Clean Futures - Managing Supply Chain Risk Sustainably

Event details

This masterclass is part of a series of events run by the Coventry University Clean Futures Catalyst programme.

Clean Futures offers this masterclass in collaboration with Sustainability West Midlands.
Effective risk management is vital for SME resilience and businesses must develop strategies to mitigate risks including climate change.

Climate change will impact businesses through shifting temperatures and weather patterns causing disruption to business operations and day-to-day tasks, and through regulations that increase the cost of being an unsustainable business.

Building resilience in SMEs requires a multifaceted approach that involves adaptability, sustainability, technology adoption, and risk management. SMEs that address and prioritise these strategies will be better equipped to navigate challenges both now and into the future and will have a better chance of long-term success and growth.

Please note that whilst the session will be recorded the recording will only be shared with the attendees.

Agenda

• Identifying risks such as climate change and extreme weather, cyber attacks, and energy supply interruption
• Identifying impacts such as supply chain disruptions and regulatory non-compliance
• Mitigation strategies such as contingency planning, sustainable and circular procurement practices, adoption of new technologies, insurance, innovation and investment in resilience
• National and local policy implications for business
• Inspiring case studies from local businesses
• Your needs: Group discussion on challenges and support required#Where to go for help and support
• Signposting to further masterclasses for support

Speaker

The masterclass will be delivered by Anna Bright (Chief Executive) from Sustainability West Midlands (SWM). SWM have been established for over 22 years with the mission of making the West Midlands more sustainable, fairer and greener for all. They are an independent, not-for-profit membership organisation.

Anna has been working with organisations to improve their sustainability for over 20 years and has a private sector background in water, waste and wastewater management. She has worked with businesses, universities, colleges, local authorities, the health sector and the West Midlands Combined Authority to help shape the way that they mitigate and adapt for climate change. Anna is on the board of the Midlands Net Zero Hub, the Midlands Engine Green Growth Board and she is a Trustee for the Birmingham and Black Country Wildlife Trust.

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