BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20261008T080000Z DTEND:20261008T103000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Your City\, Your Say - Environmental Sustainability DESCRIPTION:Environmental sustainability is increasingly shaping the rules for doing business\, from how you operate and who you supply\, to the contracts you win and the costs you carry.\n\nFor businesses in Doncaster\, the challenge is not just understanding the direction of travel\, but what it means in practice. How local policy\, planning decisions\, infrastructure and investment will affect your day to day operations and future growth.\n\nJoin us for a straight talking\, interactive session with senior leaders from the City of Doncaster Council\, focused on the practical realities of this agenda and where it is heading locally.\n\nWe will explore how environmental sustainability is being translated into local decision making\, how it connects with regional partners including South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority\, and what businesses need to be aware of now.\n\nAs with all Your City\, Your Say events\, this is your opportunity to ask questions\, challenge thinking\, and make sure business voices are shaping the city's approach.\n\n\n\nWhat to expect\n\n Make the right connections\n\nEngage directly with council teams and businesses facing similar pressures and opportunities.\n\n Hear what is really coming\n\nFrom policy shifts and planning changes to infrastructure investment and future pipelines.\n\n Get practical insight\n\nUnderstand the support available\, how expectations are changing\, and where the commercial opportunities lie.\n\n\n\nThe conversation\n\nYour City\, Your Say: Environmental Sustainability in Doncaster\n\nFrom procurement requirements and planning policy to infrastructure\, energy and supply chains\, this agenda is already influencing how businesses operate\, invest and grow.\n\nThis session will cut through the noise and focus on what matters:\n\n\n What support is available to help your business adapt and manage costs\n How planning\, procurement and local policy decisions could impact your operations\n Where major projects and investment will create new opportunities\n How supply chains and expectations are changing and how to stay competitive\n Where the real challenges and trade offs sit locally\n\n\nMeet your hosts\n\nGemma Peebles CEO & Principal\, Harrison College\n\nGemma Peebles is the Chief Executive Officer and Principal of Harrison College\, a pioneering post 16 business and enterprise college in Doncaster dedicated to empowering young people\, particularly those with high functioning autism and additional needs. With over a decade of experience in post 16 education\, Gemma has led the organisation to become a nationally recognised model for inclusive\, employer led education. Establishing partnerships with more than 200 businesses\, she is known for championing inclusion and challenging stereotypes around neurodiversity. Gemma also serves as a Non Executive Director for the Doncaster Chamber of Commerce\, as well as her appearance as a TEDx speaker \n\n\n\n \n\nDan Fell MBE Chief Executive\, Doncaster Chamber \n\nDan Fell MBE is Chief Executive Officer of Doncaster Chamber of Commerce\, where he has spent nearly two decades promoting inclusive economic growth across Doncaster and South Yorkshire\, including ten years as CEO. He has led key achievements such as City Status\, Doncaster UTC\, and advocacy for Doncaster Sheffield Airport. Under his leadership\, the Chamber became Chamber of the Year in 2019 and launched a ten year manifesto for prosperity. Dan also holds wider civic roles\, including Governor of DN Colleges Group\, Co-Chair of the Education and Skills Board\, and Chair of the Mayor's Business Advisory Board and partnerships work.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOur Panel\n\nMayor Ros Jones Mayor of Doncaster\n\n\n\nRos Jones is the directly elected Mayor of City of Doncaster Council\, first chosen in 2013 and re-elected for a fourth term in 2025\, a rare achievement that underlines the trust she continues to hold among local people. A former public-sector accountant and senior manager\, she spent more than 30 years working in local services before entering politics. Since becoming mayor\, she has overseen a turnaround of the council\, leading efforts to stabilise finances\, deliver investment and revitalise the borough. A strong advocate for jobs\, apprenticeships\, housing and community services\, Ros seeks to bring sustainable growth and opportunity to Doncaster\, driven by a belief that the town's working-class roots and shared history can be a foundation for progress. \n\n\n\n\n\nDamian Allen Chief Executive\, City of Doncaster Council\n\n\n\nDamian holds the position of Chief Executive at the City of Doncaster Council. Prior to this\, he held the Council's statutory Chief Officer role for Children (DCS) and Adults(DASS). Damian has pioneered designing and developing regenerative approachesacross 'Team Doncaster'. This resulted in the Mayor's publication of her 10 year borough strategy 'Doncaster Delivering Together' in 2021\, with its mission of 'Thriving People\, Places and Planet'. Damian's focus is on supporting the Mayor's 'Great 8 Priorities\, which includes\, driving investment\, making Doncaster the best place to do business\, invest and create good jobs\, developing the skills to thrive in life and work\, and building transport and digital connections fit for the future.\n\n\n\n\n\nRichard Smith Head of Environmental Sustainability for City of Doncaster Council\n\n\n\nHead of Environmental Sustainability for City of Doncaster Council. Richard Leads the design\, coordination\, and delivery of the Council's regulatory and non-regulatory environmental sustainability services (built and natural environment)\, including energy transition\, electrification of transport\, buildings and housing retrofit\, heat networks\, woodland creation\, development of a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve designation\, countryside services\, allotments\, and environmental education. Creating scalable opportunities to support economic growth\, reducing the cost of living\, improved health and wellbeing\, and nature recovery in Doncaster.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nZoe Jennings MSc\, BSc is Director of Energy and Environment at the South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority\n\n\n\nShe leads the region's work across energy transition\, climate resilience\, clean growth and the environment. Zoe has nearly 30 years' experience working across energy\, climate change\, sustainability and economic development\, spanning local and mayoral government\, academia\, the charity sector and national innovation organisations. Before joining South Yorkshire\, Zoe was Head of Procurement\, Funding and Investment at Connected Places Catapult and led 3Ci\, the Cities Commission for Climate Investment\, working with local government\, investors and government to mobilise investment into net zero. She led the development of the UK's first National Net Zero Project Pipeline\, bringing together around 50 billion of investment opportunities from across the UK. Earlier in her career\, Zoe worked at the Greater London Authority\, managing the London Hydrogen Partnership\, and at the London Development Agency. She established and scaled London's RE:FIT energy efficiency programme and worked with the European Investment Bank to develop the first London Green Fund. Zoe has worked at the intersection of policy\, investment and delivery\, bringing together government\, places\, businesses and investors for the transition to a greener and inclusive economy.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWho should attend \n\nBusiness owners\, senior leaders and decision makers who want to understand the commercial impact of environmental sustainability. This is particularly relevant for those in supply chains\, infrastructure\, construction\, manufacturing and professional services\, alongside partners involved in policy\, planning and economic development.\n\n \n\nMarketplace: Connect with council teams on the day\n\n\n Business Doncaster\n Advance Doncaster Employment Hub \n Commercial Waste \n Environmental Sustainability \n Strategic Procurement X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
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Environmental sustainability is increasingly shaping the rules for doing business\, from how you operate and who you supply\, to the contracts you win and the costs you carry.

