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Opening remarks from Chair:

Sarah Mukherjee, BBC Environment Correspondent (CONFIRMED)

Morning Keynote Address: A sustainable UK in an uncertain world

Keynote presentation by Professor John Beddington, Chief Scientific Adviser to HM Government (CONFIRMED)

How being Sustainable can Support your Performance in the CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme

The challenges we're facing as a country grow more pressing. We must keep the lights on while keeping prices affordable and addressing climate change. As an energy company, these issues present a fundamental challenge to our business. Integrating sustainability at the heart of our business has helped us to be ready for the introduction of the CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme.

Dr Jonathan Foot, Chief Environment Officer, EDF Energy (CONFIRMED)

Sustainable Development in Government: Challenges for the Future

• The Sustainable Development in Government Annual Report – How has the Government responded?
• Government departments are still not on course to meet their own target for reducing emissions by 12%
• A greater understanding needed of the full range of environmental, social and economic impacts of Government operations
• The full impact of operations and procurement, including its supply chain, has not been quantified
• Progress on energy sourced from renewable, as well as recycling, has gone backwards
• The current targets don’t match the scale of the challenge we face, particularly on climate change
• The Centre of Expertise for Sustainable Procurement – How effective has this been?
• Opportunities for collaborative procurement across government to share contracts and services should be more fully recognised
• The Greening Government ICT Strategy – Does it go far enough?
• My role going forward

Will Day, Chair, Sustainable Development Commission (CONFIRMED)

An Innovative Scheme to cut Carbon from at least 200,000 Homes by 2012

• A series of trials to give up to 10,000 domestic properties a carbon makeover
• Helping the capital to tackle climate change, save money off bills and create green jobs
• A free of charge service to install measures to reduce energy use and save 350,000 tonnes of carbon emissions annually
• Installing further measures such as loft or wall installation could save 1,200,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide by 2015
• Results from the 2009 trials
• Additional finance from the government and the private sector
• London at the forefront of a low carbon economy

Councillor Sean Brennan, London Council's Executive Member for Sustainability (CONFIRMED)

Household energy management

• Government's Low Carbon Transition Plan set out plans for reducing carbon emissions by 80% by 2050
• Need all parts of the economy to play their part
• Ambition to cut non-traded emissions from households by 29% by 2020
• Delivering the scale of change means ensuring that just about every home in Britain is more energy efficient
• Transformational change affecting 26m households and 61m people

Phil Wynn Owen, Director General National Climate Change and Consumer Support,
Department of Energy & Climate Change (CONFIRMED)

Seminar Session One

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The Carbon Reduction Commitment – Are you Ready for April 2010?

• A five year plan to reduce business carbon emissions
• A mandatory auction based emissions trading scheme
• Encouraging energy efficiency improvements, creating cost savings for private and public sector organisations
• Large organisations: half-hourly metered electricity – 6000 MWh in 2008
• Monitor emissions and complete annual report
• Exemptions from CRC
• Supporting the development of low carbon technologies
• ensuring that new nuclear power stations meet world class environmental standards
• The EU Emissions Trading Scheme
• Accepting energy efficiency into the heart of corporate culture

Malcolm Fergusson, Head of Climate Change, The Environment Agency (CONFIRMED)

Ashton Hayes Going Carbon Neutral

• Aiming to become England’s first carbon neutral community
• Carbon dioxide emission cut by 23% since 2006
• A Community Carbon Calculator
• Developing a business plan and raising funds for the project
• Working with the private sector
• Behavioural changes to reduce their personal carbon footprint
• A 50% cut in household energy bills by focusing on improved insulation and careful energy use
• A Community Organisation for Renewable Energy (CORE)
• The Micro-grid Concept – generating and supplying renewable energy
• Solar photovoltaics on school roof – wind turbines in filed behind school
• A thriving state primary school with approximately 140 pupils who have been at the centre of the
• 35% of people had become more actively involved in village life through the project
• Launching a carbon reduction project can help strengthen a community

Garry Charnock, Project Coordinator and Professor Roy Alexander, Technical Coordinator, Ashton Hayes (CONFIRMED)

British Gas - Working in Partnership to Transform the Energy Efficiency of Britain's Communities'

• Working in partnership
• Auditing and advice
• Building capability and capacity in technologies and products
• Training a skilled workforce
• Finding new ways of financing energy efficiency

Gearoid Lane, Managing Director, Communities and New Energy, British Gas (CONFIRMED)

Would a Conservative Government do more to cut Carbon Emissions?

• Does the Government’s low carbon strategy go far enough in the fight against climate change?
• Adapting to the new global energy markets
• Energy efficient homes and fuel poverty
• A Low Carbon Economy Green Paper
• What is the future for carbon capture and storage?
• Innovation and development in large scale offshore wind farms and tidal and wave energy production
• The Emissions Performance Standard (EPS)
• A consumer energy revolution
• The right policies implemented in the right way will tackle climate change, secure our energy supplies and create new jobs in green industries

Greg Barker MP, Shadow Minister for Climate Change (CONFIRMED)

Sustainable planet, sustainable business: the need for a holistic approach to environmental policy

• The challenge: producing more while preserving natural resources
• The Nestlé perspective: ensuring a secure, healthy and sustainable supply of food and drink
• The need for a holistic approach to environmental policy: carbon vs. multiple metrics (carbon: water; land use; etc)
• The importance of joined-up thinking in addressing environmental challenges

Magdi Batato, Group Technical & Production Director, Nestlé UK and Ireland (CONFIRMED)

Towards an integrated approach to sustainability

• Sustainable Development in Government Report – The Government Response
• Socially and economically sustainable rural communities
• English regions and the Partnership and Innovation fund
• The Third sector – a critical force against climate change
• A world without waste
• The cross-Government Adapting to Climate Change Programme
• The development of a UK climate change risk assessment and programme
• Sustainable, low carbon and resource efficient patterns of consumption and production
• Food 2030: The Government's new Strategy on Food
• The UK Food Security Assessment
• Towards a sustainable and green economy for both developed and developing nations
• A strong global deal from Copenhagen

Rt Hon Hilary Benn MP, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (CONFIRMED)