CONFERENCE DAY ONE
8:00 am Coffee & Check In
9:00 am Welcome Remarks from Organizer
9:10 am Chair’s Welcome, Opening Remarks & Connection Before Content
Demonstrate Your Company’s Commitment to Socially & Ethically Responsible Business Practice
9:20 am Discover: Aligning Social Impact Strategies with Your Core Business
Synopsis
• How can manufacturers foster mutually beneficial social impact partnerships based on their core product offerings?
• How best to promote your company’s philanthropic efforts to raise awareness around your commitment to social responsibility and community values
• How Shaw Industries’ partnership with St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital aligns their employees’ passions with a non-profit that resonates with consumers to bring brand differentiation
9:40 am Discover: Unpacking the Crossover Between Ethics & Sustainability in Manufacturing
Synopsis
• How can manufacturers better recognize the alignment between ethics and sustainability and their importance when building a CSR strategy?
• Uncover sustainability initiatives aimed at addressing people-related issues and aligning corporate actions with your manufacturing firm’s core values
• Discover Oshkosh’s integrated approach to sustainability and ethics encompassing people-centric practice which has led it to be recognized as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies for nine consecutive years
10:00 am Develop: What More Can We Learn About Social & Ethical Strategy in Manufacturing?
Synopsis
Q&A Session Facilitated by the Chair
10:20 am Action: What Changes Can You Make to Evolve Your Social & Ethical Strategy?
Synopsis
Output Focused Action Session Facilitated by the Chair
10:40 am Speed Networking Break
Embrace an Eco-Friendly Way of Business: Sustainability Strategies to Minimize Your Manufacturing Firm’s Environmental Footprint
11:20 am Discover: Beyond Carbon: How to Create a Comprehensive Environmental Stewardship Strategy for Your Manufacturing Firm
Synopsis
• How can manufacturers mitigate risk by reducing their reliance on nature and depletion of natural resources?
• Learn how to utilize leading frameworks to evaluate your company’s impact on climate, water, land use and biodiversity
• Uncover Tetra Tech’s holistic approach to assessing environmental impacts and guidance on setting realistic targets for impact reductions
11:40 am Discover: Achieve Circularity as a Responsible Manufacturing Firm
Synopsis
• How to bake sustainability into the production journey by using recycled and renewable materials and sustainable design
• Demystifying circularity in often complex supply chains in manufacturing
• Discover how Trane Technologies are leading the way with their circularity strategy, by incorporating it into every stage of the product lifecycle
12:00 pm Develop: What Else Can We Learn About Biodiversity & Circularity?
Synopsis
Q&A Session Facilitated by the Chair
12:20 pm Action: What Can You Change to Reduce Your Firm’s Impact on the Environment?
Synopsis
Output Focused Action Session Facilitated by the Chair
12:40 pm Networking Lunch
Efficient ESG Reporting as a Future-Ready Manufacturing Firm
1:40 pm Discover: Navigating the Complexities of ESG Reporting as a Multi-National Manufacturing Firm
Synopsis
• How can manufacturers prepare for and achieve ESG compliance in a dynamic regulatory landscape?
• Navigating a diverse regulatory landscape with entities in Europe and the US
• Cummins uncovers how it is managing the evolving ESG compliance and regulatory landscape in 2024 to drive long-term stakeholder buy-in
2:00 pm Develop: What Else Can We Learn About ESG Reporting Water in Manufacturing?
Synopsis
Q&A Session Facilitated by the Chair
2:20 pm Action: How Can You Improve Your ESG Reporting Strategy?
Synopsis
Output Focused Action Session Facilitated by the Chair
2:40 pm Afternoon Networking & Refreshment Break
Baking Sustainability into Production Starting at the Design Phase
3:00 pm Discover: Incorporating Circularity as a Manufacturing Business to Contribute to the Eradication of End-of-Life Materials
Synopsis
• Understand how to master sustainable production by creating a circular economy within your manufacturing firm
• How can manufacturers best design for recyclability?
• Uncover the story behind Eastman’s molecular recycling initiative, enabling infinite life for materials and a truly circular economy
3:20 pm Develop: What More Can We Learn About Incorporating Sustainability into the Design Phase for Longevity?
Synopsis
Q&A Session Facilitated by the Chair
3:40 pm Action: What Are the Key Takeaways to Consider to Ensure Your Organization is Ready for Change?
Synopsis
Output Focused Action Session Facilitated by the Chair