Business Unusual - Making it happen sponsored by ASDA and Marshalls
On 9 December 2011, 120 delegates joined us for our national environment conference Business Unsual - Making it happen. This sell out event, which took place in Leeds, built on the success of our 2010 Business Unusual conference.
Feedback was very positive with 95% of delegates rating the event excellent or very good, and 98% of delegates rating the speakers and relevance as excellent or very good. Comments included:
‘Unusually for a full days conference it was not possible to select one speaker over another. All had something interesting and engaging to say, and all presentations were of the highest standard, there was so much packed into the day.’
‘Hearing these speakers was hugely insightful, and showed how organisations that you have never heard of, or initially consider to have little credibility can amaze you.’
‘Good chance to interact and an excellent and interesting opportunity to learn from others - very inspiring'
‘When I asked the question after the first Business Unusual conference ‘How to we make it happen?’, I didn’t expect such a comprehensive answer!
Some of the highlights were:
Lindsey Parnell, CEO and President, InterfaceFLOR
The business case for sustainability
Lindsay outlined how InterfaceFlor have embraced sustainable business practice as central to their operations and the success this has brought to the company. You can download his presentation at - Lindsay Parnell, InterfaceFlor presentation (906 kb) ![[pdf]](http://www.bitc.org.uk/display_images/document_icons/pdf.gif)
Jonson Cox, Executive Chair, UK Coal
The business case for sustainabilty at UK Coal
Jonson addressed the challenges UK Coal faces and made the case for UK Coal to be a sustainable business.
Cal Bailey, Marketing and Sustainability Director and Colin Robertson, Sustainability Manager, NG Bailey
Hannah Senior, Managing Director, Duraweld
Case study of business unsual in action
Duraweld are a leading stationery manufacturer emoploying around 70 people in Scarborough. Hannah discussed why viewing a plastics company as green is not necessarily an oxymoron and how implementing sustainable business opportunities and innovations has made Duraweld a market leader. Download her presentation at - Hannah Senior, Duraweld Presentation (1096 kb)
Ian Blythe, Head of CSR, Boots UK
Case study of business unusual in action
Ian told us how Boots have embraced sustainability throughout their operations. Ian focused on their new eco store in Eastbourne. You can download his presentation here - Ian Blythe, Boots presentation (2149 kb)
Paul Kelly, External Affairs and Corporate Responsibilty Director, ASDA
The external drivers that have influenced ASDA to focus on sustainability and what they are likely to be going forward
Paul discussed why ASDA have pushed sustainability up their agenda and disclosed the findings of new research into their customers' views on sustainabilty and what ASDA should be doing. Download his presentation at - Paul Kelly, ASDA presentation (1610 kb)
Solitaire Townsend, Co-founder, Futerra
Ten communications changes that will make a difference to your business
Solitaire presented a very lively session helping the conference delegates to be able to go back to their businesses and change how they communicate sustainabilty with others to be as effective as possible. You can download the presentation here - Solitaire Townsend, Futerra presentation (3280 kb)
"Dragons' Den"challenges set by Pace and Logistik
Senior managers from Pace and Logistik set the conference delegates the challenge of meeting their customers requirments for more sustainable products and services.
Delegates worked in teams discussing the key issues of one of the challenges with each team then competing to come up with the best solution. Each team gave a one minute pitch to the company directors who then picked their winners.
