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Meet Senior Decision Makers From The Following Industry Sectors:
Food/Beverages:
- Agronomist
- Director of Agronomical Development
- Agricultural Researcher
- Head of Quality & Sustainability
Heavy Industry and Mining:
- Global head of HSE
- Environmental Director
Life Sciences and Pharmaceuticals:
- Head of Global Citizenship
- Director Environment
- Safety
- Security
Chemicals Companies:
- Sustainability Center Director
- Head of Security, Safety, Environment
- Head of CSR
- Communications Director
- Head of Corporate Affairs
- Climate Change
- Environmental Risk Manager
- Technology Directors
Plus:
- National Government Organisations
- Water engineering and technology firms
- Water, sustainability, HSE consultancies
- Bio fuels manufacturers
- Venture Capitalists Emerging Markets
- Developing World Investment Banks and Investment Research Companies
- Supply Chain Management and Risk Consultancies
- Farm And Land Management Consultancies
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2 Day Conference: 29-30 April, 2010.
| 0845 |
Chair’s Opening Remarks |
The chair will outline the four key goals of the conference:
- Defining a realistic business driven approach to managing corporate water risks
- Identifying opportunities for consolidating measurement methodologies that are easily applicable to different value chains, more nimble for everyday business decision making & adaptable to industry specific issues
- Compare methodologies for assessing water scarcity risks in the context of local impacts
- Define practical solutions for driving change in the supply chain to address water scarcity risks and impacts
Chair: Yves Loerincik, Chief Executive Officer, Quantis
KEYNOTE MULTI-NATIONAL PANEL
| 0855 |
Making The Business Case For Developing A Coherent Strategy For Managing Global/Local Water Risks Who Is Doing What, And Why? |
The purpose of this opening session is to understand the key business drivers for addressing water scarcity risks within the supply chain.
- Benchmarking Multi-National Perspectives On The Business Case:
- Identifying the business drivers for assessing and managing water scarcity risks, including:
- Risk assessment and management for operational continuity of key facilities
- Reporting on sustainability metrics
- Strategic planning of sustainable raw material sourcing
- Ensuring your manufacturing and agricultural supply chains are sustainable
- Avoiding business risk, including moving suppliers and sourcing locations
- Implementing policies to mitigate climate change risk
- Increasing margins through cost efficiency benefits
- Preparing for future regulatory change and increases to the price and value of water
- Implementing community development projects
- Managing location specific political and social issues
- Protecting reputation and brand image
- Influencing end user behaviour towards product usage
- Due diligence
Joe Rozza, Head of Global Water Resource Sustainability, The Coca-Cola Company
John Temple, Director, Sustainability Research & Development, Unilever
Ian Walsh, Head Of Environment, Cadbury’s
Andy Wales, Head Of Sustainable Development, SABMiller
- Benchmarking Retailer Perspectives On The Business Case:
- How retailers are interacting with customers over water usage
- Retailer views on making the business case for measuring water footprints and managing water scarcity risks
Sue Long, Environmental Impact Director, Starbucks Coffee Company
| 0955 |
Questions & Discussion |
| Water Policy & Regulation Post Copenhagen |
POLICY PANEL: POLICIES AND FRAMEWORKS ON HOW BUSINESSES NEED TO PLAN, FOCUS & ADAPT IN LINE WITH POST COPENHAGEN REGULATION
| 1005 |
Clarifying The Future Direction Of Government Policy On The Relationship Between Climate Change & Water, Including The Value Of Water |
- Examining water scarcity at a super-national level – considering the implications of climate change, affecting scarcity, value and the need for industry’s responsible use
- Understanding the priorities, linkages and trade-offs with energy, carbon and waste creating the sustainability metric
- Assessing the relationship between climate change & water from a policy perspective
- Understanding how water fits into the broader sustainability metric: Will water take priority over carbon, for example?
- Opportunities in the valuation of water and water markets. The supply of water as an ecosystem service? How will this be valued and costed?
- Achieving biodiversity goals
- Up To Date Information Mapping Water Scarcity For Different Regions. How Will Climate Change Affect Key Regions In The Future?
