Event Details

Celebrating 10 years of the Pentland Centre, our collaborations across the University and with selected external partners.

Join us to celebrate the Centre turning 10 years old, to cheer on collaborations across the University and with selected external partners.

The event will also look to the future. There is some way to go if we are to fully address the Sustainable Development Goals and ‘sustainability in business’ is facing headwinds in some part of the world. Regardless, our research and practice community will continue to champion this cause, following our mission, vision and values.

The in-person event will be held in the Lancaster University Management School West Pavilion. Open to all Lancaster University staff and post-graduate students.

The provisional programme is below or you can download a PDF version. An updated version, and additional joining instructions, will be circulated to all who register.

Provisional programme

9:00 – 9:30 Registration, refreshments & networking

9:30 – 10:15 Welcome

Prof Claire Leitch, LUMS Executive Dean & Prof Jan Bebbington, Centre Director

10:15 – 11:15 Keynote - Jane Davidson, former Welsh Government minister, university Pro Vice-Chancellor and land restorer - janedavidson.wales

11:15 – 11:30 Comfort break

11:30 – 12:15 Panel session 1: Nature, biodiversity & business

Chair: Duncan Pollard

• Corporate Led Environmental Action Reporting (Dr Tim Lamont)
• Biodiversity and solar parks (Dr Alona Armstrong)
• Business & Biodiversity (Dr Neytullah Ciftci)
• Towards Net-Zero Meat Production KTP (Dr Laura Giles)

12:15 – 13:15 Lunch

13:15 – 14:00 Parallel sessions

• Modern Slavery, Justice & Complex Supply Chains
• People and the Oceans
• Design for sustainability

14:00 – 14:15 Comfort break

14:15 – 15:00 Panel session 2: Future agenda in sustainability in business

Chair: Prof Jan Bebbington

• Corporate governance (Richard Spencer - ICAEW & Advisory Board member)
• Work & wellbeing (Ben Harrison – Work Foundation)
• Just transitions – Jane Davidson

15:00 – 15:15 Comfort break

15:15 – 15:45 Sustainability at Lancaster University – Dr Georgiana Allison

15:45 – 16:00 Wrap up & thank you

16:00 - 17:30 Drinks reception