Sustainable development opportunities and action sessions!

Hosted during edie’s special Sustainable Develop Goals week, the Sustainable Development Action Sessions offer up an afternoon of live, interactive webinar presentations and discussions – all dedicated to giving businesses the tools, insights and knowledge to maximise their contribution to the Global Goals.

Taking place on 21 September from 12:30pm BST this online event combines three edie sessions into a single afternoon.

Hear from our expert speakers:
–  Steve Kenzie, Executive Director, UN Global Compact
–  Fiona Morgan, Chief Purpose Officer, Sail GP
–  Rosie Festus, Brand Manager – Magnum, Unilever
–  Brett Fleming-Jones, Group Marketing Director, phs Group
–  Baishakhi Sengupta, ESG & Risk Manager, Procurement, Oxford Nanopore Technologies
–  Dhruv Agarwal, Vice-President of Sustainability, Innovation & Development,

Kontoor Brands (Lee & Wrangler)Jamie Rusby, Sustainability Group Director, VELUX Group
–  Ian Pyburn, Business Development Manager, IES
–  Mike Hanson, Director of Sustainable Business, WSH

Our sessions

Keynote: The race to 2030: Identifying which Goals require the most focus  (12:30-12:45) Steve Kenzie, Executive Director, UN Global Compact

7 years left: Accelerating business action on the Global Goals (12:45-13:30) Discussion points:
•   The race to 2030: Identifying which Goals require the most focus
•   Spearheading the Just Transition within your business, and bringing stakeholders on the journey
•   How can businesses achieve systemic change through collective and collaborative action?
•   Understanding the most effective standards, systems and frameworks to measure progress 

SDG deep dive: Goal-by-Goal case studies to achieve a people-and-planet-first future (13:45-14:45)Discussion points:
•   Choosing which Goals and targets are most relevant to your business
•   Integrating Goals and sub-targets with existing corporate strategies to accelerate action
•   Addressing inequality and embedding social sustainability throughout your supply chain
•   Understanding social data and using it to drive change inside and outside of your business 

45-minute Masterclass: How to report and communicate progress against the SDGS (15:00-15:45) 

Discussion points:
•   Exploring the recent changes to sustainability reporting frameworks through the lens of the Global Goals
•   The most effective tools for measuring and reporting your impacts against the SDGs
How to take an integrated ESG and SDG reporting approach
•   Communicating the Goals in ways which are meaningful and drive change to all stakeholders

Thursday 21st September • 12:30—16:00 (BST)