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Sustainability In Licensing Conference 2022
Owned and organised by ProductsofChange.com
The Royal Geographical Society, London.
Continuing its mission to drive positive change across the licensing industry, the Sustainability in Licensing Conference is making its return for the third year running with its in-person debut on Wednesday, 22 June 2022 at the Royal Geographical Society in London.
As the message of sustainability continues to gather momentum across the consumer product industries, SiLC 22 will not only build on the success of the events online content over the past two years but will take the subject of sustainability in licensing to all-new heights as the industry strives for positive, sustainable change
A jam-packed agenda of inspirational talks from leaders and innovators, informative panel sessions and discussions, and ground-breaking developments and updates will span some of the biggest topics of conversation in the sustainability movement today.
Supporting the increased demand for knowledge, resources, and best practices from all corners of the licensing industry – from retailers to licensors, licensees to trade suppliers, content makers to contract writers – SiLC 22 will look to inspire this continued positive action across the $275bn licensing industry.
This year’s conference will deliver not-to-be missed talks from the likes of the business innovator, designer, and author Alan Moore about building a business with profit and purpose; Flowhaven and Carbon Farm as they delve into the subject of the real-world impact of the digital space and NFTs, and Sarah Hawkins, manager of Primark Cares as she explores the idea of sustainability in a global fashion retailer.
The Sustainability in Licensing Conference is also extremely proud to welcome the United Nations’ own Caroline Petit who will deliver a talk on implementing the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals within business today.
And that’s just a snippet of what this year’s hybrid in-person and live-streamed (for global audiences at home) event will have to offer attendees this year.
Further topics will span:
-The latest consumer data on sustainability trends in the homestead from across the globe with The Insights Family
-The value of waste in an eye-opening presentation from the food upcycling experts and innovators, Anthesis Provision
-The changing economics landscape of retail and its evolving relationship with sustainability thanks to Retail Economics
-A look at the future technologies to build a more sustainable business with the team from George at ASDA
-A tackle of the topic of sustainable toys with the global toy giant Mattel and its EMEA senior sustainability engineer, Elizabeth Eaves
The Sustainability in Licensing Conference agenda has been curated by Products of Change’s founder Helena Mansell-Stopher and the Products of Change team. This year’s event will be presented by Products of Change (the online media hub and community resource for advancing sustainable change across the industry) and Max Publishing (publishers of the Licensing Source Book, LicensingSource.net, and organisers of The Licensing Awards and the Brand & Lifestyle Licensing Awards.
SILC 22 will unite the innovators and creative thinkers of the licensing industry over the subject of using business to benefit people and planet.
Helena Mansell-Stopher, founder of Products of Change and conference director for SiLC 22, said: “We couldn’t be more excited to finally be bringing the Sustainability in Licensing Conference to the industry in-person, and to have secured the magnificent Royal Geographical Society as our venue for the first real life event is just the feather in the cap.
“SiLC 22 will be a place for sharing ideas, insight, and innovation on how best this endlessly creative industry can continue to drive positive global action towards a more sustainable future. By implementing changes today, we can drive forwards a better, healthier, and more environmentally focused industry of tomorrow.”
Products of Change and Informa Markets have partnered to bring together the Brand & Licensing Innovation Summit and Sustainability in Licensing Conference on 21-22 June and create an unmissable 2-day event for licensing leaders.
B&LIS will focus on the latest licensing and retail trends on Day 1, whilst SiLC will delve into sustainability on Day 2. The two-day event will be filled with networking opportunities and critical learnings to help shape the future of the industry.
Enjoy a discounted rate on your ticket if you buy a Day 1 & 2 joint event pass! Details below.
CONFERENCE AGENDA
Making its in-person debut at the Royal Geographical Society in central London this June, the Sustainability in Licensing Conference promises a jam-packed agenda of inspirational leaders and innovators, informative panel sessions and discussions, and ground-breaking new developments and updates from across the licensing and consumer industry landscape.
