Agenda
- 09.00 Welcome Address
- 09.15 Sustainability as a strategic imperative for business: Profit, purpose, survival
Speaker: Laura Heuston, Co-founder, SustainabilityWorks
Overview of global sustainability issues, trends and risks
Why sustainability is relevant for business from a risk and opportunity perspective
Overview of stakeholders driving the sustainable business
- 09.40 Developing/Updating your Sustainability Strategy
Speaker: Karen Deignan, Co-founder, SustainabilityWorks
Overview of steps to develop a sustainability strategy
Overview of sustainability reporting frameworks, certifications and initiatives
Short case study
- 10:10 The G in ESG
Speaker: Patrick Downes, Principal Partner, Lionheart
Key issues and trends: Board diversity, board quality and composition, board’s role in shaping culture, independence, board literacy (tech, cyber risk, climate, sustainability and ESG)
Setting goals, values, targets and metrics: What does good look like
- 10.40 Break
- 11.00 The S in ESG
Speaker: Catherine Smith McKiernan, Group HR Director, Epic
Key issues and trends: DEI (diversity, equity & inclusion), decent employment, wellbeing, modern slavery
Practical impacts on business: Talent attraction and retention, engagement
Setting targets and metrics: What does good look like?
- 11.30 The E in ESG
Speaker: Kevin Maher, Environmental Sustainability Executive, Ibec
Environmental policy trends: What’s coming down the track in relation to climate, waste, circular economy
Practical impacts on business: Greenwashing v genuine corporate action
Setting targets and metrics: What does good look like?
- 12.00 Panel: Learning from Industry Leaders
Cormac Madden, ESG
Karen Coyle, AIB
Caoimhe Buckley, Fyffes - 12.35 Q&A
- 12.50 Closing remarks
- 13.00 End