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Sustainability Summit 2021 Event Welcome
FIRESIDE: The Path to Net Zero, what industry needs to know from a Regulatory standpoint
Lowering carbon emissions - what is happening across the EU that will come into effect in Ireland and what regulations are coming down the line that industry needs to be aware of to adapt
Eamon Ryan
Minister for Environment, Climate and Communications & Minister for Transport
Moderator
Jennifer Duggan
Editor
Time
FIRESIDE: The Need for Climate Repair Now
Sir David King will set out briefly the current state of the global climate crisis. The recent report of the IPCC, published last month, is the most important assessment of humanity’s future on earth to date. The required global response to this prognosis was set out in the most recent report of the Climate Crisis Advisory Group which demonstrated the need to shift focus beyond net zero Carbon emissions. This group, which he chairs, is composed of 14 leading climate experts from around the world. The response, to take us on a pathway to a manageable future, is: (i) deep and rapid emissions reduction; (ii) removal of excess greenhouse gases already in the atmosphere; and (iii) repairing those parts of the climate system that are already close to or past their tipping points. The CCRC is a hub for global activities to achieve each of the objectives set out in this comprehensive strategy, working with universities, industry, political leaders and the financial and re-insurance sectors
Sir David King
Emeritus Professor of Chemistry
University of Cambridge
&
Founder and Chair
Centre for Climate Repair
Moderator
Pernilla Strid
Journalist
Aktuell Hållbarhet
Environmental Philanthropy as a Business Strategy - how your company can form part of creating a thriving future for our planet and generations to come
Giving to NGOs is often seen as an afterthought or at best a nice-to-have. In this case study, we will turn that on its head, showing how your giving strategy - why you give, to whom you give, how you integrate your giving into your culture and brand - can be an integral part of how and why you operate as a business, and how your business can be part of creating a thriving future for our planet and future generations.
Kate Williams
CEO
1% for the Planet
FIRESIDE: Moving Towards A Net-Zero Society
Sustainability and Climate Justice are core values of both Mary and her previous foundation, whose purpose was thought leadership, education and advocacy on the struggle to secure global justice for those vulnerable to the impacts of climate change.
This vision of humanity and their shared responsibilities for each other and our planet for future generations is again shared by The Elders in which Mary is the current Chair. This session will discuss these issues and how business leaders can adopt actionable sustainable strategies to move us toward a net-zero society with touches on Gender Equality
Mary Robinson
Adjunct Professor for Climate Justice
Trinity College Dublin &
Chair, The Elders &
Former President of Ireland (1990-1997)
Moderator
Sunita Narain
Director General
Centre for Science and Environment
PANEL: Forging a Pathway to a more Sustainable Future
The Future Forum, hosted by Native Events, is a visioning forum of Ireland's leaders from different and diverse sectors, brought together under one roof to discuss forging a pathway into a more sustainable future.
Alison Tickell
Founder & CEO
Julie's Bicycle
Paul Murphy
Director & Co-founder
Climeaction
Dr. Craig Bullock
Managing Director
Optimize
Moderator
Megan Best
Managing Director
Native Events
FIRESIDE: Embedding A Culture of Climate Change
Encourage people to improve their habits rather than force people to do so.../ Our Energy Future, Green Technology.
Norman Crowley
CEO
Cool Planet Group & Studio AVA
Moderator
Dara Connolly
CEO
Common Purpose
PANEL: Climate Discussions and Decision Making Processes
Corporations are playing key roles in major climate discussions and decision-making processes and they do have a role in realising systemic change on carbon emissions. How can they be made more accountable and deliver on their goals?
Nabil Ahmed
Founder
INTERPRT
Dorothy Grace Guerrero
Head of Policy and Advocacy
Global Justice Now
Moderator
Joan Mulvihill
Digitalisation Lead
Siemens
FIRESIDE: Companies using their influence to accelerate implementation of Strong Climate policies
Companies have enormous influence in their supply chains. They can exercise it to help individual suppliers reduce emissions - and also to affect public policy to drive emissions reductions economy wide in the regions where their suppliers operate.
