DAY 1: UNDERSTANDING THE RISKS TO THE AGRICULTURAL SUPPLY CHAIN
PRACTICAL ADVICE ON BUILDING PARTNERSHIPS AND CREATING SUCCESS STORIES |
PRE-CONFERENCE BREAKFAST BRIEFING
08.00 – 08.40
The Economics Of Sustainable Sourcing: How Market Trends Will Drive The Sustainable Sourcing Of Agricultural Raw Materials
The purpose of this session is to explain how market dynamics will affect the future viability of sourcing agricultural raw materials. Discover the impact of volatile agricultural prices on trading with developing countries and determine which socio-economic drivers affect small farmers.
Wilfrid Legg, Head Of Policies And Environment Division, OECD |
| 08.30 |
Coffee And Registration |
| 08.50 |
Chair’s Opening Remarks: Creating Sustainable Agriculture In Challenging Economic Circumstances |
The chair will set the agenda by clarifying the measurable outputs that the conference aims to achieve:
- Understanding the impacts of water scarcity and climate change and creating cross-supply chain partnerships to better identify and manage risk using common standards, holistic certification approaches and meaningful metrics.
- Focusing on the practical progress that is being made in response to the challenge of sustainably sourcing in an economically volatile market: from government and farming solutions to traceability technologies and advances in logistical efficiency.
Hans Van Bochove, Director Of Public Affairs, Communications And CSR, Starbucks Coffee EMEA
| ENGAGING FARMERS AND SUPPLIERS ON THE BUSINESS DRIVERS AND BENEFITS OF SUSTAINABLE SOURCING |
KEYNOTE MULTI-STAKEHOLDER PARTNERSHIP FORUM
| 09.00 |
Overcoming The Challenges Involved In Reaching Across The Supply Chain To Engage Farmers And Suppliers in Sustainable Sourcing
What’s Working In The Real World?
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A panel comprised of multiple stakeholders from the agricultural supply chain, ranging from multinational food and drinks companies to developing world farmers unite to discuss how the challenges involved in reaching across the supply chain to engage farmers and suppliers in sustainable sourcing can be successfully overcome
- Sharing success stories where different stakeholders have worked together to create effective cross-supply chain partnerships to move towards a future of cost-neutral sustainable sourcing.
- Understanding the optimal strategies for engaging farmers in sustainable practices to unite the supply chain in cost-effective sustainability solutions
- Determining how to increase farmers’ awareness of sustainability issues to facilitate the access of retailers and manufacturers to practical sustainable sourcing partnerships.
- Getting the farmers perspective on the challenges involved in sustainable production to better understand the practicalities of implementing sustainability sourcing solutions
Martyn Seal, European Sustainability Director, PepsiCo International
David Lawrence, Diageo Global Procurement, Risk & Governance Director, Diageo
Andy Wales, Head of Sustainable Development, SABMiller
Michael M. Saguisihan, Farmer and Farmer’s Leader, Asian Farmers’s Association For Sustainable Rural Development
Philip Kiriro, Farmer And President, East African Farmer’s Federation (EAFF)
| 09.45 |
Extended Question And Answer Session |
| IDENTIFYING RISK TO THE SUPPLY CHAIN: GETTING THE TOOLS AND DATA |
MULTI-STAKEHOLDER PANEL SESSION
| 10.00 |
Tools For Identifying Risk Within The Agricultural Supply Chain – How Stakeholders At Every Stage Of The Supply Chain Are Assessing The Different Impacts |
- Sharing knowledge on what data is available for identifying the next risk hot spots in the supply chain, how this data can accessed and how it can be applied in a constructive manner
- Determining the most practical tools for comparing and analysing risk in a quantifiable way whilst using the minimum amount of resources.
- Explaining what geographical areas and agricultural commodities are at greatest risk and how to keep up to date with the ever-changing information on the issue.
- Understanding the most successful strategies for adapting to the impacts once high risk commodities have been identified
Louise Nicholls, Head of Ethical Sourcing, Marks and Spencer
Karin Bogaers, Head Of Social Compliance, Ahold
Annette Hansen, Quality Director, Danisco
David Sheppard, Managing Director, Gleadell Agriculture
| 10.40 |
Extended Question And Answer Session |
| 10.50 |
Morning Refreshments |
CASE STUDY
| 11.20 |
A Practical Example Of How One Organisation Is Measuring Risk To The Supply Chain And Working With Multiple Stakeholders To Manage That Risk |
- Explaining the strategy they are using to make impact assessments of the key drivers affecting the supply chain
- Understanding what tools and data they are using to test the supply chain’s resilience to risk once it has been identified
- Discovering the practical solutions they are implementing to work with multiple stakeholders to manage that risk
- Finding out what methodologies they are using to reach across the supply chain and monitor the sustainability of their suppliers’ practices.
