Helping businesses to understand, prosper and secure their future by looking at sustainability
Are you interested in understanding more about the climate and ecological emergency? Would you like to not only integrate sustainability into your business, but understand how sustainability can make your business thrive?
We are running this light-touch, friendly and free online workshop for all businesses at all levels of experience to learn, connect and have fun!
Find out more about climate change, what net zero means, how you can measure your own carbon footprint, and how COP26 impacts businesses - all for free on 5th May.
Agenda
9am - 9:15am – Arrival and Network
9:15am – 9:25am – Welcome and Introduction
9:25am – 9:40am – Talk: What is Climate Change and Why Do Businesses Need To Be Net Zero? By Sophia Cheng, With Many Roots
9:40am – 10:15am – Mini Workshop on Measuring Your Carbon Footprint (Using our own dummy data from a previous case study, or they can bring their own data) by Simon Forsyth, Future Leap
10:15am – 10:25am – Break, Refreshments, Network
10:25am – 10:40am – Talk: What Happened at COP26 and What Does it Mean? By Julia Anukam and Owen Roberts, SustainIt Solutions
10:40am – 11:05am – Facilitated Discussion: How Can Businesses Use This Information to Succeed Sustainably? With Simon Forsyth, Eoin McQuone and Eleanor Akers (Future Leap Sustainability Consultancy Team)
11:05am – 11:10am – Close
11:10am – 11:20am – Optional Networking
Introducing our wonderful speakers:
Sophia Cheng, Founder of With Many Roots, Climate Collage UK Co-ordinator
After lots of experimenting trying to figure out how to be useful in a climate crisis, Sophia is using her 10 years of communications experience to tackle climate science and climate silence through engaging workshops. Since her Covid-19 induced business pivot she has now delivered workshops to some of the world's biggest brands, SMEs and local community groups. As her work scales she's exploring how she can do business fit for the Anthropocene as founder of With Many Roots.
Julia Anukam, Sustainability Executive, SustainIt Solutions
Julia has been working at SustainIt Solutions since September 2021, following the completion of her MSc in Sustainability and Management at the University of Bath. Prior to her Masters, she worked across multiple industries with a background in consulting, account management and client relations. She bolstered vital strategic management skills whilst working in the travel industry for 3 years. During this time, Julia sat on the company’s first sustainability committee, providing practical and strategic ideas and solutions for the company to improve their environmental and social commitments internally. She is currently undertaking study at Cranfield University to specialise as a sustainability practitioner, training to gain professional recognition as a Registered Environmental Practitioner (REnvP) and Practitioner Member of the Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment (IEMA).
Owen Roberts, Marketing Executive, SustainIt Solutions
Owen joined the company in March 2022 and has since channelled his passion for sustainability, and his entrepreneurial mind, into his role through various internal marketing projects. Combining years’ worth of digital marketing experience, with a degree in business and management, Owen’s passion for driving real change in businesses was apparent from day one! After a rocky financial year in 2020, Owen set up his first business. He gained practical experience in business management and marketing by creating, promoting and selling hand designed merchandise online. Following the success of his first venture, and this time with a business-partner, Owen decided to branch out and set up an SEO copywriting agency. This allowed him to gain a depth of experience working with clients from different sectors, across nationally and international markets. His e-commerce businesses were setup with sustainability imbedded in their DNA, only considering and using the most environmentally friendly methods and practises available to him. This is when he discovered he could combine his love for business with sustainability and felt compelled to help other SMEs approach business using a similar mindset.
Eleanor Akers, Sustainability Consultant.
Future Leap Eleanor is a chartered Chemical Engineer and holds an MBA from Johns Hopkins. She works with businesses around the world to help them understand where they are on their sustainability journeys and plot their next steps on the road to net zero. She has experiences at all stages of the energy value chain in Europe and North America and a detailed knowledge of the economics and technical requirements of distributed energy systems and sustainability tech. She is skilled at using big data to uncover opportunities for her clients to become more sustainable and reduce operating costs. When not at her desk she can usually be found on her yoga matt, out on her bike or curled up with a good book.
Dr Simon Russell Forsyth, Senior Sustainability Consultant at Future Leap.
Simon stumbled into environmental management in 1989 by offering to look after a paper recycling bin. He helped set up the Green Teams at Hewlett Packard in Bristol, ran them for five years, then became HP Ltd’s full-time environmental specialist. He left in 2000 to run a small consultancy, went on to run the Econet in-work training project, helped deliver the southwest-wide Envision programme, established a number of Resource Efficiency Clubs for small businesses, trained a lot of Trading Estates, and now focuses on the business linkages between cost-intensity, carbon intensity, and becoming more profitable. To condense all this into something usable, he produces simplifying software – the dataCollator.
Eoin McQuone, Sustainability Consultant, Future Leap.
Eoin is a Carbon Consultant with Future Leap and the founder of “Go Climate Positive”, a community of businesses determined to make a difference on climate change. Specialising in carbon calculation and analysis, he’s an optimist and passionately believes that business has a positive role to play in promoting prosperity for all while protecting the planet. Outside of work, he will generally be found either running along the Cotswold Way or on stage playing the bass guitar.
This session will be held online/virtually. A link to join the course on Zoom will be sent a week before your session. We kindly ask you add this event to your calendar and a link will be sent after registering for your ticket.
This project is funded by the UK Government through the UK Community Renewal Fund. ‘Accelerate, Supporting Business in North Somerset’ project partners include North Somerset Council, The Food and Drink Forum, North Somerset Enterprise Agency and Weston College.
By taking part in any of the initiatives provided through ‘Accelerate, Supporting Business in North Somerset’ ; you are agreeing for your details to be used and shared for quality assurance and delivery reporting to the UK Government via the project partners as listed as well as external evaluators of the project.
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Opportunities, Suggestions and Conditions
As part of your (physical) ticket we would like to offer you 50% off coworking for the rest of the day after the event at our sustainability hub Future Leap, if you are not already a user of the space. This is just £10+VAT! Our carbon neutral coworking space is next door to the events space so you will be able to move seamlessly from event to work within minutes. You can book on arrival or let us know in advance via email.
Physical Attendees: It is important we look after each other and keep safe. We recommend all attendees take a lateral flow test prior to arrival. Please do not attend if you have any covid symptoms or are having to self isolate. Physical attendees must adhere to all safety guidelines sent in advance of the event.
Most of our events are available on demand here, however this does not include opportunities to network, take part in the discussions or do a 60 second pitch!
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We have included a £1 carbon offsetting fee to all event tickets in our commitment to being carbon neutral in our operations. You can find out about our chosen charity here.
Please let us know at least one week in advance if you require closed captions or have any other accessibility needs.
If you require a complimentary carers/assistant ticket, please email events@futureleap.co.uk at least one week in advance and we will be happy to support you.