Past events
Technologies that will change the world, with Andy Stanford-Clark and guests
2nd September 2013 - Arrive: 5:30pm / Start 6:00pm / Networking: 8:15pm / Close: 9:30pm
Speakers
- Chief Technologist, IBM Andy Stanford-Clark
- Head of Consumer Policy and Content Standards, Vodafone Lisa Felton
- Founder, Good Night Lamp Alexandra Deschamps-Sonsino
- Futurist, ExplainingThe Future.com Christopher Barnatt
Putting a value on social programmes
8th July 2013 - Arrive: 5:30pm / Start 6:00pm / Networking: 8:15pm / Close: 9:15pm
Speakers
Prosperity and Security without Oil & Nuclear
10th June 2013 - Arrive: 5:45pm / Start 6:15pm / Networking: 8:30pm / Close: 9:30pm
Speakers
- Executive Vice President, Nissan Motor Co Andy Palmer
- Chairman and Chief Scientist , Rocky Mountain Institute Amory Lovins
- Senior VP & MD of Europe, Middle East, and Africa, oPower Nandini Basuthakur
"The corporate community should now embrace GM crops and food"
13th May 2013 - Arrive: 5:30pm / Start 6:00pm / Networking: 8:15pm / Close: 9:30pm
Speakers
- Policy Director, Soil Association Peter Melchett
- Journalist, Tom Heap
- CEO, Food Ethics Council Dan Crossley
- Director, Campaigns and Policy Division , Oxfam Phil Bloomer
- CEO & Director, NIAB Tina Barsby
An evening with Jeremy Darroch
8th April 2013 - Arrive: 5:30pm / Start 6:00pm / Networking: 8:00pm / Close: 9:00pm
Speakers
- Journalist, Lucy Siegle
- CEO, BSkyB Jeremy Darroch
Generation Net Positive - with Dax Lovegrove
4th March 2013 - Arrive: 5:30pm / Start 6:00pm / Networking: 8:15pm / Close: 9:30pm
Speakers
- Global Co-ordinator Climate Protection, BASFDr Cordula Mock-Knoblauch
- Head of Business and Industry, WWF-UK Dax Lovegrove
- Partner, Climate Change and Sustainability, Ernst and Young Doug Johnston
- Group CEO, Kingfisher plc Ian Cheshire
- Environmental Policy Adviser, Rio Tinto plc Tom Burke CBE
The Age of Trust
4th February 2013 - Arrive: 5:30pm / Start 6:00pm / Networking: 8:15pm / Close: 9:30pm
Speakers
- CEO, RSA Matthew Taylor
- , One Young World Angela Jhanji
- CEO, EDF Energy Vincent de Rivaz
- Head of Personal Banking, Triodos Bank Huw Davies
The CFO's Perspective
7th January 2013 - Arrive: 5:30pm / Start 6:00pm / Networking: 8:15pm / Close: 9:30pm
Speakers
- CFO, M&S Alan Stewart
- Founder Director, Forum for the Future Jonathon Porritt CBE
- Partner, Climate Change and Sustainability, Ernst and Young Doug Johnston
- CFO, Interserve Tim Haywood
- Finance Director, British Land Lucinda Bell
Motivating the mainstream
3rd December 2012 - Arrive: 5:30pm / Start 6:30pm / Networking: 8:30pm / Close: 9:30pm
Speakers
- Founder & Executive Director of Beyond Green , Wilderness Wood Joanna Yarrow
- Director of Brand, Marketing & Culture, London 2012 Greg Nugent
- Author, Abundance Steven Kotler
- Founding Partner & Executive Chairman, Volans John Elkington
- CEO, EPEA | Chair at EUR, Uni. of Twente & Luneburg Dr. Michael Braungart
- Journalist, The Times David Aaronovitch
An evening with Jochen Zeitz, PPR & PUMA
5th November 2012 - Arrive: 5:45pm / Start 6:15pm / Networking: 8:30pm / Close: 9:30pm
Speakers
- Director of PPR and Chairman of PUMA SE , Jochen Zeitz
Justin King & Sainsbury's meet the crowd
1st October 2012 - Arrive: 5:45pm / Start 6:15pm / Networking: 8:30pm / Close: 9:30pm
Speakers
- CEO, Sainsbury's Justin King
Leadership for the 21st century
3rd September 2012 - Arrive: 5:45pm / Start 6:15pm / Networking: 8:15pm / Close: 9:30pm
Speakers
- CEO, Forum for the Future Sally Uren
- Chairman, Ecover Mick Bremans
- Expert in Cognitive Thinking, Syed Azmatullah
- CEO, Aviva Investors Paul Abberley
Water: Scarce or abundant?
