Routes to Greater Sustainability Industry Day Agenda
Thursday 16 February, 11.00am – 5.00pm, Furniture Makers’ Hall, London
11.00am - Welcome – Tony Attard OBE DL, Master of The Furniture Makers’ Company
11.10am - Anticipated forthcoming legislation. The role of the British Furniture Confederation. Speakers: Jonathan Hindle, chairman, BFC Legislation update and Jessica Alexander, executive director of the National Bed Federation / BFC
11.30am - Coffee and networking
12.00pm - Furniture Industry Sustainability Programme (FISP) – an industry specific standard. Speaker: John Hubbard, technical consultant, FIRA International
12.15pm - Measuring your organisation’s carbon footprint - Nichola Pichel-Juan, sustainability manager at SATRA Technology
12.30pm - Capital investment in renewables. Speaker: Rollie Attard, CEO of Panaz
12.45pm - Lunch and networking
1.45pm - Packaging and sustainability, alternative solutions – John Hubbard, technical consultant, FIRA International
2.00pm - A circular approach. Speaker: Adnan Zeb-Khan, manager at Carpet Recycling UK
2.15pm - A circular approach. Speaker: Angela Moran, product strategy director at Silentnight
2.30pm - Biomaterials and circularity. Speaker: Richard Naylor, group sustainable development director at Hypnos Beds
2.45pm - Networking
3.15pm - Reuse and extending useful life. Speaker: Fiona Edwards, head of sustainability at JPA Workspaces
3.30pm - Design classics – maximising lifecycle through design. Speaker: Chris Black, managing director of Sound Leisure
3.45pm - Networking
5.00pm - Close
Guests are welcome to stay for a mixer event that will start at 5.30pm. Complimentary drinks and nibbles will be served.