Climate Impact event

How can business reduce their scope 3 emissions across supply chain and how can retailers and producers collaborate to deliver on climate targets?

On Wednesday, June 18, ImpactBuying is hosting the Climate Impact Event (Dutch spoken). During this event, we’ll dive into the growing importance of climate data in the supply chain. This full day conference will bring together leading retailers, producers and key stakeholders from the Netherlands and Belgium to provide insights into tackling Scope 3 emissions across supply chains.

Measuring your climate impact is something every company will need to get into with current legislation. How can you best prepare your company for the impact of climate legislation? What methodology and tools are available and how do you make sure you track progress towards targets? When is the data good enough to report on it? Many smaller companies might ask how they actually get started? And how are others approaching this challenge?

The program will provide an insight into the lessons learned the past 2 years from the Climate Consortium and will cover cover topics such as:

• The impact of upcoming legislation (like the EU CSRD) on retailers’ data needs
• The importance of understanding your product carbon footprint
• The importance of using primary data to show progress over time
• Practical tools and insights to help make your climate impact transparent
• Once you have the insights; how do you reduce? What are the incentives?
• How can retailers and producers collaborate to reach ambitious reduction targets?

The Climate Impact Event is the place to gain knowledge, exchange experiences, and discover how to future-proof your business in a world where climate impact is at the center.
The event will be at De Landgoederij in Bunnik, the Netherlands.

Program

9:00 – 9:30 Walk in
With coffee

9:30 – 9:50 Opening with a focus on the insights gained from the ImpactBuying Climate Consortium
Leontien Hasselman-Plugge (CEO ImpactBuying)

Welcome and Climate Impact Consortium insights: what are the major trends in demonstrating emission reduction and complying with other climate-related legislation? Two years ago, ImpactBuying developed a Climate Impact Consortium with partners such as Jumbo, Lidl, Action, EMD and Ahold Delhaize: what has happened since then and what are the outcomes of the various pilots that were conducted? What is happening in the food sector and in the non-food sector?

9:50 – 10:50 Update and announcement on the progress of the Climate Consortium in partnership with Mondra
A panel discussion with Julian Markus (Lead CSR, Jumbo), Tim Brouwer (CSR Purchasing Manager, Lidl Netherlands, and Jason Barrett (CEO, Mondra)

Jumbo and Lidl, together with other Dutch food and food service retailers, will continue the ImpactBuying Consortium under the umbrella of the Mondra Global Sustainable Transition Alliance (GSTAR). What does this mean and what are the implications for producers supplying these retailers?

10:50 – 11:20 A European ECO Score and PEF harmonization at the EU level
Koen Boone (Wageningen University Social & Economic Research)

11:20 – 11:45 Break

11:45 – 12:15 The GS1 standard for product-level CO2 emissions
Anouk Osinga (ESG project Lead, GS1 Nederland)

12:15 – 12:45 A non-food perspective on carbon emissions and reduction
TBC

What does the playing field look like in non-food? It’s a different ball game that requires a different approach. Where does the market currently stand, and what are the developments regarding Product Carbon Footprints (PCFs) for products like textiles, batteries, and cosmetics?

12:45 – 13:45 Lunch
Networking and visiting stands

13:45 – 14:30 Producers speaking out
Leontien Hasselman-Plugge (CEO ImpactBuying)
Roland van Loon (CEO Van Loon), Marianne van Keep (Chief Sustainability Officer Verstegen)

A roundtable discussion with producers. How do they view the legislation, retail demands and their own initiatives? Is there a difference between private label and brand manufacturers?

14:30 – 15.00: Welke bijdrage kan Satelliet data bieden in de uitdagingen op duurzaamheid?
Niels Wielaard (CEO Satelligence)

The demand for data down to the level of individual farmers and GPS coordinates of the origin of the land where a raw material is grown is increasing. What role can satellites play in this? What are the challenges but also the opportunities for using this data in your due diligence policy, carbon emission measurements and deforestation monitoring.

15.00 – 15.30: Digital Product Passport
Hans de Gier (CEO SyncForce)

15:30 – 16:00 The future of climate data from supply chains: summary and closing
Leontien Hasselman-Plugge

Summary of the event and closing remarks

16:00 – 17:00 Networking Reception

Who should attend this event?

Retailers, Producers and Traders. From Quality manager to Sustainability or Procurement teams.

The event will be in Dutch and tickets are 150 Euro for the full day including coffee, lunch, drinks and bites afterwards.