Driving Sustainability and Profitability
05/06/2024
10:00-16:00
AMSTERDAM
JUNE 5th - HYBRID EVENT
Agenda
Theme: Strategy, Engagement & Impact
10.00
SUSTAINABILITY AND PROFITABILITY - The Chief Executive Perspective
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From Strategy to Execution. Sustainability as a business driver.
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The perspective of the Board: Balancing the short-term, quarterly expectations of shareholders and the reality of the long-term returns of sustainable strategies.
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Where sustainability and profitability conflict, how do you strike the right balance?
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As old business models might fail due to climate change, how can organisations adapt and find new markets?
10.20
SUSTAINABILITY - SELLING THE FULL VALUE TO CUSTOMERS
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Creating shared value for all stakeholders
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Engage employees and your customers in the transformation
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Commercialising the sustainable offering and supporting customers to make the sustainable choice
10.35
WHEN SUSTAINABILITY IS THE BUSINESS - Scaling your fundamentals
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Developing new business models to drive innovation
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Sustainability in culture, strategy and corporate identity
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Why must the next unicorn have sustainability in their DNA?
10.55
INTERVIEW
GAME RULES FOR SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS: Laws, contracts and morals
11.10
PANEL
A SUSTAINABLE STRATEGY OR A SUSTAINABILITY STRATEGY –
Leading a sustainable tomorrow
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In times of economic and geopolitical uncertainty, how are business keeping sustainability at the top of the corporate agenda?
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More than metrics. Shifting the focus from reporting towards actions
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ECOnomics: Giving back more than you take while securing profitability.
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Sustainability is the new Digital: Driving new value, growth and permeating everything that we do
11.30-12.25
NETWORKING BREAK
TRANSFORMING BUSINESS FOR THE BETTER
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Many internal ways of doing things are persistent and misaligned with sustainable goals. How do you accelerate a sustainability-first approach?
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Slicing the elephant: decarbonizing business and society, one piece at a time
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Identify tools and techniques that help you outline how sustainability initiatives can support both short-term and long-term business success
Theme: What does ESG mean for business? Sustainability as a Business Driver.
12.25
FIRESIDE CHAT
NAVIGATING THE REGULATIONS – CSRD, ESRS, EU TAXONOMY AND CFD
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Will there still be use for the chief sustainability officer, when ESG is totally integrated?
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Discover how companies are collecting high quality data to achieve a sharper insight into their impacts ensuring decisions are made from accurate and transparent sustainability data
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The CSRD presents an opportunity for companies to go beyond compliance and create lasting change in business, centred around responsibility and impact
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How are companies typically allocating assurances and how could the split between finance and sustainability audits become optimal?
12.40
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How to identify, collect and manage quality scope 3 data points to influence strategic decisions and drive change across the value chain of your business and reducing emissions across all scopes
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With 99% of carbon emission coming from sold products, paving the way for innovation and business development with digital transformation and customer partnerships as key levers.
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As sustainable reporting is unavoidable in 2024 forget assessments and start quantifying
PANEL
SCOPE 3 EMISSIONS - Gaining full visibility
13.05
AI IN THE SUSTAINABLE LANDSCAPE – Finding true value from the hype
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Understand the current capabilities of AI when it comes to the collection, management and analysis of sustainability data and how it’s supporting improved decision making
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Discover real world examples of how companies are using AI to bring greater clarity and oversight of their emissions data
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Set AI to work the complexities in the sustainable landscape and dive into the future of sustainability reporting
13.20
TECHNOLOGY AND NET ZERO – Innovations that will facilitate the transition
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Discover the latest available carbon technologies suitable to your business
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Gain insight on the innovations that allow companies to move towards a sustainable future while balancing profitability
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Criteria to consider for procurement decisions
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Developing data-driven models to combat climate change
13.35
GREEN HUSHING AND GREENWASHING – How to deal with the invisible line
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Does differences in regulation contribute to greenwashing
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Learn to articulate the green projects your business is undertaking, and have confidence in providing transparency to the logic behind your decisions
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Get ahead of constant scrutiny and criticism and get confidence to publicly disclose your challenges and successes in an authentic, data-driven way that builds trust
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Avoid greenwashing claims by future-proofing your reporting practices and build trust and confidence with manageable and reliable data
13.50-14.20
NETWORKING BREAK
Theme: Closing the gap between Ambition and Action – while ensuring Profitability
14.20
POWER HOUR - Roll-up your sleeves and dive into actionable table discussions with peers
Sustainable Logistics
AI & Sustainability
Consumer Journey
Scope 3
CSRD
Data & Tech
Reimagining Packaging
14.50
CASE
TRANSFORM TO A SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS MODEL
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About the business risk and opportunities in the transformation
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Growth decoupled from impact, what are the ways forward
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Seeing the opportunity with partners, stakeholders and suppliers
15.10
PANEL
CSO 2.0 – Closing the gap between ambition and action
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What does the next generation of sustainability leaders look like?
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The job has gone from protecting reputation to overseeing operational transformation. How should CSO’s work with their c-suite peers and boards. How is the role changing?
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Sustainability is a team effort. How are current workforce reskilled to improve their knowhow in sustainability matters
ENSURING CLEAN AND ETHICAL SUPPLY CHAINS – reacting to the CSRD
15.25
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What kind of partnerships might promote sustainable sourcing
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How are tech innovations such as the blockchains or AI enhancing supply-chain transparency and traceability?
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How does CSRD-driven transparency enable consumers to make ethical choices?
CLOSING DISCUSSION
NETHERLANDS IN A GLOBAL CONTEXT – what is next
15.40
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Leveraging the ecosystem to accelerate innovation. Start-up, Corporate and National collaborations.
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How much money is required to make a real impact - financing net zero while leading the organisation towards a more sustainable and profitable future
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How much data should you disclose - balancing investors, clients and supply chain trust versus protecting your competitive advantage
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As carbon neutral isn’t enough – what is required in 2024
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Will there still be use for the chief sustainability officer, when ESG is totally integrated?
16.00
END OF DAY
16.00