No Planet B! So what can I do?
Seminar
Members Only Event
The Major Projects Association has put an ever-present spotlight on sustainability in major projects since it was the topic of our annual conference in 2019 and prompted the formation of our sustainability ambassador network. This culminated in us agreeing and publishing our first ever position paper at COP26 on how major projects can move from being part of the problem to being part of the solution in the mission to deliver the Net Zero imperative.
On the fifth anniversary of raising the importance of sustainability, the Association is once again making it the topic of a full-day seminar in London on 16th April. Titled “No Planet B! So what can I do?” the conference is based on four themes of: carbon and climate; biodiversity and nature; resilience and adaptation; and social value. The seminar will consider these four areas across the project lifecycle from project definition, design & procurement, and construction & operations to crowdsource a major projects playbook building on existing guidance and exemplars for the various types of organisations and disciplines involved in major projects – hence “what can I do?”
Join us and hear from experts from both within and outside the world of major projects provide exemplars and share their lived experience of improving sustainability on or through major projects. Join us for the “unconference” sessions and help develop the playbook to make those changes (or inspire others) needed for a sustainable future on Planet A!
The event registration is now closed.
APR
16
Tuesday 16th April 2024
9:00am - 5:30pm
96 of 150 places filled
Programme
Tuesday 16th April 2024
09:00
Registration and Coffee
09:30
Welcome and Introductions
Emma Howard Boyd CBE
Emma Howard Boyd CBE
Emma has had an extensive career in financial services at the forefront of the climate change, environmental and sustainable finance agenda. She was formerly Chair of the Environment Agency and an ex-officio Board Member of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) from 2016-22. Emma is currently Chair of the Major Projects Association, Chair of the Green Finance Institute, an Adviser to the Board of Trade, and a UN Global Ambassador for Race to Zero and Race to Resilience. She was the UK Commissioner to the Global Admission on Adaptation from 2018 until its sunset in 2021 and serves on several boards and advisory committees which include:
• Liontrust Asset Management
• The Coalition for Climate Resilient Investment (Co-Chair)
• The European Foundation
• Accounting for Sustainability
• Liontrust Asset Management
• The Coalition for Climate Resilient Investment (Co-Chair)
• The European Foundation
• Accounting for Sustainability
09:35
Opening Keynote Address
Indy will make the make the case for an urgent and system-wide change explaining what needs to be done by policy makers, businesses, groups and individuals to address the climate crisis, nature emergency and social injustice.
Indy Johar
Co-Founder Dark Matter Labs
Indy Johar
Co-Founder, Dark Matter Labs
no bio
09:50
What does the future look like?
Through an interactive session Janet will provide the big picture challenge of how to avoid being overwhelmed and instead turning awareness into action not just for the immediate carbon imperative but for the wider sustainability challenges that must be addressed. Janet will introduce these “four priorities” which will be the focus of the seminar.
Janet Greenwood
Global Lead for Sustainable Infrastructure KPMG LLP
Janet Greenwood
Global Lead for Sustainable Infrastructure, KPMG LLP
Janet Greenwood is a specialist in major and mega project and programme development, delivery and assurance. She has experience in carbon and sustainability at both strategy and project delivery levels and is a member of leading industry forums.
Janet is a Director in KPMG’s Major Projects Advisory practice and has over 25 years experience developing and delivering major infrastructure programmes, having worked in the water, wastewater, flood defence and transport sectors.
She was a member of the Institution of Civil Engineer’s Carbon Project, is a member of the ICE’s Productivity Community Advisory Board and is a founding member of the Cambridge University Centre for Smart Infrastructure in Construction’s Achieving Net Zero Roundtable.
A Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Janet has extensive experience in shaping and delivering major construction projects and supporting infrastructure clients to deliver their most challenging programmes.
Janet is a Director in KPMG’s Major Projects Advisory practice and has over 25 years experience developing and delivering major infrastructure programmes, having worked in the water, wastewater, flood defence and transport sectors.
She was a member of the Institution of Civil Engineer’s Carbon Project, is a member of the ICE’s Productivity Community Advisory Board and is a founding member of the Cambridge University Centre for Smart Infrastructure in Construction’s Achieving Net Zero Roundtable.
A Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Janet has extensive experience in shaping and delivering major construction projects and supporting infrastructure clients to deliver their most challenging programmes.
10:00
What are each of the four new priorities?