Bill Weihl
Executive Director
ClimateVoice
Moderator
Audrey Maatchi
Founder & CEO
Audgreen
PANEL: WORKING IN CONCERT: Towards a sustainable Irish Events Ecosystem
Perhaps more so than any other sector, Ireland's event industry has suffered major disruption over the past 16 months. As we prepare to re-open and emerge from the shadow of COVID-19, it is imperative that we take the opportunity to embrace new ways of working, embedding the ethos of sustainability into our business models and ideals. Budgets and resources will be extremely tight in this brave new world, but we must create the conditions to invest in planet-friendly products and services, as climate change is a ticking timebomb. Join us for a lively debate on the sustainability of Ireland's future events industry. Specially-curated by Native Events on behalf of The Business Show's Sustainability Summit 2021, and hosted by Green Party Councillor Claire Byrne, this panel will bring together sector leaders and future thinkers from across the island. The aim is to co-create a common pathway for the sustainable implementation of large-scale public gatherings in 2022, and beyond.
Cllr. Claire Byrne
The Green Party
Mark Barrett
Director
Purecore
Peter O'Brien
Founder & Director
Happenings
Moderator
Megan Best
Managing Director
Native Events
FIRESIDE: Driving a sea change: Purpose as the New Luxury
Implement Communication Programmes to help organisations more easily and more consistently meet and Exceed Standards.
Tony Verutti
Head of Global Partnerships and Strategy
Parley for the Oceans
Moderator
Pia Hillebrecht
Sustainability, Innovation and System Change: Consultant, Coach & Facilitator for Strategic Development
imPactHill.s
FIRESIDE: Achieving Sustainable Impact, Together
Hear from Nick hollis, HPs sustainability brand ambassador on how his epic climbing challenges has brought home first hand the environmental crisis that we must all be responsible for reversing for the next generation.
Hear from Gary Tierney, HP Ireland MD, on HP's 2030 vision to become the World's most sustainable and just technology company. Hear about the initiatives on where HP are focussing on reversing climate change and ensuring digital equity. Together, HP Inc. is working towards a net zero carbon for 2030 and engineering the tech industries most sustainable products and solutions.
Nick Hollis
Sustainability Brand Ambassador
HP Inc.
Moderator
Gary Tierney
MD
HP Inc.
FIRESIDE: From Dragons to Unicorns: Blazing the Trail For Entrepreneurship
This session will be a conversation between Magid Magid, race and climate justice activist/organiser, author, Founder & Director of Union of Justice, a European, independent, people of colour-led organisation dedicated to racial justice and climate justice, and Adirupa Sengupta, Group CEO of Common Purpose, which is a global leadership development, not- for-profit, committed to helping leaders cross boundaries to solve complex problems.
Magid Magid
Founder & Director
UnionOJ
Moderator
Adirupa Sengupta
Global CEO
Common Purpose
PANEL: Beyond ESG: Creating Lasting Positive Change
How can businesses reach beyond ESG and establish themselves as sustainable leaders? We will explore
· How business for good is good business
· What 'corporate responsibility' means in practice
· And the integration and implementation of ESG
Rodney Williams
President
Belvedere Vodka
Peter Jenkins
CEO
The Conran Shop
Moderator
Diana Verde Nieto
Co-Founder & CEO
Positive Luxury
FIRESIDE: Climate Change: How to create connections between climate science and industry
The Scientific aspect of Climate Change. How to create connections between climate science and industry.
Dr. Gavin Schmidt
Senior Climate Advisor
NASA
Moderator
Kendra Pierre-Louis
Senior Reporter, How to Save a Planet
Gimlet / Spotify
FIRESIDE: Circular Economy & Partnerships as the Solution for a Sustainable Future
This session will discuss circular economy, sustainability as a collective action and why partnerships are the solution for a sustainable future. Tom will also discuss innovation and the development of recycling technologies, circular economy and the solution to the high production of garbage in the world, and TerraCycle's partnerships for good: Loop, P&G, Burger King, Coca-Cola, Heinz, Unilever, and more
Tom Szaky
Founder & CEO
TerraCycle
Moderator
Alexis Benveniste
Writer
CNN
FIRESIDE: Rescue your Organisation Before It's Too Late!
Beyond ESG to Regenerative Economies and Planetary Services: Sustainable Development is a minimum 42 Trillion Dollar unrealised opportunity every year. Would you like a share of the Trillions?
Coming EU ESG Taxonomy
Regenerative Systems Platform business models and organisational success in the Anthropocene: It is not good enough to be sustainable, so how do we build in resilience in volatile times to regenerative models?
Marc Buckley
Founder, Environmentalist, UN & WEF Expert
ALOHAS Regenerative Foundation
Moderator
Sarah Freeman
Managing Editor
Business & Finance Magazine
FIRESIDE: Earth's Wellbeing - Making a Business Model out of Philantropy
Daniel Gutiérrez Patiño will talk about leading an NGO that has a social, environmental and cultural impact, how lifechanging an experience it is to have a life project related to the earth´s wellbeing, and making a business model out of philantropy. Carol Saavedra Gutiérrez will discuss what the foundation does from a social and environmental point of view, and who their main allies are. Attendees will gain an understanding of the importance of the Amazon in the climate crisis, the indigenous communities that inhabit it, and the relevance of supporting projects like Saving the Amazon.
