Climate Change: Business Risk and Reward

Climate Change: Business Risk and Reward

Climate Change: Business Risk and Reward Conference @ The Mac, Belfast - 7th March 2013 Delegate Guide ©Blakeway Worldwide Panoramas www.climatenorthernireland.org.uk 2 Foreword Dear Delegate, Welcome to Climate Northern Ireland’s first Climate Week Conference 2013 — Climate Change: Business Risk and Reward, held with support from Business in the Community NI. Global and local climate is changing, and will have significant consequences for our economy. Smaller businesses are particularly important to the Northern Ireland economy as well as their local communities and it is crucial to ensure that these are resilient in a changing world. Recent extreme weather events in Northern Ireland, such as the ‘Big Freeze’ in December 2010 and the major October 2011 and June 2012 floods, have disrupted a wide range of businesses and their operations; impacting on staff, premises and disruption to suppliers, distributors and customers. Climate Northern Ireland is a partnership which brings together members from a range of key sectors to share best practice and promote positive adaptation action to address the impacts of a changing climate within the region. We aim to help the local business sector understand the key impacts of climate change, identify the key opportunities and explore the benefits of integrating climate change adaptation into organisational strategy. Climate change adaptation is best approached through a series of interlinked stages that build upon each other: identify the risks to business; recognise important stakeholders, and ascertain the actions required to incorporate risks in business planning to promote business continuity. In addition to the conference resource booklet, Climate Northern Ireland have developed information notes for Small and Medium sized Enterprises (SME) covering common issues arising for businesses facing climate-related risks, including questions to ask yourself and where to go for more information. The SME Info Sheets are available from: www.climatenorthernireland.org.uk/publications Northern Ireland is at a crucial stage in developing a regional Climate Change Adaptation Programme, in which the first Northern Ireland Climate Change Risk Assessment (CCRA) published in January 2012 will play a key part. The NI Adaptation Programme will identify priorities for action and appropriate adaptation measures within timescales that will be required to minimise risks to our economy, environment and society. By bringing representatives together from the business and public sectors, we hope that the Climate Northern Ireland business conference will facilitate the dialogue to develop the Adaptation Programme with a stakeholder input. We hope that you will find the conference programme and accompanying resource booklet both stimulating and informative, and that we will have the opportunity to welcome you back to future events of Climate Northern Ireland. Climate Northern Ireland www.climatenorthernireland.org.uk 2 3 Contents Page General Information 3 Agenda 4 Attendance List 5 Speaker Information 8 Notes 10 General Information If you require any assistance during the conference, please do not hesitate to contact a member of staff at the registration desk, which will be staffed for the duration of the event. Refreshments will be served at numerous times during the event, including Lunch at 12.40pm. See the agenda on pg4 for the full schedule. Speaker Presentations These will be made available to download from; www.climatenorthernireland.org.uk/resources; see ‘Presentations/Talks.’ Social Media Check out our brand new website, updated daily; www.climatenorthernireland.org.uk Follow us on twitter @ClimateNI Like our page on facebook; www.facebook.com/climatenorthernireland Mobile Phones As a courtesy to all involved with or in attendance at today’s event, please switch your mobile phones off for the duration of the conference. Questions or queries? Email Us; patrice@climatenorthernireland.org.uk www.climatenorthernireland.org.uk 3 4 Thursday 7th March 2013 Upstairs at The Mac, St. Annes Square, Belfast Agenda (Subject to change) Climate Change: Business Risk and Reward 08:30 Registration and Refreshments 09:00 Welcome – Sue Christie, Climate Northern Ireland 09:10 Climate Change in Northern Ireland – Alex Hill, Met Office 09:25 KEYNOTE: Risks and Rewards for Business— Paul Taylor, Camira Fabrics Ltd 09:55 Building for the Future – Liam McEvoy, Henry Brothers Ltd 10.15 BREAK 10:45 Need to address Climate Change– Alex Attwood, Minister of the Environment 11:00 Addressing Climate Change: Private and Public Sectors 11:00 Adaptation in Public Infrastructure - David Gavaghan, Titanic Quarter Ltd 11:10 Adapting Processes to Reduce our Carbon Footprint —Seamus McGovern, Greiner Packaging 