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EXPERT SPEAKERS INCLUDE:

Andrew Opie
Director of
sustainability
and food
British Retail
Consortium

Bert van Son

Founder
Mud Jeans

21
2016
SEPTEMBER
LONDON

Carmel McQuaid
Head of
sustainable
business
Marks & Spencer

Caroline Laurie
Head of
sustainability
Kingfisher

Jez Cutler
Head of
environment and
sustainability
Travis Perkins
(Brands include
Wickes,
Toolstation
& Tile Giant)

Phil Birch
Sustainable
development
manager
John Lewis
Partnership

Ben Maxwell
Senior manager
- global impact
eBay

Catarina Midby
Sustainability
manager
H&M

The edie Responsible Retail

Conference is the only event that
equips retail leaders with the tools
to influence stakeholders and
realise the commercial benefits
of a sustainable model.

BOOK NOW
This CPD-certified event will provide you with expert insight on:
The way forward for pre-competitive collaboration on
sustainability for retailers
How to optimise retail influence on suppliers, consumers,
landlords and wider stakeholders
The brand and reputational benefits of a good CSR strategy and
supply chain transparency
Carbon offsetting
partner

SUPPORTED BY

Delivering sustainable products in a competitive marketplace

Maximising retail spaces including energy efficiency and
innovative building design collaborations

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responsible
retail

(subject to change)

About the conference

Can sustainability and profitability go hand-inhand? Are current retail business models fit for
purpose if we are to deliver the transformational
change needed to create a low-carbon, zero-waste
economy?
With such vast real estate holdings and complex
supply chains, the scope for sustainable change
among customer-facing retailers is clear to see. But
how can such a highly-competitive, ever-evolving
sector realise the myriad benefits of transitioning
to more environmentally and socially-conscious
marketplace?
Taking place on September 21 in London,
the edie Responsible Retail Conference
equips retailers, government representatives,
sustainability professionals and key stakeholders
with the tools they need to achieve more efficient
resource
reduce long-term costs, improve
Moreuse,
reasons
brand reputation and increase profit margins.

to book...

This
full-day
conference will include expert
What
previous
delegates have
said
presentations,
interactive
discussions and
networking sessions all focused on engaging
and inspiring a sector which is increasingly
recognising that collaboration is king
when it comes to realising the true
value of responsible and sustainable
retail.

08:45 Registration, refreshments and exhibition

09:20 Introduction from conference chair
Mark Sumner, Lecturer in sustainability, fashion and
retail, University of Leeds

WHAT IS NEEDED TO ENGENDER

COLLABORATION IN RETAIL?
09:25 If collaboration is key how can retailers really
overcome competitive instincts to make it happen?

The current projects driving collaboration in the retail
sector?

What is needed from the government, the sector
itself and other stakeholders to make greater
collaboration a reality?

Encouraging retailers to step outside of competition
to collaborate and drive sustainable objectives
together

Andrew Opie, Director of sustainability and food,
British Retail Consortium
09:45 Incorporating disruptive business models into an
established sector

The need for innovation in retail models

How fashion can become more sustainable

Reducing the social impact of your brand

Bert van Son, Founder, Mud Jeans
10:05 Collaborating outside of the retail sector

Joe Franses, Director - corporate responsibility and
sustainability, Coca-Cola Enterprises
10:25

Luke Nicholls,
Editor, edie.net

WHO SHOuld ATTend?

The edie Responsible Retail Conference will be of
particular interest to all those responsible for driving
a more environmentally and socially responsible
retail sector, including:

How can you embed sustainability from the top to the

bottom of your organisation?
Building sustainability into your business strategy
How can you help all leaders understanding the
business risks and opportunities of ethical and
environmental impacts in the retail sector
Engaging employees across a diverse and broad
business at Marks & Spencer
Carmel McQuaid, Head of sustainable business,
Marks & Spencer

10:45 Questions and answers

11:00

Refreshments, networking and exhibition

Within retailers directors, heads and managers of:

CSR,

sustainability
& global citizenship
Strategy, operations
& commercial
Procurement,
purchasing
Supply chain
& stakeholder
engagement

Climate

change
& environment
Energy & real estate
management
Corporate
communications
Risk management,
finance & investor
relations

The event will also be of interest to representatives of:

Retail

landlords,
designers &
developers
Academia

Technology

providers

& solution

Auditors
NGOs & charities

DRIVING TRANSPARENCY IN THE

SUPPLY CHAIN
11:30

Managing risk to raw materials and resources in the

supply chain
Driving resource security and reduced risk through
sustainable practice
Reducing or mitigating environmental risk in complex
supply chains
Collaboration between retailers and manufacturers
on sustainability challenges
Giacomo Celi, Master of coffee, Caffe Nero