From world leading retail brands including Tesco, ASDA, and the Walgreens Boots Alliance, to the biggest names in the children’s entertainment sector, including Sky Kids, The LEGO Group, Mattel, and more – this year’s SiLC will not only be building on the success of its last two years of online content, but taking the subject of sustainability in licensing to brand new heights as together we push both the message and implementation of positive industry change to the next level.
Take a look at the Sustainability in Licensing Conference 2022 agenda below to see why this year’s event is simply one you can’t afford to miss out on.
SILC 22 AGENDA
09:30
Opening statement
Helena Mansell-Stopher, CEO at Products of Change highlights how far the industry has come over the last two years and outlines the day’s conversations.
Speaker: Helena Mansell-Stopher - SILC Conference Director and Founder of Products of Change
09:45
BUSINESS WITH PROFIT AND PURPOSE – THE BALANCE OF A SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS
Alan Moore is an author and innovator; a designer who has worked with the likes of The Coca Cola Company, a business craftsman who has sat in the boardrooms of some of the biggest Blue-Chip companies on the planet, and a writer who has penned some of the most pioneering thoughts on what modern economics could look like. His books Do/Design and Do/Build will form the subject matter of the keynote address Alan will be giving at this year’s Conference, geared to inspire leaders into creating the kind of business that the world needs - one that is regenerative, net positive, and ultimately beautiful.
Speaker: Alan Moore
10:05
THE INSIGHTS FAMILY PRESENTS THE LATEST SUSTAINABILITY DATA
With consumer mindsets shifting dramatically and the expansion of new digital revenue streams, The Insights Family will showcase the latest consumer data and sustainability trends from across the globe.
Speaker: Nick Richardson - Founder & CEO, The Insights Family
10:25
HOW TO IMPLEMENT THE UNITED NATIONS’ 17 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS WITHIN BUSINESS
The United Nations presents the benefits of aligning to the 17 Sustainable Development Goals and highlights how they are partnering with businesses to drive awareness of this global framework.
Speaker: Caroline Petit
10:35
THE IMPACT OF YOUR DIGITAL TWIN
A look at the real-world impact of the growth and development of the digital space, including NFTs and understanding how we can reduce their environmental impact through regenerative business models.
Speakers: Timo Olkkola - Founder at Flowhaven; Glyn Mitchelle - Founder at Carbon Farm
11:00
Break
11:30
YOUR WASTE HAS VALUE
Many still believe that sustainability comes with a heavy cost to business and is only focused on when demanded by a customer or retailer. What people don’t see is that sustainable business practices are an incredibly efficient use of your resources and is more profitable. The team will present its latest initiative - Upcycled food, to showcase the efficiencies of waste in the supply chain.
Speakers: Jon Duschinsky, EVP, and Cher Mereweather, CEO, Anthesis Provision
11:50
THE CHANGING ECONOMIC LANDSCAPE OF RETAIL
Retail Economics takes us through its latest market data, focusing on key retail, shipping, and sustainability themes as well as trends for 2022. The team will also share its future forecasting insight.
Speaker: Richard Lim - CEO, Retail Economics
12:10
FUTURE TECHNOLOGIES TO BUILD A MORE SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS
Join the George at ASDA team to learn about their latest initiatives to reduce the supermarket giant’s environmental impact including the implementation of 3D technology.
Speakers: Jade Snart, Senior Sustainability Business Manager; Jessica Brown, Designer; and Helen Scobie, Product Development Expert, George @ Asda
12:30
ENGAGING FOR CHANGE
As a global leader in retail pharmacy Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) touch millions of lives every day and are proud to be a force for good through contributions to healthy communities, a healthy planet and a sustainable marketplace. Join Tanya Ashton to learn about how they have been working to embed sustainability throughout their global sourcing organisation.