Rob Collins, Project Manager-Water Group, European Environment Agency
Professor Alan Jenkins, Director Of Water Programmes, Centre
of Ecology And Hydrology
| 1045 |
The Strategic Framework For Guiding Sustainability Development Of A Country With Limited Water Resources |
- Integrating water into future development plans
- Examining interactions between economic development and environmental issues including water scarcity
- Linking to water trading, renting and acquisition of farming land in
- Practical approaches to water accounting in developing countries
Anthony Cox, Environment Directorate, OECD
| 1105 |
Questions & Discussion |
| 1115 |
Networking Refreshments Served In The Exhibition Showcase Area |
| What Are The Measurement Methodologies And Standards To Follow? |
PROGRESSING COMMON STANDARDS ON WATER FOOTPRINT MEASUREMENT
| 1145 |
Working Towards Standardising Water Footprint Methodologies |
Update On The Development Of Standards
- Standardising your water footprint
- Practical industry specific recommendations for agricultural food compared to industrial, large scale producers
- Aligning the WFN model with life cycle analysis to create a more consistent approach
- Future developments on using an overlay of water stress to generate a water impact assessment rather than straight volume
- Standardising the calculation for all production stages in the supply chain
Ronan Le Fanic, Corporate Hydrogeologist, Nestlé Waters
| 1205 |
Alliance For Water Stewardship: Developing Standards For Water Stewardship |
- Examining the link between water footprint standards and water stewardship
- The Global Water Round Table - Update
Matthew Wenban-Smith, Co-Secretary, Alliance For Water Stewardship
| 1230 |
Water Footprinting: Current State Of The Science And Standardisation Processes |
Sébastien Humbert, Scientific Director, Quantis
| 1250 |
Questions & Discussion |
| 1410 |
Strategies For Generating Reliable Data |
1410 CASE STUDY 1:
Obtaining The Right Data On Product Assessment; Measuring Water Associated With Product Use As Part Of The Sustainability Index And Water Scarcity Risk Management
- Defining the scope, where do you begin and end?
- Methodology for product assessment; generating product use data
Andrew Jenkins, Sustainable Development Manager, Alliance Boots
1430 CASE STUDY 2:
Successfully Generating Upstream Agricultural Data
- Overcoming problems and difficulties associated with generating upstream data
- What kind of data needs to be generated? What’s included in the data (e.g. water usage for irrigation)?
- Gaining access to data – comparing the effectiveness of published data vs. collecting raw data upstream?
John Temple, Director, Sustainability Research & Development, Unilever
1450 CASE STUDY 3:
A Life Cycle Perspective: Comparing Approaches For Obtaining Data And Populating Inventories; Direct And Virtual Water In The Supply Chain"
- Understanding how different industries use and lose water
- The advantages of using inventories for managing water use data
- How a life cycle approach to water management can simplify data collection
Robert Lillywhite, Research Scientist, Warwick University & Lead On Water Footprint Project, DEFRA
| 1510 |
Questions & Discussion |
| Methodologies For Identifying High Water Stress Areas, Understanding Impacts & Projecting Climate Change Changes |
| 1525 |
Water Scarcity Risks & Local Impacts; Application To Real Life Business Scenarios |
- Research Study: A collaboration between Ceres, UBS and Bloomberg On 100 of the largest publicly-traded companies
- Characterising and quantifying the impact of your water footprint on the local environment
- Benchmarking the water risk disclosures in 8 water-intensive sectors – food, beverage, electric power, semiconductor, homebuilding, oil & gas, mining and chemicals
- How to link volume to impact to trigger sustainable corporate water strategy
- Highlighting corporate best practice, and providing recomendations for companies and investors
Shirley Morgan-Knott, Sustainability and SRI Analyst, UBS Limited
| 1540 |
Questions & Discussion |
| 1545 |
Water Footprinting And Water Risk: A Financial Sector Perspective |
Sabrina Birner, Consultant, International Finance Corporation
| 1600 |
Questions & Discussion |
| 1605 |
Afternoon Refreshments Served In The Exhibition Showcase Area |
| UNITED KINGDOM: Water Risk Impact Assessment For The Upstream Stages Of A Heavy Industrial Supply Chain |
| 1635 |
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA Evaluating Water Scarcity Risks Impacts For Agricultural Supply Chains |
- Projections on how climate change will impact water availability and Agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa
- Methodologies for understanding water availability stress areas; Identifying the most important measurements across the supply chain
Case Study: Water Footprinting A Bottle Of Tusker Beer In Kenya
- Generating reliable data – working with suppliers and measuring associated impacts for various agricultural raw materials
- Identifying specific impacts for specialty crops in Africa (Sugar Cane etc)
- Methodologies for quantifying the different impacts; developing a system to assess the value
- Using the data – what does it tell you and applying that to your sustainability strategy and supplier engagement
Ashley Fleming, Sustainability Manager Europe, Global Supply, Diageo
| 1655 |
Questions & Discussion |
| 1625 |
Questions & Discussion |
CONSUMER PRODUCTS
| 1700 |
GLOBAL LOCAL Managing Water Use Across The Life-Cycle: A Product And Business Perspective In A Global Corporation |
- Identifying, and quantifying key water availability risks to make the business case for action - for brands and countries
- Examining all stages in the product process to determine supply chain water impact
- Finding opportunities for positive impact: both a global and local approach
- Practical implementation of strategy: success stories in water efficiency
- Identifying the most relevant measurements and steps for specific regions
Tom Berry, Head of Sustainability, Europe, Kimberly-Clark
| 1720 |
Questions & Discussion |
HEAVY INDUSTRIAL RAW MATERIALS
| 1730 |
UNITED KINGDOM: Water Risk Impact Assessment For The Upstream Stages Of A Heavy Industrial Supply Chain |
- Impact assessment for each stage of the supply chain – how much water is used at each stage?
