Day 1: Net Zero Strategy & Culture
9:00am–9:45am BST
The Race to Zero: How Companies can Lead the Way
Hear how companies are setting structured plans and investments to help lead to a Net-Zero future
Marc Engel Chief Supply Chain Officer Unilever
Xavier Houot Senior Vice President - Group Environment, Safety, Real Estate Schneider Electric
Moderator: Hannah Pathak UK & Europe Director Forum for the Future
9:45am–10:15am BST
Accelerating Investments to achieve Net-Zero Future
As companies face the challenging task of surviving and rebuilding the business post Covid-19, securing funding for a net-zero ambition will be difficult. Learn how companies are investing in nature-based solutions and other strategies to get accelerate the process to achieve a net-zero business
Virginie Helias Chief Sustainability Officer The Procter & Gamble Company
Moderator: Terry Slavin Editor-in-Chief Reuters Events
10:15am–11:00am BST
The Race to Zero: Mapping the Path to COP26 and Beyond
With the UN’s launch of the ‘Race to Zero’ pledge companies are tasked with delivering structured net-zero GHG emissions pledges ahead of COP26. At the same time companies are tasked with rebuilding their business post Covid-19. Hear how companies are setting structured plans and investments to help lead to a Net-Zero future
Nigel Topping UK's High-Level Climate Action Champion UNFCCC
Gonzalo Muñoz High-Level Champion of Chile UNFCCC
Moderator: Oliver Balch Independent Journalist
11:00am–11:20am BST
Case Study: Exclusive Insights into Thomson Reuters Net Zero Strategy
Alex Thompson Chief Communications Officer Thomson Reuters
Meg Parker Young Director of Impact Strategy and Development Thomson Reuters
Moderator: Liam Dowd Managing Director – Sustainable Business Reuters Events
11:20am–12:05pm BST
Embedding Risk & Resilience in your Net Zero Strategy
Many companies around the world currently find themselves in full crisis mode. Covid-19 showed that unexpected crisis can happen. Companies need to be prepared for not only climate preparedness but for future pandemics, political, cultural, or demographic crisis. Hear how companies are creating Net-Zero strategies, with the agility to adapt to future risks or scenarios
Caroline Ashley Global Director, System Change Programmes Forum for the Future
Sharan Burrow General Secretary ITUC
Moderator: Richard Howitt Senior Associate Frank Bold LLP Former CEO IIRC
12:05pm–12:20pm BST
Presentation: Partnerships & Collaboration that will accelerate the progress to Net Zero
Achieving 2050 targets will not only require radical shifts in behaviours, it also relies on building new collaborations to accelerate the process. Hear from innovative partnerships that are enabling companies to move closer to their Net-Zero ambitions
Pernilla Bergmark Principal Researcher, ICT Sustainability Impacts Ericsson
12:20pm–13:05pm BST
Embedding a Net-Zero Culture Across Your Organisation
To become a Net-Zero business requires a full understanding of the need to change – from both a risk and opportunity perspective. Hear innovative case studies as to how you can help drive a net-zero culture that spans multiple departments, geographies, and disciplines
Michael Dickstein Group Sustainability Director Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Company
Thomas Mueller-Kirschbaum Corp. Senior Vice President Innovation & Sustainability HENKEL AG
Moderator: Richard Howitt Senior Associate Frank Bold LLP Former CEO IIRC
Day 2: Net Zero Value Chain & Finance
9:00am–9:45am BST
Allocating Investments for both a Business Recovery and Net-Zero Transition
Increasingly businesses understand that financial sustainability now means low carbon. Understand how companies are balancing the immediate business priorities of survival and recovery, with the increasing impediment to decarbonise. How much can we sacrifice? How much can we invest now?
Helen Clarkson Chief Executive Officer The Climate Group
Anirban Ghosh Chief Sustainability Officer Mahindra Group
Gauri Kasbekar-Shah Director | Project and Infrastructure Financing Natwest
Moderator: Richard Howitt Senior Associate Frank Bold LLP Former CEO IIRC
9:45am–10:00am BST
Putting Climate Action at the Heart of the EU Recovery
The coronavirus outbreak is a human tragedy affecting all corners of the globe. But out of tragedy, we must utilise the opportunity to ‘press the reset button’ on our environmental impacts. How do we ensure that climate issues are at the heart of a green recovery?
Fireside Chat:
Klaus-Dieter Borchardt Deputy Director European Commission
Moderator: Terry Slavin Editor in Chief, Sustainable Business Reuters Events
10:00am–10:45am BST
Transitioning Value Chains Behind a Net-Zero Ambition
Achieving net-zero emissions globally, means creating business models and entire value chains that will deliver the products and services that will satisfy the needs of the global population in a net-zero economy. Over a hundred companies have committed to reaching net-zero value chain emissions through the Science Based Targets initiative and are taking concrete steps to get there. Hear from experts how companies are reshaping their value chains to catalyse the transition towards a net-zero economy.
Alberto Carrillo Pineda Co-Founder and Steering Committee Member Science Based Targets initiative
Moderator: Sue Helen Nieto Hernandez Principal Consultant for Land & Water South Pole
10:45am–11:00am BST
Presentation: Closing the Loop on Net-Zero: The Case for Circularity for Business
For many business, delivering their Net Zero requires a shift to a circular business model. As businesses ramp up ambitions ahead of COP26, understand how a Circular Approach is vital in meeting these goals.
Dorethe Nielson VP of Circular Economy Novo Nordisk
11:00am–11:45am BST
Financing a Net-Zero Future – Time for Finance to Take the Lead
Delivering a Net-Zero future will impact every aspect of the global economy - energy, agriculture, cities, transport, and apparel to name a few. The financial sector will play a critical role in delivering the investment and infrastructure for a decarbonised world. Hear how investors are re-aligning their focus from simply financial returns, to returns and impact. Discover where investors are looking to increase engagement, capital allocation and policy support.
Scott Mackin Managing Partner Denham Capital
Sasja Beslik Managing Director Head of Sustainable Finance Development Bank J. Safra Sarasin AG
Ray Dhirani Head of Sustainable Finance & Green Economy WWF-UK
Moderator: Emily Kreps Global Director Capital Markets CDP
11:45am–12:00pm BST
Presentation: Connecting Green Assets to Green Fleets: Establishing the Right Strategy for your Company
EV charging infrastructures can be integrated into your assets ‘mini grid’, but understanding what strategy is best for you can be a challenge – dependent depends fleet size, the regularity of charging, the distance it’s covering and much more. Hear how companies are leveraging advanced analytics to calculate how they can optimise their fleets’ operations as well as their future charging infrastructure
Peter Harris International Sustainability Director UPS
12:00pm–12:45pm BST
Accelerate Corporate Renewable Energy Purchasing
Companies have bought 40% more of clean energy through power purchase agreements, (PPAs) RE100 members alone are set to stimulate global investment in renewables worth €90 billion over the next ten years. Hear how additional investment and PPAs policies can accelerate the energy transition
Willem Mutsaerts Chief Procurement Officer and Chief Sustainability Officer Givaudan
Sam Kimmins Head of RE100 The Climate Group
Moderator: Patrick Horka Practice Lead of Renewable Energy Services South Pole