2nd July 2012 - Arrive: 5:45pm / Start 6:15pm / Networking: 8:15pm / Close: 9:30pm
Speakers
- Director of Sustainability, PepsiCo Martyn Seal
- Professor of Vascular Physiology, University Maastricht Mark Post
- Chairperson &Co-founder, JUCCCE Peggy Liu
An evening with Ronan Dunne, CEO, O2
11th June 2012 - Arrive: 5:45pm / Start 6:15pm / Networking: 8:15pm / Close: 9:30pm
Speakers
- Chief Executive Officer , O2 Ronan Dunne
Transparency: judgement day for sustainability?
14th May 2012 - Arrive: 5:45pm / Start 6:15pm / Networking: 8:15pm / Close: 9:30pm
Speakers
- Director, Elvis & Kresse Kresse Wesling
- Chairman, Euro RSCG Group Kate Robertson
- Founder & Director, GaleWill Bob McKinnon
- Open Innovation Director , Unilever Roger Leech
Collaborative capitalism - can traditional companies compete?
2nd April 2012 - Arrive: 5:45pm / Start 6:15pm / Networking: 8:15pm / Close: 9:30pm
Speakers
- CEO, Virgin Unite Jean Oelwang
- CEO, Big Society Capital Nick O'Donohoe
- Advisor, Mutuo Cliff Mills
- CR and Communities Director, Tesco Ruth Girardet
Business models and technologies for a radically efficient world
5th March 2012 - Arrive: 5:45pm / Start 6:15pm / Networking: 8:15pm / Close: 9:30pm
Speakers
- Executive Chairman, Carbon Disclosure Project Paul Dickinson
- Director of Marketing & Communications , Recyclebank Rob Crumbie
- Founder & Chief Community Officer, Relay Rides Shelby Clark
- Principal Scientific Advisor, Syngenta Mike Bushell
The big trends in sustainability for the next 24 months
6th February 2012 - Arrive: 5:45pm / Start 6:15pm / Networking: 8:15pm / Close: 9:30pm
Speakers
- Founder, GreenOrder & GO Ventures Andrew Shapiro
- Managing Director, Triodos Bank Charles Middleton
- Vice President, Sustainability, Unilever Karen Hamilton
- Vice President of Government Affairs, BMW GroupDr Thomas Becker
Kingfisher: an evening with Ian Cheshire.
9th January 2012 - Arrive: 5:45pm / Start 6:15pm / Networking: 8:15pm / Close: 9:30pm
Speakers
- Group CEO, Kingfisher plc Ian Cheshire
The future for sustainability reporting: trumped by the digital revolution?
5th December 2011 - Arrive: 5:45pm / Start 6:15pm / Networking: 8:15pm / Close: 9:30pm
Speakers
- Head of Corporate Reporting , BP Louise Tyson
- , Independent Adviser: Responsible Investment and Corporate ResponsibilityDr Rory Sullivan
- Global Advisory Board, One Young World Alan Mak
- Head of Delivery - Plan A & Sustainable Business, Marks & Spencer Adam Elman
Change Management - how Sustainability can transform an organisation.
7th November 2011 - Arrive: 5:45pm / Start 6:15pm / Networking: 8:15pm / Close: 9:30pm
Speakers
- Director of Energy and Carbon, BT Richard Tarboton
- Partner, Climate Change and Sustainability, Ernst and Young Doug Johnston
- VP for Engineering in Europe & Vehicle Marketability Globally, Nissan Jerry Hardcastle
- Sustainability Director, Siemens AG Kersten Barth
Resource Scarcity - do you need to change your business model?
3rd October 2011 - Arrive: 5:45pm / Start 6:15pm / Networking: 8:15pm / Close: 9:30pm
Speakers
- Group Head of Sustainable Development, SAB Miller Andy Wales
- Editor, Spiked Brendan O'Neill
- Chair in Climate Change/Earth Systems Science, University of Exeter Timothy Lenton
- Managing Director, Legal & General Investments Simon Ellis
M&S - Review of Plan A after 4 years
5th September 2011 - Arrive: 5:45pm / Start 6:15pm / Networking: 8:15pm / Close: 9:30pm
Speakers
- Director of Plan A, CSR & Sustainable Business, Marks & Spencer Richard Gillies
- Head of Sustainable Business, Marks & Spencer Mike Barry
Creative Disruption: Strategies for the new paradigm
1st August 2011 - Arrive: 5:45pm / Start 6:15pm / Networking: 8:15pm / Close: 9:30pm
Speakers
- Group Product Director & Author Creative Disruption, LOVEFiLM Simon Waldman
- Group Board Director, Arup & Chairman, HaloIPT, John Miles
- Director of Infrastructure, GE Tony Gale
- Founding Partner & Executive Chairman, , Volans & SustainAbility John Elkington
Embedding Sustainability in supply chain management: can you afford not to?
