• The global economic consequences of climate change
• Understanding the cost of mitigation
• Optimal policies to drive emissions reduction
• The role of business: technologies, brands and profit opportunities
  

• The investment risks and opportunities presented by climate change
• Investor initiatives on climate change
• What investors are looking for from carbon disclosure
• Effective communication with your investors

• Working with the government to generate a level playing field
• Potential reactions and repercussions to carbon regulation
• Who takes the lead: government, corporations or the public?

• Investing in a low carbon future
• Engaging businesses, the public & government to back these efforts
• Stimulating investment in a low-carbon economy
• Working with government to establish regulation

• Which companies are taking leadership positions on climate change?
• Exploring best practice – successful implementation of climate change strategy
• What are the current levels of commitment?
• Projected impact on the bottom line

• Why carbon reduction is the best policy
• Successful key operational changes & the concrete savings to your business#
• Projecting the future cost of high carbon

• Achieving an attitudinal shift from the top down
• How to engage the entire organisation, employees & consumers
• Dealing with regional challenges

• Developing new products based around climate considerations
• What does a climate change strategy look like?
• Incorporating your climate change strategy into your business planning

• The challenge of a carbon journey for Honda F1
• Rethinking the business model
• Using your influence to spread the word

• How does it fit into the climate change strategy
• Leveraging the Kyoto mechanisms
• Understanding the new investment opportunities available

The revolutionary, exciting, quick and non-pressurised way to meet fellow conference delegates and industry peers in a forty minute session. These brief meetings are the starting point for conversation and networking throughout the conference. This is where long lasting and fruitful relationships begin.

These interactive topic-focused roundtables are designed as a forum for the sharing of ideas and solutions.  This is your chance to tailor the conference to your needs by selecting which roundtable addresses your specific concerns.

How can I benefit?

• Benchmark your own strategies against those of your peers
• Identify your future business partners and clients
• High-level networking & brainstorming with 12-15 participants

Roundtable 1: Large fleets
Applying and developing climate change strategies to large fleets
Moderated by: Dr. Martin Blake, Head of Corporate Social Responsibility, Royal Mail

Roundtable 2: Complex supply chains 
Introducing climate change strategy throughout the supply chain
Moderated by: Andrew Jenkins, Sustainable Development Manager - Products, Boots Group 

Roundtable 3: Avoiding accusations of ‘Green Washing’
Facing marketing and communications challenges presented by climate change
Moderated by: Nick Rappolt, Associate Director, Bite Communications

Another chance to network, discuss and do business. Hold the meetings that you pre-arranged using the Contact system and catch up with all the people you met during the Speed Networking session, over a cocktail.

• Looking into the global regulatory pipeline
• Preparations to pre-empt future legislation
• Exploring likely scenarios and implications

• How consumers are changing their expectations of their brands
• To what extent do your operations need to reflect consumers values
• Changing consumer preferences – how real a phenomenon is it?

• Ensuring your supply chain is compliant with your climate change strategy
• Revealing the key areas to target
• Successfully reducing carbon and cost

• What are the limitations faced by fuel-intensive industries?
• Detailing the measures being taken to tackle these challenges
• Exploring tactics for moving forward

• Sourcing and producing green buildings
• Monitoring the process to maintain standards
• Examining the long term cost benefits

• The utility of a sustainability lens in tackling the climate challenge
• Empowering your business while avoiding pitfalls
• A pivotal role for communications and value creation
• Case study lessons learned from examples such as The Home Depot, Nike, IDEO, Applied Materials, McDonalds and others...

• What are the key challenges involved?
• Weighing the short term costs versus long term savings
• Examining the best way to harness renewable energies

• How important is climate change to the consumers, investors and decision makers of today and tomorrow?
• Do your consumers respond to ‘green’ brands?
• What role does your market think big business needs to play?

We have assembled a live focus group comprised of your customers.  This is your chance to pose questions and listen to the future generation.  The format of this session will be an interactive panel discussion based on your suggested topics submitted via our online networking system Contact in the lead up to the conference.

• Communicating climate change policy to your clients
• Monitoring the impact on business
• Taking your customers along for the ride