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SUMMARY:Peer Learning Forum: COP29 Outcomes - Impact and Insights
DESCRIPTION:Join us to explore the outcomes from COP29 and how this effects business going forward.\n\n\nThis is an online event. \nAudience\nOur Peer Learning Forums (PLF) are now open to all Business in the Community (BITC) members who have advisory in their membership package – hosted by our issue experts\, there are 20 forums a year\, covering a range of responsible business areas and enabling our members to discuss challenges\, solutions and ideas. \n\n\nAbout the event\nCOP29\, hosted by Azerbaijan from November 11–22 emphasises critical climate finance and emissions targets. The conference’s main goals are threefold: \n– limiting global warming to below 1.5°C \n– boosting international climate action and ambition \n– fostering inclusivity\, especially for vulnerable populations affected by climate change \nThe need for a New Collective Quantified Goal (NCQG) for climate finance is central\, with aims to expand funding commitments beyond the current $100 billion annual floor to better address the needs of developing countries. \nHigh-profile events on climate finance and investment (November 14) and a global summit on methane reduction and energy storage as well as gender equality\, biodiversity\, indigenous rights\, and urban climate resilience will all point towards further accelerated climate action. \nBut what will the implications of these high-level policy negotiations mean for responsible business? Join us as we run through the outcomes of the event and what they will mean for our members. \n\n\nBooking\, contact details and further information\n– Contact Annette Ettarh\, Event Manager\, BITC for any further questions. \n– Full joining instructions will be sent before the event. \nFind out how your organisation can become a member of Business in the Community
URL:https://www.bitc.org.uk/event/peer-learning-forum-cop29-outcomes-impact-and-insights/
LOCATION:Online webinar
CATEGORIES:Environment
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SUMMARY:Community Engagement in Climate Action
DESCRIPTION:Join Business in the Community (BITC) and ACT Training Wales’ Climate Week. \nAudience \nThis event is open to BITC members and non-members.  \nAbout the event\nJoin BITC and ACT training at this free\, in-person event where our panel of experts will discuss ways in which businesses can collaborate with local communities to drive sustainability initiatives and awareness.\nWales’ Climate Week is the perfect time for businesses to focus Climate responsibility and how they can achieve their economic and social goals.\nThe panel will discuss ways in which their organisations are striving to become greener\, the obstacles faced and how they have overcome these challenges with the help of communities.\nRegister your place today!\n\n\nBooking\, contact details and further information\n\nContact Sarah Hunter\, Senior Support Assistant\, BITC with any further questions.\nJoining instructions will be sent before the event.\n\n\nAbout Business in the Community \nBusiness in the Community is the largest and longest-established movement dedicated to responsible business in the UK\, formed in 1982 and with HM The King as our Royal Founding Patron. Together with our network of businesses we are leading the UK to create a fair and sustainable world in which to live and work.
URL:https://www.bitc.org.uk/event/community-engagement-in-climate-action/
LOCATION:ACT Head Office & Cardiff skills centre\, Ocean Park House\, East Tyndall Street\, Cardiff CF24 5ET
CATEGORIES:Environment
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SUMMARY:Peer Learning Forum: Reducing Pension Funds' Emissions Impact
DESCRIPTION:Join us to explore the impact of pensions on emissions and discover strategies for engaging employees in reducing their carbon footprint.\n\n\nThis is an online event. \nAudience\nBusiness in the Community (BITC) members who have advisory in their membership package. Our Peer Learning Forums (PLF) are now open to all members who have advisory in their membership package – hosted by our issue experts\, there are 20 forums a year\, covering a range of responsible business areas and enabling our members to discuss challenges\, solutions and ideas. \n\n\nAbout the event\nAlthough pensions are included as part of the Greenhouse Gas Protocols list of Scope 3 emissions categories\, there is largely inconsistent reporting from most businesses. However\, at a time when businesses are starting to encourage sustainable behaviours at work but research has already shown that “greening your pension” is 21 times more effective at reducing one’s personal carbon footprint than giving up flying\, becoming a vegetarian and changing an energy provider combined\, isn’t it time businesses address the issue? \nIn this Peer Learning Forum you will hear from guest speakers about: \n– The impact of pensions \n– Pensions activism vs exiting fossil fuels \n– What other companies have done to engage staff and pension providers \nYou will leave the session with:\n\nAn understanding of the impact that pensions have on emissions\nClarity on how to have these conversations with employees\nKnowledge of how to measure and report pensions related to emissions (in line with GHG Protocol)\n\n\n\nBooking and contact details and further information\n\nContact Jessica Hart\, Event Coordinator\, BITC for any further questions.\nFull joining instructions will be sent before the event.\n\nFind out how your organisation can become a member of Business in the Community