4th July 2011 - Arrive: 5:45pm / Start 6:15pm / Networking: 8:15pm / Close: 9:30pm
Speakers
- Head of Corporate Sustainability, ASDA Julian Walker-Palin
- CEO, Verdantix David Metcalfe
- Global Director SAFE Supply Chain, PUMA Reiner Hengstmann
- Sustainability Director EMEAI, Interface Ramon Arratia
Will the real investor please stand up?
6th June 2011 - Arrive: 5:45pm / Start 6:15pm / Networking: 8:15pm / Close: 9:30pm
Speakers
- Director of CSR, B&Q UK Matthew Sexton
- VP, Investor Relations, Unilever Roger Seabrook
- Speciality Finance Research, Bank of America Merrill Lynch Philip Middleton
- Head of Sustainability , Scottish Widows Asset ManagementDr Craig Mackenzie
To CSO or not to CSO: What is the right role and structure to embed your corporate sustainability strategy
9th May 2011 - Arrive: 5:45pm / Start 6:15pm / Networking: 8:15pm / Close: 9:30pm
Speakers
- Chief Executive Officer, Construction Services UK , Balfour Beatty Mike Peasland
- Founder , Single Planet LivingProfessor Alan Knight OBE
- Chief Sustainability Officer, Openreach Ian Hill
- Head of Sustainability, O2 Bill Eyres
The 25 billion pound investment opportunity - through the lens of a MAC curve
4th April 2011 - Arrive: 5:45pm / Start 6:15pm / Networking: 8:15pm / Close: 9:30pm
Speakers
- Director of Energy and Carbon, BT Richard Tarboton
- , Professor David Strong
- Chief Partnerships Officer , Carbon Disclosure Project Joanna Lee
- Partner, McKinsey & Co. Marcel Brinkman
The International Policy Framework: The evolving policy framework - the drivers, corporate strategies and leadership
7th March 2011 - Arrive: 6:00pm / Start 6:30pm / Networking: 8:15pm / Close: 9:00pm
Speakers
- Global Leader, Sustainability & Climate Change, Tax Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers Mark Schofield
- Global Director of Energy & Climate Change Policy, Dow Chemicals Russel Mills
- Research Director for Energy, Environment and Resource Governance , Chatham House Bernice Lee OBE
- Professor, London School of EconomicsLord Anthony Giddens
Strategic Opportunities and Unlocking Strategies - That Light Bulb Moment
7th February 2011 - Arrive: 6:00pm / Start 6:30pm / Networking: 8:15pm / Close: 9:00pm
Speakers
- Chief Executive, Bloomberg New Energy Finance Michael Liebreich
- Managing Director, Sustainability Services Group, Accenture Peter Lacy
- Clean Energy Advocacy Manager, Google Benjamin Kott
Energy & Carbon Prices: Creating the correct strategic response
10th January 2011 - Arrive: 6:00pm / Start 6:30pm / Networking: 8:15pm / Close: 9:00pm
Speakers
- Head of Energy Strategy & Economics, DECC (Department for Energy & Climate Change)Dr Enese Lieb-Doczy
- Chief Executive, Committee on Climate Change David Kennedy
- Head of New Energy & Power Research, Matrix Steven Fawkes
- Head of Energy Efficiency & Environmental Care, Siemens plc, Industry Sector UK Stephen Barker
Effective Communication of Sustainability Strategies
6th December 2010 - Arrive: 6:00pm / Start 6:30pm / Networking: 8:15pm / Close: 9:00pm
Speakers
- Head of Corporate Public Affairs, Sony Adrian Northover-Smith
- Doughty Centre for Corporate Responsibility, Cranfield School of Management David Grayson
- Co-founder, Futerra Ed Gillespie
- Executive Chairman, Carbon Disclosure Project Paul Dickinson
The Energy Bill - The Green Deal, Disruption & Opportunity: What threats and opportunities does the coalition government's Energy Bill, particularly The Green Deal, hold for your organisation
1st November 2010 - Arrive: 6:00pm / Start 6:30pm / Networking: 8:15pm / Close: 9:00pm
Speakers
- Director of CSR, B&Q UK Matthew Sexton
- Founder, Breathe Energy Ltd Gary Parke
- Head, Energy Bill Team, Department of Energy and Climate Change Patrick Erwin
Financing energy efficiency programmes: Why and how sustainability leaders must ensure that their company competes in efficiency
11th October 2010 - Arrive: 6:00pm / Start 6:30pm / Networking: 8:15pm / Close: 9:00pm
Speakers
- Clean Energy Advocacy Manager, Google Benjamin Kott
- Senior Banker, Energy Efficiency and Climate Change, EBRD Peter Hobson
- Managing Director, Energy & Climate Strategy, Rio Tinto Peter Cunningham
Feed-In Tariffs: New opportunities for business
6th September 2010 - Arrive: 6:00pm / Start 6:30pm / Networking: 8:15pm / Close: 9:00pm
Speakers
- Director of Energy and Carbon, BT Richard Tarboton
- Group Environmental Manager, SEGRO Brendan Fogarty
- Member of Parliament, Bundestag Hans-Josef Fell
Corporate CleanTech: How big business is using clean technologies
12th July 2010 - Arrive: 6:00pm / Start 6:30pm / Networking: 8:15pm / Close: 9:00pm
Speakers
- Co-founder and Partner, WHEB VenturesDr Rob Wylie
- Head of Sustainability and Environment, Royal Mail Group plcDr Martin Blake
- Head of Energy and Sustainbility, Sainsburys Jon Ashford
Sustainability & Growth: How can big business achieve absolute decoupling?