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For businesses in Doncaster\, the challenge is not just understanding the direction of travel\, but what it means in practice. How local policy\, planning decisions\, infrastructure and investment will affect your day to day operations and future growth.

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Join us for a straight talking\, interactive session with senior leaders from the City of Doncaster Council\, focused on the practical realities of this agenda and where it is heading locally.

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We will explore how environmental sustainability is being translated into local decision making\, how it connects with regional partners including South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority\, and what businesses need to be aware of now.

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As with all Your City\, Your Say events\, this is your opportunity to ask questions\, challenge thinking\, and make sure business voices are shaping the city&rsquo\;s approach.

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\nWhat to expect

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🫂\; Make the right connections
\nEngage directly with council teams and businesses facing similar pressures and opportunities.

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🌟\; Hear what is really coming
\nFrom policy shifts and planning changes to infrastructure investment and future pipelines.

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🎗\;️\; Get practical insight
\nUnderstand the support available\, how expectations are changing\, and where the commercial opportunities lie.

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\nThe conversation

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Your City\, Your Say: Environmental Sustainability in Doncaster

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From procurement requirements and planning policy to infrastructure\, energy and supply chains\, this agenda is already influencing how businesses operate\, invest and grow.

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This session will cut through the noise and focus on what matters:

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Meet your hosts

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Gemma Peebles CEO &\; Principal\, Harrison College

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Gemma Peebles is the Chief Executive Officer and Principal of Harrison College\, a pioneering post 16 business and enterprise college in Doncaster dedicated to empowering young people\, particularly those with high functioning autism and additional needs. With over a decade of experience in post 16 education\, Gemma has led the organisation to become a nationally recognised model for inclusive\, employer led education. Establishing partnerships with more than 200 businesses\, she is known for championing inclusion and challenging stereotypes around neurodiversity. Gemma also serves as a Non Executive Director for the Doncaster Chamber of Commerce\, as well as her appearance as a TEDx speaker \;
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Dan Fell MBE Chief Executive\, Doncaster Chamber