Four experts will provide us with an update on how major projects can shift from being part of the problem to part of the solution across our four priority areas:
Carbon and environment
Nature and biodiversity
Resilience and adaptation
Social value (including the broader set of SDGs)
Samantha Freelove
Guest Speaker
Samantha Freelove
Guest Speaker
Samantha is a Chartered Environmentalist (CEnv) and a Full Member of IEMA. She is a sustainability
expert with nearly 20 years’ experience of leading the development and execution of sustainability
strategies into major engineering programme, including London 2012 and Rio 2016 Olympic and
Paralympic Games, and currently Tideway (super sewer).
Samantha leads the Legacy programme on Tideway, a £4bn infrastructure asset that will not only
deliver its core benefits of bringing environmental improvements but will leave a positive social legacy
too.
Tideway’s Legacy programme consists of a suite of 54 Legacy KPIs that span 5 themes – Environment,
Health Safety & Wellbeing, Economy, People and Place. Carbon is a key metric for Tideway and
Samantha is responsible for monitoring and reporting performance against the carbon baseline,
seeking opportunities to minimise carbon and provide challenge and guidance to the business on how
to address the climate emergency.
In addition to carbon, Samantha’s key areas of focus include sustainable infrastructure, green
buildings, ethical supply chains, anti-slavery, social value creation and systems thinking.
expert with nearly 20 years’ experience of leading the development and execution of sustainability
strategies into major engineering programme, including London 2012 and Rio 2016 Olympic and
Paralympic Games, and currently Tideway (super sewer).
Samantha leads the Legacy programme on Tideway, a £4bn infrastructure asset that will not only
deliver its core benefits of bringing environmental improvements but will leave a positive social legacy
too.
Tideway’s Legacy programme consists of a suite of 54 Legacy KPIs that span 5 themes – Environment,
Health Safety & Wellbeing, Economy, People and Place. Carbon is a key metric for Tideway and
Samantha is responsible for monitoring and reporting performance against the carbon baseline,
seeking opportunities to minimise carbon and provide challenge and guidance to the business on how
to address the climate emergency.
In addition to carbon, Samantha’s key areas of focus include sustainable infrastructure, green
buildings, ethical supply chains, anti-slavery, social value creation and systems thinking.
Judith Sykes
Senior Director Useful Simple Trust
Judith Sykes
Senior Director, Useful Simple Trust
Judith is Director of Expedition (a multi award-winning engineering consultancy) and Useful Projects (a sustainability consultancy). Expedition and Useful Projects are part of the Useful Simple Trust, a social enterprise. Judith has over 20 years’ experience in master planning, sustainable design and strategy. Her background is in major infrastructure projects and masterplans, having worked on Heathrow Terminal 5 and the London 2012 Olympic Park. Judith works with clients to help develop the strategic direction of urban development projects to realise the long term value of investment. She is currently leading the delivery of infrastructure and sustainability strategies for a number of mixed use regeneration projects including Southall Waterside and Woodberry Down. She has technical expertise spanning carbon, water, waste, green infrastructure, the circular economy, health and wellbeing and social value. She is part of the winning VeloCity team for the Oxford to Cambridge Ideas Competition run by the National Infrastructure Commission and has recently been appointed Design Advisor to the NIC’s new Design Group.
Diego Padilla-Philipps
Director - Decarbonisation and Innovation for Building Structures UK WSP
Diego Padilla-Philipps
Director - Decarbonisation and Innovation for Building Structures UK, WSP
no bio
Matt Hobbs
Associate Director - Ecology Jacobs
Matt Hobbs
Associate Director - Ecology, Jacobs
Matt is an ecologist with 16 years professional experience. The last six of these have been spent with Jacobs and working as part of an integrated ecology and landscape design team within Align-D, that led the design for the Colne Valley Western Slopes habitat creation project. Matt is now focused on working with Align to ensure that the project is delivered to the highest standards. Matt’s specialist areas include habitat design, bat survey methods, ornithology, renewable energy and Ecological Impact Assessment (EcIA) and he has experience working with a wide range of clients, from private individuals to local authorities, government agencies, and nationally important infrastructure projects. Matt has a strong interest in research and has published and presented a number of papers on cetaceans, seabirds and bats, as well as working on consultancy research projects, including grassland creation research currently being undertaken with HS2 and Cranfield University. Matt’s current roles, as well as HS2, include leading on habitat design for Anglian Water’s project to construct two new reservoirs in Lincolnshire and Cambridgeshire.