7th June 2010 - Arrive: 6:00pm / Start 6:30pm / Networking: 8:15pm / Close: 9:00pm
Speakers
- Commissioner, Sustainable Development CommissionProfessor Tim Jackson
- Vice President Brand Development, Unilever Santiago Gowland
- Director for Business Resource Efficiency, WRAP Steve Creed
Green Innovation & Disruption: Devising and introducing new sustainable models within established businesses
10th May 2010 - Arrive: 6:00pm / Start 6:30pm / Networking: 8:15pm / Close: 9:00pm
Speakers
- Founder, RiverSimple Hugo Spowers
- Clean Energy Advocacy Manager, Google Benjamin Kott
- Group CEO, Kingfisher plc Ian Cheshire
- Sustainability Director EMEAI, Interface Ramon Arratia
12th April 2010 - Arrive: 12:00am / Start 12:00am / Networking: 12:00am / Close: 12:00am
Speakers
- Director of CSR, Northern Foods Paula Widdowson
- Head of Responsible & Sustainable Sourcing, PepsiCo Intl, Europe Fiona Page
- Director of Corporate Affairs, ASDA Paul Kelly
- Executive Chairman, Carbon Disclosure Project Paul Dickinson
1st March 2010 - Arrive: 12:00am / Start 12:00am / Networking: 12:00am / Close: 12:00am
Speakers
- Minister for Energy and Climate Change, Labour Party Joan Ruddock MP
- Shadow Secretary for Energy and Climate Change, Liberal Democrats Simon Hughes MP
- Shadow Minister of Climate Change, Conservatives Gregory Barker MP
Marketing & Sustainability
1st February 2010 - Arrive: 12:00am / Start 12:00am / Networking: 12:00am / Close: 12:00am
Speakers
- Corporate Affairs & Sustainability Director, Mars Daniel Vennard
- Founder , Single Planet LivingProfessor Alan Knight OBE
- Sustainability Affairs Manager, Procter & Gamble UK Kirstie Hawkes
- Head of Sustainable Development, Virgin Group Eileen Donnelly
- Vice President, Sustainability, Reckitt Benckiser Edward Butt
11th January 2010 - Arrive: 12:00am / Start 12:00am / Networking: 12:00am / Close: 12:00am
Speakers
- President & Global Head of Carbon Emissions, CMIA & BoA/Merrill Lynch Abyd Karmali
- CEO, The Climate Group Steve Howard
- Head of Policy, International Climate Change, DECC Chris Dodwell
- Director of Corporate Responsibility and Government Affairs, Kingfisher plc Ray Baker
7th December 2009 - Arrive: 12:00am / Start 12:00am / Networking: 12:00am / Close: 12:00am
Speakers
- Group Director, Energy Utilities, Logica Nigel Spooner
- Head of Future Energy Networks Team, DECC Lorraine Hamid
- Global Lead for Smart Technology Strategy, Accenture Simon Giles
- Partner, distribution, Ofgem Rachel Fletcher
2nd November 2009 - Arrive: 12:00am / Start 12:00am / Networking: 12:00am / Close: 12:00am
Speakers
- General Counsel and Associate Director , Ecosecurities Alexander Sarac
- Founder Director, Forum for the Future Jonathon Porritt CBE
- Head of Policy, International Climate Change, DECC Chris Dodwell
- Executive Director & Vice Chairman, CCC James Cameron
5th October 2009 - Arrive: 12:00am / Start 12:00am / Networking: 12:00am / Close: 12:00am
Speakers
- Global Procurement, Risk & Governance Director, Diageo David Lawrence
- Environment Director, Business in the Community Jim Haywood
- Chief Executive, NG Bailey Mark Andrews
7th September 2009 - Arrive: 12:00am / Start 12:00am / Networking: 12:00am / Close: 12:00am
Speakers
- Head of Corporate Responsibility & Public Affairs, Sainsburys Jat Sahota
