professionals • Demonstrating the value of investment: how to effectively track the economic performance and ROI
16:00 edie 30 under 30 announcement
16:30 Networking drinks reception
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DAY 1, 1 FEB 2022 Ambition into action
08:30 Event opens
09:00 Welcome and introductionLuke Nicholls, editor, edie
09:05 Chair’s welcomeSolitaire Townsend, Co-founder, Futerra
09:10 KEYNOTE: Our COP26 legacy: Shaping the future of climate leadership• Three months on: Assessing the impacts of COP26 on sustainable business • Accelerating climate action: The business catalysts and policy enablers• Seizing the opportunities for private, public and industry collaboration in 2022
09:30 KEYNOTE: Our purpose: Making business a force for good in 2022• Sustainable Development Goals: How can we regain momentum? • Bridging the gaps between environmental and social sustainability • Climate adaptation & social resilience: Protecting people and systems
09:50 PLENARY: Our just transition: Building a fairer, socially sustainable net-zero carbon economy• Climate and racial justice: Leading the fight• Social justice: moving from acknowledgement into action• Mechanisms and frameworks to support your just transitionHarriet Lamb, CEO, Ashden Claudine Blamey, Head of sustainability and digital strategy, Argent Services LLP Natalie Campbell, CEO, Belu Becca Massey Chase, Co-deputy head of the Environmental Justice Commission, IPPR
10:45 Networking break and refreshments
11:30 PICK A TOPIC OF YOUR CHOICEDelegates will have the opportunity to choose from two streams (online and in-person).
STREAM A: WINNING THE RACE TO ZERO
To net-zero and beyond: Strategies for effective climate leadership • Top-down and bottom-up: Engaging leadership and
building a net-zero culture• Aligning net-zero carbon strategies with core business
purpose• SMEs and net-zero: Decarbonisation pathways and
opportunities
Panel speakers:
Andreas Ahrens, Head of climate, Inter IKEA Group
Marc Engle, Chief supply chain officer, Unilever
Cristina Kenz, Chief growth officer, The Kraft Heinz Company Paul Irwin-Rhodes, Head of sustainability and SHE, Greggs Shirley Rodrigues, Deputy Mayor for Environment and Energy, London
STREAM B: BECOMING NATURE-POSITIVE
Biodiversity and nature-based solutions: A business call to action • Measuring, managing and mitigating our impacts on nature• The role of innovation in scaling up nature-based solutions
and biomimicry • How can we adapt practices to be less carbon intensive
and less demanding of the land?• What are the creative solutions for repairing degraded
ecosystems?• Assessing the legislation that regulates business impact on
biodiversity
Panel speakers:
Akanksha Khatri, Head of nature action agenda, World Economic Forum
Professor Nathalie Seddon, Director, Nature-based Solutions Initiative, Oxford University
Tony Juniper, Chair, Natural England
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12:30 Lunch break
13:30 WORKSHOPS: CHOOSE YOUR SUSTAINABILITY PATH Workshops will be run in-person in London, encouraging interaction and peer-to-peer collaboration for future problem solving, starting with a panel discussion and followed by an interactive roundtable exercise. Conclusions will be recorded for watching on-demand later – so whether you are joining us online or in London, you can watch the key takeaways from all sessions.
WORKSHOP A: Ensuring reporting is accurate, transparent and delivers for stakeholders• How should we measure and report climate impacts to deliver decarbonisation at scale? • How do we gather the right data for reporting and improve accuracy?• Convergence of reporting frameworks - how to create a more standardised approach to metrics and SFDR• Mis-reporting carbon emission data, how do we get it right?Jennifer Motles, Chief sustainability officer, Philip Morris International
WORKSHOP B: Progressing the pace of plastic reduction and packaging innovation• The packaging landscape: alternative materials and innovative solutions• How to bring customers and stakeholders on the journey• What political, organisational and infrastructural challenges remain and where are the opportunities?• A practical look at what can be done today in your organisationTom Domen, Global head of long term innovation, EcoverAndrew Almack, Founder and chief executive, Plastics For ChangeWill Pearson, CEO, Ocean Bottle
WORKSHOP C: Establishing meaningful partnerships to drive systemic change• Looking beyond the capabilities of individual businesses and industries• Identifying joint opportunities for collaboration and partnerships• Collaboration not competition: breaking down competitive barriers• CASE STUDY: building a toolkit for innovative sustainability partnershipsSally Uren, CEO, Forum for the Future Steve Butterworth, CEO, Neighbourly
