Sustainability is fast becoming a priority for every sector in the UK economy. A combination of public pressure, business resilience and regulation are leading businesses to consider how they can improve their ESG credentials. This comes with many challenges which technology strives to address, but these challenges are compounded when the complexity of international trade relations are factored in.
Countries across the world are all at different stages on their sustainability journey and will all have completing domestic priorities which they have to contend with. We believe that the deployment of digital technology can improve the adoption of sustainable trade practices across the world. Policy can also be designed to scale the trade in clean tech globally, helping to decarbonise other sectors like energy and agriculture.
This event will look at international trade in the tech sector through the lens of sustainability. The day’s agenda will include:
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Free Trade Agreements and the role of sustainable trade chapters for sustainability
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Increasing the trade of clean tech between the UK and Non-EU countries
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Digital transparency for sustainable trade and supply chain digitalisation.
We will hear from academics, NGOs, the business community, and Government on the current trends in these three areas and discuss implications and opportunities for the tech economy in the UK.
Agenda
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10:00 – 11:00 5 mins intros 40 min panel 10 min Q&A |
Panel: International Trade and Sustainability
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Emily Reid [Confirmed] AusTrade (Confirmed) |
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11:00-11:10 |
Short Break |
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11:10 – 11:30 |
Presentations: Innovation in practice – Showcase member x2 |
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11:30 – 12:30 5 mins intros 40 min panel 10 min Q&A |
Panel: The Role of Tech in Trade Sustainability
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12:30 |
Close |
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For more information please contact:
Adam Young
Adam Young
Adam joined techUK in September 2021 working in the Climate, Environment & Sustainability Team.
Adam has a Masters in Climate Change: Science, Environment and Policy from King's College London, as well as a Batchelor's degree in Wildlife Conservation from the University of Kent.
The Environment Programme encompasses many different areas of the tech market and policy sphere. Climate change is the highest policy priority for the programme, with ethical resourcing, supply chain due diligence, build environment digitalisation and economic circularity becoming increasingly prominent in the programmes activities.
Before working at techUK Adam worked in the NHS. His interest in nature and conservation led him to going on several conservation projects abroad including Peru and Fiji, working with caiman and tropical fish. When Adam is not saving the planet, he is either playing music, at the gym or playing cricket in the summer.
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Lucas Banach
Lucas Banach
Lucas Banach is Programme Assistant at techUK, he works on a range of programmes including Data Centres; Climate, Environment & Sustainability; Market Access and Smart Infrastructure and Systems.
Before that Lucas who joined in 2008, held various roles in our organisation, which included his role as Office Executive, Groups and Concept Viability Administrator, and most recently he worked as Programme Executive for Public Sector. He has a postgraduate degree in International Relations from the Andrzej Frycz-Modrzewski Cracow University.
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- [email protected]
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- 020 7331 2006
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- @techUK
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- www.techuk.org
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- https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucas-banach-50139650
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