Some 12,000 visitors and more than 600 speakers will attend the two-day event on April 30 and May 1 at London Olympia, and NatWest’s stand will be a prominent feature on the exhibition floor.
Our theme this year is ‘Collaboration for Net Zero – the Power of Partnerships’ and we’ll be showcasing how our own partnerships, with companies like Sage Earth, British Gas, and the Supply Chain Sustainability School, are supporting customers in their transition towards lower emissions.
We’ll be hosting a panel discussion on May 1 – featuring Maria Carvalho from our Climate Centre of Excellence, John Saffrett, Global Deputy CEO of Ayvens, and George Sandilands, VP of Sage Earth – where we’ll discuss ways in which organisations can work together to help UK businesses tackle the climate crisis.
Other speaker sessions we will be supporting include:
- Bridging the gap: de-risking and financing innovation
- Funding the automotive transformation
Lombard Vehicle Solutions will also be on hand at the NatWest stand, ready to discuss how businesses could move towards decarbonising their fleets.
Our Climate Propositions Director, Mark Dodwell, says: “Innovation Zero provides a great opportunity for us to highlight how important collaboration is to achieving net zero, and the NatWest gives us a tremendous platform to showcase how our products are supporting businesses and individuals.
“We’ll demonstrate how these partnerships, created in conjunction with our funding products and solutions, can help businesses and communities thrive.”
Innovation Zero is intended to be a platform for action, taking place between the policy-focused COP events. New for 2024 is the dedicated Infrastructure Zero event, which will run in parallel to Innovation Zero, attracting investors and leaders in low-carbon and green infrastructure.
Themes which run throughout the discussion panels and content forums include:
- Scaling clean technology
- Financing the transformation
- Low-carbon leadership
- Investing in green infrastructure
- Innovative enabling policy
- Circularity
- Supply chain
