Events | Impact X Summit Melbourne 2024 (27-28 Aug)

Impact X Summit Melbourne 2024

Climate change poses considerable risks to businesses of every size and industry, including more extreme weather events, natural resource scarcity and changing regulations. With Australia now introducing mandatory climate risk disclosure from January 2025, ASIC has called for businesses to ‘start preparing now’. The most significant and complex change to corporate reporting in a generation, this will require more than 6000 large companies to comply over the next few years and produce ESG data and disclosure across their supply chains.

The Impact X Summit Melbourne will gather business leaders, directors and sustainability practitioners to address the future of ESG data and disclosure together. The Summit offers two separate programs for corporates and investors. Speakers will look at regulation and frameworks, nature-related disclosures, improved data collection, and how ESG collaboration and transparency across supply chains can support improved performance and growth.

Featured Speakers

Andrew Peterson

Chief Executive Officer, Business Council for Sustainable Development Australia

April Mackenzie

Chief Executive, External Reporting Board, New Zealand

Cassandra Williams

Head, Sustainable Finance, Climateworks Centre

Fiona Reynolds

Chair
UN Global Compact Australia

Helen Maisano

Senior Director, Group Sustainability, Optus

Jessica Richmond

Chief Executive Officer, Sumday

Justin Williams

Managing Director, Australian Accounting Standards Board

Kate Dundas

Executive Director
UN Global Compact Australia

Michael Mazengrab

Senior Adviser, Owl Advisory by KWM

Nayanisha Samarakoon

Head of Policy & Advocacy Responsible Investment Association Australasia

Rebecca Mikula-Wright

Chief Executive Officer, Investor Group on Climate Change

Yuki Yasui

Managing Director, Asia Pacific, Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero

The Impact X Summit Melbourne will gather business leaders, directors and sustainability practitioners to address the future of ESG data and disclosure together.

Business Summit

Day 1

27 August 2024

The first day of the iX Summit Melbourne will help companies prepare for mandatory climate disclosure, understand the regulatory requirements, improve data collection and management across supply chains and learn best practice reporting and disclosure from the companies who are already doing this.

Investor Summit

Day 2

28 August 2024

The second day of the iX Summit Melbourne will help investors understand how mandatory climate disclosure will impact their portfolios, learn the latest on disclosure requirements and how greater transparency can improve decision-making and gain insights for better engagement with companies that can lead to improved performance and growth.

Plenary

Insights from international keynote speakers, led by highly respected climate leaders Professor Dr. Johan Rockström and Paul Hawken along with senior Government policy makers from the Pacific Island and Australia, and across the globe.

Breakout Sessions

Leading expert facilitators will guide participants through a series of presentations, conversations and panels with discussions to deliver 2030 targets in scope 3 emissions reduction, circular economy, EV transition, indigenous knowledge systems, oceans and forests.

Industry Working Groups

Participants will propose solutions for ensuring a just and green transition and explore accelerated decarbonisation in energy, transport, built environment, industry, resources and agriculture.

Climate Solutions Showcase

Innovators representing climate tech startups and scale-ups along with established brands will showcase their climate and nature solutions.

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Acknowledgement of country

Impact X respects and acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of Country throughout Australia, the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Elders past, present and emerging. We recognise their rich cultures and connections to land, sea and community. Together, we commit to building a sustainable future together.