- Identifying and measuring blue water and in the supply chain and the impact on sources
- Maximizing green supplies- capturing to reduce the impact other sources
- Analyzing water imports and exports
David Shenton, National Environment Manager, Lafarge
| 1750 |
Questions & Discussion |
| 1800 |
Chairman’s Closing Remarks Followed By One-Hour Networking Drinks Reception |
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| 0850 |
Chair’s Opening Remarks |
Morning Chair: Peter von Lany, Technical Lead in the Strategic Water Management Directorate, Halcrow
OPENING KEYNOTE
| 0900 |
Water & The Integrated Sustainability Index: Imparting The Industry View On The Inter-Relationship Between Carbon, Water & Energy Together |
- The Integrated Sustainability Index for consumer products: examining water in the bigger picture context of measuring different footprints, including carbon, waste, ecological
- How to come up with a label that gives consumers an indication on the overall sustainability of a product
- Update on developments combining water and carbon labeling on products
- Exploring the trends around certification and labeling of manufacturing facilities and products like paper (wood being the source)
- Update on European initiative, spearheaded by the European Commission (at UN level) & co-chaired by EC
- Update on the leading US initiative - Walmart with the Sustainability Consortium with funding for the first prototypes from University of Arkansas, with other US multinationals
Willie Johnson, Global Director of Health, Safety and Environment, Procter & Gamble
| 0920 |
Questions & Discussion |
| HOW IN PRACTICE TO SUPPORT YOUR SUPPLIERS, SHARE INFORMATION AND CREATE PARTNERSHIPS TO ADDRESS WATER SCARCITY |
SUPPLY CHAIN PARTNERSHIP
| 0930 |
Developing Tools For Managing Relationships Along The Supply Chain |
- Strategies to drive change and improve the SC
- How to share information with community
- Creating partnerships
- Understanding sensitivities and maintaining operational standards
- Encompassing the water volume message
- Encouraging behaviour change
- Sharing best practices on reducing consumption and waste
- Product development to minimise water use
Laila Petrie, Supplier Exchange Manager, Marks & Spencer
| 1015 |
Questions & Discussion |
| 1025 |
Water Footprinting For Companies |
Yves Loerincik, CEO, Quantis
| 1045 |
Questions & Discussion |
| 1055 |
Morning Networking Refreshments |
| 1125 |
Driving Real Change On The Ground: How To Make The Connection Between Water Usage & What Is Happening In The Local Area |
- identify and evaluate the relative significance of a wide range of risks
- drill-deep to analyse priority risk areas
- understand and deal with strategic uncertainties - including that associated with climate change
- financial appraisal of the costs and benefits of better risk management
- implement strategies for improved risk management.
Peter von Lany, Technical Lead in the Strategic Water Management Directorate, Halcrow
| 1145 |
Questions & Discussion |
| 1150 |
SABMiller-WWF-GTZ Water Futures Partnership |
- Identifying water risks at a high level
- Targeting water footprinting to understand dependencies and vulnerabilities
- Conducting watershed risk and sustainability assessments
- Creating a business case for action to protect watersheds
Robin Farrington, Water Policy Advisor, Freshwater Programme, WWF
| 1215 |
Questions & Discussion |
| MANAGING & ADAPTING TO WATER RISKS WITHIN AGRICULTURAL AND INDUSTRIAL CONTEXTS |
Afternoon Chair: Richard Harpin, Senior Vice President, Water & Power Business Group, Halcrow
SOUTHERN EUROPEAN SPECIALITY CROPS ADAPTION
| 1320 |
Crop Supplier Perspective On Growing More Water Efficiently |
- Investigating the use of technology to better inform irrigation strategy
- Determining crop irrigation needs scientifically over growers intuition
Case Study: Growing, washing and packing M&S Watercress
- Assessing strategic adaptations; water recycling and speciality crops processing
- Addressing the needs of processing speciality crops and mitigating the environmental impact
Dr. Steve Rothwell, Production and Technical Director, Vitacress Salads Ltd
| 1340 |
Questions & Discussion |
ENTIRE MANUFACTURING SUPPLY CHAIN
| 1350 |
Results Achieved On Managing Water Scarcity Risks In A Global Network Of Factories That Consume Water |
- Defining a corporate water strategy
- How to manage and obtain clean water out of the different production units
- Working with different partners
- Examining the LCA and what the LCA measures
Christine Schneider, Senior Manager Of Corporate Social Responsibility And Sustainability, Henkel
| 1410 |
Questions & Discussion |
| 1420 |
Managing The Water-Carbon-Energy Nexus In An Industrial Manufacturing Context |
- Improving water and energy efficiency to enable sustainable growth
- Reviewing diverse appropriate mitigation or adaptation strategies
- Balancing water consumption and alternative supplies with increased energy use
- Industrial wastewater recycling
- Desalination
Sylvain Lhôte, Director EU Affairs And Water for the World Programme Manager, Borealis Polymer
| 1440 |
Questions & Discussion |
| 1450 |
Networking refreshment break |
| 1435 |
Transferable Lessons From The Tissue (Pulp & Paper) Manufacturing Process On Managing Upstream Risk |
- Balancing water consumption and alternative supplies with increased energy use
