Event Details

The time for change is now. The business community has the power to influence the effects of climate change, through business operations, supply chains and offering more sustainable choices to customers. For positive change we must disrupt and challenge the ‘business as usual’ mind set.

At this 2-hour online event you will first hear from keynote speaker Duncan Pollard, former VP for Sustainability at Nestle and Director of Conservation Practice & Policy at WWF. An expert in the complexity and inter-connectedness of today's sustainability system challenges, Duncan can advise on how to integrate, engage, and operationalise sustainable practice in business.

Following this, you are invited to participate in a themed breakout session to discuss shared challenges, opportunities and to hear about successful business case studies.

Select your breakout session:

• Built Environment (hosted by the University of Liverpool and Liverpool John Moores University)
• Nature based solutions (hosted by Lancaster University and the University of Cumbria)
• Circular Economy (hosted by University of Central Lancashire and Manchester Metropolitan University)

This webinar is hosted by the Eco-I Northwest project which offers funded opportunities and support to businesses who want to make the transition to a low carbon economy. You will hear about available R&D and innovation support across different themes and sectors.

At the event close you will have the opportunity to make a #climatepledge; a commitment to taking positive action against climate change.

Eco-I NW is led by Lancaster University with delivery partners the universities of Central Lancashire, Cumbria, Liverpool, Liverpool John Moores and Manchester Metropolitan. Eco-I NW is part funded by the European Regional Development Fund.

This event is suitable for Northwest England based small and medium sized businesses (SMEs), researchers and academics interested in the net zero carbon agenda.

This event is part of the COP26@ Lancaster University Festival, which aims to spark debate and showcase our leading specialists and research relating to climate change in the run-up to the United Nation’s COP26 in Glasgow. The week-long COP26@ Lancaster University Festival takes place from Wednesday 20^th October to Wednesday 27th October 2021.