This two-day conference will look at the most pressing issues relevant to the plastics, consumer goods and packaging industries. The forum will focus on the partnerships, innovations and technologies required to reduce your plastic footprint and deliver on targets.

For more information on key themes, topics covered and the speaker line up, see the updated agenda here.

To give you an idea of what to expect, some agenda highlights include:

• High profile Q&A’s with directors at Coca-Cola and Unilever on their plastics journeys so far
• Suez, Ocado and Innocent Drinks debate the unintended consequences of dropping plastics
• Collaboration, collaboration, collaboration… Hear case studies of partnerships involving Coca-Cola, Interface, ZSL, Selfridges and more
• Circular business models: Amcor and Tarkett discuss whether plastics hysteria is the kick the circular economy needs to succeed
• Single use plastics: Ecover and Ball Corporation provide practical solutions to the future of single use plastic
• Emerging legislation: Mars, Surfers Against Sewage and the German government discuss potential changes in legislation and the impact on business

Also attending are senior representatives from Cranswick, Corbion, Surfdome, Zalando, Plastics Europe, Interface, HSBC, Lenzing, Mammut Sports Group, Accolade Wines, The Absolut Company, PMI, Allianz Global Investors, RSK, Hermes Investment Management and many more.

Coinciding with the 26th anniversary of the UN International Day for the Eradication of Poverty and taking inspiration from this, SAN will explore how social accounting and audit can be used to gain a better understanding of poverty, including:

• What poverty looks like in the UK in 2018, drawing inspiration from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation
• Exploring the international viewpoint; local learning from global activities
• Viewing poverty from the positions of a range of stakeholders – lived experiences, investors, funders and commissioners of services, researchers and service delivery
• Debating how social accounting and audit can be applied to better understand poverty

Social Return on Investment, or SROI, is a system of accounting for all of the social and environmental value of your activities. Applying SROI to your work can have a whole range of benefits – from demonstrating your impact in a clear and transparent way to improving your service delivery, winning contracts and tenders to being accountable to your stakeholders, SROI helps you to maximise the potential of your social value.

Social Value UK’s Social Value & SROI Practitioner Training course is accredited by the Institute of Leadership Management and is delivered by accredited trainers and SROI practitioners. We have been delivering this training course for over seven years to over 1200 people.

Day 1 

Day one is a practical, step-by-step introduction to the SROI process. We will begin with some theory, but the process is best learnt by trying it, so candidates will learn how to develop an impact map and explore appropriate real life examples.

Day 2 

Day two covers in depth, more theoretical issues including valuation techniques and counterfactuals, as well as discussing examples of best practice at different levels of rigour.

Cost*

• Cost for 2 day training (non-member rate) – £618 + VAT
• Cost for 2 day training (individual member rate) – £525 + VAT (15% membership discount)
• Cost for 2 day training (organisational member rate) – £464 + VAT (25% membership discount)

*VAT may not apply for international attendees

Interested in developing deep insights into how to help scale impactful solutions as a social investor? Are you wondering how to understand the practical challenges of the different scaling strategies as scale-deep, scale-up, scale-out, network models, open source platforms and system change?

Join this unique leadership course designed for senior investors and impact leaders interested in developing effective ways to scale impact by using different strategies, according to different business and financial models.

2 days to challenge your scaling impact thinking, systematise new strategies and strengthen your network.

In a structured discussion model based on peer learning and pratical workshops we will share challenges and successes and develop frameworks on how best to finance, support and scale impactful solutions at different levels of the pyramid of scaling.

The discussions will be moderated by Filipe Santos, Chaired Professor of Social Entrepreneurship and EVPA Board member, who has supported the scaling of hundreds of social entrepreneurs worldwide in training programs at INSEAD and Católica-Lisbon for over a decade, and who will bring frameworks to challenge the thinking around scaling impact and frame cases and experiences shared by participants.

Are you a social investor, a philanthropist, a corporate foundations leader or a policy maker interested in developing frameworks for scaling impact?

Join the EVPA and Católica-Lisbon Executive Training on Scaling Impact for Social Investors.

100% of last year’s participants would recommend the course. They rated their overall learning experience as 9.1 out of 10.

The forum is designed to provide business delegates with the guidance to develop and implement robust human rights strategies, whilst remaining compliant with all emerging legislation.

By bringing together a broad range of the key players, we’re able to get to crux of the big issues. Highlights include:

• Hear from IHRB, BT and Sky on the benefits of forming multi-stakeholder initiatives and overcoming barriers to collaboration
• Co-op, Freedom Fund, BHRRC and Baroness Lola Young debate whether modern slavery legislation has driven change or solely compliance
• Are audits a waste of time, or an effective regulatory tool? Nokia, Manor Fresh and The Body Shop provide their perspectives
• Hilton, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Nestlé on the effects of emerging legislation, what compliance will require and how much it will cost
• John Lewis, Mattel and JLL join us to discuss how internal collaboration makes for an effective, meaningful modern slavery statement

We’ll also run a number of practical sessions to discuss: supply chain risk mapping, responsible recruitment, child rights, remediation, living wage and more.

We will welcome senior professionals from Twinings, Disney, Next, Chevron, Kerry, ING, British American Tobacco, Mondelēz, Save The Children, Siemens, Multiplex, Dixons Carphone, Ocado, Danone, Allianz Global Investors, The B Team, International Justice Mission, Know The Chain, Unseen, Reckitt Benckiser, Chartered Institute of Building, Corporate Human Rights Benchmark, Stronger Together, Hope For Justice, Global Reporting Initiative and many more.

You can see full details of confirmed speakers, key themes and agenda items in the conference brochure.

Early bird discounts are available until Friday, 21st September. Registration details can be found here.