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How business can tackle modern slavery and forced labour – 2-3 April – London How business can tackle modern slavery, forced labor and human trafficking – 30 April – 1 May – New York The Future of Food, USA – 22-23 May 2019 – Chicago Trust, traceability and transparency: how business can engage consumers, sustainably manage food systems and build supply chain resilience Trust, traceability and transparency: how business can engage consumers, sustainably manage food systems and build supply chain resilience The Positive Impact Conference: How business can work with investors and key stakeholders to demonstrate and measure purpose, values and value – 18th-19th June 2019, London, UK Are biofuels sustainable? How biofuels will fit into the energy mix by 2030 and beyond, Brussels, Belgium – 25th June 2019 How business can tackle plastic pollution: The partnerships, innovations and technologies to reduce your plastic footprint and deliver on targets – October 2019 – Amsterdam Sustainable Landscapes Conference: Land, Forests, Farmers, Livelihoods: How Business can transform commodity supply chains, drive resilience and empower communities – 20th-21st November 2019, London Find out more at www.innovationforum.co.uk (if you can’t find all the information you want, sign up for updates on the homepage with your email and we’ll let you know about them when we can)

Innovation Forum’s ‘Positive Impact Forum‘ will take place in London on 18th-19th June. This two-day business conference will explore practical examples of companies demonstrating both purpose and positive impact across key areas of social and environmental performance. The tools available to measure and manage the impact of supplier programmes • ESG priorities: Leading company initiatives to tackle key issues, including GHGs, plastics pollution, diversity and more • Is the impact of the Blackrock letters overrated? Already confirmed to participate include senior professionals from: Vodafone, Aviva, Mastercard, BT, Pirelli, Mars, Ferrero, Jacobs, JLL, Hermes Investment Management, Diageo, M&G Investments, London Business School, Pimco, Multiplex, IHG, FAIRR Initiative, First State Investments, Future-Fit Foundation and more to be revealed soon.

Join us for an hour of interactive discussion with United Airlines, SkyNRG, WBCSD and IINAS on how businesses are taking steps to mitigate their carbon footprint using biofuels. The transportation sector is the biggest contributor to global energy-related CO2 emissions (around 28%), meaning there is much pressure on the industry to limit and reduce their carbon footprints. We’ll cover the key sustainability issues, debate the scale challenge, and look at how and whether biofuels will play a major role in carbon reduction for business. Aaron Robinson, senior manager – environmental strategy and sustainability, United Airlines There will be a live Q&A throughout so you will have the opportunity to post your questions directly to the speakers.

Following the success of last year’s event, this two day business conference will debate and showcase real world solutions to the most pressing and urgent challenges in commodity supply chains. We’ll look at what’s driving value chain change, and how business is working with others, and each other, to deliver on increasingly difficult targets. You can view an overview of the key themes here: https://bit.ly/2XZPRqk In addition to the two-day conference, we will be running a set of focused workshops on the November 19th, looking more closely at issues such as deforestation, traceability, human rights in supply chains and how to develop effective partnerships.