2020 Speakers
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Lisa Jackson
Vice President of Environment, Policy and Social Initiatives, Apple
Mike Cannon-Brookes
Co-Founder & Co-CEO, Atlassian
Anthony Pratt
Executive Chairman, Visy
Sandra Martinez
Chief Executive Officer, Nestlé Oceania
Cate Harris
Group Head of Sustainability & Global Head of Lendlease Foundation, Lendlease
The Hon Matt Kean MP
Minister for Energy and Environment, NSW
Dr Jonathan Woetzel
Director, McKinsey Global Institute and Senior Partner, McKinsey & Company, Shanghai
Kylie Freeland
Director of Supply Chain & Sustainability – ANZ, McDonald’s Australia
Sue Panuccio
National Environment Manager, Ramsay Health Care
Mirjam Groten
Chief Business Development Officer, Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), The Netherlands
Kristina Kloberdanz
Chief Sustainability Officer, Mastercard
Simon O’Connor
Chief Executive Officer, Responsible Investment Association Australasia
Siobhan Toohill
Group Head of Sustainability, Westpac
Davina Rooney
Chief Executive Officer, Green Building Council of Australia
Brooke Donnelly
Chief Executive Officer, Australian Packaging Covenant Organisation
David Palin
Sustainability Manager, Mirvac
Thinus Keevé
Chief Property, Export and Sustainability Officer, Coles Group
Tess Herbert
Chair, Australian Beef Sustainability Framework
Gayle Sloan
CEO, Waste Management and Resource Recovery Association of Australia
James Tayler
Head of ESG, Ellerston Capital
Susheela Peres da Costa
Head of Advisory, Regnan
Louise Herron AM
CEO, Sydney Opera House
The Hon Sussan Ley MP
Minister for the Environment
Lisa Davies
Editor, The Sydney Morning Herald
John McDuling
National Business Editor, The Sydney Morning Herald & The Age
Pip Marlow
CEO, Salesforce Australia and New Zealand
Tony Lucas
Executive General Manager, Future Energy & Technology, Origin Energy
James Chessell
Executive Editor, The Sydney Morning Herald & The Age
Justine Jarvinen
CEO, UNSW Energy Institute
Nick O’Malley
Environment and Climate Change Editor, The Sydney Morning Herald & The Age
Tory Maguire
National Editor, The Sydney Morning Herald & The Age
Martijn Wilder AM
Founding Partner, Pollination Group
Dr Mirjana Prica
Managing Director, Food Innovation Limited Australia (FIAL)
Christiaan Heyning
Partner and Leader of McKinsey Australia Oil & Gas Practice, McKinsey & Company
Dr James Chin Moody
Founder and CEO, Sendle
Overview
The Sydney Morning Herald, in partnership with Informa Australia, is delighted to announce that the second instalment of The SMH Sustainability Summit will run in a face-to-face format on Wednesday, 7th July at the ICC Sydney.
The summit will identify challenges facing both Corporate Australia and the Public Sector and showcase exemplars of how they are responding to meet emerging expectations. As global citizens working for companies whose organisational impacts transcend geographic borders, sustainability is truly a business case for all.
With widespread fear and anxiety around increasing climate change & pollution plaguing our citizens, Australians are now, more than ever, looking to both our elected leaders and those representing organisations to establish regulations, policies and procedures to reduce our environmental impact and prevent irreversible damage.
The Sydney Morning Herald Sustainability Summit will open the discourse on lessons learnt, sustainability leadership, and the corporate commitments that need to be widely adopted to aggressively pursue carbon neutrality in Australia.
2020 Agenda
7 September 2020
Agenda timing is Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST)
8:40
OPENING | Remarks from the Chair
Lisa Davies, Editor, The Sydney Morning Herald
CATALYSING ACTION
8:45
MINISTERIAL ADDRESS
The Hon Matt Kean MP, Minister for Energy and Environment, NSW
9:00
FIRESIDE CHAT | Apple’s roadmap to carbon neutrality
Hear from Apple’s Vice President of Environment, Policy and Social Initiatives, Lisa Jackson, about the company’s commitment and plan to become carbon neutral across its entire business, manufacturing supply chain, and product life cycle by 2030. Apple is already carbon neutral today for its global corporate operations, and this new commitment means that by 2030, every Apple device sold will have net zero climate impact. From its complex international supply chain, to the energy it takes to power a customer’s use of its product, Apple’s mission to eliminate its carbon footprint signals a new era of innovation for the company.
