Conference Day One | Thursday October 10, 2024
8:00 am Registration
8:50 am Program Director’s Welcome
8:55 am Chair’s Opening Remarks
How to Justify the ROI of ESG & Communicate Its Value For the Business
9:05 am Fireside Chat: Building a Leading Culture of Sustainability in Pharmaceutical Organizations & Advanced Digital Transformation in ESG
Synopsis
- How to build a culture of sustainability in pharmaceutical organizations (not a program but a culture)
- Digital transformation in ESG: discussing leading use cases of AI and ML in ESG in life sciences organization in 2024
- How to justify the ROI of ESG and communicate its value for the business, for example, to the CFO
9:45 am Presentation: Leveraging My Green Lab’s Programs to Generate Sustainable ROI
10:15 am Panel Discussion: Driving Change: ESG Implementation Across Global Supply Networks
10:45 am Speed Networking & Refreshment Break
TRACK 1
Environmental Sustainability
Environmental Sustainability
Enhancing Supplier Engagement & Advancing Scope 3 Data Collection
11:45 am Panel Discussion: Enhancing Industry-wide Collaboration Along the Value Chain to Drive the Life Sciences Industry towards Net Zero in 2025
Synopsis
- Developing partnerships and collaborations across the life sciences ecosystem to reduce our Scope 3 emissions
- How to tackle the need for harmonization of supplier expectations and KPIs
- Evolution of minimum expectations and premium sustainability value
- Working with hospitals to reach end goals. What are their expectations? Who is responsible in the patient care pathway?
- How can we work with suppliers to move products from cradle to cradle instead of cradle to grave?
12:25 pm Session Brought to you by Sustainability Roundtable: Democratizing Utility-Scale Clean Energy
Synopsis
- The VPPA 2.0 is an optimization of both process and transaction structure to enable aggregated procurement of utility scale renewable energy.
- Aggregated procurement brings the financial and environmental benefits of utility scale renewables to the 99% of companies that are not the world's largest energy users.
- An auditable reverse auction-based procurement process is game-changing.
12:35 pm Presentation: Navigating the Complexities of Scope 3 Emissions in Biotech Organizations
Synopsis
- What is the most effective way to collect this data that is less labor intensive for our facilities managers
- Defining how to measure the aspects of Scope 3 to meet compliance
- Uncover how Repligen are effectively mapping their Scope 3 emissions and the tools required to do this
1:05 pm Lunch
TRACK 2
ESG Strategy
ESG Strategy
Refining an Overarching ESG Business Strategy
11:45 am Panel Discussion: Getting Buy-in & Getting Ahead of ESG in 2025 to Future-Proof Your Life Sciences Business
Synopsis
- Best practices to get continued buy in to your ESG strategy
- What does an industry-leading ESG strategy look like in a life sciences organization in 2024?
- How are you communicating ESG insights to key stakeholders?
- What are the key ESG trends and considerations on the horizon to be aware of?
12:25 pm Presentation: Regulation to Innovation: Translating Compliance into ESG Strategy
Synopsis
- Taking preparation for CSRD and double material to the next step
- How can compliance be translated into overall ESG strategy
- Uncover how Regeneron is advancing their global ESG agenda while ensuring they have regulatory readiness
12:55 pm Innovation: ESG Storytelling 2.0
Synopsis
Comprehensive ESG practices and reporting are here to stay. But as “ESG” and “DEI” are increasingly under fire, how can companies best shine a light on their commitment to sustainability and positive impact? We’ll examine a few trends and talk about new ideas to creatively share a company’s story.
1:05 pm Lunch
Advancing Sustainable Operations & Supply Chains to Reach Net Zero
2:05 pm Presentation: Designing & Implementing Supplier Sustainability Engagement Programs in Pharmaceutical Supply Chains
Synopsis
- Effectively balancing the practicalities of running a large supply chain while pushing forward with an ambitious sustainability agenda
- Curating a prioritization flow to align expectations, directional context and narrative for employees and suppliers
- How BMS is effectively operationalizing their commitment in the sustainability space including embedding processes in procurement and the data around this
2:35 pm Presentation: The Progress Cycle: Building a Feedback Loop to Advance Net Zero and Decarbonization Initiatives on Life Science Projects
Synopsis
- Phase 1: Identifying industry challenges and the methods for overcoming them
- Phase 2: Implementing these methods on an active project
- Phase 3: Collecting data during operations as lessons learned
Mitigating Climate, Nature & Organizational Risk
2:05 pm Presentation: Developing a Global Nature Strategy Including Biodiversity
Synopsis
- Discussing your next generation of goals and tackling the next level of climate risk assessment in accordance to TNFD
- The intersection between nature and human health strategy
- Developing a biodiversity strategy including biodiversity footprint within both direct operations and the value chain
2:35 pm Presentation: Supplier Engagement & Tackling Scope 3 in Life Sciences Organizations
Synopsis
- Setting internal and external expectations and the importance of collaboration within the value chain
- What are some of the best practices and learnings?
- Merck’s journey in developing and implementing a robust supplier engagement program
3:05 pm Networking & Refreshment Break
Enhancing Employee Engagement In Your Sustainability Mission
3:35 pm Presentation: How the Pharma Industry can build a sustainable future encompassing Nature
Synopsis
- The pharma industry is highly vulnerable to nature-related risks and climate-based disruptions as it relies on natural ecosystems.
- To deliver on its mission to improve quality of life, it must prioritize practices that build resilience and adapt to the changing landscape, using frameworks like SBTN and TNFD.
- Learn how nature-based approaches can enhance sustainability and strengthen climate initiatives.
4:05 pm Roundtable Workshop: How to Enhance Employee Engagement in Your Sustainability Mission
Synopsis
Join this interactive discussion session moderated by an expert to uncover lessons learned, best practices and seek inspiration amongst peers at your table.
4:35 pm Presentation: Accelerating Global Impact By Employees Powering the ESG Innovation Engine
Synopsis
- Harness employees across local markets to power ESG innovation that’s linked to the corporate strategy
- Uncover on-the-ground opportunities specific to ESG in the tenders process, maximize innovative partnerships, and link talent strategies to growth
- Hear detailed insights from local markets where adaptability and ground-level operations have been critical for ESG success