Planet C Spring Conference
Date and Time
Tuesday Apr 30, 2024
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM BST
| Itinerary: | |
| 09:00 | Arrival – Please sign in at the Upper Stannary on Penryn Campus. |
| 09:30 | Introduction
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| 09:40 | Welcome to the Sustainable Futures, University of Exeter Business School
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| 10:00 | Local Investment in Nature Cornwall (LINC) Cornwall Council
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| 10:15 | How business can be a force for good
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| 10:30 | Tools to get started and achieve your goals
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| 10:40 | Consciam - Phil Clarke |
| 10:50 | Climate Change - Hot Topics Amanda Forman & Dave Parish from Planet A Solutions |
| 11:00 | Break – Upper Stannary |
| 11:30 | Choice of three workshops. Choose one option: |
| Workshop 1 | Innovation in the Wild
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| Workshop 2 | Building Better legal documents; how to embed sustainability into your documents. A practical workshop from Stephens Scown LLP (B Corp certified) with Verity Slater, Laurie Trounce & Lexie Williams as presenters.
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| Workshop 3 | Nature is Good for You and Good for Business - Environment and Human Health Workshop
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| 12:30 | Lunch – Upper Stannary |
| 13:30 | Choice of three workshops. You can choose two options: |
| Workshop 1 | Innovation and Circular Economy
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| Workshop 2 | Pioneering Visual Technologies for a Greener Tomorrow
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| Workshop 3 | Net Zero
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| 14:30 | Break – Upper Stannary |
| 15:00 | Choice of three workshops. You can choose two options (as above). |
| 16:00 | Close |
| Subsidy Control (formerly State Aid) | |
| Where applicable (if you are attending this event as a representative of a business or go on to start a business), this event will accrue towards your subsidy control allowance (formerly known as State Aid). By attending, you are confirming that this, along with any previous support received (e.g. de minimis) will not exceed the Minimum Financial Assistance (“MFA”) threshold of £315,000 cumulated over the current and the previous two financial years). In compliance with the UK subsidy control, a statement of the value of this event will be provided to you by the organisers after attendance. | |
| £774 flat rate per intervention | |
| You will need to inform us of previous state aid. Please provide this information prior to the event. |
| Photo Consent |
| Photographs will be taken at this event. We intend to use the images in our promotional material to tell others about the benefits of the project (Evolve Futures). We would like to use your photograph in publicity which may appear locally, nationally and worldwide (such as, social media, websites or other forms of marketing materials). On arrival, we will ask you to sign a sign-in sheet where you will be able to opt in-out of photography consent. By indicating ‘yes’, you are giving consent for your image to be used. The University of Exeter will keep your image on our records. The information will only be used in accordance with applicable data protection legislation. For more information on your rights please visit: exeter.ac.uk/dataprotection/rights |
| Funding Information |
| The University of Exeter has been commissioned to deliver the EVOLVE FUTURES project on behalf of the Growth Hub by the UK Shared Prosperity Fund (SPF) (1) as part of the Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Good Growth Programme. The programme is delivered through the University of Exeter in partnership with Cornwall Chamber of Commerce and Cornwall Rural Community Charity and aims to improve the opportunities for enterprises across Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly that aspire to good growth and to accelerate their development through the provision of expert business support. |
| The UK Shared Prosperity Fund is a central pillar of the UK Government’s Levelling Up agenda and provides £2.6 billion of funding for local investment by March 2025. The Fund aims to improve pride in place and increase life chances across the UK by investing in communities and place, supporting local business, and people and skills. For more information, visit https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-shared-prosperity-fund-prospectus |
| Data Protection and Privacy |
| To aid organisation of this event, attendee information may be shared with relevant staff in the University e.g. a list of attendees could be provided to the University host or guest speaker. We will store your information securely, so that we can communicate to you about the event (e.g. cancellation of event, changes to the itinerary). |
| Confirmation of your attendance at this event will be stored confidentially by the Evolve Futures programme for a period of up to seven years to allow us to comply with our funder. Your details will also be shared with the Growth Hub (CIOSGH) as we are working together to deliver Good Growth Commissioned services to businesses in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. |
| More information on the University's privacy policies can be found here. For more information on Growth Hub’s own privacy policy, please visit this page. |
Location
Penryn Campus, University of Exeter Penryn Campus, Penryn, Cornwall, TR10 9FE.
Description
This year, we are holding our first Spring Planet C Conference at the University of Exeter Penryn Campus. Our Planet C conference is focused on giving all businesses - from sole traders, to SMEs, through to our large enterprises in Cornwall, the tools to be able to start shifting their culture to create positive change.
Planet C is about providing Cornwall’s businesses with tangible ways to help reduce the global average temperature, without compromising the stability of their organisation. It’s all about broadening the mindset and making everyone realise just how much impact they can have. The conference will start with some fantastic speakers, then move into a variety of workshops. You can choose one workshop out of three in the morning and two in the afternoon, out of four options.