Daniel Gutiérrez Patiño
CEO
Saving the Amazon
Carol Saavedra Gutiérrez
International Director
Saving the Amazon
Moderator
Pia Hillebrecht
Sustainability, Innovation and System Change Consultant
imPactHill.S
KEYNOTE: The Future of Economy and the Role of Sustainable Collaboration
Cyrill Gutsch founded Parley for the Oceans as a collaboration network for creators, thinkers and leaders. As a new form of environmental organization they are driving towards a new idea of economy: one that is based on collaboration, eco innovation and creativity. Their belief: Purpose is the new luxury.
Cyrill Gutsch
Founder & CEO
Parley for the Oceans
Sustainability Summit 2021 Event Welcome
PANEL: How green and circular business models can provide practical solutions to the transition to net zero, regenerative and purposeful value chains
Circular financing is a new and exciting research area that covers how financing, financial markets and financial actors are affected by a transition from a linear to a circular economy in theory and practice, at all levels of the economy.
Brendan Vidal Edgerton
Director, Circular Economy
World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD)
Adam AG Mitchell-Heggs
Co-Founder & Circular Venture Builder
Net Postive Labs
Angela Francis
Chief Advisor, Economics & Economic Development
WWF-UK
Moderator
Aoife Connaughton
Director, Risk Advisory, Sustainability Leader
Deloitte
FIRESIDE: Tech For Good: Solutions to fight against Food Waste
Food waste generates more greenhouse gas emissions than the whole aviation industry. This session will discuss the role the food system plays in climate change and how To Good To Go addresses this issue, and the role of technology in transforming the future into a more sustainable environment.
Jamie Crummie
Co-Founder
Too Good To Go
Moderator
David Monaghan
Deputy Editor
Business & Finance Media Group
FIRESIDE: Sustainability as a Business Imperative
This session will discuss how organisations can use business and finance to accelerate efforts to drive positive global and systemic change.
Audrey Choi
Chief Sustainability Officer
Morgan Stanley
Moderator
Marc Aboud
Director, Risk Advisory
Deloitte
PANEL: How ESG is impacting Venture Capital
ESG has become increasingly mainstream for investors in recent years, This session touches on some of the ways ESG is impacting venture capital.
Hannah Leach
Partner
Houghton Street Ventures
Colin Hanna
Partner
Balderton
Denise Xifara
Co-Founder & Investor
GMG Ventures
Moderator
Jan Fitzell - Partner
M&A Advisory Team
Deloitte
FIRESIDE: Path to Zero An Post's Journey
An Post’s Sustainability strategy includes a commitment to achieving net zero carbon emissions by 2030, with a 50% reduction by 2025. They place a laser Focus on the 5 most pertinent to the global postal industry - Climate Action; Decent Work & Economic Growth; Sustainable Cities & Communities; Industry, Innovation & Infrastructure; and Responsible Consumption & Production.
Nicola Woods
Chief Transformation Officer
An Post
Moderator
Sarah Freeman
Managing Editor
Business & Finance Magazine
PANEL: How Tech is helping make us Climate Ready
How to decarbonise your supply chain, energy alternatives, waste management, electricity and water usage and scope 3 emissions.
James Atkinson
Sustainability Programme Manager
DPD
Cormac Mannion
Head of Energy Services
Energia
Tracey Donnery
Executive Director
Policy and Communications
Skillnet Ireland
Moderator
Ian Talbot
CEO
Chambers Ireland
CASE STUDY: Accelerating Sustainability: Schneider Electric's journey to becoming the world's most sustainable company
This session will discuss Schneider’s journey of sustainability their commitments globally and locally. They play on both sides of the equation: leading by example and being part of the solution for their customers
Chris Collins
Country President
Schneider Electric Ireland
PANEL: ESG: Authenticity, Trust, and Practical Steps to enabling Impact, Value, Investment and Buy In.