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11:50




12:05




12:25

Using compelling supply chain mapping to identify

risk and increase transparency
Moving from mapping the general to mapping the
specific
Screening for and monitoring risks throughout the
entire supply network
Optimising supply chain data for greater
sustainability impacts
Tim Wilson, Director and founder,
String3 (Historic Futures)
Driving retail transparency in your supply chain the
RMG industry in Bangladesh
The road to supplier transparency and ethical
practice for workers in Bangladesh
Supporting and providing for improved working
environments and better safety records
Demonstrating how retail collaboration can drive
more ethical supply chains
Rob Wayss, Executive director, Bangladesh Accord

Panel questions and answers: maximising retail

influence on the supply chain
What should be key priority for retailers to drive
positive social impacts in the supply chain?
How can retailers best audit and assess suppliers?
How do you foresee retailers collaborating to
influence supply chains more?
Speakers above to be joined by:
Jez Cutler, Head of environment and sustainability,
Travis Perkins
Catarina Midby, Sustainability manager, H&M

12:55

Buffet lunch, networking and exhibition

REDUCING WASTE AND MANAGING

EFFICIENT RETAIL SPACES
13:55




14:15

Effecting greater efficiency and reducing waste across

retail
Tackling food waste at Sainsburys stores
Vegemates and frenemies the basics of cutting
food waste in tandem with consumers
Empowering UK towns to collaborate for reduced
food waste in the community
Paul Crewe, Head of sustainability, energy and
engineering, Sainsburys
Driving sustainability in the built environment in times
of changing regulation
Developing responsible and sustainable retail spaces
for all building users
Reducing environmental impact, whilst increasing
growth
The role of environmental assessment methods in
driving good practice
Phil Birch, Sustainable development manager,
John Lewis Partnership

14:35



15:05

Follow us:
@edieconference
using #retail

Questions and answers followed by panel discussion:

driving collaboration between developers, landlords
and retailers to optimise the efficiency of retail spaces
Dan Widdon, Sustainability manager group real
estate, Value Retail
Phil Birch, Sustainable development manager,
John Lewis Partnership
Richard Quartermaine, Environmental manager,
Hammerson
Refreshments, networking and exhibition

INFLUENCING CONSUMERS, COLLEAGUES

AND WIDER SOCIETY
15:35

Retailer view: delivering sustainable products in a

competitive marketplace
Appealing to your internal audience
Providing the right tools to help colleagues deliver
Creating the right environment to enable innovation
to flourish
Caroline Laurie, Head of sustainability, Kingfisher

15:55

Online retail optimising the sustainability and CSR

potential of digital business models

What an online business model can offer when it
comes to sustainability goals

How to integrate CSR and environmental targets
from the start

What lessons could be learned between in store and
online retailers?

Ben Maxwell, Senior manager global impact, eBay
16:15




16:35

Co-creating with our customers the answer to

sustainability engagement
Engaging customers and employees to understand
and contribute a positive impact in both retail
business and at home
Contributing to a cultural shift in how people view
their life at home
Becoming a catalyst for this way of thinking through
IKEA products and services
Sharon McKracken, Sustainability leader UK & Ireland,
IKEA
Panel questions and answers

17:00 Closing comments and the end of conference

ABOUT edie

edie is the year-round resource providing energy, sustainability

and resource efficiency professionals with the practical
information, insight and intelligence they need to make their
businesses more sustainable. For more information please
visit: www.edie.net

SpOnSORSHIp & exHIBITIOn

Are you looking to raise your profile with leading retail
decision makers?
edie has developed the key platform for sustainable retail
leaders. Align your company with this event to raise awareness,
demonstrate your expertise and showcase your solutions
to the people who matter. For more information please
contact Sadie Mevlit on +44 (0)1342 332090 or email
sadie.mevlit@fav-house.com to discuss your objectives.

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In-house/ corporate representatives

375 (+VAT=450)

435 (+VAT=522)

495 (+VAT=594)

Solution providers

495 (+VAT=594)

555 (+VAT=666)

615 (+VAT=738)

Public sector/ non-profit/

academic

275 (+VAT=330)

335 (+VAT=402)

395 (+VAT=474)

Please note the prices above are per person and include all day access to the event, downloadable conference
papers post event, buffet lunch and refreshments. Fees do not include travel costs or accommodation.

More reasons
to book...
what delegates at
previous edie events
have said

50%
OFF

TEAM
BOOKING
OFFER

A really good
variety of
speakers, topics
and sectors
Communications
director,
McDonalds

Learned a
lot about the
sustainability
efforts of other
companies
Senior manager
- sustainability,
Philips

This is the best conference

Ive been to for sustainability;
I have taken away real
lessons
Sustainable development
manager, National Grid

Speakers
were superb,
inspiring and
straight to the
point
Environment
resources
manager,
Sainsburys

Book 2 delegates from your team and any subsequent

bookings will receive 50% off.
If you have any queries regarding this offer,
please contact Nicola Gillman on +44 (0)1342 332045
or email nicola.gillman@fav-house.com

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