Lisa Jackson, Vice President of Environment, Policy and Social Initiatives, Apple
Moderated by: Lisa Davies, Editor, The Sydney Morning Herald
9:20
IN-DEPTH ANALYSIS | Climate risk and response: physical hazards and socioeconomic impacts
How could earth’s changing climate impact socioeconomic systems across the world in the next three decades? After more than 10,000 years of relative stability – the full span of human civilisation – the Earth’s climate is changing. As average temperatures rise, climate science finds that acute hazards such as heatwaves and floods grow up in frequency and severity, and chronic hazards, such as drought and rising sea levels, intensify. A year-long, cross disciplinary research effort by McKinsey & Company sought to understand the nature and extent of physical risk from a changing climate over the next one to three decades, exploring physical risk as it is the basis of both transition and liability risks.
Dr. Jonathan R. Woetzel, Senior Partner, McKinsey & Company, Director, McKinsey Global Institute, and Co-Chair, Urban China Initiative
TOWARDS ZERO WASTE
9:45
PANEL | Solving the massive plastics, packaging, and waste problem
- Making a local and global commitment and staying true to your company promise
- Addressing a lack of recycling facility infrastructure
- Changing the game plan – where to begin and how to engage the team?
- Collective responsibility
- An analysis on operational impacts
- Single-use plastics, compostable packaging and labelling
Sandra Martinez, Chief Executive Officer, Nestlé Oceania
Anthony Pratt, Executive Chairman, Visy
Brooke Donnelly, Chief Executive Officer, Australian Packaging Covenant Organisation
Gayle Sloan, CEO, Waste Management and Resource Recovery Association of Australia
Moderated by: James Chessell, Executive Editor, The Sydney Morning Herald & The Age
10:15
Morning tea and networking break
REDEFINING “BUSINESS AS USUAL”
10:30
FIRESIDE CHAT | The case for business leadership on climate
At a time when Government action on climate and energy is falling short, Mike Cannon-Brookes will discuss how businesses can step up and lead the way. He’ll highlight Atlassian’s approach to sustainability and look at the expectations of employees and customers.
Mike Cannon-Brookes, Co-Founder & Co-CEO, Atlassian
Moderated by: John McDuling, National Business Editor, The Sydney Morning Herald & The Age
11:00
PANEL | Long-term view, short-term actions: competitive pathways to net zero for high emitters
- Harnessing the COVID mindset and response for collective, strident climate action
- Building systemic resilience and adaptability for improved socioeconomic outcomes
- What systemic changes need to be made to achieve this?
- Finding opportunities through innovation and co-creation
- Accelerating Australia’s energy transition and supporting customers through transition
- Australia’s role in energy and resources domestically and in Asia
Tess Herbert, Chair, Australian Beef Sustainability Framework
Tony Lucas, Executive General Manager, Future Energy and Technology, Origin Energy
Martijn Wilder AM, Founding Partner, Pollination Group
Justine Jarvinen, CEO, UNSW Energy Institute
Christiaan Heyning, Partner and Leader of McKinsey Australia Oil & Gas Practice, McKinsey & Company
Moderated by: Nick O’Malley, Environment and Climate Change Editor, The Sydney Morning Herald & The Age
11:30
KEYNOTE | Business as a platform for change
Australia, and the world, urgently need a new business model, one that addresses the needs of all stakeholders: customers, employees, communities, and the planet. Tune in to hear Salesforce ANZ CEO Pip Marlow explain why they consider the environment as a critical stakeholder and how business can be a powerful platform for change.
