As energy costs, carbon reduction and commercial pressures continue to compete for attention, how can organisations build strategies that deliver value across all three?
Steve Sorah – BIO
Steve Sorah is Sales and Marketing Director at Trident, where he ensures that every conversation and campaign is focused on delivering value for customers and the planet. With over 20 years’ experience across both energy consultancy and supply sectors, Steve previously specialised in sales training and transformation, supporting global organisations to achieve growth through customer-centric strategies. Returning to the energy sector in 2024, he now combines his passion for sustainability with commercial excellence. A supporter of Blackpool FC and Lancashire County Cricket Club, Steve is also a keen tennis player and golfer.
Christine McIlveen – BIO
Christine McIlveen is a Business Development Manager at Trident Utilities, helping organisations identify opportunities to reduce costs, improve efficiency and progress their sustainability goals. With a background spanning business development, account management and customer relationship management, Christine is passionate about building long-term partnerships and understanding the challenges her customers face. Having previously owned and managed her own business, Christine brings a practical perspective to conversations around energy, sustainability and commercial performance. She understands first-hand the pressures businesses face when balancing rising costs, operational demands and long-term growth, enabling her to take a customer-focused approach to identifying solutions that deliver meaningful value.
The presentation will cover why embedding sustainable practices is critical to future success, the business benefits it offers, and practical steps to successfully begin that journey to net zero. Leading to what a credible pathway looks like, with a couple of examples of businesses in the FM sector who are already embracing sustainability and are now seeing the long-term value of positioning themselves as industry leaders.
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Alan has been a sustainability entrepreneur for the past 18 years. Having established a carbon management consultancy in 2006, Alan has been lucky enough to work with many early adopters and industry leaders across a wide range of industries. In 2022 he co-founded Neutral Carbon Zone with an exceptional team of talented colleagues to create a tech-enabled solution for managing organisational, operational and supply-chain emissions, to take motivated clients on their journey to net zero.
Mark Agnew and his teammates made history when they kayaked the Northwest Passage. He shares the tale of his adventure with actionable lessons to create a more resilient, happier and more productive workforce.
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Mark Agnew is a resilience and teamwork specialist. He is a World First Record setting adventurer & European Adventurer of The Year 2023. His talk is packed with polar bears and ice bergs, and actionable lessons to help you thrive in adversity.
The difference? Leadership. The ones pulling ahead aren’t just ticking boxes or setting distant targets. They’re putting net zero at the centre of their growth strategy. They’re winning tenders, attracting investment, building stronger brands, and outpacing their competitors.
This is a practical look at what is working, what is at risk, and why the cost of doing nothing is rising fast.
Noah Nelson – BIO
As Account Director, I support clients by tailoring innovative net zero solutions to match businesses decarbonisation objectives. This includes collaboration across key departments and covers all areas of net zero and energy management, specifically, cost control, carbon emissions, and compliance. I have developed experience and a passion for sustainability from working across the energy, utilities, and construction sectors for over a decade. Outside of work I’m a Historian and House Guide volunteer, in additional to being a member of the Research Society at the National Trust property, Calke Abbey.
Steve Sorah – BIO
Steve Sorah is Sales and Marketing Director at Trident, where he ensures that every conversation and campaign is focused on delivering value for customers and the planet. With over 20 years’ experience across both energy consultancy and supply sectors, Steve previously specialised in sales training and transformation, supporting global organisations to achieve growth through customer-centric strategies. Returning to the energy sector in 2024, he now combines his passion for sustainability with commercial excellence. A supporter of Blackpool FC and Lancashire County Cricket Club, Steve is also a keen tennis player and golfer.
Exploring how sustainability and risk management can work together to help businesses achieve net zero targets and manage price risk
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Jack Goodson is Senior Business Development Manager at Equity Energies, specialising in delivering innovative energy solutions for the care sector and others. With extensive experience in renewable and conventional energy markets, he helps businesses reduce costs, enhance sustainability, and build tailored, energy-efficient projects and Net Zero pathways. Passionate about empowering businesses, Jack combines deep industry knowledge with practical insights to support sustainable, cost-effective energy transformation with lasting impact.
Unlocking AI’s Potential: Explore how artificial intelligence accelerates the energy transition, transforms power sectors, and optimizes distributed energy systems for a sustainable future.
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Technology leader, and Fellow of the British Computer Society, Mike Lloyd’s passion is to democratise Deep Tech. In September 2013 Mike founded learn-tech.io, a London-based technology company, to build learning solutions focussed on AI, Internet of Things, and sustainability.
learn-tech.io works internationally with a wide range of organisations including Microsoft, Pearson, and The British Council. After starting his career in engineering, Mike spent 10 years teaching. He then worked for Microsoft for 14 years in a senior role in the Worldwide Education Group before founding learn.tech.io.
Mike is the author of “Schooling at the Speed of Thought” – a guide to transforming education with technology.
This will focus on non-invasive green technologies which reduce energy expenditure and decrease carbon emissions within the context of net-zero policies and energy market volatility.
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Dr. James Crosby-Wrigley is Head of Sustainability for Commercial and Industrial Energy Supply and Usage at Advantage Utilities. With a Ph.D inGeochemistry, Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences from the University of Cambridge, Dr. Crosby-Wrigley now offers business support to a range ofcompanies who are looking to achieve net-zero and manage their energy costs through sustainable energy solutions.
We know every Net Zero journey is different, and so are the resources you have to undertake it. Unfortunately this can leave many businesses passing around decarbonisation plans but not taking the steps to execute it, create true results and make a difference.
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Adam is Sales Director at Equity Energies. Prior to joining Equity Energies, Adam was ESG Advisory Director at Inspired Energy, where he led a sales team that specialised in helping organisations identify and implement solutions to meet their ESG requirements. Adam has worked with organisations across the hospitality, manufacturing, construction, and professional services industries.
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As Account Director, I support clients by tailoring innovative net zero solutions to match businesses decarbonisation objectives. This includes collaborationacross key departments and covers all areas of net zero and energy management, specifically, cost control, carbon emissions, and compliance. I havedeveloped experience and a passion for sustainability from working across the energy, utilities, and construction sectors for over a decade. Outside of workI’m a Historian and House Guide volunteer, in additional to being a member of the Research Society at the National Trust property, Calke Abbey.
