Welcome to the Energy & Environment Alliance Summit ESG 2.0

Tuesday, 28 March 2023
Hosted by: Al-karim Nathoo at the new Westin Hotel,
Upper Thames Street, London

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Conference Programme

Time Session Title Speakers
8.15 Doors open: Coffee and refreshments
8.40 Welcome Ufi Ibrahim, CEO, EEA
8:45 ESG 2.0 Dr Marc Lepere, Co-Founder & Chief Science Officer, ESGgen Ltd
& Lead in ESG & Sustainability, Executive Education, King’s Business School
8:55 ESG, HOTELS AND THE FUTURE OF PLANNING LAWS Bryan Oknyansky, AIA, Senior Designer, StudioMoren
Aled Thomas, Climate Action – City Workstream Manager, City of London Corporation
9:20 KEY GLOBAL ECONOMIC TRENDS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR HOSPITALITY INVESTMENT James Pomeroy, Global Economist, HSBC
9:40 CAPITAL FUNDS IN TRANSITION Laura Ulrich, Senior Associate, Investments, Renewable Power & Transition, Brookfield Asset Management
Ed Birkin, Founder and CEO Ignite Economics
10:05 EVOLUTION OF THE GLOBAL SUSTAINABILITY ACCOUNTING STANDARDS Janine Guillot, CEO, SASB and Board Member, IFRS
10.40 NATURAL CAPITAL, BIODIVERSITY & FOOD: CONSEQUENCES FOR HOSPITAITY Sue Pritchard, CEO, Food Farming & Countryside Commission
11:00 COFFEE & REFRESHMENTS
11:20 REGULATORY HORIZON FOR HOTELS & APART HOTELS Ben Chivers, Partner, Technology & Commercial Transactions, Travers Smith
11:30 POLITICAL DRIVERS AND AMBITIONS Lord Robin Teverson, Environment Spokesperson, House of Lords
11:50 ESG: MEASURING THE SOCIAL IMPACT OF HOTELS Alice Strevens, Associate Director Human Rights and Social Impact, Mazars
& Chair, EEA Social Impact Committee
12:00 HOSPITALITY ESG INVESTMENT Dr Sabine Schaffer, C-Founder & CEO Europe, ProInvest Group
Catherine Dolton, Chief Sustainability Officer, IHG
Caroline Tiveus, Senior Vice President, Director of Sustainable Business, Pandox
Alicia Goya, ESG Manager,  AccorInvest
Chris Penny, SVP in the EU Hotel Asset Management team at Starwood Capital Group
Moderator: Rekha Toora, Senior Vice President – EMEA Capital Markets at JLL’s Hotels
& Hospitality Group & Chair, EEA Capital Markets Committee JLL
12:40 LUNCH AND NETWORKING
13:15 ESG & THE FUTURE OF HOTEL MANAGEMENT AGREEMENTS Chris Evans, Partner, Hamilton Pyramid Europe
David Kellett, Managing Director, Head of Alternative Investments, Europe, Invesco
Asli Kutlucan, Chief Development Officer, Cycas Hospitality
Hadrian Beltrametti Walker, EVP & General Counsel, Kempinski Hotels S.A
Moderator: Karen Friebe, Head of International Hotels & Hospitality, Bird & Bird LLP
13:50 SPECIAL ADDRESS: DATA, SCIENCE & TECHNICAL STANDARDS FOR HOTELS Gillian Charlesworth, CEO, BRE
14:15 ENERGY MARKETS: A EUROPEAN VIEW David Ford, Director, Client Relations, Businesswise Solutions
14:00 SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: EVC GRANT WINNER Presented by Paul George, Commercial Manager, EV & Infrastructure, DRAX
14:35 HOTELS AND CIRCULARITY Nico Schouten, Built Environment Team Lead, Metabolic
15:00 COFFEE AND REFRESHMENT
15:20 HOTELS & ESG IN PRACTICE Soraiya Salemohamed, Sustainable Property Development & Operations, 4C Group
Adam Dawson, Sustainability Manager, La Salle
Tim Wheeldon, Managing Director, Zeal Hotels & Zeal Projects
Moderator: Asif Din, Sustainability Director, Perkins & Will
16:00 GREEN CONSTRUCTION OF HOTELS Luke Baines, Partner, Addleshaw Goddard
Josh Gibbons, Construction Managing Associate, Addleshaw Goddard
16:10 LOOKING AHEAD Tiffany Kelly, Founder, Beyond Bamboo
Global Youth Award Winners
16:40 NEXT STEPS Dr Marc Lepere, Co-Founder & Chief Science Officer, ESGgen Ltd
& Lead in ESG & Sustainability, Executive Education, King’s Business School
17:00 Close

*Please note that Mr Shravan Joshi MBE, Chairman, Planning & Transportation Committee, City of London will now be substituted by Aled Thomas, Climate Action – City Workstream Manager, City of London Corporation

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