Speaker: Tanya Ashton – Head of Sustainability, Walgreens Boots Alliance, Global Sourcing
12:50
Lunch
13:50
SUSTAINABILITY IN A GLOBAL FASHION RETAILER
The global fashion retailer Primark will present its latest sustainability framework and its sustainability journey to date, documented through its global Primark Cares initiative.
Speakers: Lynne Walker, Director, Primark Cares; Sarah Hawkins, Primark Cares Manager
14:10
RETAIL PANEL
Primark, George at ASDA, Walgreens Boots Alliance, and Richard Lim will answer your questions live.
14:40
HOW CONTENT CAN DRIVE SOCIAL BEHAVIOURAL CHANGE
The broadcaster and telecoms company, Sky will present its initiatives to drive social and sustainable change through kids’ content.
Speaker: Lucy Murphy, Director of Kids' Content, UK ROI, Sky Kids
15:00
THE RISING CHALLENGE OF SUSTAINABILITY MESSAGING
More people want to buy green than ever before, and businesses are responding. But unfortunately, the increasing demand for greener products means businesses are using sustainability messaging as a marketing tool, making false or heightened statements to sell products and gain customers. This is called greenwashing.
The Marketing Store will take you through what the Green Claims Code is, what new legislation is coming to support this, and how to avoid greenwashing.
Speaker: Pamela Stathaki - Head of Global Sustainability, The Marketing Store
15:20
WORKING TOGETHER FOR IMPACT
Join the keen toy innovators from Wow! Stuff and the Magic Light Pictures ensemble for an insightful look at the groundbreaking working the two industry-leading companies have achieved through collaboration and thinking... inside of the box.
15:40
SUSTAINABLE PACKAGING
As the third largest retailer in Europe, there’s no doubt that Tesco impacts the environment. However, this grocery giant is setting aggressive targets to reduce this. Learn about the great initiative the retail group is driving on the packaging side and what it requires from suppliers, as well as its own action to meet both its self-imposed targets and new government legislation.
Speaker: Paul Earnshaw - Senior Packaging Manager, Tesco CE
16:00
Break
16:30
WHERE DOES THE VALUE SIT?
The LEGO team will discuss how we need to re-write where the value sits within business as consumer demand for sustainable product increases. We hear from the sustainable transformation team about how it is addressing this within the company’s own consumer products business.
Speakers: The Lego Group
16:50
SUSTAINABLE TOYS
The global toy giant presents its sustainability journey so far and sets out its ambitions for the future of play around the world.
Speaker: Elizabeth Eaves - Senior Sustainability Engineer, Mattel
17:10
THE FUTURE OF KIDS
An expert panel hosted by Kids Industries founder, Gary Pope will take your questions regarding the future of the children’s industry, and how we as a community can be a driving force behind positive change.
Speakers: Gary Pope - Founder, Kids Industries; Pamela Stathaki - The Marketing Store; LEGO; Mattel; SKY; Amanda Evans - Obki
18:00
SESSIONS CLOSE
THE SPEAKERS
The speaker line-up for the Sustainability in Licensing Conferences has included true leaders from the retail world, pioneering licensees, trailblazing manufacturers and inspiring opinion formers from both within and outside the industry, each playing a part in the journey to become more sustainable.
The speakers each shared experiences, facts and ideas which will collectively serve to future proof your business and the industry of which we are all a part, enabling sustainable strategies to be developed that take into consideration how a given organisation can operate commercially as well as ecologically.
Alan Moore
Author and Speaker, Beautiful Business
Amanda Evans
Founder, Obki
Elizabeth Eaves
Sr. Sustainability Engineer, Quality & Compliance EMEA, Mattel
Helen Scobie
Product Development Expert, George @ ASDA
Jade Snart
Sustainability and Compliance Expert, ASDA
Jessica Brown
Design Specialist, George @ ASDA
Lucy Murphy
Director of Kids Content, Sky (UK and ROI)
Pamela Stathaki
Head Of Sustainability, The Marketing Store
Paul Earnshaw
Senior Packaging Manager, Tesco
Timo Olkkola
Founder, Flowhaven
Richard Lim
Chief Executive Officer, Retail Economics
Tanya Aston
Head of Sustainability - Global Sourcing, Walgreens Boots Alliance
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Taking place at The Royal Geographical Society – 1 Kensington Gore, London, United Kingdom, SW7 2AR.
