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Ethical Corporation / 7th Responsible Business Summit New York 2019

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Peter Burgess

COP24: The message is clear

Inbox x Ed Long ed.long@ethicalcorp.com via marketing.fc-bi.com Dec 11, 2018, 9:34 AM (3 days ago) to me

Hi Peter,

With tensions at COP24 boiling over as states take different standpoints to the IPCC report, one thing is clear. Business must act and accelerate their action on climate. Business must show leadership.

The Responsible Business Summit New York will bring together 500 leading organizations to share ideas and future collaborations on how to do this. It will be the number one place in 2019 to learn how your company can take the lead. We already have top level CEOs, investors and heads of business speaking at the event, including:

James F. Kenny, Mayor, City of Philadelphia John Kern, SVP, supply chain operations, Cisco Hervé P. Duteil, managing director, CSO, Americas, BNP Paribas Jostein Solheim, executive vice president, F&R, Unilever Sasja Beslik, head of group sustainable finance, Nordea Andy Pharoah, vice president, corporate affairs, strategic initiatives & sustainability, Mars Virginie Helias, vice president global sustainability, P&G Tom Murray, vice president, EDF Jon Mitchell, Mayor, City of New Bedford Judy Cotte, vice president & head, corporate governance & responsible investment, RBC Global Asset Management Anne Van Riel, head of sustainable finance Americas, ING Michael Garland, assistant comptroller - corporate governance and responsible investment, New York City Comptroller Ernesto Ciorra, chief innovability officer, Enel

Confirm your place today at the lowest possible rate – act now, discount ends this Friday. Best regards, Ed Ed Long Project Director Ethical Corporation Email: ed.long@ethicalcorp.com Tel: +44 (0) 207 375 7188

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Full Agenda Climate Action Keynote: Achieving growth through a Net-Positive ambition The nature of all businesses is to grow but, under current models, this growth comes at the expense of the environment. Pioneering companies are changing cultures, systems, markets and strategies that mitigate impacts in areas such as; carbon emissions, plastic waste, deforestation and water to provide a net-positive impact on the environment while the company prospers financially. UN Environment Satya Tripathi Assistant Secretary-General UN Environment

Supply Chain Keynote: De-carbonizing the supply chain through new technology and innovations
To meet the 2-Degree target requires ambitious investments and innovations in technologies, strategies and clean energy. But to make a carbon intensive business sustainable, you’re always aiming at a moving target. How do you successfully navigate this shift? Discover some of the leading innovations, smart technologies and renewables that are accelerating the move to a low-carbon supply chain.

Cisco John Kern SVP Supply Chain Operations Cisco

enel Ernesto Ciorra Chief Innovability Officer Enel

LanzaTech Jennifer Holmgren CEO LanzaTech Collaboration Keynote: Delivering the Global Goals through ambitious coalitions A lack of national leadership on the Paris Accord and SDGs has led to local & state Government, businesses, investors and NGOS to step in and drive change. Impact-driven coalitions will become the norm. How can your company take the lead?

Mars Andy Pharoah Vice President, Corporate Affairs, Strategic Initiatives & Sustainability Mars

Government Keynote: Climate change policy from the Mayor of Philadelphia More information coming soon city_of_philadelphia James F. Kenny Mayor Philadelphia Cities Keynote: Collaborating to achieve the clean, smart city of the future Public-Private collaborations will be critical to delivering a connected and clean city of the future. Hear how local Governments, cities, investors and companies are working together to build smart, circular cities that help to decarbonize the urban space. Hoboken Ravinder Bhalla Mayor, City of Hoboken Hoboken New Bedford Jon Mitchell Mayor, New Bedford New Bedford

SDG Keynote: Financing the Sustainable Development Goals
The SDGs are a blueprint for national development. However, companies and investors are increasingly investing in new products, portfolios and partnerships that will help deliver the SDGs. Hear how leading corporates and investors are re-shaping strategies and investments around the SDGs.

JP Morgan Marilyn Ceci Managing Director, Head of Green Bonds JP Morgan

ESG Disclosure Keynote: Transparent, Investor Driven
The interest from the investment community in ESG disclosures is growing at a rapid pace, with no sign of slowing down. The shift is requiring more parts of the organization to be involved, with levels of transparency being asked that simply wasn’t before. What do investors expect and how do all stakeholders push ESG disclosure forward?