WORKSHOP D: De-bunking net-zero terminology: translating net-zero goals into tangible action• Who is cheating? Or are they just misunderstood?• How to identify practical offsetting opportunities and schemes• Real-life net-zero successes and fails: key learnings for sustainability leaders• How to move from ambitious net-zero goals into tangible actions, what can we do today?George Richards, Director, JRP SolutionsTom Hayes, Councillor, Oxford City Council Will Ennett, Head of sustainability, TalkTalk
14:30 Networking and refreshments
15.00 Problem solving networking roundtables – in the exhibition space
1Using data to decarbonise your
supply chain
2The future of transport: working
towards net-zero
3Communication and engagement for
sustainability leadership
15:30 KEYNOTE PANEL: Young voices powering the future of sustainabilityThe influence of young voices on company strategies and values is growing. We give a panel of young visionaries a platform to discuss what businesses and governments need to be doing today to build a greener and fairer future.Aliza Ayaz, UN Youth Ambassador for the Sustainable Development Goals Zanagee Artis, Co-Founder, Zero Hour Serena Bashal, COP working group, UKYCC
16:10 Closing remarks from forum chairSolitaire Townsend, Co-founder, Futerra
16:20 Networking drinks reception
DAY 1, 1 FEB 2022 Ambition into action
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DAY 2, 2 FEB 2022 Shaping the future of purpose-led business
08:30 Event opens
09:00 Chair’s welcome Solitaire Townsend, Co-founder, Futerra
09:10 KEYNOTE: Influencing green policy Policy and business action is critical in averting the severe climate threats facing humanity in the near future. The UK Government’s former chief scientific advisor Sir David King will share how he is influencing green policy and how business and policymakers alike are striving to move beyond decarbonisation, by researching and funding technologies that would start removing excess greenhouse gases from the atmosphere at scale.Sir David King, Founder and chair, Centre for Climate Repair
09:30 KEYNOTE: The future of business: sustainability, skills and a just transitionSarah Mukherjee, CEO, IEMA
09:50 KEYNOTE PANEL: Driving purpose-led sustainable business through B corp • Putting purpose at the forefront of your business strategy • Achieving the pace and scale of positive change, what are the pathways to B corp?• Balancing purpose and profit, how to build credibility and value for your businessCharmian Love, Chair and co-founder, B Lab UK Richard Hall, VP general secretary, Danone UK & Ireland Basil Scarsella, CEO, UK Power Networks
10:45 Networking break and refreshments
11:30 PICK A TOPIC OF YOUR CHOICEDelegates will have the opportunity to choose from two streams (online and in-person).
SESSION A: MAKING CIRCULARITY A REALITY
• Accelerating the transition to closed loop supply chains• What about the products that don’t fall into the circular
economy model?• What private-public partnerships can we utilise to achieve
circular economy goals?• What does circular economy mean for system transition?
Panel speakers:
Kresse Wesling, Founder, Elvis & Kresse
Susan Thomas, Senior director, commercial sustainability, Asda
Jo-Anne Chidley, CEO, Beauty Kitchen
Gaëlle Le Gélard, Food circular design project manager, Ellen MacArthur Foundation
SESSION B: SEIZING THE GREEN OPPORTUNITY IN FINANCE
• How can private and public financial institutions support the UK’s green recovery?
• How can we harness environmental and social sustainability data to engage investors?
• Assessing the impact of upcoming legislation, trends and reporting directives
• Empowering the customer: providing finance direct to consumers
Panel speakers:
Dr Rhian-Mari Thomas, CEO, Green Finance Institute
Graham Lloyd, Director of strategy, performance & sustainability, Nationwide Building Society
Roland Rott, Head of ESG and sustainable investment research, La Francaise Group
Helen Wiggs, Head of climate investment, Share Action
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12:30 Lunch break
13.30 WORKSHOPS: CHOOSE YOUR SUSTAINABILITY PATHWorkshops will be run in-person in London, encouraging interaction and peer-to-peer collaboration for future problem solving, starting with a panel discussion and followed by an interactive roundtable exercise. Conclusions will be recorded for watching on-demand later – so whether you are joining us online or in London, you can watch the key takeaways from all sessions.