10:45
Coffee Break
11:15
Syndicate Workshops Part 1
Crowdsourcing ‘how’ we can deliver the four priorities
Samantha Freelove
Guest Speaker
Samantha Freelove
Guest Speaker
Samantha is a Chartered Environmentalist (CEnv) and a Full Member of IEMA. She is a sustainability
expert with nearly 20 years’ experience of leading the development and execution of sustainability
strategies into major engineering programme, including London 2012 and Rio 2016 Olympic and
Paralympic Games, and currently Tideway (super sewer).
Samantha leads the Legacy programme on Tideway, a £4bn infrastructure asset that will not only
deliver its core benefits of bringing environmental improvements but will leave a positive social legacy
too.
Tideway’s Legacy programme consists of a suite of 54 Legacy KPIs that span 5 themes – Environment,
Health Safety & Wellbeing, Economy, People and Place. Carbon is a key metric for Tideway and
Samantha is responsible for monitoring and reporting performance against the carbon baseline,
seeking opportunities to minimise carbon and provide challenge and guidance to the business on how
to address the climate emergency.
In addition to carbon, Samantha’s key areas of focus include sustainable infrastructure, green
buildings, ethical supply chains, anti-slavery, social value creation and systems thinking.
expert with nearly 20 years’ experience of leading the development and execution of sustainability
strategies into major engineering programme, including London 2012 and Rio 2016 Olympic and
Paralympic Games, and currently Tideway (super sewer).
Samantha leads the Legacy programme on Tideway, a £4bn infrastructure asset that will not only
deliver its core benefits of bringing environmental improvements but will leave a positive social legacy
too.
Tideway’s Legacy programme consists of a suite of 54 Legacy KPIs that span 5 themes – Environment,
Health Safety & Wellbeing, Economy, People and Place. Carbon is a key metric for Tideway and
Samantha is responsible for monitoring and reporting performance against the carbon baseline,
seeking opportunities to minimise carbon and provide challenge and guidance to the business on how
to address the climate emergency.
In addition to carbon, Samantha’s key areas of focus include sustainable infrastructure, green
buildings, ethical supply chains, anti-slavery, social value creation and systems thinking.
Andrew Kidd
Director of Environmental Sustainability Lower Thames Crossing
Andrew Kidd
Director of Environmental Sustainability, Lower Thames Crossing
Andrew is Director of Solutions and Outcomes on the Lower Thames Crossing programme. A key aspect of Andrew’s role is responding to the evolving political and policy context for the scheme. Nowhere is this more apparent than in need to decarbonise construction and support transition to a Net Zero economy. He is leading the radical change in approach needed to make the scheme a low carbon pathfinder for the sector.
Andrew has more than 20 years’ experience in infrastructure, much of that leading the development and delivery of transport mega-projects and programmes in the UK. He has held a variety of roles within both client and advisory organisations.
Andrew has more than 20 years’ experience in infrastructure, much of that leading the development and delivery of transport mega-projects and programmes in the UK. He has held a variety of roles within both client and advisory organisations.
Hariom Newport
Head of Environment and Sustainability National Infrastructure & Service Transformation Authority (NISTA)
Hariom Newport
Head of Environment and Sustainability, National Infrastructure & Service Transformation Authority (NISTA)
Hariom leads on environment & sustainability at the Infrastructure Projects Authority, where she is creating a cross government sustainability framework for project delivery, and setting strategic direction to drive sustainability performance in the delivery of the UK Government Major Projects Portfolio (GMPP), which has a whole life cost of over £800 billion.
Prior to joining the IPA, Hariom spent 16 years working in Shell, in a wide variety of roles including strategy, major project planning, and ESG. She worked on the Shell Sustainability report and Shell Group disclosures between 2011-2013 and has managed the mitigation of environmental and social risks in projects internationally. She has extensive experience of providing strategy and governance advice to large scale, operated and non-operated, infrastructure projects in the early project stages.
Hariom is passionate about driving organisational change, innovation and collaboration to achieve better societal outcomes.
Prior to joining the IPA, Hariom spent 16 years working in Shell, in a wide variety of roles including strategy, major project planning, and ESG. She worked on the Shell Sustainability report and Shell Group disclosures between 2011-2013 and has managed the mitigation of environmental and social risks in projects internationally. She has extensive experience of providing strategy and governance advice to large scale, operated and non-operated, infrastructure projects in the early project stages.
