AGENDA
The conference is a one-day face-to-face event where delegates hear directly from industry-leading speakers on how business sustainability can influence their bottom line.
If you would like to be considered as a potential speaker for 2026, contact shelby.laviniere@akabomedia.co.uk
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Registration and Welcome Refreshments
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Chairs Opening Remarks
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The Office for Responsible Business Conduct - Helping UK businesses be a force for good
- What are the OECD Guidelines for responsible business practise and how do they apply to my business/supply chain
- Understanding relevant environmental, human rights and governance risks in your supply chain
- The common gaps in companies’ due diligence processes that lead to adverse impacts
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Operationalising Net Zero in Complex Health Supply Chains
- The role of procurement and category management in translating net‑zero ambition into operational decision‑making
- Insights on working with suppliers—large and small—to build capability, improve data quality and accelerate emissions reduction across multi‑tier supply chains
- Practical lessons from embedding sustainability into commercial processes while maintaining resilience, value and continuity of patient‑critical supply
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Demystifying the Circular Economy – Practical Steps to be more Circular
- Circular economy principles and benefits for your organisation
- Circular economy business models and case studies
- Support and resources available
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Getting Circular: Real Lessons from a Global Retailer
- Progress in the circular economy comes through playing in a sandpit that is relevant for your business —testing, learning, and iterating quickly to build what works. But also doing things differently
- Embedding circular thinking from grassroots initiatives and evolving it in real time, is the most effective unlock in today's corporate climate, to incorporate it into your strategy
- Meaningful collaboration—across teams, partners, and the wider ecosystem—is the critical enabler for scaling success
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Networking break
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Net Zero insights – B2B
- Understanding current status of Net Zero commitment and progress
- Insight to changes in business sentiment toward Net Zero
- Next steps for measurable impact
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Building Better Choices: The Role of DIY Retail in Lower-Impact Living
- How DIY retail can influence customer behaviour at scale by making lower-impact choices more accessible, desirable, and commercially viable
- The practical approaches to embedding sustainability across the retail value chain
- Why the future of sustainable home improvement depends on balancing environmental responsibility with quality, affordability, and customer trust
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From Cost Center to Competitive Advantage: Packaging in the Age of PPWR
- Understand how PPWR is reshaping packaging strategy, supply chain operations, and business performance
- Learn how connected product and packaging data can support compliance, reduce costs and enable circularity
- Discover how AI and digital technologies can accelerate sustainable packaging innovation and regulatory readiness
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Panel Session: Harnessing advanced technologies to accelerate the sustainable transition
- The role of AI, IoT, blockchain, and advanced analytics—in driving transparency, efficiency, and circularity across supply chains
- Understand how digital innovation supports sustainability goals
- Identifying practical pathways for technology adoption and collaboration
Speakers
Sponsor
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Lunch
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Operating system for distributed commodity markets
- Take back control of your electricity requirements and finances
- Access price stability, 24/7 traceability, all with shaped and structured renewable power
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Enable scalable energy optimisation that makes the most of generation or consumption, while providing opportunities to expand further
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Panel session: Green certifications and monitoring: data, standards, and compliance in practice
- Prioritise certifications that align with global climate goals and stakeholder expectations
- Build trust by embedding transparency and accountability across your supply chain
- Position your company as a leader in credible, monitored climate action
Speakers
Sponsor
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Why Supply Chain Decarbonisation Stalls: Building Trust in voluntary market
- Why the voluntary freight decarbonisation market has struggled to scale and what is holding it back
- How credible book-and-claim programmes can unlock emissions reductions in hard-to-abate transport sectors
- What companies need to do today to build trust, secure future low-carbon fuel supply, and accelerate supply chain decarbonization
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How to move faster and further, together - reducing scope 3 emissions in supply chain
- What is the required pace of change to deliver against SBTI and climate commitments?
- How do you change businesses out of your direct control?
- What must I prioritise today, to make change happen?
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Networking break
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Beyond the buzzwords: what it really takes to build a responsible supply chain
- Responsible supply chains are built through relationships and collaboration, not just requirements and policies
- Progress depends on starting with imperfect data and improving transparency and capability over time
- Culture and people engagement are critical to embedding responsible practices across complex value chains
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The Great Fracture: Navigating Supply Chain Resilience and Sustainability
- Resilience fails when it is designed for isolated shocks rather than cascading disruptions
- Sustainability is not a constraint on resilience; it is a condition of responsible resilience
- The future of responsible resilient supply chains lies in reconfiguration (design-led)
Speaker
Associate Professor in Supply Chain Management
Loughborough University Business School
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Chair's Closing Remarks
CPD Hours
This conference offers 5 CPD hours, accredited by The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT).