- Founding Partner & Executive Chairman, , Volans & SustainAbility John Elkington
- Head of Environmental Policy, Network Rail Di Booth
- Chief Executive Officer, BREDr Peter Bonfield
6th July 2009 - Arrive: 12:00am / Start 12:00am / Networking: 12:00am / Close: 12:00am
Speakers
- Brand Director, EDF Energy Martin Stead
- Founder, Low Carbon Investors UK Mark Shorrock
- President & CEO, GE UK & Ireland Mark Elborne
1st June 2009 - Arrive: 12:00am / Start 12:00am / Networking: 12:00am / Close: 12:00am
Speakers
- Community & Government Director, Tesco David North
- CEO, The Climate Group Steve Howard
- Head of Environment, BA Jonathan Counsell
11th May 2009 - Arrive: 12:00am / Start 12:00am / Networking: 12:00am / Close: 12:00am
Speakers
- Technical Director, UK Climate Impacts Programme Roger Street
- Chief Executive Officer, BAA Colin Matthews
- Environmental Policy Adviser, Rio Tinto plc Tom Burke CBE
6th April 2009 - Arrive: 12:00am / Start 12:00am / Networking: 12:00am / Close: 12:00am
Speakers
- Director of Carbon Budgets & National Climate Change Delivery, DECC Martin Nesbitt
- Head of CRC Branch, DECC Jane Dennett-Thorpe
- Head of Corporate Responsibility and Environment, ITV Jack Cunningham
2nd March 2009 - Arrive: 12:00am / Start 12:00am / Networking: 12:00am / Close: 12:00am
Speakers
- Director, Global Sustainability, Procter & GambleDr Peter White
- UK Environment Manager, McDonalds Marie Louise Ter Beek
- CEO, Solar Century Jeremy Leggett
2nd February 2009 - Arrive: 12:00am / Start 12:00am / Networking: 12:00am / Close: 12:00am
Speakers
- Founder Director, Forum for the Future Jonathon Porritt CBE
- European Sustainability Manager, Cisco Neil Harris
- Independent Consultant/ Author, The Green Marketing Manifesto John Grant
12th January 2009 - Arrive: 12:00am / Start 12:00am / Networking: 12:00am / Close: 12:00am
Speakers
- , DEFRA Paul van Heyningen
- CEO, The Carbon Trust Tom Delay
- Head of Sustainability and Environment, Royal Mail Group plcDr Martin Blake
1st December 2008 - Arrive: 12:00am / Start 12:00am / Networking: 12:00am / Close: 12:00am
Speakers
- Chief Executive, Committee on Climate Change David Kennedy
- Co-Chair, Working Group II, IPCCProfessor Martin Parry
- Head of Climate Change, BT plc Donna Young
3rd November 2008 - Arrive: 12:00am / Start 12:00am / Networking: 12:00am / Close: 12:00am
Speakers
- CEO, Eurostar Richard Brown
- CEO, Utilyx Chris Bowden
- Environmental Policy Adviser, Rio Tinto plc Tom Burke CBE
6th October 2008 - Arrive: 12:00am / Start 12:00am / Networking: 12:00am / Close: 12:00am
Speakers
- Partner, Sustainability & Climate Change, PwC Jon Williams
- , Sir David King
- Head of Public Policy, Sun Microsystems Richard Barrington
8th September 2008 - Arrive: 12:00am / Start 12:00am / Networking: 12:00am / Close: 12:00am
Speakers
- Head of Sustainable Business, Marks & Spencer Mike Barry
- Government Chief Scientific Adviser, Professor John Beddington
7th July 2008 - Arrive: 12:00am / Start 12:00am / Networking: 12:00am / Close: 12:00am
Speakers
- Vice President Brand Development, Unilever Santiago Gowland
1st January 1970 - Arrive: 12:00am / Start 12:00am / Networking: 12:00am / Close: 12:00am
Speakers
- CEO, BSkyB Jeremy Darroch