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This conference has now taken place.
See the full list of upcoming IGD conferences & events for the grocery industry here. |
The sustainability issue is front of mind for every business leader and all organisations are either responding or developing strategies to respond on the issue. DEFRA’s Food Industry Sustainability Strategy has tasked the industry to deliver greater collaboration across transportation and distribution to mitigate its impact on the environment and to reduce food miles.
But how do businesses manage the need for greater efficiency, better service and manage its impact on the environment?
IGD’s Sustainable Distribution 2008 event is designed to cut through the talk and identify the practical steps through which the industry can get started. This event will explore a plethora of developments taking place in the industry from fuel technologies, vehicle design, intermodal, transport optimisation, consolidation, warehouse design, sharing of assets and how companies can assess/limit the impact on carbon emissions. You will also learn practical approaches to get started whilst taking a view to the future and likely considerations for all businesses.
This is more than just an event – it’s an important opportunity hear the work from ECR UK (Efficient Consumer Response) that has pulled together the distribution directors of the major retailers and FMCG suppliers to develop sustainable distribution practices. It is inevitable that greater collaboration will become a pre-requisite for the industry to meet the sustainability challenge head on.
Why not join the debate and take up the challenge of developing a sustainable supply chain of the future!
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Understand Sustainability as a strategic focus for the coming year |
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Learn why sustainability is at the top of the CEO's agenda and how it is driving businesses to respond.
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Understand the priority that leading companies are placing on sustainable distribution |
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How are leading retailers and suppliers getting on the front foot of this high profile issue, what does it mean for their suppliers and the wider industry?
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Benefit from an event focused on what businesses can do get started |
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With a plethora of opportunities identified on the day, you will be hard pushed not to walk away with a number of good ideas that can shape the thinking for your business.
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Gain real practical insights through the optional tour of retailer distribution sites |
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IGD has lined up tours of the state of art distribution sites from Asda, Sainsbury’s and Tesco for a maximum of 40 delegates the day before the event. More...
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Network with key distribution and environmental executives |
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Senior figures from across the industry will be expected at the event and will provide a great opportunity to share learnings and identify opportunities. |
See a list of attending companies here.
| Sustainable Distribution 2008 Programme: |
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| Registration and refreshments | |
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| Chairman’s Introduction |
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David Gordon
Director of Industry Initiatives
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Keynote Presentation:
Rising to the Sustainability Challenge
As a member of IGD’s Policy Issues Council, Charles is helping the industry to improve sustainable distribution practices. He will provide a CEO perspective contrasting the challenge set by government with the way in which the industry is responding and discuss how the industry can rise to the challenge to create an even bigger impact for 2008.
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Charles Wilson
Chief Executive
Booker | | |
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| Creating a Sustainable Supply Chain
Tarun will consider some of the big sustainability issues affecting the grocery sector, and reveal the findings from IGD's latest research on Sustainable Supply Chains. He will explore the relationship between stock, service and the environment and the practicality of kick starting sustainability initiatives.
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Tarun Patel
Head of Supply Chain and ECR
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| Tesco’s Sustainable Distribution Strategy
Alex will take us through Tesco’s ambitious strategy to develop its own source of biofuel and its community strategy to limit the social impacts of transportation. He will outline the contribution of distribution to its carbon reduction programme, rail freight, and reveal its International rollout plan.
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Alex Laffey
Transport Director
Tesco | | |
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| Collaborating to tackle Sustainable Distribution
ECR UK has been working for greater collaboration and innovation in the way goods are distributed. Gavin will outline the progress of ECR one year on and demonstrate what is being delivered on the ground whilst Ian will evaluate the role of consolidation to help reduce stock and improve service and where the industry could go in taking this to develop an environmentally conscious supply chain.
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Gavin Chappell
Executive Supply Chain Director
Alliance Boots
Ian Hill
Director of Logistics
Nestlé | | |
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| Taking a Wal-Mart View of Sustainable Distribution
Wal-Mart has been at the forefront of driving sustainability initiatives. Simon will share Asda's plans and also outline how Wal-Mart is driving improvement in the US and Canada to create a global framework for sustainable development.
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Simon Pearson
Head of Distribution
Asda | | |
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| Sustaining sustainability in a economic environment
P&G has been at the forefront of effective distribution practices and Andy will explore how he has been leading the sustainability agenda through practical activities to reduce miles and improve vehicle utilisation and share his thoughts on what is required to make a step change for the future.
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Andy Morris
Physical Distribution Leader
Procter & Gamble | | |
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| How Unilever is managing the scale of the challenge
Unilever has been at the forefront of sustainable developments and Chris will take through how he has been applying ECR principles to drive miles off the road and outline developments across its principal European markets to manage its carbon emissions through a variety of innovative solutions.
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Chris Broadbent
Distribution Director
Unilever | | |
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| How far can we take innovation?
