Carbon Footprint Supply Chain Summit
24& 25 May 2007
Day One: Thursday 24 May 2007
Developing An Investment Strategy For Carbon Management
In The Supply Chain
What Are The Key Business Benefits?
What Are The Initial Steps That You Need To Take? |
| 0830 |
Coffee and Registration |
| 0900 |
Chair’s Welcome and Introduction |
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Gavin George
Head of Retail
Ernst & Young |
Keynote Panel Session: Understanding The Business Benefits
| 0905 |
Investing In Carbon Management – Outlining The Key Business Case Objectives And Strategies For Achieving Measurable Improvements To Carbon Emission Performance |
- Understanding the key business drivers including the cost efficiency benefits
- Outlining objectives for operations, distribution and the retail supply chains
- Understanding the methods of reducing carbon emissions through measuring data accurately
- Strategies for encouraging suppliers to engage with new initiatives for their operations and distribution systems
- The retailer perspective – choosing partner brands with the right green credentials
- Strategies for own label products and the FMCG brands
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Peter Madden
Chief Executive
Forum for the Future |
James Stanway, Director of Project Development, Wal-Mart
Blake Lee-Harwood, Campaigns Director, Greenpeace
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Dr Steve Howard
Chief Executive Officer
The Climate Group |
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Sarah Severn
Director of Horizons, Corporate Responsibility
NIKE Inc. |
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Jessica Sansom
Head of Sustainability
Innocent Drinks |
| 1000 |
Understanding The Scope For Measuring And Reducing Carbon Emissions Across The Retail And FMCG Supply Chains |
- Creating a holistic framework for carbon footprinting analysis across operations, distribution and the supply chain – what does good carbon management look like?
- Evaluating what consumers rate and prioritise as important
- Assessing solutions for the functional challenges facing supply chain senior management
- Examining the value chain efficiencies of transport networks, shopping environments and energy usage
- Strategies for explaining the carbon footprints to consumers
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Euan Murray
Head of Strategy
Carbon Trust |
| 1030 |
The Benefits of Working Together to Provide a Standardised Carbon Footprint in Key Sectors |
- The importance of working collaboratively on Carbon Footprinting through an independent third party
- Understanding the supply chain and increasing visibility through multiple supply chain tiers
- Differentiating between different types of footprint throughout a single supply chain, and identifying areas for high impact action
- The importance of supplier engagement and the maintenance of high quality data through validity checking and independent verification
- Tools for benchmarking supplier and industry behaviour and continuous improvement
- Differentiating between collaborative and individual activities through a single tool set
Presenting case-studies of collaborative working to achieve carbon standards from a leading provider of supplier management information whose schemes improve the efficiency of the procurement cycle while promoting health and safety, environmental management and wider corporate responsibility in the supply chain
Colin Maund, Chief Executive Officer, Achilles Group
| 1100 |
Networking Refreshment Break In The Exhibition Showcase Area |
| 1130 |
Why Shareholders Want To See Accurate Measurement And Effective Reduction Of Carbon Emissions |
- Why this is important to your investors
- The risks and opportunities to your business from carbon emissions and climate change
- Best practice examples of reporting and reduction
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Paul Simpson
Project Director
Carbon Disclosure Project |
| Developing A Framework For Analysing, Measuring & Standardising The Product Lifecycle Across The Entire Supply Chain |
| 1200 |
Harmonising Methodologies To Work Towards A Standardised Benchmark For Reporting The Measurement Of Carbon Back To The Source |
- Developing guidelines for establishing the carbon content of a product to reduce the complexity of the lifecycle analysis and overcome subjectivity
- What is required to enhance the partnerships
- Benchmarking with the competition for a clearer understanding of your carbon performance
Ian Walsh, Environment Manager EMEA, Cadbury Schweppes
| 1230 |
Networking Buffet Lunch |
Case Study
| 1400 |
“Mapping the Product Journey“ - Understanding How To Define The Boundaries Of The Product Lifecycle To Define A Reference Point For Your Investment Strategy |
- “How far do you go, where do you begin?”
- Understanding the product journey
- Measuring carbon can be more challenging than reducing it – so how do you cost effectively pull together all of the data?
