Agenda
The conference was a one-day face-to-face event where delegates heard 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 2025, contact komal.singh@akabomedia.co.uk.
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Chair's Opening Remarks
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Sustainability deserves a better ranking on the business strategy
- Why does it matter?
- Risk & Opportunity
- Getting the narrative right
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Sustainability can't exist in a silo in a business - how to bring colleagues and partners on this journey
- Why is it important to engage colleagues throughout the business in your sustainability journey?
- How can colleagues feel a part of sustainability progress?
- How can companies collaborate with suppliers and supply chain partners to improve sustainability?
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Panel discussion: How can AI make supply chains more sustainable?
- How AI is transforming sustainability within supply chains
- The cost savings and environmental benefits AI can deliver
- How GXO and Iceland partnered with Datasparq to make AI in the supply chain a reality
Speakers
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Break
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B Corp - the blueprint for business as a force for good
- Demystifying B Corp
- Medik's certification journey and what Medik have learned
- How to use the B Corp standard to make your business a force for good (even if you are not certified)
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Our battle with Scope 3 emissions: Sipsmith’s ongoing search for solutions
- Sipsmith’s focus on partnerships and why it’s an important tool for managing Scope 3 emissions
- Measuring carbon footprint and how it helps
- Highlights from Sipsmith’s sustainability journey since 2020, its challenges and what it might try next
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Animal welfare on the sustainability agenda: bridging the gap between policy and action
- What should be included in a good animal welfare policy
- Why animal welfare is so important to wider sustainability performance
- How to influence C-suite action and balance an ambitious policy with commercial flexibility
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Collecting data for supply chain analysis: using carbon accounting to measure, report and reduce emissions
- Effective data collection methods for supply chain analysis
- Implementing carbon accounting practices
- Strategies to reduce supply chain carbon emissions using data insights
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Lunch and Networking
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Panel discussion: Sustainability and responsibility – balancing cost, quality and environmental impact
- The roles of customers, third-party logistics providers, and businesses in contributing to a sustainable product lifecycle
- Analysis of B-Corp and EcoVadis certifications, their impact on business practices and branding, and their relevance for selecting logistics partners
- Understanding the role of marketing in promoting genuine sustainable practices.
Speakers
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Sustainable Supply Chains: branching into a greener economy
- The trends in methods and motivations in sustainability implementation
- The barriers to sustainability
- Analysis of Aurora Insights novel datasets on sustainable supply chains
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Break
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Learnings from the London Light Freight Walking Trial
- Walking freight has high potential to serve the densest areas of the city in particular
- Consolidation-based walking freight is a relatively untapped market and has strong growth potential
- Walking freight has both environmental and economic benefits due to decongestion, decarbonisation, improved air quality, reduced noise pollution and reduced road wear
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Nestlé UK&I Transport: on the road to a sustainable future
- Covering the Nestle UK&I Transport Sustainability Journey so far
- Key Learnings from our transfer to a fully Diesel alternative HGV fleet
- What is next for the UK&I
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How The Supplant Company solves the biggest health and climate problems in consumer products
- Solving the ‘food system trilemma' of poor nutrition, climate impact and food insecurity
- Improving the food system’s circular economy with a system-wide solution
- Balancing nutrition and sustainability for wholesale and food service businesses
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Closing Chair Speech
CPD Hours
This conference offers a total of 5 CPD hours - accredited by The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport - so that you can keep up with your professional development:
