Engage in a dynamic mix of keynotes, panel discussions, workshops, and lightning talks across three streams. Sessions will equip you with the knowledge, tools, and ESG best practice essential for advancing your journey toward equitable and sustainable practices.
Keep on top of the rapidly evolving regulatory landscape, learn how to acquire and act on the data that will help you to decarbonise your business and establish responsible sourcing practices, and get ideas from the leaders who are successfully implementing change.
More details will be shared in the coming weeks.
The big picture
This stream will focus on the headline pressures and pinch points facing procurement and supply chain professionals on the road to more sustainable and ethical practices. How best to make the case for sustainability? How to prioritise ESG in cost-conscious times? What are the key geopolitical and legislative pressures?
Real solutions
Get to grips with the ESG legislation and compliance issues facing procurement and supply professionals in this practical programme. How can you embed social value in your tendering processes ahead of the Procurement Act? How to take your next steps with Scope 3? How best to audit and monitor supplier compliance?
Best-practice stories
In this stream you'll get best-practice strategies and actionable takeaways from inspirational leaders of successful ESG programmes. From healthcare and transport, to packaging, food and beverage, fashion and beauty, we’ll share examples of excellence that you can scale and replicate.
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England Club, 2nd floor50 mins
09:00
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Ashes Suite, 1st floor15 mins
- The big picture
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Ashes Suite, 1st floor45 mins
- The big picture
The facts and science about climate change are known; what's needed now is change among people, organisations and, critically, procurement and supply functions. Where do we stand right now, and where ...
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Ashes Suite, 1st floor60 mins
- The big picture
Sustainability is in danger of backsliding off the agenda as geopolitical tensions take centre stage. But don’t be blindsided by short-term turmoil – the advancement of ESG must remain a priority. CIP ...
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Recharge and reconnectEngland Club, 2nd floor30 mins
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Ashes Suite, 1st floor45 mins
- The big picture
For sustainability to become truly embedded in procurement decisions, you need a synergy between teams. This double-act from Unilever explores what true partnership between sustainability and procurem ... -
India Room, 2nd floor45 mins
- Real solutions
This introduction to our practical solutions-based content stream by CIPS’ head of teaching and learning, homes in on the perilous supply chain behind the humble doughnut, looking at the links between ... -
John Major Room, 2nd floor45 mins
- Best-practice stories
It’s no secret that construction is the world’s biggest polluter – emitting 40% of carbon emissions globally. That problem can’t be tackled alone. Collective action is needed in industries across the ...
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12:20
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Ashes Suite, 1st floor40 mins
- The big picture
Have you ever thought about what your dream supplier looks like? Heathrow Airport’s procurement director shares how his team is handling the gap between their notional supplier and the reality of what ... -
India Room, 2nd floor40 mins
- Real solutions
Working with SMEs can be the gateway to not only improving your supplier diversity, but increasing innovation. The Social Value Act and incoming Procurement Act are now putting SMEs at the top of the ... -
John Major Room, 2nd floor40 mins
- Best-practice stories
This dynamic session shows the role of collaboration – between procurement, supplier and technology – as a powerful tool to drive sustainability. Featuring presentations from CIPS award-winner Nationw ...
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LunchEngland Club, 2nd floor60 mins
14:00
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Ashes Suite, 1st floor30 mins
- The big picture
How can procurement move from being a reactive participant to a proactive leader in sustainability by using technology and AI? This presentation and panel discussion will address how to best harness A ...
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Ashes Suite, 1st floor40 mins
- The big picture
How do you uncover forced labour in your supply chain, and how do you work with victims and suppliers when you find wrongdoing? The Rights Lab at the University of Nottingham is leading global researc ... -
India Room, 2nd floor40 mins
- Real solutions
Get on top of your Scope 3 emissions with this practical session on how to acquire data, understand it and act on it. Hear how a consortium of 32 UK universities worked together to implement a Scope 3 ... -
John Major Room, 2nd floor40 mins
- Best-practice stories
NATS, the UK’s leading provider of air traffic control services, is the first organisation to put itself through the CIPS Procurement Excellence Programme since it has been given a new ESG focus (PEP ...
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15:15
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Recharge and reconnectEngland Club, 2nd floor30 mins
15:45
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Ashes Suite, 1st floor30 mins
- The big picture
Hear from Juliet Davenport, a trailblazer in energy transition and founder of the renewable energy provider Good Energy. Juliet now advises many leading companies on how to develop their sustainabilit ... -
India Room, 2nd floor30 mins
- Real solutions
You’ve laid the groundworks, now what? This intimate workshop will give you the personalised advice you need to take the next leap in tracking and diminishing your Scope 3 emissions. Supported by Norm ... -
John Major Room, 2nd floor30 mins
- Best-practice stories
We hear how Sainsbury's – winner of CIPS' Best Sustainability Project of the Year – is accelerating carbon reduction through the roll out of its ultra-rapid charging network for electric vehicles, and ...
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Ashes Suite, 1st floor30 mins
- The big picture
Sustainability has been a lifelong passion for our closing keynote speaker. He started his career in local government and, today, drives the agenda at one of the world’s most important consumer goods ...
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Ashes Suite, 1st floor5 mins
17:00
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England Club, 2nd floor60 mins
A drinks reception launching the first ever CIPS Sustainable Procurement Pioneers list, introduced by CIPS CEO Ben Farrell MBE.
Supported by EiQ by LRQA
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