- Can the techniques deliver real change
- Challenges to carbon footprinting FMCG products
- Building the bigger picture of product sustainability
- Communicating the results
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Andrew Jenkins
Sustainable Development Manager
Boots PLC |
| BEST PRACTICE CARBON REDUCTION FROM DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF THE SUPPLY CHAIN |
Case Study
| 1430 |
Identifying The Key Pinpoints In Your Tier 1 Supply Chain To Deliver A Starting Point For Your Carbon Reduction Initiative |
- The starting point – successfully incentivising tier 1 suppliers
- Engaging suppliers on the benefits of working against a set of carbon credentials
- Developing a strategy for managing beyond the first tier
Dave Newman, Head Of Global Sustainable Logistics, NIKE Inc.
| 1500 |
Engaging A Whole Sector In Your Supply Chain With Environmental Improvement |
- Environmental impact prioritisation process
- Best practice information gathering/sharing
- Supplier reward/recognition
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David Lawrence
Governance Director
Diageo Global Procurement |
| 1530 |
Networking Refreshment Break In The Exhibition Showcase Area |
| 1600 |
Practically Engaging And Incentivising Suppliers To Reduce Carbon In Their Operations |
- You know the theory but how do you proactively engage with your supply chain? Carrot, stick or both?
- What practical lessons are there from previous programmes?
- How can government provide support to implement these programmes?
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David Symons
Director of Corporate Services
WSP |
| 1630 |
Strategies For Tackling Farming Emissions |
- Identifying the emissions from farms - soils, livestock and inputs
- Understanding the impact of variation in emissions with farm system, soil type and geography
- Evaluating the relative importance of emissions from agriculture in the food chain
- Reducing carbon in the food and drink supply chain means profound changes to the ways farmers’ utilise fertilisers and manage stock
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Professor Gareth Edwards-Jones
Professor of Agriculture
University of Wales |
Transport & Distribution Supply Chain
| 1700 |
Achieving Optimal Efficiency In Logistics And Distribution To Reduce Your Direct Emissions |
- Increasing the efficiency of your distribution routes and systems and realising the cost and carbon benefits
- Cost-effectively implementing bio-fuelled vehicles into your transport fleet
- How load sharing can realistically be organised to maximise vehicle space and efficiency
- The benefits of local sourcing and supply on transport efficiency
- Minimising airfreight's impact on the carbon footprint
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Jim Hagan
VP of Corporate Environment, Health and Safety
GlaxoSmithKline |
| 1720 |
Questions And Answers Followed By Close Of Conference |
| 1730 |
Evening Networking Cocktail Reception - Hosted by Lloyds Register |
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Day Two: Friday 25 May 2007
Assessing The True Business Benefits Of Supply Chain Carbon
Reduction In The Contexts Of –
1. Comparisons With Offsetting
2. Consumer Understanding & Perceptions |
| 0830 |
Coffee and Registration |
| 0900 |
Chair’s Welcome and Introduction |
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Deborah Evans
Head of Corporate Reporting and Assurance, LRQA
a member of the Lloyd's Register Group |
360° KEYNOTE PANEL SESSION Offsetting Vs Reduction?
| 0905 |
Comparing The Payback Of Carbon Reduction In The Supply Chain Vs Carbon Offsetting Initiatives |
- Evaluating the business benefits and acceptance of prestigious and cost effective off-sets Vs realistic and direct emission reduction
- Comparing the payback of carbon reduction in the supply chain Vs carbon offsetting initiatives
- Analysing investment data to indicate the most beneficial way of spending your money
- Considering the “intangible” PR benefits of offsetting and measuring the impact on the brand
- Evaluating whether to invest in offsetting or more practical initiatives including motion-sensor lighting and video conferencing
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Dr Sally Uren
Business Programme Director
Forum for the Future |
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Jon Price
Sales Director
The CarbonNeutral Company |
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Peter Webster
Head of Climate Change Group
Utilyx |
Dr Douglas Parr, Chief Scientist, Greenpeace UK
Kerstin Lindvall, Head Of Environmental And Social Responsibility, ICA Group (one of the Nordic region’s leading retail companies)
| 1000 |
Making Carbon Labelling Real For Consumers - Understanding Consumer Perception And Priorities To Maximise Business Benefit |
- What do our consumers think about carbon labelling?
- How can we learn from the GDA label debate?
