ELEVATE Leadership Series
London — Schedule
Our one-day program features topics that drive value creation through ESG impact. Sessions address ELEVATE’s top trends in supply chain responsible sourcing, a challenging keynote address, panel interchanges among corporate leaders from the apparel, technology and financial sectors, as well as NGOs.
Full London schedule
Schedule — 25 February 2020
08:30 – 09:00 | Registration / Coffee & Tea
09:00 – 09:15 | Erin Lyon, ELEVATE
Welcome to the ELEVATE Leadership Series 2020
09:15 – 09:45 | Dr. Kevin Franklin, ELEVATE
Keynote: Top trends in supply chain responsible sourcing
09:45 – 10:15 | Professor Colin Garner, Chief Executive, Antibiotic Research UK
Keynote and Q&A: Antibiotic resistance – is it destroying ESG impact? This keynote will explore the implications of the Global AMR challenge for business and human rights
10:15 – 10:45 | Coffee & tea break / networking
10:45 – 11:30 | Responsible sourcing for ESG impact
Responsible sourcing for ESG impact: This workshop will enable participants to understand segmentation as a risk-based & leverage-driven approach to building a responsible sourcing program that meets legislative due diligence requirements.
– Erin Lyon, Vice President, Sustainability Consulting, ELEVATE
– Nora Wolters, Responsible Sourcing Consultant, ELEVATE
11:30 – 12:15 | Fireside chat: Challenges
Managing supply chains: Recruitment agencies and logistics
– Rachel Cowburn-Walden, Unilever
Moderator: Erin Lyon, ELEVATE
12:15 – 13:15 | Lunch / networking
13:15 – 13:30
The unethical consulting industry…… what is it and what is the impact on your responsible sourcing programme?
13:30 – 14:30 | Multi stakeholder / Corporate initiatives: Does collaboration create or destroy value?
Multi stakeholder Initiatives: How does collaboration work in practice, what do the organisations and members need to do to ensure that collaboration is effective.
– Rikke Netterstrom, Helikonia & Palm Oil Innovation Group
– David Lawrence, AIM-PROGRESS
– Aiko Bode, Fenix Outdoor / Fjällräven
– Caner Soytas, Nike
– Holly Menezes, SLCP
Moderator: Andrew Savini, ELEVATE
14:30 – 15:15 | Sharing experience…
Data transparency in supply chains – how does that data create value?
– Katie Shaw, Stakeholder Manager, Open Apparel Registry
Responsible Sourcing in Europe: Insights from Italy
– Daniele Giomi, ELEVATE
Moderator: ELEVATE
15:15 – 15:35 | Coffee & tea break / networking
15:35 – 16:30 | Investor perspectives
Platform Living Wage Financials – how investors monitor investee supply chain wages
– Narina Mnatsakanian, Kempen Capital Management
Labor Practices in Agricultural Supply Chains – get the latest investor perspectives from a soon-to-be published PRI report
– Elena Espinoza, PRI
Protecting ESG value
– Sébastien Thevoux-Chabuel, Comgest
16:30 – 17:00 | Wrap up
– Erin Lyon, Vice President, Sustainability Consulting, ELEVATE
17:00 – 18:30 | Networking reception
Full London schedule
Schedule — 25 February 2020
08:30 – 09:00 | Registration / Coffee & Tea
09:00 – 09:15 | Erin Lyon, ELEVATE
Welcome to the ELEVATE Leadership Series 2020
09:15 – 09:45 | Dr. Kevin Franklin, ELEVATE
Keynote: Top trends in supply chain responsible sourcing
09:45 – 10:15 | Professor Colin Garner, Chief Executive, Antibiotic Research UK
Keynote and Q&A: Antibiotic resistance – is it destroying ESG impact? This keynote will explore the implications of the Global AMR challenge for business and human rights
10:15 – 10:45 | Coffee & tea break / networking
10:45 – 11:30 | Responsible sourcing for ESG impact
Responsible sourcing for ESG impact: This workshop will enable participants to understand segmentation as a risk-based & leverage-driven approach to building a responsible sourcing program that meets legislative due diligence requirements.
– Erin Lyon, Vice President, Sustainability Consulting, ELEVATE
– Nora Wolters, Responsible Sourcing Consultant, ELEVATE
11:30 – 12:15 | Fireside chat: Challenges
Managing supply chains: Recruitment agencies and logistics
– Rachel Cowburn-Walden, Unilever
Moderator: Erin Lyon, ELEVATE
12:15 – 13:15 | Lunch / networking
13:15 – 13:30
The unethical consulting industry…… what is it and what is the impact on your responsible sourcing programme?
13:30 – 14:30 | Multi stakeholder / Corporate initiatives: Does collaboration create or destroy value?
Multi stakeholder Initiatives: How does collaboration work in practice, what do the organisations and members need to do to ensure that collaboration is effective.
– Rikke Netterstrom, Helikonia & Palm Oil Innovation Group
– David Lawrence, AIM-PROGRESS
– Aiko Bode, Fenix Outdoor / Fjällräven
– Caner Soytas, Nike
– Holly Menezes, SLCP
Moderator: Andrew Savini, ELEVATE
14:30 – 15:15 | Sharing experience…
Data transparency in supply chains – how does that data create value?
– Katie Shaw, Stakeholder Manager, Open Apparel Registry
Responsible Sourcing in Europe: Insights from Italy
– Daniele Giomi, ELEVATE
Moderator: ELEVATE
15:15 – 15:35 | Coffee & tea break / networking
15:35 – 16:30 | Investor perspectives
Platform Living Wage Financials – how investors monitor investee supply chain wages
– Narina Mnatsakanian, Kempen Capital Management
Labor Practices in Agricultural Supply Chains – get the latest investor perspectives from a soon-to-be published PRI report
– Elena Espinoza, PRI
Protecting ESG value
– Sébastien Thevoux-Chabuel, Comgest
16:30 – 17:00 | Wrap up
– Erin Lyon, Vice President, Sustainability Consulting, ELEVATE
17:00 – 18:30 | Networking reception