Conference Day 1
Day One
Tuesday December 6, 2022
7:20 am Conference Registration & Networking
8:20 am Welcome From the ESG: Life Sciences Team
8:25 am Chair’s Welcome, Opening Remarks & Connection Before Content
Defining, Implementing & Aligning Your ESG Strategy
8:30 am Keynote Panel: What Does ESG Really Mean for the Life Science Industry?
Synopsis
- To what extent are the current ESG protocols in life sciences organizations fit for purpose?
- How do we define and report what good looks like?
- What can leading ESG change-makers do to transform existing protocols to ensure life science organizations are doing the most to be ESG conscious in 2023 and beyond?
9:10 am Discover: Enhancing Brand Authenticity & Health in an Era of Mandatory ESG Reporting
Synopsis
- Are current product safety, environmental stewardship, and health equity programs maximizing brand health? Are actions taken across the enterprise consistent with the stated corporate purpose, values, and ambitions?
- Can a tightening ESG regulatory environment be a catalyst for enterprise creativity, innovation, and transformation? Does the corporate IT infrastructure provide timely ESG data, analytics, and context-specific insight?
- Are my company’s corporate and ESG strategies aligned? If so, does the current operating model allow for seamless delivery of priority KPI’s?
9:40 am Discover: Broadening the Definition of Corporate Responsibility to Feed Into A Holistic View of ESG
Synopsis
- Building infrastructure to support ESG initiatives, determine ESG owners and integrate stakeholder focused teams
- Efficiently identifying and selecting sustainable vendors to ensure maximal ESG ratings across the ESG value chain
- How Organon are challenging the reliance of ESG profile measurements to give value to intangible assets in corporate responsibility & ESG settings
10:00 am Develop: What Else Can We Learn From ESG Executors on How To Define What ESG Means For the Life Sciences Industry?
Synopsis
Question & Answer Session Facilitated by the Chair
10:20 am Action: How Will You Define & Settle On Your Organization’s Own ESG Strategy With Your Unique Governance Structure & Product Profile?
Synopsis
Output Focused Action Session Facilitated by the Chair
10:40 am Speed Networking Break
Optimizing ESG Standards Assessment & Reporting to Communicate Impactful ESG Agendas
11:30 am Panel Discussion: Navigating the shifting ESG landscape & reporting standards to develop an inaugural ESG report
Synopsis
- Monitoring challenges and understanding expectations to engage a wide variety of stakeholders
- Engaging reporting agencies to understand ESG ratings and prioritize reporting and focus working
groups - Optimizing resources and obtaining internal support to progress ESG efforts
11:50 am Discover: Leveraging ESG Rating Agencies to Launch an ESG Structure & Program To Reflect Your Organization’s Mission While Illuminating Stakeholder Voices
Synopsis
- Assessing your starting position to effectively build out an ESG framework from scratch to ensure correct funnelling of resources
- Engaging correctly with rating agencies to dissect the right information and understand the return of investment of different practices
- How Twist Bioscience settled with their own ESG strategy based on their unique product profile to keep stakeholders happy while staying true to organizational principals
12:10 pm Develop: What Else Can We Learn From Corporate Communications Leaders in How to Assess & Report Your ESG Standards to Stakeholders?
Synopsis
Question & Answer Session Facilitated by the Chair
12:30 pm Action: What Will You Revaluate to Effectively Assess Your Organizations ESG Standards & Frameworks?
Synopsis
Output Focused Action Session Facilitated by the Chair
12:50 pm Lunch & Networking
Improving Health Access To The Communities You Serve
2:10 pm Discover: Pivoting the Definition of Sustainability to Encompass Environmental Initiatives AND Human Health to Spark Long-Term Global Impacts
Synopsis
- Building a patient-centred approach to define what social and environmental sustainability mean to patients to serve organization-specific communities
- Learning about the intersectionality between the environment and human health to develop sustainable solutions to promote global health
- How BMS’ environmental initiatives are contributing to long-term economic viability and human health
2:30 pm Discover: Grasping the Role of Human Resources in Enabling ESG
Synopsis
- Identifying key impact clusters with internal and external stakeholders to shape and drive ESG strategy
- Setting a culture of diversity and inclusion
- Partnering with healthcare systems to innovate access models
2:50 pm Develop: How Can We Effectively Create Access Frameworks to Make Health More Accessible For All?
Synopsis
Question & Answer Session Facilitated by the Chair
3:10 pm Action: What Will You Do Differently In Your Organization to Improve Health Access to the Communities You Serve?
Synopsis
Output Focused Action Session Facilitated by the Chair