URL:https://www.bitc.org.uk/event/peer-learning-forum-reducing-pension-funds-emissions-impact/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Environment
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SUMMARY:Supporting Businesses to Decarbonise and Achieve Net Zero
DESCRIPTION:Business in the Community Cymru is delighted to invite you to explore how your business can move forward on its decarbonisation journey.\n\n\nThis is an in person event. \nAudience\nThis event is designed to support both members and non-members of Business in the Community (BITC) based in and with operations in Wales. \n\n\nBackground\nThis event will support businesses across Wales to decarbonise and achieve the Welsh Government’s net zero commitments by 2050. \nConsumers are progressively interested in an organisation’s sustainability credentials. Similarly\, more businesses seek to partner with and invest in sustainable businesses to reduce their Scope 3 emissions. Due to this increasing pressure\, now is the time to ensure that your business is prepared to make the decarbonisation transition. \n\n\nAbout the event\nThis event is your opportunity to connect with businesses of all sizes across Wales and share best practice. Participants will exchange what they have done to transform their businesses and what enables them to speed up the transition to meet Wales’s net zero commitments. \nDuring the event\, you will have the opportunity to: \n\nHear from expert speakers.\nJoin a tour from our hosts\, Legal and General\, to see how they have adapted their building.\nLearn with your peers through facilitated table discussions on key topics.\nNetwork and build relationships.\n\nYou will hear from business leaders who have introduced initiatives within their businesses to increase the uptake of energy efficiency & renewable energy projects\, reduce carbon and reduce costs\, and implement circular economy practices. \n\n\nRefreshments\nTea and coffee will be provided. \n\n\nBooking\, contact details and further information\n\nContact Tracy.Rees@bitc.org.uk\, Senior Lead and Interim Director Wales for any further questions.\nFull joining instructions will be sent before the event.\n\nFind out how your organisation can become a member of Business in the Community
URL:https://www.bitc.org.uk/event/supporting-businesses-to-decarbonise-and-achieve-net-zero/
LOCATION:Legal & General\, The Interchange\, Central Square\, Cardiff\, CF10 1EP
CATEGORIES:Environment
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SUMMARY:Peer Learning Forum: Measuring Business Impact on Nature
DESCRIPTION:Join the conversation on measuring the impact business has on nature\, choose the right approach\, and collaborate for a greener future.\n \nThis is a virtual event.\n\n\nAudience\nThis Peer Learning Forum (PLF) is open to all proposition A members of Business in the Community (BITC). \nBackground\nMost businesses are now switched on to the impact of global emissions and are making plans to measure\, report and reduce them. However\, the climate crisis is occurring alongside an ecological crisis as nature and key ecosystems are destroyed by: \n· Pollution \n· Resource exploitation \n· Agriculture \n· Deforestation \nWhilst there are relatively sophisticated\, standardised and internationally accepted methods for collecting emissions data\, the same is not true of nature with multiple frameworks\, standards\, and methodologies available for businesses to choose from. \nAbout the event\nIn this Peer Learning Forum\, we will be hearing about some of these different approaches to understand what will work for different organisations and how you can pick a measurement approach that delivers for you. \nWe will then be breaking out into small discussion groups\, where everyone will have the opportunity to share their own experiences and challenges\, ask questions\, and take learnings from other businesses into their own organisations. \nAbout Business in the Community’s Peer Learning Forums\nBITC’s Peer Learning Forums provide a confidential environment to discuss common issues\, solutions\, and good practice. There will be an emphasis on discussion and sharing experiences. All contributions from businesses will be confidential within the group and won’t be shared externally by BITC. \nBooking\, contact details and further information\n\nContact Jessica Hart\, Events Coordinator at BITC with any questions or enquiries.\nFull joining instructions will be sent before the event.\n\nFind out how your organisation can become a member of Business in the Community
URL:https://www.bitc.org.uk/event/peer-learning-forum-measuring-business-impact-on-nature/
LOCATION:Online webinar
CATEGORIES:Environment
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SUMMARY:PLF: What does good supplier engagement look like?