Richard Heathcote, Sustainable Development Manager, Heineken UK
| 11.55 |
Question And Answer Session |
WATER SCARCITY AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Advances Being Made In Assessing, Measuring & Adapting To The Risks |
WATER SCARCITY IMPACT ASSESSMENT
| 12.00 |
Understanding How To Measure Water Scarcity Impacts At The Agricultural Level In The Absence Of Common Metrics |
- Understanding how to measure the risk from water scarcity in a way that focuses on the impact rather than volume of the water used
- Determining how to normalize differing environmental contexts to deliver meaningful standards for the impact of water scarcity
- Solutions to the unique challenge of measuring the impact of water scarcity in complex supply chains with multiple layers between producer and end user
- Deciphering how to use measurements to demonstrate to stakeholders that your agricultural commodities are sourced sustainably
Richard Perkins, Senior Commodities Advisor, WWF International
| 12.25 |
Question And Answer Session |
WATER SCARCITY CASE STUDY
| 12.30 |
A Practical Success Story Where Measuring & Decreasing Water Footprint In The Agricultural Supply Chain Has Been Achieved |
- Analysing how water efficiency was improved in an economically pragmatic way.
- Determining which technologies were most successful in decreasing a commodities water footprint
- Comprehending what lessons were learnt that could be applied to other agricultural commodities.
- Understanding the processes involved in identifying the risk from water scarcity: what data was used and how was it applied.
Andy Wales, Head of Sustainable Development, SABMiller
| 13.05 |
Question And Answer Session |
| 13.10 |
Networking Lunch Break |
CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT ASSESMENT
| 14.10 |
Understanding The Impacts Of Climate Change On The Sourcing Of Agricultural Commodities |
- Analyzing the impact of climate change on growing conditions and how that will affect agricultural commodity sourcing in the future.
- Going beyond GRI guidelines to comprehend the different scopes of accountability for carbon emissions: How much responsibility each part of the supply chain should take
- Explaining how to reach across the supply chain to engage the producers in the need to adapt to climate change.
- Working towards methods for adapting to climate change whilst still maximizing profit and yield
Prof. Tim Wheeler, Director Of The Plants and Environment Laboratory, Reading University
| 14.45 |
Question And Answer Session |
CARBON FOOTPRINT MEASUREMENT
| 14.50 |
Applying The Lessons Learnt From The Progress In Carbon Footprinting At The Agricultural Level |
Solving Climate Change by Engaging Agricultural Suppliers
- Measuring your product carbon footprint
- The importance of agriculture & agricultural suppliers
- Case studies of successful engagement
Euan Murray – General Manager, Carbon Footprinting – The Carbon Trust
- Understanding how to engage your entire supply chain to reduce their Carbon Footprint to deliver a more sustainable end product
- Advances being made in achieving cost-equitable Carbon Footprinting: emerging standards for which stage of the supply chain should be financially accountable for measuring how vulnerable a commodity is to the threat of water scarcity
- Determining how to increase farmers’ awareness of Carbon Footprinting at the agricultural level to create greater opportunities for sustainable sourcing
- Bridging the gap between Carbon and Water Footprinting to decipher where the challenges and solutions overlap: what can be done to achieve an equivalent of PAS 2050 for Water Footprinting.
Simon Houghton-Dodd, Head of Quality and Sustainability, Tate & Lyle
Ian Walsh, Head Of Environment, Cadbury Schweppes
| 15.30 |
Question And Answer Session |
| 15.35 |
Afternoon Refreshments |
UNDERSTANDING THE ROLE OF CERTIFICATIONS IN ENSURING AUTHENTIC STANDARDS FOR SUSTAINABLE SOURCING
Working Towards A Holistic Certification Approach
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CERTIFICATION PANEL
| 16.05 |
Collaborating With Certification Bodies To Achieve Meaningful And Practical Standards For Sustainable Sourcing |
Representatives the certification bodies discuss what progress has been made in creating meaningful, unified and practical standards for sustainable sourcing and the impact this will have in the future on the practicalities of operating a sustainable agricultural supply chain
- Focusing on what progress certification bodies are making in presenting a more unified and holistic approach to avoid the costly and inefficient proliferation of different standards.
