A Glimpse into the EMEX 2021 Programme

Fernanda Aller

Senior Sustainability Manager

Wealmoor Ltd

Sonya Bhonsle

Global Head of Value Chains & Regional Director Corporations

CDP

Jim Needell

Chief Client Officer

Ipsos MORI

Nicole Fletcher

Sustainable Procurement Lead

NHS England and NHS Improvement

Cat Hay

Head Of Policy FDF Scotland

Food and Drink Federation

Ben Burggraaf

Head of Energy

Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water

David Riley

Head of Carbon Neutrality

Anglian Water

Andrew Tucker

Water Efficiency Manager

Thames Water

Caroline Bragg

Head of Policy

The ADE

Dr Christos Vidalakis

Head of Property Sustainability, Office of Government Property

Cabinet Office

Paul Cook

Carbon Reduction Manager

London Fire Brigade

Rodrigo Matabuena

Energy Capital Projects Manager

Islington Council

For now, here’s a sneak peek at

• Speakers confirmed

• Solutions showcased

Here are just a few of the topics to be addressed at EMEX 2021:

1. Creating your Path to Net Zero

The rush to achieve net zero is not a one-size-fits all race.

Identifying what elements need to be considered while supporting your business in defining its net zero carbon pledge and developing the most suitable implementation strategies is very specific to each organisation.

However, it is increasingly important for our community to stay informed about key learnings and best practices learned on the journey so that money and time investments are maximised.

*** Decarbonising your operations – Scope 1 & 2 carbon emissions

• Lloyds Banking Group’s Journey to Net Zero Carbon Operation

• Inside Smurfit Kappa’s Net Zero Journey

• Mapping Climate Policy, Risk Management & Embracing Sustainable Finance to reach NetZero

How to define a net zero pledge/policy and what are the steps to set targets? How to devise an implementation strategy plan to deliver against your targets? How to engage with key stakeholders and decision makers to unlock finance?

• Tackling scope 1 & 2 carbon emissions in manufacturing sectors

Decarbonising manufacturing requires actions across operations, including new heating technologies and improvements to processes and efficiency.

• Project Green Rhino and the Army’s Preparations in the Race to Net Zero

With over 32,000 personnel, 9 brigades and 89 separate establishments, Green Rhino will be the framework through which the Division can focus its efforts to reach net zero by 2050; it covers behaviours, knowledge and skills, new ways of working, energy conservation, carbon capture, and biodiversity improvement.

*** Decarbonising your supply chain – Scope 3 carbon emissions

Scope 3 emissions, which include those outside of your organisation’s direct operations, represent a significant proportion of an organisation’s carbon footprint.

• Roadmap to Net Zero for the UK’s Food and Drink Sector

• Decarbonising Supply chains: The Next Level of Collective Action

In Food and Drink, the UK’s largest manufacturing sector, over 90% of companies’ carbon emissions come from the supply chains. Targeting this emissions is currently one of the most challenging task that requires an unprecedented level of collective action across supply chains. How to engage with suppliers at each stage of the value chain to drive down emissions beyond their own operations and to deliver the UK’s Net Zero target?

• Tackling Scope 3 emissions in the NHS

New procurement frameworks will soon require businesses to disclose net zero credentials before bidding for major contracts.

• Sustainability & Supply Chain Transparency

Circulor will discuss how they help Polestar, the electric performance car brand, to accelerate the shift to a climate-neutral future. Polestar is on a mission to drive the shift to sustainable mobility. Supply chain transparency is one big step on its journey.

3. Decarbonising the built environment

UK building stock is one of the oldest in the world and as such, it presents unique challenges in making it fit for the net zero future.

Together, building and construction are responsible roughly about 40% of all carbon emissions in the world with operational emissions (from energy used to heat, cool and light buildings) accounting for 28%. The remaining 12% comes from embodied carbon emissions, or upfront carbon that is associated with materials and construction processes throughout the whole building lifecycle.

• Decarbonising Historic and Listed Buildings

With 16,000 churches serving every community, The Church of England will discuss how it is prioritising its efforts, the learnings from an extensive programme of energy audits, and give real world examples of net zero carbon churches.

• Decarbonisation of Historic Higher Education Estates

Max Fordham will talk about the Net Zero Carbon and retrofitting case study at Wolfson College, Oxford, a project where decarbonisation of heating is difficult and the economic argument for investment is simply not there.

• Reducing The King’s Cross Estate Carbon Footprint, from Energy Supply, to Tenant Demand in a Joined up Approach

The Optimised Group will discuss work they have been carrying out on the King’s Cross Estate to implement BMS strategies, analytics & data from continuous Bureau monitoring, and BMS maintenance, to ensure HVAC systems are working at optimal, yet compliant levels, to guarantee the leased tenant space meets comfort criteria.

• Decarbonising Heating and Cooling in University Campuses

What are the steps the university is taking to develop its heat decarbonisation strategy? Also, how digital modelling tools are being used to inform decision making as the campus heat network transitions from fossil fuels to low carbon heating and cooling.

• Delivering a world-leading refurbishment and retrofit project: lessons from the Entopia building

The University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) new visionary headquarters, The Entopia Building, aims to be an international exemplar for sustainable office retrofits, demonstrating how an existing office building can be made highly energy efficient in its redevelopment and use, whilst supporting the enhanced wellbeing of staff and visitors.

• How Lockdown Has Changed Our Understanding in Energy Management for Buildings

Energy Management often emphasises the influence of occupant presence and actions on energy use in buildings. But what happen when these buildings are left vacant over a long period of time?

4. Making the Switch to Electric Vehicles

As businesses across the country seek to set new ways of working, many are re-focusing on their net zero targets and supporting the nation’s green recovery. With transport generating the largest volume of CO2 in the UK, at about 30% of the UK’s CO2 emissions, transitioning to a zero-emission fleet is the obvious place to start.

However, large scale electric vehicles deployment can be a daunting task for many companies looking to make the switch.

• Sharing Practical Learnings from Large Scale EV Deployments

Mitie, National Grid, DPD will provide first-hand advice from their meteoric deployments arming you with key considerations when planning EV charging infrastructure and providing you with practical advice on how to overcome many of the challenges lying ahead.

• Simplifying EV charging for fleets

Mina and Allstar Business Solutions are supporting UK businesses in their transition to full electric or hybrid company vehicles by removing the payment complexities traditionally associated with expense reclaim and on-the-road, at home, and at work EV charging for employers and employees.

5. P375, Battery Storage and Flexible Networks

On 24 February 2021, Energy regulator Ofgem approved BSC Modification P375, a ground-breaking change to the Balancing and Settlement Code (BSC) which allows individual Asset Meters located ‘behind the boundary point’ to be used for Settlement purposes, from 30 June 2022.

P375 trading is a major milestone in achieving net zero targets, by allowing better balancing, a more economic energy system and the best use being made of the greenest energy available. It will also create a new income stream for storage that will be very attractive.

We look forward to connecting with you at EMEX on 24 and 25 November in London where the above-mentioned topics and many others will be addressed, and the latest energy efficient products and services will be showcased.

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