Webinar overview:
This interactive webinar will explore the growing trend to decarbonise corporate energy supplies and switch to 100 per cent renewables. It will bring together leading experts to discuss the different approaches for sourcing clean energy and their various pros and cons, while also providing an overview of the best practices that can help companies curb both carbon emissions and energy costs.
Topics to be covered include:
- Why have many leading organisations made 100 per cent renewables pledges?
- What are the challenges in transitioning to 100 per cent renewables?
- What technologies and contracts are available for organisations looking to boost their renewables use?
- How can the switch to renewables be harnessed to deliver lower costs?
- How to manage rising network costs.
- How can a renewables strategy feed into a wider net zero strategy?
Panellists
James Murray
Editor-in-Chief, BusinessGreen
James Murray is Editor-in-Chief of BusinessGreen, having launched the site in October 2007. He is responsible for BusinessGreen's leading news, opinion and analysis, and also contributes to the brand's expanding events' programme. James is one of the UK's leading commentators on the low carbon economy. He writes occasionally for The Guardian newspaper and has also reported for BBC Radio on a number of green technology stories. James reports daily on a wide range of green business issues, with a particular focus on low carbon policy, economics and technology. In March 2011, James was voted number eight in the Press Gazette's list of the top 50 environmental journalists in the UK. Prior to launching BusinessGreen, James spent five years as a technology journalist working on a variety of IT titles.
Jack Peck
Head of Renewables, UK, Wattstor
Jess Ralston
Head of Energy, Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit
Sam Kimmins
Director of Energy, Climate Group
Sam Kimmins is Director of Energy at Climate Group, leading global energy initiatives including RE100 which brings together over 400 of the world's most influential companies committed to 100% renewable power.
Over his 30-year career, Sam has led sustainability and system-change initiatives across the energy, shipping and aviation.
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