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10:00
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- Follow an operator’s approach to identifying avoidable energy use, waste and movement before choosing what to change
- Which process and equipment decisions improved resource use, and what were the trade-offs for throughput and service?
- Learn how to assess financial and emissions results separately, so the evidence supports both claims
10:20
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- Which EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation requirements are relevant to your products, packaging and markets?
- Distinguish current obligations from phased changes in minimisation, reuse, recyclability and labelling, including the position in Northern Ireland
- Identify the packaging specifications, supplier evidence and data responsibilities needed for the requirements affecting your business
10:40
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- Understand packaging extended producer responsibility (EPR) duties, including the distinction between reporting and household packaging waste disposal fees
- How do material weights, recyclability assessments and supporting evidence influence the relevant fees and packaging choices?
- See how brands, suppliers and logistics partners can share data responsibilities and turn reporting into better purchasing decisions
11:00
11:20
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- Identify where product dimensions, mixed orders and protection requirements lead to oversized parcels and avoidable material use
- See how packaging redesign and automated packing can fit despatch capacity, carrier charging and damage-prevention needs
- Judge the result through material use, delivered cost and claims, with evidence for any emissions benefit
11:40
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- How do route, ownership and the number of reuse cycles affect the case for reusable transport packaging?
- Understand what it takes to track, recover, clean and redistribute assets, including losses and empty return movements.
- When do whole-life cost and environmental results support reuse over a clearly defined single-use alternative?
12:00
12:20
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- How should buyers weigh right-sizing, recycled content, material substitution and reuse against cost, protection and waste?
- Clarify where EPR, deposit return requirements and the Plastic Packaging Tax affect the choices in different markets
- Debate what to trial, which partners to involve and what evidence is needed to support performance and environmental claims
13:00
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- When do heating, cooling, automation and charging combine to put the greatest demand on the site?
- See how metering, controls and operating schedules can reveal ways to reduce consumption and manage peaks
- Assess energy and capacity gains while checking the effect on warehouse service
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- What warehouse and transport information do customers need from third-party logistics providers (3PLs)?
- See how primary data, allocation methods and estimates can be combined while keeping calculation boundaries and gaps clear.
- Learn how a repeatable reporting process can support customer decisions and show the effect of operational changes.
13:20
13:40
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- Understand the distinction between EU battery-passport requirements for relevant categories and the developing timetable for other product groups.
- How can product identifiers and lifecycle information support warehouse handling, returns, repair and resale?
- Clarify who maintains the data, how systems connect and what logistics providers need to access without owning every record.
14:00
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- Is the site suitable for solar and storage once roof condition, energy demand and remaining lease are considered?
- Compare funding and ownership models, including how they divide responsibilities and benefits between landlord and occupier.
- Test how generation, battery use, maintenance and future electrification affect the investment case.
14:20
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- Why do viable energy, retrofit and infrastructure projects stall between occupiers, landlords and finance teams?
- Hear how partners address lease constraints and situations where the party paying does not receive all the benefits.
- What evidence, responsibilities and financial and environmental measures help move a proposal towards funding?
15:00
15:20
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- Identify the lighting, heating, insulation and control changes that best fit the condition and operating pattern of an occupied site
- Learn how to plan works around ongoing operations, landlord approvals and applicable building and energy requirements
- Weigh cost, disruption and measured energy performance when choosing between targeted improvements, a wider retrofit and relocation
15:40
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- Examine how building form, material flow, fabric and equipment choices influence resource use long after construction
- How can a new facility accommodate future charging and automation without overspecifying the first phase?
- Learn how whole-life cost and carbon assessment help test design choices against the operator’s long-term needs
10:00
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- Where do delivery patterns, backhauls and loading constraints leave vehicle capacity unused?
- See how consolidation, scheduling and collaboration can improve utilisation within customer time windows and warehouse requirements
- Track distance, load utilisation, cost and emissions on a consistent basis to judge the improvement
10:20
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- How do routes, payloads, dwell times and seasonal demand determine the right vehicle and charging arrangement?
- Understand what depot power, connection requirements, charger placement and contingency plans mean for reliable daily operation
- Learn which duty-cycle and energy assumptions to test when assessing operating cost, availability and emissions
10:40
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- Which routes, volumes, lead times and terminal locations make rail or combined transport a practical option?
- Hear how first- and last-mile movements, stockholding and warehouse schedules need to fit the proposed service
- Weigh cost, reliability and emissions against the existing route, including the assumptions behind the comparison
11:00
11:20
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- Why does returned stock get stuck between receipt, inspection and a decision on what happens next?
- See how product condition, demand and recovery options guide the choice between resale, repair, reuse and recycling
- Learn which changes improve time back to sale, recovered value and material outcomes without inflating processing costs
11:40
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- Compare the roles of better utilisation, network changes, modal shift and electrification for different freight requirements
- Debate how charging, terminal access, customer time windows and warehouse schedules constrain the available choices
- Hear how operators phase change and hold partners accountable for service, cost and emissions outcomes
12:20
12:40
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- Identify avoidable energy demand across refrigeration, doors, loading interfaces and working practices in temperature-controlled storage
- Consider how controls, maintenance, refrigerants and equipment choices fit the product requirements and facility constraints
- Learn how to judge the result through energy use, temperature performance, product loss and reliability
13:00
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- What changes at the end of March, and which businesses in England are affected?
- Understand the plastic-film and micro-firm milestones alongside waste streams, contamination and collection arrangements on site
- Learn how better separation and waste reduction can be assessed through material, disposal-cost and operational outcomes
13:20
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- Which emissions and operating decisions can each partner influence, and where is joint action essential?
- Hear how contracts, data sharing and investment agreements divide costs, responsibilities and benefits
- Discuss how a shared baseline reveals progress and helps partners address conflicts between service, cost and carbon objectives
14:00
14:20
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- How do location, building systems and critical processes determine the site’s exposure to disruption?
- Consider how physical adaptation, maintenance and continuity planning address the consequences of an interruption
- Learn what a realistic site-level exercise reveals about responsibilities, supplier dependencies and recovery priorities
14:40
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- How do sourcing locations, stock positioning and shipment frequency change the demands on a logistics network?
- Follow how a buyer weighs end-to-end cost, lead-time reliability, working capital and emissions when comparing network options
- Hear how procurement, planning and logistics teams turn the chosen design into operational change and measure the result
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