Overview
Course duration: 1 day.
The growing issue of climate change means businesses are under increasing pressure to be socially aware and environmentally responsible. The developing legislation in this area enforces the need to mainstream green strategies throughout the business using appropriate policies, practices and procedures to influence employee behaviour.
But it is not only about compliance. Increasingly, organisations are reaping the benefits of going green in the form of enhanced employee recruitment and retention, boosted motivation and performance and improved relationships with business partners. The need to implement an environmentally sensitive agenda is key to business success and cannot be ignored.
Typically the responsibility of rolling out the green agenda has not sat within HR – but no business unit is better placed than HR to roll out a green initiative throughout the organisation. Forward-thinking companies are centrally positioning their HR departments in implementing green strategies providing HR with the opportunity to make a real difference.
This essential one day conference will provide HR with key insights from organisations leading the way on green business issues and offer practical advice to apply in your own company.
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Is it right for me?
- HR and Personnel Professionals
- CSR Experts
- Strategy Specialists
- Environmental Officers
- Employee Reward Managers
- Managing Directors
- In-house legal advisers
- Anyone responsible for managing the environmental agenda
What will I learn?
Highlights of the conference include:
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Learn how HR can lead the green agenda and gain commitment across all levels of the company
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Understand the environmental law framework within Europe and the UK and how this affects your business
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Gain practical advice on how to monitor and manage your company’s carbon footprint through effective people strategies
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Discover the business case for sustainability and the benefits of going green for recruitment and retention and stakeholder relationships
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Find out how to implement carbon-cutting strategies throughout a global organisation and ensure employee engagement
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Hear how HR can maximise the use of travel plans, car policies and technology to reduce environmental impact
What will it cover?
08.30 Registration and coffee
09.20 Chair’s welcome
09.30 A legal background to climate change policy and regulation
Jenny Wallace, Associate, Allen & Overy
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International efforts: The Kyoto Protocol and its future and international negotiations
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The current EU and UK legislative framework: Emissions trading, energy efficiency in buildings and products and renewable energy obligations
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Voluntary efforts and carbon neutrality: Is offsetting the answer? Company environmental policies, certification and standards
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Future developments and the implications for UK businesses
10.00 Understanding and acting on the business case: How organisations can combat climate change
Hugh Jones, Solutions Project Director, Carbon Trust
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The business case for carbon management
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Measuring and reducing your company's carbon footprint
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Practical advice for HR on engaging employees in the green agenda
10.45 Coffee and networking
11.00 The value add of HR: How to position HR as a leader on the environmental agenda and ensure staff engagement
Paul Riordan, HR Director, Climate Change Capital
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Taking ownership of the green agenda and positioning HR as a 'champion' for the greening process
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Developing a common culture and identity and spreading the green initiative
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Introducing non-financial measures of business performance to help meet targets and emphasise green credentials
11.45 Creating a green ethos throughout the organisation and developing environmentally friendly practices
Simon Carlton, UK HR Director, InterfaceFLOR
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Gaining support from the top and commitment across all levels of the company
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How can HR implement an awareness programme and fully integrate the principles of sustainability into the company culture?
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Facilitating understanding of the green agenda and making it part of strategic decision-making
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Maintaining a profitable business whilst accounting for environmental impact
12.30 The importance of harnessing green values for recruitment and retention in a competitive market
Tim Fenn, Managing Director, Green Carbon
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The link between employee attraction and retention and the environmental agenda
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Providing an environmentally responsible company as a tool for gaining the best talent
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Implementing and monitoring staff training on sustainability and ensuring green values from day one
13.00 Lunch
13.45 The importance of car policies, travel plans and technology as a tool for reducing your company’s carbon footprint
Nigel Trotman, Business Relationship Manager, Whitbread Group PLC
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HR’s role in implementing a fully effective car policy and engaging employees by way of awareness and reward
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Introducing new ways of working to help cut carbon emissions: ‘Hot desks’, technology and field-based working
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The rewards of going green both inside and outside the company: Enhanced employee morale, increased efficiency and other business benefits
14.30 Implementing a green HR strategy in a global organisation
Debbie Whitaker, Head of Sustainability, Standard Chartered Bank
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How can HR and CSR develop and implement a strategy that is relevant worldwide
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Educating and engaging employees and external audiences on environmental issues to change behaviour
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Practical advice for HR on how to lead the green agenda and gain support throughout all levels of the organisation
15.15 Coffee and networking
15.30 HR and CSR as the driving force behind the greening process: The rewards and benefits of building a sustainable business both inside and outside the company
Marcus Jamieson-Pond, CSR Manager, Addleshaw Goddard, Jane Moger, HR Director, Restaurant Associates
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How can HR and CSR develop, implement and maintain green strategies in the workplace?
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Ensuring staff engagement through policies, working practices and employee incentives
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The effect of going green on stakeholders
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What's in the pipeline and potential future developments in this sensitive area
16.15 Going the extra mile on the environmental agenda: Engaging employees at home and at work
Paul Gregson, Head of HR, InfinisLimited Ewan Campbell-Lendrum, Head of HSQE, Infinis Limited
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Educating staff on green principles and ensuring commitment to sustainability
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Incorporation of the environmental agenda into working life
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Incentivising the take-up of energy-efficient technologies: Transport and domestic microgeneration
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The importance of exercising environmental practices at home and encouraging staff to get involved
17.00 Close of Conference
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