The topics no organisation can afford to ignore … At the event no organisation can afford to miss!
Once again…The Southern Sustainability Partnership is committed to bringing The Big Sustainability Expo to organisations around the UK as a free resource. We do this to ensure there are no financial barriers to attending. No entry fee, free parking, and most of all free workshops in our LearnZone. To this end, we have once again secured leading experts to run our workshops in 2021.
GEP ENVIRONMENTAL Back by popular demand
Peter Schofield
Director and Principal Environmental Consultant
Peter is their Principal Environmental Consultant and provides expert environmental consultancy advice and training to a range of public and private sector clients throughout the UK & Ireland. Peter is an experienced consultant with expertise in environmental and energy management systems, compliance, and sustainability.
Room: Matthew Le Tissier Suite – 2nd Floor
TOPIC 1 – Net Zero Carbon
This workshop focuses on the definition of Net Zero Carbon and what it could mean for your organisation. It includes an introduction to the legislation and drivers around the Climate Emergency, an outline of what introducing a Net Zero Carbon programme to your organisation may include (i.e. Energy Baselines and Carbon Reduction Programmes), and a look into low carbon actions and technologies you could introduce.
10.00am to 11.00am
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14.30am to 15.30am
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TOPIC 2 – ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL, AND GOVERNANCE SUSTAINABILITY
This workshop will provide an insight into developing and embedding a sustainable business mindset within your organisation, which incorporates environmental, social, and governance issues. It will provide you with an overview of best practices surrounding ESG sustainability, sustainable reporting frameworks, staff engagement, and ideas on how to build upon your existing sustainability programmes.
11.30am to 12.30pm
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15.00pm to 16.00pm
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MEET THE SUSTAINABILITY CONSULTANT
Lunchtime Session
Take advantage of one-to-one time with one of the UK’s leading experts working with organisations in support of their corporate sustainability and energy management.
Matthew Le Tissier Suite Book your place HERE
TERRAFINITI LLP – Back by popular demand
Dr. Dominic Tantram
Founding Partner – Sustainability Consultant
Terrafiniti has an unrivaled track record in the development of innovative approaches to corporate sustainability, working with some of the planet’s largest businesses and NGOs.Unlike most sustainability/CSR consultants, Dominic has helped people identify the real social and environmental issues they need to tackle to reduce risk and build business value. His approach is based upon tackling issues at their root, not treating the symptoms. He has worked with sustainability managers, managing directors, CEOs, technical and operational staff, and many others to cut through the complexity of sustainability and build realistic and tangible actions.
Room: Presidents Suite – 2nd Floor
TOPIC 1: Sustainability Strategy – Moving beyond best practice
2pm to 2.45pm
Your organisation has no doubt made some important progress in sustainability. Maybe acting on energy, waste, or employee engagement. Perhaps you’ve already made firm carbon or climate commitments? But now you’re ready for the next step. You want to (or are being asked to) go further, integrate your approach, and make sure you’re not missing something crucial from your areas of focus. Come to this workshop if you want to start making meaningful sustainability changes in your business to move beyond simply doing less badly and move on to building social value and long-term resilience.
In Terrafiniti’s fun and informative 45-minute workshop you will:
Explore the key components to an effective and ambitious sustainable business strategy
Understand what’s essential in order to gain business value
Learn where many organisations go wrong.
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TOPIC 2: Sustainability Strategy – Key Challenges to Implementation
3.00pm to 3.45pm
Developing a sustainable business plan/strategy is just the first step.
Many organisations fail to meet their targets because they struggle with implementation.
You might have the right vision, ambition, goals, and plans but still struggle to embed new priorities into everyday business.
Drawing directly from Terrafiniti’s experience of developing and (crucially) implementing successful strategies with companies and NGOs in the UK and worldwide, this 45-minute workshop will:
Identify some of the key challenges business leaders face in turning their plans into practice,
Identify why such challenges arise, and;
Explore solutions and tactics for achieving successful implementation.
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AMPHIBIA – New for 2021
Alan Hannay MWMSoc(Snr)
Director
TOPIC: Taster Session – The Control of Legionella Bacteria in Hot and Cold Water Systems.
The course will cover:
1.What are legionella bacteria and how do they get into your workplace water systems?
2.What are the risks to health and how can they be prevented or controlled?
3.What are the statutory requirements for your business, facility manager and maintenance team?
4.A look at penalties in the UK for failing to meet statutory requirements
5.Case studies
6.Assessing the risk
7.Managing the risk
8.Plenary session
With particularly high facility rates and thousands of confirmed cases worldwide, the Health and Safety Executive take controlling Legionnaires disease very serious indeed. According to the HSE, inadequate management, poor communication and lack of training have all been identified as contributory factors in outbreaks of Legionnaire’s disease. This is why the HSE’s Approved Code of Practice (L8) and HSG274 put a real emphasis on the importance of training for all persons with responsibility for water systems in buildings, as well as those who maintain them and manage any part of the legionella control scheme. Amphibia are a multi-award-winning British company formed originally by Southern Water Plc in 1989. They specialise in workplace water and air quality and have completed training, consultancy and operational projects across the UK and internationally. Amphibia is renowned as an innovative industry leader and their training courses consistently receive a 10 out of 10 approval rating from delegates.
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Session 1: 10.00am to 11.00am Book HERE
Session 2: 11.30am to 12.30pm Book HERE
AYMA IoT – 2021 Expo Sponsor
John MacMillan
Founder and CEO
TOPIC: As Lead Sponsor of The Big Sustainability Expo 21, AyMa IoT will host their own workshop: How to automate real-time energy data to track, monitor and reduce your Carbon Footprint.
This workshop will look to provide insights on the role of energy data, how to access it, and how to use it to improve efficiencies in energy use that grow into efficiencies across your operations, your budgets, and your compliance stance in your mission to reduce your carbon footprint.
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Further Workshops to be added shortly.
For an early alert, please email us at info@southernsustainability.co.uk