Hariom is passionate about driving organisational change, innovation and collaboration to achieve better societal outcomes.
12:00
Lunch
13:00
Syndicate Workshops Part 2
Crowdsourcing ‘how’ we can deliver the four priorities
Samantha Freelove
Guest Speaker
Samantha Freelove
Guest Speaker
Samantha is a Chartered Environmentalist (CEnv) and a Full Member of IEMA. She is a sustainability
expert with nearly 20 years’ experience of leading the development and execution of sustainability
strategies into major engineering programme, including London 2012 and Rio 2016 Olympic and
Paralympic Games, and currently Tideway (super sewer).
Samantha leads the Legacy programme on Tideway, a £4bn infrastructure asset that will not only
deliver its core benefits of bringing environmental improvements but will leave a positive social legacy
too.
Tideway’s Legacy programme consists of a suite of 54 Legacy KPIs that span 5 themes – Environment,
Health Safety & Wellbeing, Economy, People and Place. Carbon is a key metric for Tideway and
Samantha is responsible for monitoring and reporting performance against the carbon baseline,
seeking opportunities to minimise carbon and provide challenge and guidance to the business on how
to address the climate emergency.
In addition to carbon, Samantha’s key areas of focus include sustainable infrastructure, green
buildings, ethical supply chains, anti-slavery, social value creation and systems thinking.
expert with nearly 20 years’ experience of leading the development and execution of sustainability
strategies into major engineering programme, including London 2012 and Rio 2016 Olympic and
Paralympic Games, and currently Tideway (super sewer).
Samantha leads the Legacy programme on Tideway, a £4bn infrastructure asset that will not only
deliver its core benefits of bringing environmental improvements but will leave a positive social legacy
too.
Tideway’s Legacy programme consists of a suite of 54 Legacy KPIs that span 5 themes – Environment,
Health Safety & Wellbeing, Economy, People and Place. Carbon is a key metric for Tideway and
Samantha is responsible for monitoring and reporting performance against the carbon baseline,
seeking opportunities to minimise carbon and provide challenge and guidance to the business on how
to address the climate emergency.
In addition to carbon, Samantha’s key areas of focus include sustainable infrastructure, green
buildings, ethical supply chains, anti-slavery, social value creation and systems thinking.
Andrew Kidd
Director of Environmental Sustainability Lower Thames Crossing
Andrew Kidd
Director of Environmental Sustainability, Lower Thames Crossing
Andrew is Director of Solutions and Outcomes on the Lower Thames Crossing programme. A key aspect of Andrew’s role is responding to the evolving political and policy context for the scheme. Nowhere is this more apparent than in need to decarbonise construction and support transition to a Net Zero economy. He is leading the radical change in approach needed to make the scheme a low carbon pathfinder for the sector.
Andrew has more than 20 years’ experience in infrastructure, much of that leading the development and delivery of transport mega-projects and programmes in the UK. He has held a variety of roles within both client and advisory organisations.
Andrew has more than 20 years’ experience in infrastructure, much of that leading the development and delivery of transport mega-projects and programmes in the UK. He has held a variety of roles within both client and advisory organisations.
Hariom Newport
Head of Environment and Sustainability National Infrastructure & Service Transformation Authority (NISTA)
Hariom Newport
Head of Environment and Sustainability, National Infrastructure & Service Transformation Authority (NISTA)
Hariom leads on environment & sustainability at the Infrastructure Projects Authority, where she is creating a cross government sustainability framework for project delivery, and setting strategic direction to drive sustainability performance in the delivery of the UK Government Major Projects Portfolio (GMPP), which has a whole life cost of over £800 billion.
Prior to joining the IPA, Hariom spent 16 years working in Shell, in a wide variety of roles including strategy, major project planning, and ESG. She worked on the Shell Sustainability report and Shell Group disclosures between 2011-2013 and has managed the mitigation of environmental and social risks in projects internationally. She has extensive experience of providing strategy and governance advice to large scale, operated and non-operated, infrastructure projects in the early project stages.
Hariom is passionate about driving organisational change, innovation and collaboration to achieve better societal outcomes.
Prior to joining the IPA, Hariom spent 16 years working in Shell, in a wide variety of roles including strategy, major project planning, and ESG. She worked on the Shell Sustainability report and Shell Group disclosures between 2011-2013 and has managed the mitigation of environmental and social risks in projects internationally. She has extensive experience of providing strategy and governance advice to large scale, operated and non-operated, infrastructure projects in the early project stages.