Office of New York City Comptroller Michael Garland Assistant Comptroller - Corporate Governance and Responsible Investment Office of New York City Comptroller

The SASB Foundation Matthew Welch President The SASB Foundation

State Street Global Advisors Matthew DiGuiseppe Vice President, Head of Americas Asset Stewardship State Street Global Advisors

Ratings and Rankings Agency Keynote: Greater comparability and transparency
Investors have limited data sets around ESG and the data sets they have often come from third parties which can lack comparability. Hear from heads of rating and ranking agencies on how they’re striving for greater comparability and transparency in their methods. MODERATOR: GA Institute Louis Coppola Co-Founder & Executive Vice President GA Institute

Robeco Sam Daniel Wild CEO Robeco Sam

International Paper and World Wildlife Fund: Working Together to Save the World’s Forests
Learn about this groundbreaking collaboration to help create the world’s first science-based targets for forests, as well as innovative actions corporations, governments and others can take to meet the targets

International Paper Sophie Beckham Senior Manager, Natural Capital Stewardship International Paper Company

WWF US Kerry Cesareo Vice President, Forests WWF US

Diversity & Inclusion Keynote: Realize the benefits of a progressive approach to D&I
Diversity and Inclusion is of paramount importance in ensuring your business is fulfilling its duties to society. Learn how to show leadership on D&I and understand how this can deliver a competitive advantage for the business

Medtronic Carol Surface Chief Human Resources Officer Medtronic

MODERATOR: American Sustainable Business Council (ASBC) Hammad Atassi CEO American Sustainable Business Council (ASBC)

Closing Keynote: Moving from risk to opportunity
Businesses are increasingly looking towards sustainable innovations to change ESG risks into opportunities for prosperity and growth. Hear how companies are demonstrating leadership and taking hold of the opportunity that sustainable innovation provides.

Cummins Tom Linebarger Chairman & CEO Cummins

Strategy, Innovation and Impact Businesses must change. Companies need to invest and innovate in new strategies and products that will help lead to a clean, sustainable future. Learn how to lead this transformation. Identify new business models and future opportunities

Think like a start-up: Disrupt industry norms through sustainable innovation To deliver the required changes requires bold, ambitious strategies that will go against years and even decades of industry norms. Learn how your company can embrace such a new approach and pursue new paths of sustainable growth.

Solarcoin Nick Gogerty CEO Solarcoin

Oracle Corporation Rich Kroes Senior Director of Global Sustainability Oracle Corporation

Braskem Jorge Soto Sustainable Development Director Braskem

The scalability challenge: How new systems and technology can help The challenge for many companies is bringing scale to new strategies and innovations. Through impact-driven case studies learn what technologies and systems are driving transparency and scalable impacts both now and, in the future

Avery Dennison Michael Colarossi Vice President, Innovation & Sustainability Avery Dennison

SDG Partnership Workshop – Identifying new partnerships to tackle the SDGs Tackling the SDGs takes a holistic approach – from start-ups, NGOs, companies, Governments and investors. Hear you can identify and launch new cross-industry partnerships that help tackle the SDGs and deliver ambitious impacts.

