Friday 29 November 2024 | 9:00 - 12:00
| 8:45 AM - 9:30 AM | Registration and networking breakfast | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9:30 AM - 9:35 AM | Welcome and introduction Sarah George, Content Editor, edie | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9:35 AM - 10:15 AM | Keynote panel: Navigating the politics of net-zero | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10:15 AM - 10:45 AM | Coffee break & networking | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10:45 AM - 12:15 PM | Net-Zero Action Workshops | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 12:15 PM - 12:30 PM | Workshop feedback, actions and next steps | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 12:30 PM | Close of event Net-Zero Awards* arrival & drinks reception *The Net-Zero Awards is a pay-to-attend event and tickets must be purchased separately | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Full breakdown of the workshops
WORKSHOP A
Net-Zero Strategy & Leadership
Discuss what makes an effective and impactful strategy – from developing transition plans through to forming new collaborations – along with the role that innovation can play in accelerating progress towards net-zero goals.
Net-zero alignment and target-setting
How should scope 3 emissions be aligned with broader net-zero strategies and transition plans? How should a scope 3 reduction target be effectively set and implemented across a business? And how can we ensure these targets are credible and will be acted upon immediately?
Identification and assessment
How can sustainability and energy managers effectively engage with senior leadership teams around net-zero strategy and implementation? How can financial barriers be overcome to unlock greater investment and action around decarboniration projects?
Unlocking innovation
Where are the innovation gaps when it comes to achieving net-zero? What role can energy and sustainability managers play in unlocking innovation to accelerate decarbonisation?
1. Learn what makes a truly ambitious and credible net-zero strategy and transition plan
2. Understand how to bring CEOs and the c-suite on your decarbonization journey
3. Identify the areas that require the most innovation and how this innovation can be unlocked faster
WORKSHOP B
Communications, Engagement & Behaviour Change
Discuss some of the key drivers, challenges and opportunities when it comes to accelerating the transition to net-zero emissions through people, engagement, behaviour change and communications.
Internal engagement and behaviour change
What are the current challenges you’re faced with when it comes to driving internal engagement with net-zero and energy among the staff and other key stakeholders? Which behavioral change approaches can prove most effective when it comes to cutting carbon across the business?
External communications
How should net-zero commitments and actions be effectively communicated in a way which is credible, transparent and meaningful? What are the biggest challenges in this regard, and how can they be overcome?
Reporting and assurance
How can you most effectively report progress of your net-zero initiatives? Which frameworks and standards should be utilised to maxmise the impact of your reporting? And how can third-party assurance support the credibility of a net-zero strategy?
1. Learn how to effectively approach internal teams and senior management to cut emissions
2. Gain specific insights and actions to better communicate your net-zero strategy and progress
3. Shape your net-zero reporting strategy in ways which drive continual improvement
WORKSHOP C
Green Buildings & Energy Efficiency
Share current drivers, challenges and opportunities when it comes to decarbonising buildings – from energy auditing and data collection through to the implementation of energy efficiency programmes and other onsite solutions.
Challenges and blockers
What are the current organisational/infrastructural/technological challenges you’re faced with when it comes to decarbonising your buildings, and how can they be effectively overcome?
Technologies and enablers
From data optimisation to efficiency schemes and onsite tech – what technologies, systems and software can be utilised to support and advance your building decarbonisation and energy efficiency strategy?
Policy and regulation
What specific policy and regulatory support – at both a central and local level – is needed to help accelerate the transition to net-zero carbon buildings?
1. Learn how to overcome the biggest challenges and blockers on the path to decarbonising your buildings
2. Gain specific insights and actions to reduce building emissions and increase efficiencies
3. Identify and discuss the critical policy enablers to support your green buildings strategy
WORKSHOP D
Renewable Energy & Onsite Technologies
Discuss the role of renewables and onsite technologies in decarbonising business over the next few years, and share ideas to accelerate clean energy progress.
Challenges and blockers
What does a 100% renewable and ‘flexible’ energy future look like for your business? What are the current operational/financial challenges when it comes to achieving that future?
Pathways to zero
From onsite renewables to off-site PPA agreements – which renewable energy routes are best to take? How should a business assess and decide upon the most effective onsite technologies which will support its net-zero goals?
Policy and regulation
What levels of policy and regulatory support are required to help businesses achieve a clean energy future and invest in other onsite technologies?
1. Learn about the common challenges facing businesses in the transition to 100% renewable energy, and how these can be overcome
2. Gain specific insights and actions to accelerate the transition to a clean, flexible future for your energy through onsite solutions
3. Identify and discuss the critical policy enablers to support your renewables and onsite energy strategy
WORKSHOP E
Supply Chain Decarbonisation
Discuss biggest Scope 3 challenges and discuss the ways they can improve emissions calculations and ultimately minimise these value chain emissions.
Challenges and obstacles
What are the biggest challenges and obstacles when it comes to identifying, calculating and minimising your organisations Scope 3 emissions? How can these challenges be overcome?
Technologies, solutions and enablers
What tools, technologies and systems are being utilized n order to get to grips with Scope 3 emissions data and engage with suppliers?
Engagement and collaboration
How can sustainability and energy practitioners foster greater engagement and new collaborative opportunities with suppliers on net-zero, to accelerate decarbonisation across the value chain?
1. Learn how to approach internal teams and senior management to cut your scope 3 emissions
2. Gain specific data insights and practical actions to measure and reduce supplier emissions
3. Shape your emissions reporting and communications strategy in ways which drive supplier engagement and ensure continual improvement
Following on from the Workshops, edie’s second annual Net-Zero Awards present an opportunity for some much-needed reflection and recognition of the pace of change being seen across industry. After a morning of discussing key decarbonisation challenges, the afternoon awards ceremony is an opportunity to celebrate the best of industrial decarbonisation, showcasing the people, projects and solutions that are overcoming those very challenges with award-winning results.