11:20 Public Sector Adaption and Mitigation Policy for the Built Environment—Billy Black, DFP CPD 11:30 Clandeboye Estate: Climate Change Adaptation—John Witchell, Clandeboye Estate Yoghurt 11:40 PANEL SESSION: Q & A for all speakers 12:30 Closing Remarks 12:40 Lunch and networking in The Crush Bar www.climatenorthernireland.org.uk 4 5 Attendance List Name Organisation Email Aaron Cummings Queen’s University Belfast Alan Maitland OFMDFM alan.maitland@ofmdfmni.gov.uk Alex Attwood Minister of the Environment Alex Hill Met Office alex.hill@metoffice.gov.uk Alastair Fenn Lough Neagh Partnership alastairfenn@gmail.com Andrew Bratton Causeway Coast and Glens Heritage Trust andrew@ccght.org Andrew McDowell The National Trust andrew.mcdowell@nationaltrust.org.uk Andy Bate T ranslink andy.bate@translink.co.uk Anna-Marie McAlinden Tughans Solicitors Barbara Porter Public Health Agency Barbara.Porter@hscni.net Barbara Boardman The Conservation Volunteers B.Boardman@tcv.org.uk Billy Black DFP - Central Procurement Directorate Breanainn Mullan Translink Breanainn.Mullan@Translink.co.uk Brendan Forde Department of the Environment brendan.forde@doeni.gov.uk Bryan Gray Manufacturing Northern Ireland bryangray@manufacturingni.org Bryan Snoddy Northern Ireland Ambulance Service elizabeth.reid@nias.hscni.net Carole O'Kane Causeway Coast & Glens Heritage Trust carole@ccght.org Caroline Nolan Strangford lough and Lecale Partnership caroline.nolan@strangfordlough.org Catherine Savage NI Housing Executive catherine.savage@nihe.gov.uk Cheryl Rainey Big Lottery Fund cheryl.rainey@biglotteryfund.org.uk Clare Stelfox BT Ireland Clare McKeown Belfast City Council mckeowncj@belfastcity.gov.uk Clive Robinson Dept. for Regional Development - Roads Service Clive.robinson@drdni.gov.uk Colin Shiels Pritchitts - A lakeland dairy company cshiels@pritchitts.com Damian Horisk Belfast Health & Social Care Thrust damian.horisk@belfasttrust.hscni.net David Cartmill Belfast City Council David Browne F&EM cartmilld@belfastcity.gov.uk David Gavaghan Titanic Quarter Ltd David.gavaghan@titanicquarter.com Diane Moore Arup diane.moore@arup.com Ian Leitch Omagh District Council ian.leitch@omagh.gov.uk Ed Wright ARENA Network/Business in the Community edward.wright@bitcni.org.uk www.climatenorthernireland.org.uk 5 6 Eddie Kerr South Eastern HSC Trust Edna Rodriguez Queen's University Belfast, Gibson Institute edna.aor@gmail.com Fidelma Maher NIEA Frank Foster Linden Foods frankf@lindenfoods.com Frank McDonald Zurich Insurance PLC frank.mcdonald@uk.zurich.com Gareth McKibbin Dept. for Regional Development - Roads Service Gareth.mckibbin@drdni.gov.uk Shauna McAuley CIEH NI s.mcauley@cieh.org Gary Sims Fathom Energy & Environment Ltd gary.sims@fathom-ee.com Geoff Nuttall WWF Northern Ireland gnuttall@wwf.org.uk George Dorrian FSB george.dorrian@fsb.org.uk Gerald Kelly DCAL - Strategic Learning Coordinator gerry.kelly@librariesni.org.uk Irene McGovern Larne Borough Council mcgoverni@larne.gov.uk Iris Cody Baglady Productions iris@bagladyproductions.org Isabel Hood Strangford Lough and Lecale Partnership environment@yachtglance.com Jennifer Fulton Ulster Wildlife Trust maeve.bogie@ulsterwildlifetrust.org Jim Kitchen University of Ulster j.kitchen@ulster.ac.uk Joanne McKenna Red cross jmckenna@redcross.org.uk John Coney Western Education & Library Board john.coney@welbni.org John Farrell Newry and Mourne District Council john.farrell@newryandmourne.gov.uk John McMullan Bryson House jmcmullan@brysongroup.org John Whitchell Clandeboye Estate Yoghurt john@bhestate.co.uk John Wright Critical Mass Belfast Jonathan Hegan Irish Academy of Engineering Judith Annett Northern Ireland Biodiversity Group co.co@btconnect.com Keery Irvine NI Housing Executive keery.irvine@nihe.gov.uk Kevin McShane Count Us In Ltd mcshanek@btinternet.com Kevin Napier Belfast International Airport kevin.napier@bfs.aero Laura Duggan George Best Belfast City Airport Liam McEvoy Henry Brothers Ltd Liam.mcevoy@henrybrothers-belfast.co.uk Mael Wilford Linden Foods maelw@lindenfoods.com Malachy Campbell- WWF Northern ireland mcampbell@wwf.org.uk Maria Duggan Soroptimist International maria@soroptimists.info Martin Daly Derry City Council martin.daly@derrycity.gov.uk www.climatenorthernireland.org.uk 6 7 Martyn Scott Department of Finance and Personnel Megan Noble Arup megan.noble@arup.com Michael McCallion Department of the Environment michael.mccallion@doeni.gov.uk Neil McVeigh Department of Education neil.mcveigh@deni.gov.uk Nigel McGarry IKEA Belfast nigel.mcgarry@ikea.com Nigel McMahon Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety nigel.mcmahon@dhsspsni.gov.uk Nikki Maguire Causeway Coast and Glens Heritage Trust nikki@ccght.org Olive Matthews Department of Employment and Learning olive.matthews@ delni.gov.uk

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