As one of the world's leading providers of logistics space Gazeley has set a target that all of its developments will be carbon positive. Looking across the international landscape Jonathan will draw out the future impacts of legislation and deliver a vision on how the food industry can get to grips with energy efficiency, work environment, carbon reduction, renewable energy usage and water usage whilst working within the confines of business economics.
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Jonathan Fenton Jones
Global Procurement & Sustainability Director
Gazeley | | |
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| Future Proofing your supply chain
As two of the world's leading logistics service providers, Wincanton and DHL Exel Supply Chain are well placed to present their thoughts on the future of developing a sustainable distribution chain. Chris and John will provide individual perspectives on how organisations can future proof their chains by contrasting food with other sectors and highlighting what potential innovations are coming around the corner and a vision of future relationships.
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Chris Kingshott
Business Unit Director
Wincanton
John Franey
Strategy Director (Food Retail)
DHL Exel Supply Chain | | |
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| Delivering now for the future
Sainsbury's is a business in growth and has invested in developing a distribution infrastructure to meet its future needs whilst delivering against the CSR agenda. Darren will take you through their transport optimisation project, share examples of intermodal activities and take you through their warehouse of the future - their Eco distribution facility.
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Darren Jones
Head of Transport Development
Sainsbury's | | |
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Panel Discussion |
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Chairman’s Summary |
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Drinks reception |
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Close |
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| Optional Retail Distribution Tours, 17 June 2008: |
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£200 IGD members
£300 non-members |
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As a new innovation, IGD is pleased to offer exclusively to Sustainable Distribution 2008 conference delegates a tour of the distribution sites of three leading retailers.
Held the day before the event, this is an exclusive opportunity to walk the shop floor and have an inside look at what is happening behind the scenes in the retailer hosted sessions. This is your chance to understand the inner workings of these retail distribution sites whilst networking with other delegates over the tour finishing with a dinner and drinks. The three distribution sites are: |
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SAINSBURY'S ECO WAREHOUSE, Northampton
Sainsbury's new 500,000 sq.ft. carbon positive distribution site uses photovoltaic panels, solar walls, rain water collection and on-site recycling to deliver the future now |
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TESCO RAILFREIGHT DEPOT, Daventry
Tesco's 700,000 sq ft dedicated rail freight centre handling over 70 million units of clothing. |
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ASDA SERVICE & RETURNS CENTRE, Lutterworth
Asda's regional reverse logistics site for the Midlands & national returns centre handling all of Asda's non-food returns |
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Click here for further information |
Participants will receive a complimentary profile on the retailer distribution sites from IGD’s Supply Chain Analysis at the beginning of the day which provides all the facts and figures you need.
The Retailer Distribution Tours are optional and priced at £200 (IGD members) and £300 (non-members). Places are limited to the first 40 delegates and are allocated on a first come first served basis.
To register your interest and receive further details, contact us at conferences@igd.com
Please Note: The tour is exclusively for delegates of Sustainable Distribution 2008 conference however retailers and press are excluded from attending. IGD reserves the right to alter any element of the programme, such as speakers, times and venue, should the need arise.
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- Distribution and Transport Managers seeking ways to cut costs and understand the impacts of sustainability on distribution
- Logistics and Supply Chain Operations Executives seeking a strategic view on the sustainability agenda
- Commercial Project Managers seeking to understand the state of play and what the challenge and opportunities are going to be
- Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Specialists wanting to learn from others’ experiences and gain a supply chain view
- Third Party Logistics and Information Technology companies wanting to network and understand the client agenda and the ways they can add value
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- "Overall a really good conference with a balanced mix of speakers and views on the subject."
- "I welcomed the opportunity to be able to attend this event as the info and contacts made have been hugely beneficial to enable me to take forward two major workstreams that could benefit retail and the logistics sectors..."
- "My first conference - enjoyable and informative."
- "Provoked further thoughts in other areas - eg household waste and future effect on promotion multi-buys. Also useful to see what has actually been done in transport collaboration."
Gallery Seminar Suites 1, 2 & 3
The NEC
Birmingham
B40 1NT
UK
Click here for a venue map |
Cancellation Fees:
Cancellations and name changes to be confirmed in writing
| Less than 28 days notice |
- 10% cancellation fee |
| Less than 14 days notice |
- 50% cancellation fee |
| Less than 7 days notice |
- no refund/transfers | |
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£575 |
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Additional price Information: To find out more about the Retail Distribution Tours, please email conferences@igd.com. Prices displayed exclude VAT at 17.5%. Fee includes briefing papers (subject to availability) refreshments & lunch. This session is promoted by IGD as agent for IGD Services Ltd. Cheques need to be made payable to 'IGD Services Ltd.' Please note that payment should be made before the date of the event (or within the usual 28 day invoice terms if earlier). IGD reserves the right to alter any element of the programme, such as speakers, times and venue, should the need arise. |
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