22nd May 2006

Registration & Coffee

Welcome
Adrienne Baker, Editor in Chief, IR magazine

Opening Keynote Case Study:
A global company responds to the challenges and opportunities of climate change
Dr Hugh Porteous, Vice-president, Government
Relations, Europe, Alcan

• Leadership on climate change in the business sector

Dr Steve Howard, CEO, The Climate Group

Strategy, management and climate change

• Strategic awareness, management accountability
• Integrating sustainability throughout the business
• Senior management action plan and strategy
• Strategy implementation, internal reporting, board responsibility

Jon Williams, Head of Group Sustainable Development, HSBC

09.50

Measuring and benchmarking climate impact

• Determining GHG emission from direct and indirect emissions
• Benchmarking performance
• Disclosure methods & protocols

Mike Barry, Head of Corporate Social Responsibility, Marks and Spencer

Climate change and business strategy
Andrew Flett, Head of Barclays Environmental Management, Barclays

Alternative energy strategies
Giles Mackey, SRI Manager, BP

Q&A with morning expert panel
Abyd Karmali, Senior Vice President, ICF Consulting
Jonathan Shopley, CEO, The CarbonNeutral Company
Dr Garry Felgate, Director of Delivery and External Relations, The Carbon Trust

Implementation Case Study 1: Carbon offsetting – the world’s first carbon neutral cab company
Andrew Herbert, Managing Director, Radio Taxis Group

Reputational risk and climate change
How does a company seize the initiative when it comes to the potential risks associated with climate change? In this presentation we will hear how a company recognised the potential downside of climate change and put in place a risk management framework that supports a pro-active, thought-leading, responsible and sustainable strategy for security and growth. 
Joe Irvin, BAA  

11.45

Developing corporate policies and procedures to reduce climate risk and increase value

• Climate change policy documents and response plans
• Disclosing GHG control strategies
• Integrating policy in to business plans and company management

Ian Emsley, Advisor, Carbon Management and Sustainable Development,
Anglo American

Internal and external climate change strategy and communication
Philippa Marshall, Cone Ranger/Brand Manager, Ben & Jerry’s

Q&A with morning expert panel
Abyd Karmali, Senior Vice President, ICF Consulting
Jonathan Shopley, CEO, The CarbonNeutral Company
Dr Garry Felgate, Director of Delivery and External Relations, The Carbon Trust
Dr Steve Howard, CEO, The Climate Group

The Climate Change Communications Challenge
Lucy Shea, Partner, Futerra

Corporate reporting on greenhouse issues: Is it useful to Investors?
Rory Sullivan, Director, Investor Responsibility, Insight Investment

13.45

What you want to say, what they want to hear – speaking the same climate change language
Nick Robins, Head of SRI Funds, Henderson Global Investors
Marc Fox, Financial Analyst, Goldman Sachs
Helen Loose, Partner & Head of Environmental and Health & Safety Group, Ashurst
Will Whitehorn, Communications Director, Virgin Group
David Glinski, Head of Group Environment, Health & Safety, Prudential
Chair: Simon Thomas, CEO, Trucost

Communicating climate change to your employees – case study
Trewin Restorick, Director, Global Action Plan

14.45

Implementation Case Study 2: The world’s first carbon neutral media company
Ben Stimson, Director of Corporate Responsibility, BSkyB

Implementation Case Study 3: A case study in energy efficiency
Emma Williams, CSR Manager, BT

Implementation Case Study 5: Emissions trading in the voluntary market – case study
Robert Rabinowitz, Business Development Director, ECX Associate Membership

16.05

Q&A with afternoon expert panel
Abyd Karmali, Senior Vice President, ICF Consulting
Dr Garry Felgate, Director of Delivery and External Relations, The Carbon Trust
Dr Steve Howard, CEO, The Climate Group
Jonathan Shopley, CEO, The CarbonNeutral Company

Getting beyond sustainability reporting
Disclosing and communicating your climate change action is an opportunity to maximize the benefits of the response. But basically everybody produces a sustainability report whether they have green credentials or not. In this session we will examine the best climate change communication campaigns – who to target, how to get beyond the sustainability report and how to incorporate climate change response as part of your overall communications strategy.

• How do you communicate beyond the sustainability report?
• How do you mainstream your green credentials?

Chair: Tim Purcell, Chief Executive Officer, CO3

Close of conference

Workshop timetable

09.15
Mapping the Response to Climate Change - led by: The Climate Group

11.15 Coffee

11.30
Engaging Employees in Climate Change - led by: Global Action Plan

This will involve looking at why it is important to involve employees in making changes if companies really want to make a difference.  Delegates can expect to hear about the techniques we use to engage employees, and the results we have had to date.

13.30 Lunch

14.00 Lessons Learned in Designing and Implementing Climate Strategy - led by: ICF Consulting

The workshop will provide a series of insights from case studies working with companies on how to assess their value-at-stake under carbon constraints, including the key regulatory, market, and reputation drivers. It will explore successful organizational approaches to managing carbon issues and ensuring that there is a sustained approach to managing the issue over time.

16.00 Close

The Carbon Trust works with UK business and the public sector to understand the benefits to be gained and savings to be made from reducing carbon emissions. An independent company set up by Government to help the UK meet its climate change obligations, the Carbon Trust creates practical business-focused solutions to carbon emission reduction through energy efficiency and carbon management. The Carbon Trust also invests in the development of low carbon technologies, which will have a crucial role to play in the transition to a low carbon economy.

For further information on the Carbon Trust, our products and services, please visit our website at www.carbontrust.co.uk or call the helpline on 0800 0852005.

CO3 is a unique and specialised service.We ensure that our clients maximise the opportunities and minimise the risks that their corporate responsibility credentials present through effective reporting and communication of this information to all of their stakeholder groups.More information is at CO3 online (www.CO3.coop).

ICF Consulting is a leading international management, technology, and policy consulting firm founded in 1969 and with more than 1,500 professionals around the world. More than 200 of our experts provide advice on climate strategy design and implementation to organizations on the commercial implications of climate change. Our clients include more than 55 of the FT Global 500.

Trucost Plc is an environmental research company established to help companies and investors understand the environmental impacts of business activities. Trucost provides data and analysis on company emissions and natural resource usage and presents these in financial as well as quantity terms, providing the basis for an improved dialogue between companies, investors and other stakeholders.This analysisis available forover 2,500 companies and sectorsworldwide.