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LIVE EVENT TICKETS – £275.00
SILC 2022 takes place as a live event on 22 June 2022 at The Royal Geographical Society in London. The one day live event begins at 9:30am, with the conference itself finishing at 5:30pm before an (optional) evening drinks reception.
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EVENT SPONSORS
The Sustainability in Licensing Conference has received widespread support from the industry with leading businesses and brands keen to pledge their commitment, sharing in the belief that together real progress can be made in the sector on this vital issue.
HEADLINE SUPPORTER
PRODUCTS OF CHANGE
The Products of Change Group was founded in July 2019 with a handful of industry professionals wanting to drive sustainable change within the Licensing Industry. Within six months the group has grown to sixty individuals from different areas of the industry such as retail, licensees, licensors through to agents. Spanning fashion, toys, publishing and FMCG.
Our ethos is to ‘learn from each-other’ and Educate to Inform Change across the wider industry and transfer our knowledge across sectors.
With Ten years to transform society and limit our impact on climate change its a hard task, but with an extremely dynamic industry and a willingness to change, I do feel that together we can make a difference.
OFFICIAL SPONSORS
More consumers than ever before are making an effort to buy greener, healthier, ethically sourced and more environmentally sustainable products, which is great.
Sustainability is a huge priority for me personally, as well as BBC Studios as a business, and I believe the licensing industry must work together to identify more ways to make a positive impact. We as an industry need to ensure we adopt a deliberate and ambitious approach toward forging a sustainable future for our consumers by coming together to help bring more eco-friendly products to market. Climate change isn’t going away and SILC is launching at a crucial time. I think the conference will be a great platform for industry members to learn more, share best practice and collaborate on solutions that can help enable companies work towards producing more sustainable products.
https://www.bbcstudios.com
MDR Brand Management is the first brand management business to be launched by a leading law firm in the UK, and the fourth non-legal business within The Mishcon De Reya Group, sitting alongside MDR Cyber, MDR Discover and Mayfair Private.
It was created in 2018 to address the growing complexity that brand owners face in the global marketplace, and to deliver a unique brand of brand management. It is boutique and recognises that there has never been more overlap between creative, commercial, regulatory, digital and the law.
MDR Brand Management highly supports projects with a truly sustainable vision. Working closely with environmentally friendly brand owners and properties, MDR aims to create ethical licensed products and develop brand extension programmes, with a commitment to the environment, something that is becoming more important by the day.
Sustainability is at the forefront of several of MDR’s ventures, including the recently launched canned water brand, PURENorway Water, which is responsibly produced and packaged in recyclable aluminium cans. MDR has also been appointed to represent a classic, unique, and eco-friendly family of characters which will soon be relaunched in the UK. Given the challenges our planet is facing today, it is the perfect time to revive a positive message about how we can make a difference through simple actions.
For more information about MDR Brand Management, please click here:
https://mdrbrand.com
We are facing a planetary emergency. Our future depends on the natural world, but we are not combating our own destructive impact on the planet. Understanding life on Earth is the greatest scientific challenge of our age.
We cannot hope to develop solutions without research that unlocks the underlying biology and applied science. Alongside the science, all of us need hope: hope that there is a future where both people and the planet thrive. Building and spreading this hope through evidence and action will be the foundation of the Museum’s strategy in the coming decade. In today's challenging times, we will create advocates for the planet: individuals who feel sufficiently informed, confident and motivated to make wise decisions, to get involved, and to use their influence and actions to make a positive difference to the global future. To achieve this, we will harness our collection, our research and our reach. Alongside our ambitious outward reaching targets, we are also looking inwards, challenging ourselves to create a more resilient and sustainable organisation, one that strives towards financial and environmental sustainability. This vision is mirrored in our approach to the Museum’s licensing programme, creating meaningful products in a responsible way that encourage a shared respect for the natural world.
https://www.nhm.ac.uk/
Sustainability and ESG at ViacomCBS
ViacomCBS is committed to building sustainability and corporate responsibility into the way we do business. We actively use sustainability as a lens to evaluate our most material impacts with the goal of becoming one of the most environmentally and socially responsible media company globally.
