MIDLANDS ENERGY SUMMIT – 28 November, Toyota, Burnaston (9am – 1.30pm)
Held in partnership with the University of Nottingham’s Energy Institute and the East Midlands Freeport the 2024 Midlands Energy Summit will explore how businesses, academia and policy makers can come together to ensure that clean growth underpins our future economic landscape.
Identified in the Chamber’s “A Manifesto for Growth 2024” as “The Big Opportunity” as to how we develop the future of energy production, storage and provision in the East Midlands, the Summit will explore the strengths of region and the role of the business community in this space.
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STATE OF THE ECONOMY CONFERENCE – 5 December, University of Leicester (9am – 12noon)
Following the General Election in July this year we will be reaching nearly 150 days of a new government in December, and this conference will give the opportunity to reflect on how the regional economy has performed throughout 2024 and what the asks are from business to help support growth in 2025 and beyond.
Government will have delivered its first major economic intervention in October through the Autumn Statement, which will inform how we evolve our manifesto, ensuring we continue to support, inform, and reflect the needs of the business community through our policy and lobbying activities.
In addition, we will focus on the regional political environment in the three counties, explore the importance of developing a clear industrial strategy and what the key levers are, to support sustainable growth.
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LUNCH & LEARN: The AI+ Innovation For Business Programme – 26 November, online (12noon – 1pm)
This short “lunch and learn” session, delivered by Loughborough College, will provide you with the detail of funded training programme for SMEs who need to understand and innovate with AI and other emergent technology.
This unique programme, funded by Innovate UK, is designed to provide you with the knowledge and skills necessary to harness digital tools and leverage artificial intelligence to streamline and revolutionise your business.
By participating, you will learn how to understand and master complexity as you bring AI and digital technologies into your business. Courses blend online and in-person sessions at Loughborough’s Careers and Enterprise Hub, providing a flexible learning environment. The courses are fully funded for businesses with less than 250 full time employees.
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SUSTAINABILITY ACCELERATOR EVENTS
Net Zero Journey: Understanding & Implementing Carbon Reduction Planning with Science-Based Targets – 23 October, online (10am – 11am)
In this webinar, we will explain what science-based targets are, how to build a science-based reduction plan for your business, and how to determine if you are on track.
Beyond the initial steps of carbon inventory, we will delve into the practical implementation and tracking of a credible science-based reduction plan that will distinguish your business in the market.
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Managing Climate Anxiety and Denial – 29 October, online (10am – 11am)
This workshop focuses solely on how to identify those employee mindsets that might be blockers to achieving your sustainability goals. It will provide you with a clear understanding of the varying viewpoints within your team and share practical steps to provide immediate positive outcomes and bring them on the journey with you.
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Managing Environmental Risk in the Supply Chain: Business as usual is not an option – 6 November, online (10am- 11am)
The news on ESG/Sustainability is often dominated by a focus on carbon emissions (net zero) and legislation on carbon reporting and disclosure. However, increasing legislation around biodiversity, deforestation and chemicals will impact on cost, availability and present significant risk to business if they do not plan ahead. We remain in a period of unprecedented supply chain disruption and increasing competition for ‘green’ materials and supply chains will ensure this continues.
This webinar is delivered by James Butcher, a Nottingham-based supplier engagement and sustainable transformation expert.
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Recognising the psychological barriers to successful climate action engagement – 12 November, online (2:00pm – 5:00pm)
Gain valuable insight into how your employees’ approach to sustainability and Net Zero will impact your policy implementation to optimise engagement and business performance . With the focus inevitably directed on sustainability strategy and policy creation, the vital role staff and wider stakeholder engagement plays in delivering their success is often overlooked.
This 3 hour interactive and comprehensive workshop recognises the psychological barriers to successful climate action engagement, providing a toolkit of practical and immediate actions to deliver effective climate conversations, support employees’ mental health & wellbeing and ensure greater strategic success.
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Supply-chain Decarbonisation (Scope 3) for manufacturing, retail and food & drink sectors – 13 November, online (10am -11am)
This session will focus on how to approach your Scope 3 emissions calculation, which forms your upstream and downstream supplychain emissions.
According to research by McKinsey most Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) or manufacturing companies can have a 10 to 24 times greater impact by focusing on a reduction of Scope 3 versus their direct emissions (Scope 1 and 2).
This webinar is delivered by James Butcher, a Nottingham-based supplier engagement and sustainable transformation expert, and delivered on MS Teams.
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Carbon Footprinting, the Next Steps – 14 November, online (10am – 11am)
So you’ve produced, your first carbon footprint, now what? This webinar will help organisations use the available information to prioritise the areas of focus for reducing their carbon emissions and the associated financial benefits.
We will go over the wide spectrum of available interventions from low/zero cost through to more expensive technological solutions. There’ll be examples of various projects that our organisation has seen or been involved with over the years and lessons that can be learned.
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HR FORUM EVENTS
Neurodiversity in the Workplace – 22 October, online (10am – 11am)
If you are an employer and want to better understand your neurodivergent staff, then this event will be very beneficial to you.
In the first part of the event there will be a presentation on understanding neurodivergent staff, in the second part of the session we will look at case studies and have an opportunity to discuss and explore what we have looked at in the first session.
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The Positive Impact of ‘S’ in ESG: Compliance, diversity and inclusion – 30 October, online (10am – 11am)
At its core, ESG social is about human rights and equity – an organisation’s relationships with people, as well as its policies and actions. This webinar is delivered by James Butcher, a Nottingham-based supplier engagement and sustainable transformation expert and will include:
- The scope of ‘E’ in ESG and key areas of compliance
- Key statistics on the benefit of diversity in the workplace
- The risks of unconscious bias
- The risks of failing to train – for example, new legislation this autumn mean an automatic increase in compensation (e.g. at tribunal) if training isn’t in place
- How training / team development aid recruitment and retention (and demonstrates core value)
- Key training topics to embed Human Rights Due Diligence (HRDD) that also aid recruitment and retention
- The benefit of your own LMS (for tracking personal development and training compliance records)
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Bank of England Forum - 21 November, online (10:30am – 11:30am )
The Bank regularly engages with the Chamber, seeking to gauge current levels of business confidence and investment intentions among members. These events provide a fantastic opportunity for members to have their say and exert influence.
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