- Understanding what is unique about each existing certification scheme to choose the standards most relevant to your agricultural commodities and sourcing strategies.
- Finding out what solutions are emerging for developing certification schemes that are cost effective and add genuine value to the product.
- How to deliver meaningful standards for sustainable sourcing when dealing with vast numbers of small farmers.
Sarah Roberts, Executive Director, Ethical Tea Partnership
Niall Marriott, Development Director, The Helical Group
Tim Oliver, Senior Consultant, PAI Group
Mercedes Tallo, Director Sustainable Value Chains, Rainforest Alliance
| 16.45 |
Extended Question And Answer Session |
| 16.55 |
Learning From The Progress Made On Palm Oil Certification: How Can The Same Principles Be Applied To Other High Risk Commodities? |
- Determining what lessons can be learnt from the creation of the RSPO to establish similar commodity-specific bodies for other agricultural products.
- Analyzing the challenges involved in delivering certified palm oil and how these were overcome.
- Evaluating how much success has been achieve in getting certified palm oil onto the market to determine the demand for certified sustainable products
Louise Nicholls, Head of Ethical Sourcing, Marks and Spencer
| 17.25 |
Question And Answer Session |
ETHICAL AND SOCIAL ISSUES IN SUSTAINABLE SOURCING
What Measurable Progress Has Been Made In Improving The Lives Of Developing World Farmers?
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CASE STUDIES: DISTILLING THE COMMON PRINCIPLES
| 17.30 |
Business Solutions For Achieving An Ethical Agricultural Supply Chain: What Are The Fundamentals That Underpin The Success Stories? |
- Hearing a real life examples of how a multinational has improved the lives and working conditions of developing world farmers.
- Determining what type of ethical strategies have repeatedly been shown to work
- Understanding how to deliver a fair wage to the farmer.
Dominic Lowe, Managing Director, Green & Black’s
| 18.00 |
Question And Answer Session |
| 18.05-19.05 |
Evening Drinks Reception For Speakers and Delegates |
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| DAY 2: THE PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS THAT ARE MAKING CHANGE HAPPEN |
PRE-CONFERENCE BREAKFAST BRIEFING
Examining The Latest Scientific Research On Global Agricultural Production Adaptation Solutions For Tackling Climate Change, Water Scarcity, Increasing Oil Prices & Population Growth
This one hour pre-conference scientific briefing brings together the latest research on how conventional farming will need to adapt in the future. Examining scenarios for both the developed and developing world, this scientific briefing will focus on the necessary solutions that need to be implemented by governments, multi-nationals, farmers and small suppliers at the agricultural level.
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| 08.00 |
Morning Coffee and Registration |
| 08.30 |
Chair’s Opening Remarks: Setting The Conference’s Aims And Objectives |
GOVERNMENT SOLUTIONS
Future Legislation and Public-Private Partnership Opportunities
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THE EU PERSPECTIVE
| 09.00 |
The Implications For The Food And Drink Industry Of The Emerging European Union Policy On Sustainable Agriculture: Partnership Opportunities And Future Legislation |
- Discovering the future direction of EU sustainability legislation to ensure that your agricultural supply chain will comply with it.
- Finding out what the EU wants from potential partners in the private sector to capitalize on the burgeoning opportunities for Publicly Funded Sustainability Initiatives (PFSIs).
- Understanding how the EU plans to tackle the challenges of achieving sustainable agricultural practices and how this will impact the food and drink industry
Mark Cropper, DG Agriculture And Rural Development, European Commission
Werner Bosmans, DG Environment, European Commission
| 09.40 |
Question And Answer Session |
UK PERSPECTIVE
| 09.45 |
Outlining DFID’s Perspective On Sustainable Agriculture |
- Explaining the work DFID is supporting on sustainable agricultural sourcing and on stronger ethical norms in business
- Exploring how this will impact the food and drinks industry
- Looking at the private sector’s role in the sustainable agricultural initiatives DFID is supporting
Jonathan Lingham, Food Group, DFID
| 10.25 |
Extended Question And Answer Session |
DEVELOPING WORLD PERSPECTIVE
| 10.35 |
Understanding How To Implement Sustainability Strategies In The Developing World: Government Perspectives |
- Understanding how developing world governments intend to facilitate sustainable sourcing practices
- Explaining their perspective on what private companies need to do in order to successfully source sustainably outside of Europe
- Understanding the challenges they are facing and what motivates them to move towards more sustainable agricultural and trade policies.