We identify, measure, and map our environmental, social, and governance (ESG) impacts across our global operations, and have a team dedicated to driving our ESG and sustainability strategy forward. We are working to manage and report our material impacts and transparently address them with our stakeholders. We believe this work strengthens our ability to innovate and better serve our partners, audiences, and shareholders. Transparency is a value inherent to our sustainability strategy: we are working to understand, and make public, our greatest risks and opportunities as we continue to grow, looking at everything from our consumer products’ supply chains, to the content we produce for our networks, to the footprint of our television and movie productions across the globe.
From our LEED®-Certified headquarters building in New York City, to our companywide diversity and inclusion initiatives, to our commitment to strong corporate governance practices, we will continue to manage the impact of our economic, environmental, and social value across our brands and businesses.
Character World have been working on an important project over the last 12 months focusing on how as a business they can be more sustainable. Their plan is clear, simple and concise but it is a journey. Instead of focusing on individual elements, Character World have taken a holistic approach to sustainability throughout the entire business.
This holistic approach covers everything from using more sustainable and recyclable materials in their product, packaging and shipping cartons to the post-consumer care through their partnership with WRAP. Character World have also joined OPRL (On-Pack Recycling Label) scheme enabling more consumers to recycle more material correctly, more often.
Sustainability is at the forefront of Character World’s future plans with everything from new innovations to being vigilant about new processes and techniques being developed in production capabilities.
Danny Schweiger, Joint Managing Director:
“It would have been easy to just look at a single product, but we wanted to do something meaningful and impactful throughout the business. We can’t do this on our own, we are working with retailers, licensors and factories to tackle sustainability. We have clear and ambitious plans for the future. We firmly believe a good night’s sleep shouldn’t cost the earth.”
For more information please visit https://www.characterworld.com/index.php/wecare/
https://www.characterworld.com
At TDP our approach to sustainability has seen work across many areas. Our commitment is to make changes wherever and whenever possible, in order to achieve our goals, not just for headlines but for the right reasons.
In manufacturing, our plant in India has its own water treatment facility and at the start of this year we made the investment in renewable energy. This work was completed in the Spring and we are now 100% solar powered at our facility in Tamil Nadu. In 2019 we appointed a Director of Corporate, Social Responsibility, part of whose brief is to continually monitor working conditions and achieve best practice so our staff and the community they work within, are well treated and kept safe.
We are committed to continually improve our own packaging solutions, to use recycled materials, be recyclable and drive out waste at every opportunity.
Real change will only be achieved through collaboration and we call upon all partners to embrace and activate the vital changes needed.
https://www.tdptextiles.com
According to the UN, we have just 10 years to save our planet from disastrous climate change. Our world requires urgent action, and consumers are rightfully demanding that businesses become part of the solution. As a progressive, innovative industry, we know that licensing can make a difference.
That's why Brandgenuity is delighted to support SILC in its inaugural year. We're excited to bring best practices in sustainability to our clients, and to work with our colleagues to reduce the environmental footprint of our industry.
https://brandgenuity.com
Bedding experts Dreamtex Ltd have pioneered sustainability in textiles by partnering with impressive organisations such as Repreve® and BCI Cotton.
“Our sustainability strategy is constantly being evaluated and developed and we have recently launched Dreamtex Earth which encompasses all of our sustainability goals with action points on how we intend to achieve this. The logo is featured on our website as well as on our sustainable home textile collections. We are looking forward to extending our BCI Cotton range to other licenses in the coming months” Anthony Duckworth, MD.