- Managing the water-energy nexus for this water intensive process
- Advancing efficiency in manufacturing operations
Willie Johnson, Global Director of Health, Safety and Environment, Procter & Gamble
| 1540 |
Questions & Discussion |
| 1550 |
Working With Producers To Implement Strategic Adaptations – Transposing Practices, Transferable Lessons: US, Africa, Asia |
- Results achieved and transposable successes in engaging producers on water efficiency
- Build strong, long term relationships with the upstream participants in the agricultural supply chain
- Examine how to become an active part of a sustainable supply chain; who drives the dynamics of the process
- Delivering specific measurable results managing water risk
Sue Long, Environmental Impact Director, Starbucks Coffee Company
| 1610 |
Questions & Discussion |
| 1620 |
CONSUMER PACKAGING Assessing & Managing Impacts At Every Stage Of The Supply Chain In The Consumer Packaging Industry |
- Working with different partners – suppliers and customers
- Managing upstream manufacturing impacts for raw materials including glass, metal, paper & plastics
- Understanding tools and data used
- Advancing efficiency in manufacturing operations
- Examining the LCA and what the LCA measures
Ola Svending, Head of Environmental Affairs, Stora Enso
| 1640 |
Questions & Discussion |
| 1650 |
A Global Retailers Experience Of Managing Water And Waste Water With Textile Suppliers |
- Defining a corporate water strategy and creating a centalised competence
- Transferable lessons from best practice and business integration of Energy management
- Regional factors determining recycling specifications - Turkey, India, China
- Best practice in pure water conservation and recycling waste water
Thomas Schaefer, Project Leader, Supply Chain Orgnisation, Ikea
| 1710 |
Questions & Discussion |
| 1720 |
Chairman’s Closing Remarks and Close of Conference |
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Joe Rozza
Global Water Resource Sustainability Manager
The Coca-Cola Company
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Heather Rippman
Head of Considered Water Programme
Nike
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Laila Petrie
Supplier Exchange Manager
Marks & Spencer
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Ashley Fleming
Sustainability Manager Europe, Global Supply
Diageo
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Andy Wales
Head of Sustainable Development
SABMiller
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Willie K. Johnson
Associate Director – Global Product Supply Sustainability
Procter & Gamble
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John Temple
R&D Sustainability Director
Unilever
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Sylvain Lhôte
EU and Sustainability Affairs Director
Borealis group
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Dave Shenton
National Energy Manager
Lafarge Cement
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Ian Walsh
Global Head of Environment
Cadbury
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Tom Berry
Head of Sustainability, Europe
Kimberly Clark
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Andy Turner
Water Resources Policy Manager
Environment Agency
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Robin Farrington
Water Policy Advisor, Freshwater Programme
WWF
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Marty Matlock
Area Director University of Arkansas
The Sustainability Consortium
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Anthony Cox
Environment Directorate
OECD
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Lise Melvin
Executive Director
Better Cotton Initiative
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Ola Svending
Manager, Environmental Affairs
Stora Enso
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Jim Hanna
Director Of Environmental Affairs
Starbucks Coffee Company
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Robert Collins
Programme Manager, Water And Agriculture
European Environment Agency (EEA)
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Matthew Wenban-Smith
Co-Secretary
Alliance For Water Stewardship
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Alan Jenkins
Director, Water Programme
Centre For Ecology and Hydrology
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Robert Lillywhite
Research Scientist, Warwick University & Lead On Water Footprint Project, DEFRA
Warwick HRI (DEFRA Project)
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Andrew Jenkins
Sustainable Development Manager – Products
Alliance Boots
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Christine Schneider
Senior Manager Corporate Responsibility
Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
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Ronan Le Fanic
Corporate Hydrogeologist
Nestlé Waters
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Sebastien Humbert
Scientific Director
Quantis
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Yves Loerincik
CEO
Quantis
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Shirley Morgan-Knott
Sustainability and SRI Analyst
UBS Limited
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Peter von Lany
Technical Lead Strategic Water Management Directorate
Halcrow
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