RILA's Retail Innovation Track Sessions
Innovative Internal
and External Financing for Energy Projects
Even at cash rich
companies, the fight for internal capital can leave compelling energy projects
unfunded. Join this workshop to learn how retailers are overcoming this
challenge through innovative internal financing and underutilized external
financing mechanisms ranging from internal venture capital funds to green
bonds.
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Retailer Chemical
Positions & Policies
As consumers are
increasingly concerned over chemicals used in everyday products, hear how large
retailers are responding. This landscape is rapidly changing as retailers, CPG
companies, chemical companies, NGOs, and government are all taking action.
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Getting the Message
Across: Greening Global Supply Chains - A Visual Design and Storytelling
Strategy in Action
When you say the words "supply chain sustainability data" do eyes start to glaze over? You know it's important, but how to do you get the attention of your senior executives and other key audiences? Through compelling design and visual storytelling and, you can help key decision-makers better understand why metrics and research are important in tackling climate change, optimizing water usage, and cutting down deforestation. Based on the The Sustainability Consortium's recent, Impact Report: Greening Global Supply Chains, session attendees will learn how storytelling can help highlight key data and compel action, be able to model an effective visual communication strategy for depicting the science and complexity of product supply chains behind the products on their shelves, and discover how leading consumer products companies are sharing their sustainability story. Moderator: Speakers: |
Future Trends in
Sustainable Retail & How to Succeed in Leading Them
This session will
examine cutting edge sustainability programs and the data behind them to
identify why they fail & how they succeed. All major brands struggle with a
wide array of issues when it comes to developing and executing on impactful
sustainability programs. Of the 6 major themes that lead to unsuccessful
sustainability programs:
- Lack of Communication
- Lack of Strategic
Approach
- Lack of Data
- Lack of Stakeholder Buy-In
- Lack of
Standardized Programing
- Lack in Understanding Connection Between
Sustainability and Brand
Communication, Strategy and Data are the most
critical to ensure success – 80% of those surveyed identified Poor
Communication and Lack of Strategy as the major causes for unsuccessful
sustainability plans. Join some of the world’s leading experts on a journey to
inspire, educate, engage and empower session attendees to take their brand’s
sustainability plans to the next level of impact and influence.
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Private Brand Sustainability
Private label
products are increasingly shifting from shelf-equivalent to differentiated as
retailers seek to carve out greater customer loyalty and profit from their
store brand strategy. This workshop will review the trends and business case
for integrating sustainability into private brand strategy. This working
session will review benchmarking information on retailer trends and consumer
insights. The second half of the session will be an interactive workshop were
attendees consider the business case and approach for building sustainability
into their private label offering. Participants will work in small groups and
pairs to explore the potential to harness this effective strategy for engaging
the retail business in product sustainability.
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