Hariom is passionate about driving organisational change, innovation and collaboration to achieve better societal outcomes.
14:15
Coffee Break
14:45
Inclusion Moment
Janet Greenwood
Global Lead for Sustainable Infrastructure KPMG LLP
Janet Greenwood
Global Lead for Sustainable Infrastructure, KPMG LLP
Janet Greenwood is a specialist in major and mega project and programme development, delivery and assurance. She has experience in carbon and sustainability at both strategy and project delivery levels and is a member of leading industry forums.
Janet is a Director in KPMG’s Major Projects Advisory practice and has over 25 years experience developing and delivering major infrastructure programmes, having worked in the water, wastewater, flood defence and transport sectors.
She was a member of the Institution of Civil Engineer’s Carbon Project, is a member of the ICE’s Productivity Community Advisory Board and is a founding member of the Cambridge University Centre for Smart Infrastructure in Construction’s Achieving Net Zero Roundtable.
A Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Janet has extensive experience in shaping and delivering major construction projects and supporting infrastructure clients to deliver their most challenging programmes.
Janet is a Director in KPMG’s Major Projects Advisory practice and has over 25 years experience developing and delivering major infrastructure programmes, having worked in the water, wastewater, flood defence and transport sectors.
She was a member of the Institution of Civil Engineer’s Carbon Project, is a member of the ICE’s Productivity Community Advisory Board and is a founding member of the Cambridge University Centre for Smart Infrastructure in Construction’s Achieving Net Zero Roundtable.
A Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Janet has extensive experience in shaping and delivering major construction projects and supporting infrastructure clients to deliver their most challenging programmes.
14:50
Syndicate Presentations
5 Presentations developed through the day will highlight the playbook for our four priorities across the project lifecycle
15:50
Playing back the Playbook
Lisa Kelvey
Global Head of Infrastructure & Transport, Partner KPMG LLP
Lisa Kelvey
Global Head of Infrastructure & Transport, Partner, KPMG LLP
Lisa Kelvey is Director of KPMG’s Major Projects Advisory team and KPMG’s lead on Programme and Portfolio management for Infrastructure and Government. She has 20 years’ experience of planning and delivering major programmes using a practical, people-focussed approach to deliver sustainable change in complex and time-pressured environments. She specialises in supporting programme leaders with strategy, planning, decision-making and assurance for major programmes and portfolios.
A Chartered Civil Engineer, Lisa started her career with a major international design consultancy before moving into design management, project management and advisory roles. Lisa’s career has included advising UK and international public and private sector organisations on the design and set up of programme governance, processes, controls, monitoring and assurance. She has worked on a large number of major programmes in locations as diverse as Singapore, Dubai, Kazakhstan, the Caribbean and Mexico.
A Chartered Civil Engineer, Lisa started her career with a major international design consultancy before moving into design management, project management and advisory roles. Lisa’s career has included advising UK and international public and private sector organisations on the design and set up of programme governance, processes, controls, monitoring and assurance. She has worked on a large number of major programmes in locations as diverse as Singapore, Dubai, Kazakhstan, the Caribbean and Mexico.
16:00
Closing Keynote Address
Si will show through the lens of the Eden Project how the human race is stepping up to the sustainability challenge giving examples of what is already being done and how we can inspire individuals, organisations and groups to go further
Si Bellamy OBE
Chief Transformation Officer The Eden Project
Si Bellamy OBE
Chief Transformation Officer, The Eden Project
no bio
16:15
Chair’s Closing Comments
Emma Howard Boyd CBE
Emma Howard Boyd CBE
Emma has had an extensive career in financial services at the forefront of the climate change, environmental and sustainable finance agenda. She was formerly Chair of the Environment Agency and an ex-officio Board Member of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) from 2016-22. Emma is currently Chair of the Major Projects Association, Chair of the Green Finance Institute, an Adviser to the Board of Trade, and a UN Global Ambassador for Race to Zero and Race to Resilience. She was the UK Commissioner to the Global Admission on Adaptation from 2018 until its sunset in 2021 and serves on several boards and advisory committees which include:
• Liontrust Asset Management
• The Coalition for Climate Resilient Investment (Co-Chair)
• The European Foundation
• Accounting for Sustainability
• Liontrust Asset Management
• The Coalition for Climate Resilient Investment (Co-Chair)
• The European Foundation
• Accounting for Sustainability
16:30
Networking and Refreshments
17:30
Close