Sustainable Finance: Improve Your ESG, Ethical Investing & Create Value for Investors
Eamonn Boland
Head of Trading and Data Analytics
Ireland and UK
Ørsted
Phil Redman
Offering Manager
OneTrust ESG
Moira Horgan
Head of Marketing
Business in the Community
Moderator
Lisa-Nicole Dunne
Managing Director
Mantra Strategy
PANEL: Sustainable Creativity - A Catalyst for Disruption
New Paradigm calls for all future innovations to be driven through the lens of sustainability
Andrew Lynch
Chief Innovation Officer
IMR
Keith Nally
Creative Director
Church of Oak Distillery
Moderator
Joan Mulvihill
Digitalisation Lead
Siemens
PANEL: Sustainable Manufacturing - The Path to Net Zero
This session provides a look at manufacturing's role in the transition to low carbon and the biggest challenges facing industry to reach Net Zero.
Gary McCarthy
Director of Global Sales Operations
Wisetek
Austin Geraghty
Global Director
Health, Safety&Sustainability
Hovione
Andrea Cawley
Commercial Director
Automatic Plastics Limited
Moderator
David McCormack
Director of Sustainable Manufacturing
IMR
FIRESIDE: Sustainability & Stakeholder Capitalism: Reshaping the Future of Ireland
Future Focused Ireland: Sustainability & Stakeholder Capitalism
Dr. Neil Walker
Head of Infrastructure, Energy and Environment and Transport
IBEC
Moderator
Sarah Freeman
Managing Editor
Business & Finance Magazine
KEYNOTE: The Role of Regulation in Sustainable Finance
The role of regulation in Sustainable Finance.
Laura Wadding
Partner Risk Advistory
Sustainability Leader
Deloitte
CASE STUDY: Our Energy Future - Imagine a Better Way
Exploring the climate action challenge through the lens of an energy company, how it will look from a customer perspective and how Bord Gáis Energy will support customers on their journey.
Dave Kirwan
Managing Director
Bord Gais Energy
FIRESIDE: The Future of Urban Planning
This session is about Future Planning, Sustainable Development and how organisations can build sustainability into their strategies and action.
Maria Adebowale-Schwarte
CEO
Foundation for Future London
Moderator
Lorna McDowell
Founder
XenerGie Consulting
PANEL: Certified B Corporations: Accelerating a Global Culture Shift to a More Inclusive and Sustainable Economy
Certified B Corps are businesses that meet the highest standards of verified social and environmental performance, public transparency, and legal accountability to balance profit and purpose.
We will take a look at B Corp requirements and benefits, B Corps and green investment, and generating profit through sustainable growth.
Chris MM Gordon
CEO
Irish Social Enterprise
Christian Kroll
Founder
Ecosia
Lina Ruiz
Head of CSR
WeTransfer
Moderator
Bryan Welch
CEO
Mindful
CASE STUDY: Re-Think your Operations: Strategies for Sustainable Packaging, Innovation and Tech
Showcasing The Body Shop's strategies for sustainable packaging, innovation and technology, challenges faced and how they were overcome and, importantly, the impact and results achieved.
William Connolly
Head of Packaging Innovation & Sustainability
The Body Shop
PANEL: Responsible and Sustainable Businesses - Diverse Perspectives
As the Climate Crisis continues to impact upon our economy and society, the critical leadership challenge for Irish business will be to harness the growing desire for increased sustainability – from themselves, their employees, their external stakeholders - and to successfully go beyond business as usual. This panel session examines how businesses are responding to the increasingly critical imperative to be responsible, to lessen any negative environmental impacts of their work, and to contribute to a more sustainable future.
Tomás Sercovich
CEO
Business in the Community
Georgia Heathman
Public Policy Manager UKI
Tier Mobility
Tony Corrigan
Founder and CEO
Orbidal
Moderator
Kristina Moody
Senior Partnership Director
Common Purpose
PANEL: Where are we with ESG for Venture Capital?
A wave of ESG has been rolling across companies and (financial) asset classes for some time; VC is very late to the game and only now starting to catch up. In this conversation moderated by Sifted editor Eleanor Warnock with Susan Winterberg (independent consultant) and Johannes Lenhard (University of Cambridge), we will explore why this is and how the industry is slowly catching up; where are challenges for VCs (and the startup companies they invest in) and who are key stakeholders that are pushing the conversation forward?
Susan Winterberg
ESG Consultant | VC/PE/Project Finance | Disruptive Technology & Innovation
Dr. Johannes Lenhard
Centre Coordinator & Research Associate
Max Planck Cambridge Centre for Ethics, Economy and Social Change
University of Cambridge
Moderator
Eleanor Warnock
Commissioning Editor
Sifted
CASE STUDY: Moving from good intentions to good concrete actions
Documenting WeTransfer's journey to becoming a sustainable tech company and B Corp, lessons learnt along the way that can be applied to businesses, and how “what gets measured gets managed”.
Gordon Willoughby
CEO
WeTransfer