AGENDA
The conference is a two-day face-to-face event where delegates hear directly from industry-leading speakers on how business sustainability can influence their bottom line. The first day will focus on identifying immediate actionable challenges and the second day will look ahead at layering the groundwork for long-term policy, infrastructure and financial strategies.
If you would like to be considered as a potential speaker for 2025, contact mia.stanbridge@akabomedia.co.uk
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Chairs Opening Remarks
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Key considerations and the current EU sustainability policy
- Priorities for bringing EU industries to Net Zero
- Opportunities following the competitiveness compass
- The current outlook for sustainability in the EU
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Globally inclusive textile EPR: The Role of Producer Responsibility Organisations
- How to build justice-Oriented EPR Frameworks for textiles
- Transparent, Accountable, and Inclusive Governance of PROs
- Policy & stakeholder recommendations for more inclusive EPR systems
Speaker
Co-Managing Director & Circular Textiles Lead
Circular Berlin - Zirkuläre Stadt e.V
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Sustainability Requirements in Flux: Navigating the EU’s Shifting Regulatory Landscape
- Understand the latest EU sustainability policy developments surrounding supply chain due diligence and reporting requirements
- Recognize how the EU’s competitiveness agenda is reshaping sustainability regulations
- Assess the opportunities and challenges that arise for businesses in this changing regulatory environment
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Networking break
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Sponsored session – an example of AI for sustainability
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Panel Session: Approaches to visibility and traceability in responsible reporting
- Harnessing AI, IoT and blockchain tools for data collection
- Engaging with suppliers and partners
- Priorities for measurement and standardisation
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Institutionalising Sustainability in Business and Supply Chain Activities
- Company responses to sustainability reporting regulations
- The opportunities and barriers of public procurement criteria to advance sustainable supply chains
- The need for capacities and resources to support SMEs in achieving these objectives
Speaker
Research Associate
Leibniz Institute Ecological Urban and Regional Development
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Lunch and Networking
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Pecha Kucha – Aurora Insights
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Establishing a framework to support responsible development
- Priorities for senior leadership and engaging stakeholders
- Unlocking the value of existing initiatives
- Integrating sustainability into decision making
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Assessing opportunities for emissions offsets
- Approaches to verification and credibility in emissions offsets
- Driving capital toward climate solutions
- Discussing the current trends in the voluntary carbon market
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Incentivising Environmental Performance in Global Supply Chains: Key Insights and Implementation Pathways
- Understand the barriers and drivers
- Explore incentive-based approaches
- Apply actionable recommendations
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Afternoon networking break
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Implementing existing technologies for end to end emissions reduction
- Overcoming implementation barriers
- Biofuels, automation
- Assessing the link between efficiency and sustainability
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Reaping the rewards of sustainability: financial benefits of adhering to sustainability requirements
- Exploring the motivations behind ESG related decision making
- Social responsibility and its impact on recruitment and retention
- Add in here – reviews, accountability, establishing governance
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Chairs closing remarks
The conference is a two-day face-to-face event where delegates hear directly from industry-leading speakers on how business sustainability can influence their bottom line. The first day will focus on identifying immediate actionable challenges and the second day will look ahead at layering the groundwork for long-term policy, infrastructure and financial strategies.
If you would like to be considered as a potential speaker for 2025, contact mia.stanbridge@akabomedia.co.uk
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Chair’s Opening Remarks
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Looking forward to the future of resiliency: dealing with shocks
- Dealing with shocks
- How resiliency can enhance profitability
- Upcoming changes in the sustainability policy landscape
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Building better partnerships: supporting research and innovation
- Innovation in Greentech
- The role of AI in accelerating the development of sustainability solutions
- Preventing new and emerging technologies from exacerbating social inequalities
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Accelerating the shift towards a more circular economy
- Next steps following the ‘Circular Economy Action Plan’ and the ‘European Green Deal’
- Innovative solutions to transform waste
- Low carbon technologies
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Networking Break
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The role of technology in the shift to a resilient future
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Tapping into government incentives
- Opportunities for SMEs to gain support in sustainable initiatives
- Exploring green loans and financing, sustainable innovation grants
- Assessing changes to public procurement
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Scaling green technology initiatives
- Tackling barriers to clean energy infrastructure
- Fleet modification
- Green energy
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Lunch and Networking
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Bridging the sustainability workforce gap
- Making advanced tools more accessible
- Utilising learning schemes and workforce initiatives
- Assessing the priorities for a resilient workforce
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Navigating ESG Reporting: Building Trust in a Shifting Regulatory Landscape
- Strengthening ESG resilience through risk-informed assurance
- Leveraging digital solutions to streamline compliance and transparency
- Adapting to evolving frameworks, including the ESG Omnibus and global standards
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Forming and Governing Sustainable Supply Chains through Entrepreneurial Ecosystems and Systemic Co-Design
- Strategies for forming & governing sustainable Supply Chains
- Drive sustainable innovations through Entrepreneurial Ecosystems
- Use Systemic Co-Design principles to tackle complex challenges
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Afternoon Networking break
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Financing the green transition
- Driving capital toward climate solutions
- Integrating ESG into financial decisions
- Enhanced customer loyalty due to sustainability
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Long term plans for scope three emissions reduction
- Building a collaborative relationship with suppliers
- Approaches to procurement
- Navigating changes to regulation
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Chair’s closing remarks