Book Event

Sustainability Conference

               

Date: Tuesday 6th May

Time: 9.30am – 1.30pm

Venue: Barclays Bank PLC, Ray O’Donoghue Suite (Ground Floor), One Snowhill, Snowhill Queensway, Birmingham, B3 2EP

Price: FREE for all to attend

In partnership with Landmark Information, we are hosting a sustainability conference, helping you understand the importance of net zero and sustainability with a focus on a just energy transition and other key issues for the legal and professional services sector.

Agenda

9.30am Registration and networking

10am Opening from BLS CEO, Nigel Hollett and Barclays Relationship Director, Mitchell Hunt

10.10am Welcome from President Richard Port MBE: What does sustainability mean to BLS and its members?

10.20am Keynote by Professor Bob Lee, Landmark. Why sustainability is crucial and what does it mean to a law firm?

10.40am Presentation by Kate Ashworth, Energy Infrastructure Lead at West Midlands Combined Authority: a just energy transition for the West Midlands

11am Presentation by Dave Sowden, CEO of Sustainable Energy Association: the National Energy policy context and commercial opportunities arising from increased devolution

11.20am Presentation from David Rothera, Business Development Manager, Net Zero Now, an Ecologi company, with Landmark Information's Luke Parsons, Business Development Director: starting a Net Zero journey and the practical advice & support to law firms

11.35am Break

11.45am Expert panel session with Q&A on energy and sustainability, chaired by Samantha Ingram, Chair of the BLS Property & Development Committee: energy & sustainability including ESG, Climate Change & driving towards net zero

• Simon Boyle, Environmental Law Director, Landmark Information Group


• Kate Ashworth, Energy Infrastructure Lead, West Midlands Combined Authority


• Dave Sowden, Chief Executive, SEA


• Professor Bob Lee, Special Advisor on ESG, Landmark Information Group


• Neil Pearson, Head of Responsible Business, Mills & Reeve