Date/Time
Date(s) - November 14 2023
1:30pm - 5:30pm
Location
Make UK HQ, Westminster
Net Zero can be accelerated by running mitigation and offsetting in parallel rather than in sequence while still adhering to commonly accepted guidelines.
But there is a catch! Only high integrity scientifically validated carbon offsets funding nature-based sequestration projects are robust and suitable to use in this accelerated approach.
This event will enable manufacturers motivated to press on with net zero to decide on which, where and how to buy voluntary Carbon Offsets, with real confidence around integrity and value.
Background
Many companies have a net zero strategy and have started to take action. While scope 1 and 2 emissions are usually relatively simple to tackle, scope 3 emissions are a big challenge. They usually constitute the vast majority of an organisation’s emissions and are not directly under the control of the business, especially for those with large supply chains and/or trade abroad. Following the net zero principle, an organisation should seek as a priority to reduce and eliminate all the emissions it possible can. Only the unavoidable (or unabatable) carbon emissions should then be balanced (or offset) through technological or nature-based sequestration.
Temperature changes this summer are genuinely alarming and show that we must all do whatever we can to tackle the climate crisis. Unlocking new green financial opportunities through carbon markets will provide new economic opportunities in the UK and globally, reduce global greenhouse gas emissions.
This event, organised in conjunction with the InterContinental Exchange (ICE), will highlight how companies can accelerate their pathway to net zero by buying carbon offsets which fund nature-based carbon sequestration projects. It will focus on the major economic and financial opportunity for the manufacturing sector and for the UK as a global industrial player and financial centre.
Who should attend this event…. Any manufacturing businesses, small or large, seeking to advance on their net zero pathway, shareholders or fund managers/asset owners.
Make UK reserves the right to prioritise members and UK based manufacturing businesses.
AGENDA
13:30 to 14:00 – Registration & Refreshments
14:00 to 14:10 – The imperative to compensate & abate : Opening words by Stephen Phipson, CBE, Make UK CEO
14:10 to 14:30 – How can UK companies help lead the world in the mitigation of climate risk and deliver a net zero pathway? Fireside chat with Nigel Topping (CMG, Business Champion for the UK Climate Change Committee, former UN Climate Change High-Level champion) and Gordon Bennett (MD of Utility Markets, ICE).
14:30 to 15:10 – Panel : Counting and Compensating: GHG mitigation hierarchy -how it is evolving with Girish Narula, Head of Sustainable Finance, ICE, Guy Turner, Founder and CEO, Trove Research, Dr Mirabelle Muûls, Associate Professor in Economics & Co-Director of the Hitachi-Imperial Centre for Decarbonisation and Natural Climate Solutions, Imperial College Business School and John MacArthur, Visiting Professor Net Zero Energy Transition, Imperial College (Moderator)
15:10 to 15:50 – Panel: How to get comfortable compensating through investing in carbon credits: Quality, integrity, transparency. Getting comfortable with investing with Tommy Ricketts, Co-Founder & CEO, BeZero Carbon; Ed Mitchard, Co-Founder and Chief Scientist, Space Intelligence; Clive de Ruig, President, ICE Benchmark Administration; Brazilian Carbon Markets Initiative – TBC; Steve George, Regulatory Affairs and Sustainability Manager, Numatic International and Brigitte Amoruso, Sr Energy Climate Change policy lead, Make UK (moderator).
15:50 to 16:00 – Coffee break
16:00 to 17:20 – Examples of high quality scientifically validated carbon credits
The UK asset angle: Is the UK Carbon Market open for business? Panel: Fraser Green, Senior Asset Manager ESG Lead, Abrdn; Andy Creak, Founder, Kana.earth and Alister Furey, Sylvera CEO
Why nature-based solutions might address both market failures simultaneously. Panel: Jennica Gordon, NCS Procurement Manager, Natural Climate Solutions Alliance; Richard Erskine, Head of Nature Based Solutions, Equinor (Moderator)
Investing in Africa for people, planet and prosperity Oliver Glanville, African Carbon Markets Initiative and Chris Leeds, Head of Carbon, Standard Chartered (Moderator)
Leading UK developer Permian Global and current corporate buyers share their experiences in the carbon offset ecosystem. Panel: Ana Haurie, CEO, Respira International (Moderator); Stephen Rumsey, Chairman, Permian Global; Nick Osborne, General Manager Environmental Products Trading, Shell and Mike Maddock, Performance Engineered Solutions (PES) Ltd and visiting Professor to The University of Sheffield
17:20 to 17:30 – How to buy the best credits here and now: Permian Global Auction How the auction works – Liquidity events announcements
17:30 to 18:30 – Cocktail drinks and networking
The Intercontinental Exchange “ICE”, operates the world’s leading Commodity & Energy Exchange, running its global Carbon business out of London, and is authorised by the UK Government to run the UK Carbon Compliance market.
Make UK, The Manufacturers’ Organisation, is the representative voice of UK manufacturing, with offices in London, Brussels, every English region, and Wales. Collectively we represent 20,000 companies of all sizes, from start-ups to multinationals, across engineering, manufacturing, technology, and the wider industrial sector. Everything we do – from providing essential business support and training to championing manufacturing industry in the UK and the EU – is designed to help British manufacturers compete, innovate, and grow.
From HR and employment law, health and safety to environmental and productivity improvement, our advice, expertise, and influence enables businesses to remain safe, compliant, and future-focused.