Dreamtex is a partner of WRAP and OPRL (On Pack Recycling Label) which help to empower customers with the knowledge of how and when to recycle our packaging correctly at home. In addition Dreamtex are members of SEDEX, an organisation which aids annual social audits of the facilities associated with our products, focussing on areas such as health and safety, the environment, child labour, discrimination and working hours and wages.
Dreamtex is proud to be supporting SILC and helping to raise awareness of eco-friendly materials in the manufacture of home textiles.
https://dreamtexltd.com/dreamtexearth
GB eye is delighted to be an official supporter of the very first Sustainability in Licensing conference, helping to raise awareness and encourage change within such a diverse industry.
Our sustainability journey started in 2019 when we began work towards the whole company becoming zero to landfill, we achieved this in 2020 and it was the first step on a very long road. Since then we have solidified three key areas within our strategy; sustainable, ethical and conscious. Ethical working practices have been at the heart of everything we do for a very long time so this is a natural progression for us, our focus now is to ensure our products and processes are sustainable and we deliver what the conscious consumer requires.
A key aim is to use local suppliers and in-house manufacturing to reduce the reliance on overseas supply however we understand the need to have a balance of products to meets the demands of a fast moving industry, so ensuring imported products meet our sustainability criteria is essential to making this work but there is so much more.
Our latest product launches include environmentally friendly drinks bottles and tote bags featuring some of the biggest and most popular brands. They are all ethically sourced and printed within our local area, fully recyclable and with minimal packaging this range has been incredibly well received.
Nicola Hallam, head of product at GB eye. “The eco-range has been a core focus for us throughout 2020, as we continue to look at ways in which to reduce our carbon impact on the environment, Expanding our product ranges to include more sustainable products is the first step in exploring new ways to better protect the world around us. We look forward to adding to the collection in 2021 with further internationally recognised licensed names.”
Considering everything from product design and packaging to green energy and recycling is a challenge, but its one we are ready for. We have received great support from licensors, customers and business partners and look forward to a sustainable future.
http://www.gbeye.com
The Insights Family
Across the world, children’s voices throughout society are becoming stronger and more relevant. Children’s influence on their parents and brands continues to grow every day. Understanding what attitudes kids hold and how these affect their purchasing decisions is critical for all brands and organisations.
Our latest data shows that the environment continues to be a core issue amongst younger generations, and the age kids start to take notice is getting younger and younger too. It’s not just talk either, kids spending habits are changing as well.
Partnering with SILC gives The Insights Family a platform to provide children, parents and families with a voice to shape their worlds.
theinsightsfamily.com
Kids Industries
We’re the only full-service marketing agency that specialises in the family market on the planet. We connect human emotions with market intelligence to make your business even stronger.
https://www.kidsindustries.com
Dependable Solutions
BRAND LICENSING SOFTWARE
SIMPLE. FAST. EFFECTIVE.
Our comprehensive brand licensing management software is designed to simplify all licensing processes for your sales, marketing, legal, and finance departments. Our cloud-based software suite automates complex tasks related to royalties, approvals, assets, and contract management - while providing business intelligence for boosting revenue and optimizing efficiency.
https://www.dependablesolutions.com
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TALK TO THE TEAM
Behind the scenes of The Sustainability in Licensing Conference is a close-knit team of people with complimentary skills and personalities, but who all share in the vision of ensuring this significant conference really hits the mark.
Owned by Products of Change Media – which is a joint venture between Max Media Ventures and Products of Change, the Sustainability in Licensing Conference benefits hugely from the partnership formed with Helena Mansell-Stopher.
HELENA MANSELL-STOPHER
Curator and Conference Director of SILC 22
With a 20 year career in the licensing industry across media and lifestyle brands and a wealth of knowledge across all categories and retail. With a course in Business Sustainability Management under her belt, from the University of Cambridge Helena will continue to work with brand owners, retailers and category experts to drive change within the licensing arena.