- Putting carbon labelling into context for daily purchasing decisions
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Jessica Sansom
Head of Sustainability
Innocent Drinks |
Food & Drink Case Study
| 1030 |
Practical Steps To Carbon Footprint Reduction In Food Production And Waste Management |
Presenting a unique case study on how one of Europe’s leading producers of convenience foods achieves reduction in the carbon footprint through the utilisation of renewable energy, generated from its own waste streams
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Helen Sisson
Group Technical Director
Greencore Group |
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James Cherry
Environmental Manager
Greencore Group |
| 1100 |
Networking Refreshment Break In The Exhibition Showcase Area |
| Capitalising On The Opportunity To Reduce The Consumer’s Impact On The Carbon Footprint |
Case Study - Innovative Ideas
| 1130 |
Simple And Innovative Carbon Reduction Ideas For Partnering With Your Suppliers To Benefit The Consumer Carbon Impact |
- Using innovative packaging design to improve carbon reduction
- Achieving good carbon practice with a unique customer experience
- Business impact immense - environmental benefits even greater
Helen Wright, Head of Environment, O2 (UK)
| 1200 |
Optimising Packaging And Engaging The Consumer To Reduce Your Carbon Footprint |
- Optimising packaging to reduce carbon impact
- Packaging solutions to extend product shelf-life
- Approaches that will motivate consumers to seek out optimised packaging and to reduce food waste entering the household dustbin
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Phillip Ward
Director for Waste Implementation Programmes
WRAP |
| 1230 |
Measuring Up To Your Promises - How To Effectively Set Targets And Monitor Performance |
- Effectively setting and measuring targets
- Managing the carbon balance
- Monetarising the cost and savings
- Clarifying the benefits to the stakeholders
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Dr Belinda Howell
Chief Executive Officer
Greenstone Carbon Management |
| 1300 |
Networking Buffet Lunch |
| 1400 |
Assessing Your Carbon Footprint - Turning Theory Into Practise |
- Exploring the varoius types and scopes of footprints available
- Due diligence: how can businesses ensure their footprint is accurate and stands up to scrutiny
- Investigating most common pitfalls and key issues raised
- Practical illustration of a footprint, demonstrating the problems encountered and how they were overcome
Tahsin Choudhury, SENIOR CONSULTANT, ECOSECURITIES GROUP PLC
| Effective Data Modelling And Analysis To Accurately Measure Supply Chain Carbon Emissions For Verifiable Reporting |
| 1430 |
Designing Carbon Emissions Out Of The Supply Chain |
- Aggressive carbon targets are being set at board level and logistics managers need to ensure that their supply chains are able to achieve them
- For most companies simple operational changes will not be enough
- Over 80% of the benefits are only available at the design stage
- A robust supply chain design methodology is required which incorporates cost, service and carbon emissions
- Case studies and industry research will be presented
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Ewan French
COO – Network Design
Barloworld Optimus |
| 1500 |
The Challenges And Opportunities In Implementing Supply Chain Traceability To Capture Carbon Footprint Data |
- Understanding the chain beyond your tier 1 supply-base
- Communicating the issues and opportunities throughout the chain
- Collecting data - not implementing systems>
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Tim Wilson
CEO
Historic Futures |
| 1530 |
Networking Refreshment Break In The Exhibition Showcase Area |
| 1600 |
Analysing The Importance Of Model Flexibility To Handle Fluctuating Supplier Data |
Moderator:
Peter Klein, Managing Director Europe, Supply Chain Consulting
Panel members:
- Jan Huizeling, Chief Information Officer and Development Support, Christian Salvesen
- Steve Wilson, Supply Chain Practice Management Team, Capgemini
- Dr Cameron Hepburn, Director, Climate Bridge
| 1630 |
"Faking Your Footprint?" - Ensuring Consumers And Investors Receive Credible And Accurate Carbon Information |
- Assessing the importance of verifying the data for the key stakeholders
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Deborah Evans
Head of Corporate Reporting and Assurance, LRQA
a member of the Lloyd's Register Group |
| 1700 |
Chair’s Closing Remarks and Close of 2007 Summit |
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| Announcing the Carbon Footprint Supply Chain Summit . . More |
Supply Chain Directors
Procurement Directors
Logistics Directors
Category Managers
Head of QA
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Directors
Sustainability Directors
Climate Change Directors
Corporate Affairs Directors
Environmental Directors
Technical Directors
Energy Managers
HR Directors
Product Development Managers
Marketing Directors
Brand Directors
Risk Managers
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