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Dan Fell MBE is Chief Executive Officer of Doncaster Chamber of Commerce\, where he has spent nearly two decades promoting inclusive economic growth across Doncaster and South Yorkshire\, including ten years as CEO. He has led key achievements such as City Status\, Doncaster UTC\, and advocacy for Doncaster Sheffield Airport. Under his leadership\, the Chamber became Chamber of the Year in 2019 and launched a ten year manifesto for prosperity. Dan also holds wider civic roles\, including Governor of DN Colleges Group\, Co-Chair of the Education and Skills Board\, and Chair of the Mayor&rsquo\;s Business Advisory Board and partnerships work.
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\nOur Panel

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Mayor Ros Jones Mayor of Doncaster
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\nRos Jones is the directly elected Mayor of City of Doncaster Council\, first chosen in 2013 and re-elected for a fourth term in 2025\, a rare achievement that underlines the trust she continues to hold among local people. A former public-sector accountant and senior manager\, she spent more than 30 years working in local services before entering politics. Since becoming mayor\, she has overseen a turnaround of the council\, leading efforts to stabilise finances\, deliver investment and revitalise the borough. A strong advocate for jobs\, apprenticeships\, housing and community services\, Ros seeks to bring sustainable growth and opportunity to Doncaster\, driven by a belief that the town&rsquo\;s working-class roots and shared history can be a foundation for progress.
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\nDamian Allen Chief Executive\, City of Doncaster Council
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\nDamian holds the position of Chief Executive at the City of Doncaster Council. Prior to this\, he held the Council&rsquo\;s statutory Chief Officer role for Children (DCS) and Adults(DASS). Damian has pioneered designing and developing regenerative approachesacross &lsquo\;Team Doncaster&rsquo\;. This resulted in the Mayor&rsquo\;s publication of her 10 year borough strategy &lsquo\;Doncaster Delivering Together&rsquo\; in 2021\, with its mission of &lsquo\;Thriving People\, Places and Planet&rsquo\;. Damian&rsquo\;s focus is on supporting the Mayor&rsquo\;s &lsquo\;Great 8 Priorities\, which includes\, driving investment\, making Doncaster the best place to do business\, invest and create good jobs\, developing the skills to thrive in life and work\, and building transport and digital connections fit for the future.

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\nRichard Smith Head of Environmental Sustainability for City of Doncaster Council
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\nHead of Environmental Sustainability for City of Doncaster Council. Richard Leads the design\, coordination\, and delivery of the Council&rsquo\;s regulatory and non-regulatory environmental sustainability services (built and natural environment)\, including energy transition\, electrification of transport\, buildings and housing retrofit\, heat networks\, woodland creation\, development of a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve designation\, countryside services\, allotments\, and environmental education. Creating scalable opportunities to support economic growth\, reducing the cost of living\, improved health and wellbeing\, and nature recovery in Doncaster.
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\nZoe Jennings MSc\, BSc is Director of Energy and Environment at the South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority
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\nShe leads the region&rsquo\;s work across energy transition\, climate resilience\, clean growth and the environment. \;Zoe has nearly 30 years&rsquo\; experience working across energy\, climate change\, sustainability and economic development\, spanning local and mayoral government\, academia\, the charity sector and national innovation organisations. \;Before joining South Yorkshire\, Zoe was Head of Procurement\, Funding and Investment at Connected Places Catapult and led 3Ci\, the Cities Commission for Climate Investment\, working with local government\, investors and government to mobilise investment into net zero. She led the development of the UK&rsquo\;s first National Net Zero Project Pipeline\, bringing together around £\;50 billion of investment opportunities from across the UK. \;Earlier in her career\, Zoe worked at the Greater London Authority\, managing the London Hydrogen Partnership\, and at the London Development Agency. She established and scaled London&rsquo\;s RE:FIT energy efficiency programme and worked with the European Investment Bank to develop the first London Green Fund. \;Zoe has worked at the intersection of policy\, investment and delivery\, bringing together government\, places\, businesses and investors for \; \;the transition to a greener and inclusive economy.

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\nWho should attend \;

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Business owners\, senior leaders and decision makers who want to understand the commercial impact of environmental sustainability. This is particularly relevant for those in supply chains\, infrastructure\, construction\, manufacturing and professional services\, alongside partners involved in policy\, planning and economic development.
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Marketplace: Connect with council teams on the day

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