- Finding out the UN perspective on sustainable sourcing of agricultural raw materials and how private companies can link into their agenda
Dr. Zaenal Bachruddin, Director General of Processing and Marketing of Agricultural Products, Republic Of Indonesia Ministry Of Agriculture
| 11.15 |
Question And Answer Session |
| 11.20 |
Morning Refreshments |
SOLUTIONS FROM THE OTHER END OF THE SUPPLY CHAIN
Farmers, Small Scale Producers, Fertiliser Companies and Plantation Owners
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PANEL SESSION
| 12.00 |
Practical Examples Of How Farmers, Small-Holder Producers, and Plantation Owners Are Contributing To Sustainable Solutions |
- Learning what challenges the farmers who do produce sustainably are facing and how manufacturers and retailers can help with the solutions they are implementing
- Finding out what innovations small-scale suppliers are making to be sustainable and what can be done by the rest of the supply chain to facilitate this.
- Getting clarity on the motivations of the farmers and suppliers and how their actions can contribute to a more sustainable supply chain
- Understanding how to capitalize on the independent advances made at the other end of the supply chain to deliver sustainable agricultural products
Facilitated By: Chritof Walter, Agricultural Research Manager, Unilever
Tom Hind, Head Of Economics and International Affairs, NFU
Fernando de Romero Cerqueira, President, Coocafe Coffee Cooperative
Rob Garrett, Farmer and Farmer’s Leader, Peak Choice Farmer’s Cooperative
Keith Jones, Director of Stewardship & Sustainable Agriculture, CropLife International
Eduardo Sampaio, Coffee Producer and Agronomist
Eric Olson, Senior Vice President of Advisory Services, BSR
| 12.40 |
Question And Answer Session |
| 12.50 |
Networking Lunch Break |
TECHNOLOGICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL SOLUTIONS FOR IMPROVING SUSTAINABILITY
Agricultural Technologies And Traceability
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PANEL SESSION: CUTTING EDGE AGRICULTURAL METHODS
| 13.50 |
Developing A Mastery Of The Emerging Technologies That Are Being Implemented On An Agricultural Level To Reduce The Cost Of Sustainable Agricultural Sourcing |
- Understanding how next generation fertilizers and pesticides can contribute to sustainable sourcing of agricultural raw materials
- Progress being made in sustainable crop science and solutions for achieving more sustainable methods for protection against crop disease
- Introducing the emerging low energy irrigation technologies
- Progress being made in crop science and solutions for achieving more sustainable methods for protection against crop disease
- Technological advances being to provide solutions for increasing soil health
- Getting to grips with how gene hybridisation and plant breeding can contribute to sustainable sourcing.
Facilitated By: Hans Van Bochove, Director Of Public Affairs, Communications And CSR, Starbucks Coffee EMEA
Dr. Brian Wade, Regional Manager, Agrotain International, Basel, Switzerland
| 14.25 |
Extended Question And Answer Session |
TRACEABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY
| 14.30 |
Overcoming The Challenges of Traceability In Order To Achieve Greater Control Over Sustainability Standards At The Other End Of The Supply Chain |
- Hearing success stories on how traceability and transparency of the agricultural supply chain was increased in a financially viable way.
- Understanding how improved traceability can deliver greater control of both environmental and social standards at the source
- Overcoming the unique challenges of achieving traceability when dealing with large numbers of small farmers
- Determining the best methodologies for tracing products to source without using a segregated supply.