IBM Jeff West Corporate Responsibility Leader IBM

The Disruptor Pitch: Future technologies and innovations For many businesses the big transformations and impacts will come from external innovations and technologies. In this interactive session new start-ups and entrepreneurs will pitch their latest innovations and technologies. Then it’s over to you, to ask questions and identify which technology could help accelerate your climate and social goals Climate Action and Investment To meet the 1.5-Degree target requires ambitious investments and innovations. Discover some of the latest innovations, collaborations and technologies that are accelerating the move to a low-carbon economy Embed circular-thinking across the business Increasing pressure on natural resources are forcing companies take a Life-Cycle-Analysis approach to product development. How can you embed such an approach within R&D, innovation, procurement and marketing? Closed Loop Partners Bridget Croke VP External Affairs Closed Loop Partners Aquafil Giulio Bonazzi Chairman and CEO Aquafil Decarbonization at scale: Collaborating across the value chain To achieve the 1.5-Degree Target requires ambitious collaborations across industry value chains. From transportation to buildings, hear how companies are collaborating to accelerate the adoption of renewables across the value chain. EDF Tom Murray Vice President EDF Plastics Workshop – Reduction, Recycle and Replace Plastic has been an invention that has been seen until recent years as the perfect material for product packaging. However, its strengths are also its weakness. In this 90-120 minute Chatham-House rules workshop, learn how to: Reducing your plastic use – sustainable alternatives Educate communities on plastic waste and recycling Closing the loop on plastics Walgreen Boots Alliance John Kotlarczyk Senior Director, CSR & Waste Reduction Walgreen Boots Alliance Chicobag Andy Keller CEO & President Chicobag Greenpeace John Hocevar Oceans Campaign Director Greenpeace Sodexo Judy Panayos Sr Director, Sustainability, Supply Management Sodexo Supply Chain Management The majority of environmental and societal pressures fall within the supply chain. Discover new emerging innovations, technologies, and collaborations critical to sustainable, cost-effective supply chain strategies Visibility beyond Tier 1 – Identify new risks and opportunities Most of the risks and opportunities to a business lie beyond the first tier. Both internal and external stakeholders expect visibility and transparency beyond Tier 1 within your supply chain. In this session learn how: To get deeper in your supply chain to manage and measure your operational risks Develop strategies and systems that deliver accurate metrics and oversight to monitor performance Source consistent and reliable data across your tiers to make the right decisions to tackle climate action and human rights risks Gap, Inc. Daniel Fibiger Director, Global Sustainability Gap Subway John Scott VP – Global Quality, Food Safety & Sustainability Subway Save the Children Wendy Blanpied Senior Advisor Save the Children APG Asset Management Anna Pot Manager, Responsible Investments APG Asset Management Beyond audits – Systems, collaborations and technologies that address human rights risks Whilst audits serve an important purpose in managing risks through the tiers of the supply chain, added layers are required to identify human rights violations and ensure decent work within the supply chain. New systems, technologies and collaborations can help identify and solve these risks at the source. Engage and incentivize suppliers on new climate goals and action For majority of businesses, the supplier-base is where the largest impacts on the environment occur. Successfully engage suppliers across the Tiers to help them adopt responsibilities and actions to truly drive impact at scale. Modern Slavery – The investor perspective Investors will share how they are making investments and moving funds based on Modern Slavery risks. Most of the session will then be devoted to Q&A where investors will be asked; what are their expectations on companies with regards to Modern Slavery? What’s the level of importance in investment decisions and how companies can engage them better on Modern Slavery mitigation? ESG and Investors Investors are critical to helping accelerate the responsible business agenda. But what do investors really want? Learn how your company can improve its disclosure and engagement on ESG information? Getting the right data: What do investors want? Data needs to be financially material, robust and comparable to be useful for investors. What data to investors want? What does this mean to the data that you collect and manage as a sustainability practitioner? American Electric Power Sandra Nessing Managing Director, Corporate Sustainability American Electric Power Walgreen Boots Alliance Richard Ellis Head of Corporate Social Responsibility Walgreen Boots Alliance ING Anne van Riel Head of Sustainable Finance Americas ING ABN AMRO Tjeerd Krumpelman Head of Reporting & Stakeholder Engagement ABN AMRO Engage Rankings and Ratings Agencies on methodology In this deep-dive session understand what information ranking and ratings agencies are capturing, how it’s impacting investment decisions and how you can stand out from the crowd. Also, there’s opportunities to discuss ideas on how to simplify and address inconsistencies in the differing approaches.

Moodys Speaker TBC Moodys

RobecoSAM Robert Dornau Director, Senior Manager Sustainabillity Services RobecoSAM

TCFD Workshop In this 90-120 minute workshop, Chatham-House rules workshop discussions will focus on:

• Implementing the TCFD recommendations into your business
• Monetising your climate impacts to transition to the low-carbon economy
• Conducting a scenario analysis of your climate risks

• Providing the right data and metrics; understand what’s needed and how to provide it
• Managing your reputational & climate risk
• What data do you need to be measuring?
• Measurement and Reporting