WORKSHOP A: Building a more transparent and resilient supply chain • How do you decarbonise complex supply chains?• Engaging with suppliers across the whole supply chain• Radical transparency across value chain - what is leading practice and expectation of business today?• Achieving scope 3 accountability and reducing emissionsSonya Bhonsol, Global head of value chains & regional director corporations, CDP Nina Prichard, Head of sustainable and ethical sourcing, UK & Ireland supply chain, McDonald’s Laura McGonigal, Head of sustainability, Aesop Jess Ainley, Head of Sustainability, Fever Tree
WORKSHOP B: Social equality and achieving a just transition• Re-aligning business models to ensure social equality remains high on the agenda• Leading a just transition within your business and engaging with stakeholders• Where are the opportunities to drive the social agenda, where are the challenges?• CASE STUDY: Creating a more equal society through rapid decarbonisationMatthew Vickers, CEO and chief ombudsman, Ombudsman Services Madeleine Gabriel, Future mission director, Nesta Carly Bilsbrough, Head of CSR, The Very Group Dan Neale, Lead, World Benchmarking Alliance Soulla Kyriacou, COO, A blueprint for better business
WORKSHOP C: Engaging leadership - why aren’t they getting it?• How do we communicate effectively to achieve board buy-in to net zero?• What are the tools for engaging middle management and senior decision makers?• How do we foster top down ownership and company-wide internal engagement?• Overcoming contradicting agendas of stakeholders and getting tangible resultsJulia Barrett, Chief sustainability officer, Willmott Dixon Jo Gilroy, Group head of sustainability and environment, Kier Group Dare Ilori, Group head of sustainability, Merlin Entertainments
WORKSHOP D: Sustainability in the built environment: Shaping the future of green buildings• How can businesses, government and policymakers come together to support the development of the built
environment?• Leaving no stone unturned: tackling the whole-life impact of buildings and addressing embodied emissions in
the built environment • Practical examples of how we can build back greener post pandemic• CASE STUDY: making large-scale carbon negative cement production a realityBukky Bird, Group sustainability director, Barratt Developments Stephen Richardson, Director of Europe, World Green Building Council Ian Riley, CEO, WCA
14:30 Networking and refreshments
15:15 DEBATE: Myth busting carbon offsetting: when can offsetting be a real power for good? • What are the carbon offsetting fundamentals? • What are the opportunities and can carbon offsetting be a power for good? • How to build offsetting into your net-zero strategy• Assessing the need for conditions and limits on offsetting and insetting
15:40 CLOSING KEYNOTE: Guest to be announced
16:00 Chair closing remarksSolitaire Townsend, Co-founder, Futerra
16:00 Close of forum
EVENT PARTNERS AND INNOVATION ZONE: Situated in the main networking area, drop in to our water and energy innovation zone, watch live interviews with sustainability
leaders and visit our partner’s booths to set up a free consultation meetings.
If you have a solution or expertise to share, contact Dan Smyth on 44 (0)1342 332 090or email [email protected] today.
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DAY 2, 2 FEB 2022 Shaping the future of purpose-led business
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12 YEARS OF INSPIRING BOLD, COLLECTIVE ACTION.The multi-award-winning Sustainability Leaders Forum
is back, bigger and better for 2022!
edie Sustainability Leaders Forum provides a fantastic opportunity to connect with thought leaders in a rapidly evolving and critically important area. Head of sustainable and ethical sourcing, McDonald’s
A wealth of knowledge, presented in such an interactive, in-depth, fast
paced, and passionate way, was incredible! With outrage and optimism,
we can move forward. Sustainability coordinator, Walkers Shortbread
This is truly an excellent and inspiring Forum addressing the key challenges and opportunities that need to be actioned during the current decade to enable us to stay focussed and on track to have any chance of meeting our net zero target.
Director for sustainability, Mulalley
This forum inspires many people to show that we are not alone in the climate change fight and that business opportunities can appear in sustainability to thrive in this perpetual changing world.
Finance and sustainability, Cranfield School of Management
Inspiring, motivating, thought-provoking and a clear call to action. Everyone who wants
to achieve meaningful change in their
organisation should attend.
Consultant, Futures Institute at Dollar Academy
edie managed to create the feel of community, momentum and energy in a virtual forum that developed my knowledge, network and appetite to drive the sustainability agenda for my clients, and business as a whole. Thank you edie! See you next year. Director, Future nature
A hugely inspiring 3 days, packed full of energy, passion and insight. I’ve come away with a reading list longer than my arm and a renewed enthusiasm to get working towards a more sustainable future. Unit director, Delta-Simons
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Ticket Pricing
The forum offers many partnership opportunities to demonstrate thought leadership and showcase your expertise to sustainability decision makers.
If you have a solution to share with your industry, contact David Griffiths on 44 (0)1342 332 068 or email [email protected] today.
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Don’t forget to book your place at the Communication and engagement skills pre-conference workshop: just £199 in addition to your conference ticket
Pass type Who? Price
edie Leader’s Club Pass
For premium members of the following:
Sustainability Leaders ClubNet-zero Leaders Club
Included in membership fee
Corporate pass
For sustainability and CSR professionals, functional experts
and senior executives who work for a brand or corporate
company
£699 early bird£1049 standard
Non-profit/Academic If you work for an NGO, charity or academic institution
£599 early bird£949 standard
Consultants, technology and solution providers
If you are a vendor, supplier, consultant
£999 early bird£1349 standard