8.00  Conference Breakfast – Sponsored by British Precast         

9.00  Chair’s introduction –  Russell Foster – Chair, Action Sustainability

Morning Programme – Sponsored by DNV   

9.10  Opening keynote –  Peter Head – Chair of Global Planning, ARUP

Over 80 percent of delegates last year rated Peter’s present “excellent”, nobody rated it less than “good”. We have invited Peter back to give us his breathtaking perspective on global sustainability and the challenge facing global corporations. News of his latest charity foundation will blow you away.

9.45  Practical workshops – delivered by Action Sustainability with key partners

10.45  Break

11.00  Session 1– Global best practice and global challenges

We have invited a selection of truly global business leaders to say how they will respond to the challenges set out by Peter. To spice it up a bit, we have invited a lead campaigner from Friends of the Earth to put across an alternative view.

• Peter Head – Chair of Global Planning, ARUP
• Frank Henke – Global CSR Director, Adidas
• Dr. Matthias Weidinger – Corporate Supply Chain Management, Siemens AG
• Julian Kirby – Lead Campaigner, Friends of the Earth
• Tamsin Gane – Sustainable Procurement Manager – Sodexo
• Facilitator – Shaun McCarthy, Director, Action Sustainability

12.00  Session 2 – Driving environmental and social sustainability in the square mile?

Identify the factors that are driving leading City firms to not only deliver against their environmental and social commitments but to build a business case not just for compliance but competitive advantage. The session will identify what is making these businesses buck the trend of what many see as the City’s inherent short-termism and discover how their supply chains are helping them to deliver their corporate environmental and social objectives.

• Diana Spellman – Managing Director, Partners in Purchasing
• Penny Shepherd - Chief Executive, UKSIF
• Nili Safavi, Senior Consultant, Sustainability, Det Norske Veritas
• Facilitator - Shaun McCarthy, Director, Action Sustainability

1.00  Lunch –  Sponsored by Business & Enterprise Group  
 
2.00  Session 3 – How client demands can influence supply in the retail and food sectors

Key players from the retail sector will set out their vision for sustainable supply chains, a key supplier to the sector will respond with their own global perspective. We are pleased to welcome back Mike Barry, winner of the Guardian sustainability leaders award and Neil Sachdev, who wowed the audience last year with his closing keynote address.

• Nick Lakin, Head of CR and Commercial Communications, Molson Coors
• Rowland Hill, Corporate Social Responsibility/ Sustainability Manager, Marks & Spencer
• Neil Sachdev, Property and CSR Director, Sainsbury’s
• Andrew Holden, Procurement Director, Eden Project
• Facilitator - Shaun McCarthy, Director, Action Sustainability

3.00  Break

3.20  Practical workshops – delivered by Action Sustainability with key partners

4.20  Session 4 – The construction sector – can it deliver?

Key players from the construction industry will respond: Many construction companies deliver 80% of their work through supply chains, you will hear about new innovations to educate and engage diverse supply chains from the leaders in the field.

• Andy MacAskill – UK Procurement Director, Skanska
• Kieran Brocklebank - Head of Strategy & Performance, Supply Chain and Commercial, United Utilities
• Shamir Ghumra - Head of Sustainability, Aggregate Industries
• Facilitator - Shaun McCarthy, Director, Action Sustainability

5.10  Session 5 – Closing remarks

Russell and Shaun will summarise the day’s key messages.

5.30  Close