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