Conference Day One - Thursday, 8 September

Go to day two Go to in-depth learning sessions

08:00

Registration and welcome coffee

08:50

Opening remarks from the Chair

Sharon Morris
General Manager – Australia & New Zealand
CIPS Australia and New Zealand

The future of ESG in Procurement

9:00

Understanding the critical drivers needed to incorporate ESG into your organisation's procurement strategy successfully

Determining what you want from your ESG initiatives and the road to take you there
Best practice strategies for implementing top-down supplier evaluations to identify areas of risks and improvements
Using industry data to build upon existing successful ESG practices

Chris Sullivan
Global Chief Supply Officer
Ramsay Health Care

9:30

Overhauling existing procurement strategies and frameworks to incorporate ESG into your daily decision making

Undertaking a baseline analysis to determine how successful your organisation's existing ESG policies and frameworks are and where your key areas of improvement are located
Identifying and activating the benefits of improved ESG within your organisation
Highlighting how Procurement can support the delivery of an organisations ESG requirements

James Parrott
Procurement Manager
Christchurch International Airport

10:00

Third-party ESG assessments: Driving impact at scale while leveraging your limited internal resources

Common challenges faced when assessing supply chain sustainability
How third party assessments can alleviate some of the time and resource burden from procurement
Using third party assessments to keep up with evolving due-diligence requirements

Speaker TBC

10:20

Morning tea and networking

Human Rights and ethical procurement

11:00

Understanding how procurement can reduce the risk of human trafficking along the supply chain

Outlining the risk factors faced by Australian organisations when it comes to human exploitation
Defining some of the critical step’s procurement can take to address the risks of modern slavery impacting their public image
Driving improvements in Australian organisations' compliance with the Modern Slavery Act 2018 and highlighting what is being done overseas that we can implement

Alison Rahill
Executive Officer – Anti-Slavery Taskforce
Australian Catholic Anti-Slavery Network

11:30

Combating modern slavery risks in business supply chains

What is the Modern Slavery Act and why does Australia have one?
Incorporating modern slavery risk mitigation into business and government practice
Current reporting trends – Good practice and areas for improvement

Todd Kliendienst
Director, Government and Business Engagement Section, Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking Branch
Australian Border Force

12:00

Lunch and networking

Procurement and the trek to carbon zero

13:00

Panel discussion: Building a successful roadmap to achieving net zero carbon emissions

How can the procurement and sustainability teams work together to ensure they are in unison with their aims
How can procurement better identify problem suppliers and address providers and partners who are not taking reduction seriously
How can companies position themselves to mitigate the risk of serious scandals and bad publicity
How do Scope 1 and 3 carbon reduction targets impact on the developing of sustainability plans for your organisation

Moderator:

Sharon Morris
General Manager – Australia & New Zealand
CIPS Australia and New Zealand

Panellists:

Parag Shinde
National Manager – ESG – Property
Australian Unity Wealth

Sujata Karandikar
Associate Director - Supplier Diversity and Sustainability
CBRE Asia Pacific

Daniel Rojas Sanchez
Senior Sustainability Consultant
Edge Environment

13:50

Measuring and enforcing real carbon reduction targets across your supply chain

Avoiding meaningless carbon certifications and schemes; working with up and downstream suppliers to demonstrate meaningful impact on emissions
Working with ‘hard to abate’ manufacturers to decarbonise their products and processes
Encouraging suppliers to consider carbon sequestration with ‘carbon negative’ raw materials

Mark McKenna
Global Sustainability Client Solutions Director
Arcadis

14:20

Discussing emerging procurement risks and opportunities when it comes to supporting sustainable business practices

Using your buying power to bring about change and support reduced carbon emissions in your supply chain
Looking at strategies you can impose on businesses you don’t control to reduce their carbon emissions
Learning how others have worked with their suppliers and wholesalers to reduce their scope 3 emissions

Hudson Worsley
Co-founder
Presync

15:20

Afternoon Tea and Networking

Using procurement for social good

15:50

Highlighting the importance of balancing profit with purpose

Futureproofing your organisation's competitive edge using ESG
Leveraging the power of procurement to support vulnerable communities and balance both profit and purpose in a way to enhance your social impact
Including purpose as a key driver in your future growth strategies

Madeleine Taylor
Head of Strategic Client Management (Procurement)
JLL

16:20

Panel Discussion: Developing a purpose-led procurement strategy to support local business and the community

What does it mean to use a purpose-led procurement strategy
How much is the 'driving profit through purpose' mantra becoming a day-to-day focus for decision-makers
What are some of the key challenges organisations face when developing a purpose-led procurement strategy
How can we build resilient and agile practices that focus on product sourcing, manufacturing, and delivery

Moderator:

Ro Coroneos
Head of Responsible Sourcing
Lendlease