- Finding out about the emerging technologies and methodologies that deliver traceability in a more cost-effective way
Nicko Debenham, Director of Traceability and Sustainability, Armajaro
| 15.10 |
Question And Answer Session |
| 15.15 |
Afternoon Refreshments |
| 15.45 |
Streamed Breakout Sessions |
Identifying The Key Lessons Learnt From Success Stories At The Agricultural Level In Diverse Supply Chains
Network And Talk Through Solutions In One Of Four Practical Working Groups. |
| Palm Oil |
Working with other stakeholders in the palm oil supply chain to find out what is working at the agricultural level and what industry partnerships can be forged to improve efficiency. |
| Coffee and Cocoa |
A network session working through how the coffee and cocoa farmers can be engaged in sustainable sourcing practices |
| Tea |
Get together with other stakeholders including farmers to understand how to move forward as an industry on sustainably sourcing tea products
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| Soy |
Understanding the solutions that are emerging in finding sustainability criterion and sourcing strategies for soy |
| Multi-Commodity |
A chance for stakeholders who source multiple commodities to work together to understand the common principles of sustainable practice |
| Inter-Forum Feedback Session |
Participants from each group reconvene to share the lessons learnt from their respective sessions |
CONSUMER EDUCATION SOLUTIONS
Practical Solutions For Communicating The Sustainability Message To The Consumer
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WRAP UP SESSION
| 16.25 |
Optimizing The Ability To Communicate The Complex Sustainability Message To The Consumer In A Way That Is Simple Enough To Understand |
- Defining the role of labelling in communicating the sustainability message and understanding what cost-effective alternatives exist
- Evaluating the role of certification bodies in communicating the message and clarifying which schemes are delivering a clear and unified message
- Determining the relative merits and problems of consumer education versus choice editing
- Strategies for influencing the consumer to change his buying strategies to more sustainable products
- Analyzing the most successful strategies for demonstrating to the consumer, the media and stakeholders that you are sourcing your materials in a sustainable way
James Turton, Group Director Of Sustainability And Corporate Affairs, Findus Group
| 16.55 |
Questions And Answers |
| 17.00 |
Chair’s Closing Remarks |
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Hans Van Bochove, Director Of Public Affairs, Communications and CSR, Starbucks Coffee EMEA
Martyn Seal, European Sustainability Director, PepsiCo International
David Lawrence, Diageo Global Procurement, Risk & Governance Director, Diageo
Andy Wales, Head of Sustainable Development, SABMiller
Jonathan Lingham, Food Group, DFID
Simon Houghton-Dodd, Head of Quality and Sustainability, Tate & Lyle
Nicko Debenham, Director of Traceability and Sustainability, Armajaro
Ian Walsh, Head Of Environment, Cadbury Schweppes
Louise Nicholls, Head of Ethical Sourcing, Marks and Spencer
Karin Bogaers, Head Of Social Compliance, Ahold
Tom Hind, Head Of Economics and International Affairs, NFU
Mercedes Talló, Director of Sustainable Value Chains, Rainforest Alliance
Wilfrid Legg, Head of Policies and Environment Division, OECD Trade and Agriculture Directorate
Dr. Zaenal Bachruddin, Director General of Processing and Marketing of Agricultural Products, Republic Of Indonesia Ministry Of Agriculture
Philip Kiriro, Farmer And President, East African Farmer’s Federation (EAFF)
Michael M. Saguisihan, Farmer and Farmer’s Leader, Asian Farmers’s Association For Sustainable Rural Development
Dominic Lowe, Managing Director, Green & Black’s
Mark Cropper, DG Agriculture And Rural Development, European Commission
Werner Bosmans, DG Environment, European Commission
James Turton, Group Director Of Sustainability And Corporate Affairs, Findus Group
Romeiro Fernando de Cerqueira, President, Coocafe Coffee Cooperative
Rob Garrett, Farmer and Farmer’s Leader, Peak Choice Farmer’s Cooperative
Annette Hansen, Quality Director, Danisco
David Sheppard, Managing Director, Gleadell Agriculture
Richard Perkins, Senior Commodities Adviser, WWF International and WWF-UK
Prof. Tim Wheeler, Director Of The Plants and Environment Laboratory, Reading University
Christoph Walter, Agricultural Research Manager, Unilever
Richard Heatchote, Sustainable Development Manager, Heineken UK
Eduardo Sampaio, Coffee Producer and Agronomist
Sarah Roberts, Executive Director, Ethical Tea Partnership
Niall Marriott, Development Director, The Helical Group
Eric Olson, Senior Vice President of Advisory Services, BSR
Dr. Brian Wade, Regional Manager, Agrotain International
Keith Jones, Director of Stewardship & Sustainable Agriculture, CropLife International
Euan Murray, General Manager, Carbon Footprinting, The Carbon Trust
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