Pip Marlow, CEO, Salesforce Australia and New Zealand
11:50
Sustainability reporting: no longer a nice to have for businesses
- Sustainability reporting landscape and trends
- How businesses can report effectively on sustainability
- Integrating SDGs into reporting
- Corporate transparency case study in Australia (and worldwide)
Mirjam Groten, Chief Business Development Officer, Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), The Netherlands
Delivered via video presentation
12:10
Case Study | Successfully Scaling Programs
- Developing our approach to climate change
- Demonstrating our approach through our workplaces and energy
- Harnessing sustainable finance to support transition
- Supporting collaboration across companies
Siobhan Toohill, Group Head of Sustainability, Westpac
12:25
Lunch break
INVESTING IN SUSTAINABILITY
12:55
Q&A with the Minister
The Hon Sussan Ley MP, Minister for the Environment
Moderated by: Tory Maguire, National Editor, The Sydney Morning Herald & The Age
13:15
PANEL | Socially responsible investing
- What does it mean to be ‘socially responsible’?
- The need for clarity about what individuals are trying to achieve via their investments and distinguishing between ETHICS, ESG and IMPACT objectives
- The “greenwashing” debate: reconciling non-financial with financial objectives
- Why it’s important to consider not only the products, but the providers (banks, super funds, or financial advisers)
- The benefits and pitfalls of using third party certified products and third party data as an analysis tool
Simon O’Connor, Chief Executive Officer, Responsible Investment Association Australasia
Susheela Peres da Costa, Head of Advisory, Regnan
James Tayler, Head of ESG, Ellerston Capital
Moderated by: John McDuling, National Business Editor, The Sydney Morning Herald & The Age
CLOSING THE LOOP ON CONSUMPTION
13:45
CASE STUDY | Reducing the impact of hospital waste
An overview of the key initiatives adopted across Ramsay Health Care Australia’s 72 Hospitals in reducing waste in materials, water, energy, food and medical equipment.
Sue Panuccio, National Environment Manager, Ramsay Health Care
14:00
PANEL | Sustainable supply chains and waste management
- Changing patterns of consumption and the impact on supply chains and logistics
- Towards a circular business model, starting with diverting waste from landfill
- Challenges and ingredients for success in greening your supply chain
- Sustainable sourcing and using metrics effectively
Thinus Keevé, Chief Property, Export and Sustainability Officer, Coles Group
Kylie Freeland, Director of Supply Chain & Sustainability – ANZ, McDonald’s Australia
Dr James Chin Moody, Founder and CEO, Sendle
Moderated by: Dr Mirjana Prica, Managing Director, Food Innovation Limited Australia (FIAL)
14:30
Afternoon tea and networking break
15:00
The network effect: The power of partnership
Meaningful business partnerships can empower the consumer and create an exponential impact. From the stratospheric rise in e-commerce to a growing desire to support local businesses, changing consumer behaviour is a key driver for businesses to embed sustainability in their long-term models. Far from the ‘elusive green consumer’ stereotype, increasingly customers are deciding with their wallets and are demanding that sustainable choices become the norm. This session will explore:
- How businesses can leverage their networks and form long-lasting partnerships to create effective and scalable solutions
- Why organisations need to remain purpose-driven in order to make commercially sustainable social impact
Kristina Kloberdanz, Chief Sustainability Officer, Mastercard
THE BUILD
15:20
PANEL | Sustainable buildings, cities and communities
- Sustainability as a high-order priority for companies, builders, and various asset classes
- How trends and expectations are contributing to market and policy transformation
- Government led initiatives
- Increasing stakeholder assurance
- NABERS (Natural Australian Built Environment Rating System) and other rating systems: are they worth it, and the most effective ways to see results
Davina Rooney, Chief Executive Officer, Green Building Council of Australia
Cate Harris, Group Head of Sustainability & Global Head of Lendlease Foundation, Lendlease
Louise Herron AM, CEO, Sydney Opera House
David Palin, Sustainability Manager, Mirvac
Moderated by: Lisa Davies, Editor, The Sydney Morning Herald
15:50
Closing remarks from the Chair
Lisa Davies, Editor, The Sydney Morning Herald
16:00
End of Summit
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When & Where
7 July 2021
ICC Sydney
14 Darling Drive
Sydney NSW 2000
www.iccsydney.com.au
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