Sustainably Speaking

 Venue: Lancashire Energy HQ – Blackpool & The Fylde College, Blackpool Airport Enterprise Zone, Squires Gate Ln, Blackpool, Lancashire FY4 2QS

 Date: Friday 4th October 2024

Time: 10:00am to 1:00pm

Join the NWL team, North West Aerospace Alliance, Blackpool & The Fylde College and Sustainable Energy First at this Sustainability and ESG Seminar & panel discussion.

Bringing together energy industry and communication experts to discuss Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions and how to ‘mind your language’ when it comes Greenwashing, and Best Practices in Business when it comes to energy management and sustainability.

Free Onsite Parking

Who is this event for?

‘Sustainably Speaking’ is perfect for decision makers, and those involved in sustainability projects and energy procurement within large multi-site organisations. Regardless of the sector your business operates in, this event has been set up to provide practical, actionable information to take away and apply to your business now. Our message is don’t wait until sustainable practices and net zero strategies are mandated, get ahead of the curve and do them now.

Event times: 10am – 1pm

At 9.30am and 1pm – There will be an opportunity for a number of delegates to have a 30-minute tour of the Lancashire Energy HQ, including the state-of-the-art energy and engineering training centre, and the onsite Nuclear Power Plant Simulator. Please indicate at time of booking which tour you prefer AM or PM.

10am – 10.30am – Registration and Networking

10.30am – Welcome from Sustainably Speaking host, Ben Beetham Sustainable Energy First

10.40am – Michael Abbott – Sustainable Energy First CEO

11.00am – approx – Esther Griffin – Content Coms Account Director and Content Writer – ‘Watch your language’ Greenwashing

11.20am – approx until 12.30pm – Panel Discussion: Greenwashing, Scope Emissions and Best Practices in Business

In the introduction for the panel discussion, we will mention the challenge of measuring carbon emissions and how that’s broken down into different scopes 1, 2 and 3. To start and create a context for the audience and give examples and an explanation of each scope, we will refer to the different panel members.

Scope 1 emissions are those that come directly from sources owned or controlled by your organisation. Using B&FC (Kerry and Lisa) as an example, the efforts they have made to reduce the emissions from the college (harvesting rainwater etc)

Scope 2 emissions are indirect emissions arising from your organisation’s consumption of purchased energy. Phil and Angela could talk about this from the usage and reduction of energy.

Scope 3 emissions are those arising from sources connected to a business, rather than from the business itself. Typically, trickier to measure. Categorised into ‘upstream’ and ‘downstream’, part of this being transport for deliveries and employees commuting to work. With this we could refer to Jane Cole about the electrification of the Blackpool Transport fleet. With Scope 3 also essentially being a company’s supply chain – Sophie Addison would be great to provide details of this from both sides of the supply chain.

Panel members confirmed – Angela Jones (Director of Energy Management), Phil Richards (Head of ESG), Jane Cole (MD at Blackpool Transport), Kerry Whittle (Head of capital projects and maintenance at B&FC), Lisa Breeze (Director of Estates), Sophie Addison (Marketing & CSR Director at Addison Group)

12.30pm – 1pm – Networking, lunch & close

How do I register and is there a cost?

Click HERE to register for the event. The event is FREE to attend.

**Please note: There may be photographs taken at our events that will be used for marketing purposes and on our social media channels. If you do not wish to appear in any of our marketing materials or on our social media channels, please inform a member of the Chamber team at the start of the event.