DESCRIPTION:Join us at our Peer Learning Forum\, where we will share information about the guidance for setting supplier engagement targets.\n\n\nThis is a virtual event. \nAudience\nAttendance is by invitation only. \n\n\nThe aims and objectives of the event\nJoin us at our Peer Learning Forum (PLF)\, where we will share information about the guidance for setting supplier engagement targets from SBTI\, CDP \, and GHG Protocol and attempt to distil this best practice into a common set of themes. We will also hear from Business in the Community (BITC) members who have started to implement supplier engagement programmes and what they have learnt along the way. \n\n\nFor many companies\, supply chain-related emissions are the largest source of emissions\, and the most challenging to reduce. Supply chain emissions are on average 11.4 times larger than direct emissions from operations and can account for over 90% of a companies carbon footprint. \nHowever\, despite progress in recent years to set net zero targets in line with legally binding commitments from the UK Government and devolved administrations\, most lag behind on the setting of supplier engagement targets to tackle emissions beyond Scopes 1 and 2. \nAccording to Anthesis Group\, over 1200 companies have set Science-Based Targets in the last few years\, yet just over 12% of those have set specific supplier engagement targets. \nSupplier engagement targets offer a tangible way to influence decarbonisation within your supply chain when specific emissions data is hard to obtain. These targets usually focus on engaging a defined set of suppliers to set their own science-based targets on all applicable scopes and categories\, as well as identifying what support\, upskilling and investment might be needed to help smaller suppliers. \n\n\nBooking\, contact details and further information\n\nContact Megan Gillett\, Events Coordinator at BITC for further information.\n\n\nFull joining instructions will be sent before the event.\n\nFind out how your organisation can become a member of Business in the Community
URL:https://www.bitc.org.uk/event/plf-scope-3-emissions-what-does-good-supplier-engagement-look-like/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Environment
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SUMMARY:PLF: International Standards - Sustainability reporting
DESCRIPTION:This event forms part of a series covering the impact of new international standards. This event will focus on the implications of the standards on environmental management and reporting. \nJoin the other event in the series\, International Standards: how to respond\, taking palce on 31 October.   \n\n\n\nThis is an online event. \nAudience\nAttendance is by invitation only. This event is designed for members with advisory days in environment. \n\n\nThe aims and objectives of the event\nThis year we have seen an ever-increasing alphabet soup of new corporate sustainability reporting requirements\, coming straight from mandatory Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) reporting for many large businesses. These include: \n\nCorporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD)is a major overhaul of the EU’s sustainability reporting rules\, and it will require large companies to report more comprehensive and detailed information on their Environmental\, Social and Governance (ESG) impacts.\nThe International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) has release two new sustainability standards (IFS1 and IFS2) but crucially\, the ISSB has now been asked to take over responsibility for monitoring the progress of companies’ climate-related disclosures from the Financial Stability Board’s (FSB) and (TCFD) as of next year\, following a request from the FSB.\nThe Science Based Target Network (SBTN) has now released the first tranche of guidance for companies looking to set Science-Based Targets for Nature\, which will complement and work alongside companies set science-based emissions targets.\n\nJoin us at our Peer Learning Forum (PLF)\, where we will share information about the new standards\, how to understand your legal obligations\, how to get ahead of the pack\, and how to integrate it seamlessly into your existing reporting infrastructure. \n\n\nBooking\, contact details and further information\n\nPlease contact Megan Gillett\, Events Coordinator at BITC for any further questions.\nFull joining instructions will be sent before the event.\n\nFind out how your organisation can become a member of Business in the Community
URL:https://www.bitc.org.uk/event/plf-understanding-new-sustainability-reporting-standards/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Environment
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