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The WSBF holds a busy programme of roundtables, seminars and panel debates with relevant Ministers, Government officials and high-profile speakers from across the sustainability sector and related industries.  These focus on relevant policy topics and issues, whilst providing an important opportunity for our members to engage in open debate with a variety of stakeholders and policy decision-makers.

If you would like to discuss our events programme in more detail or find out about partnership opportunities, please contact Jim Clark, Manager of the Westminster Sustainable Business Forum, on 020 7202 8570 or via email.

View our events archive here.

Bricks & Water: How do we build resilient communities?

4th June 2019

To mark one year since publishing the Bricks & Water report into housing growth and water management, the Westminster Sustainable Business Forum will be convening this panel discu

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Professor Dieter Helm

Better utility regulation

14th May 2019

In collaboration with Professor Dieter Helm, WSBF and Carbon Connect are running a roundtable discussion to discuss how the regulation of utilities should change in the future as we move to a lower carbon, smarter and more resilient system.

The event will explore how regulation of utilities should change in the future, taking into account the future needs of the system: for example, how Ofgem can facilitate a transition to low carbon heat, or how Ofwat will regulate water in a system more stressed by climate change.

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How can off-site manufacture for construction drive up standards in the industry?

1st May 2019
The WSBF will be holding a roundtable discussion and working lunch in the House of Commons to discuss how off-site manufacture for construction can increase sustainability and quality standards in the industry. This meeting will be chaired by Shadow Housing spokesman Lord Kennedy of Southwark.
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Bricks & Water roundtable 4: Is our approach to flooding working?

26th February 2019
Flooding and managing risk. Following on from the WSBF's Bricks & Water report, this policy roundtable will look at flood risk to housing and how this risk can be reduced.
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Baroness McIntosh

Bricks & Water roundtable 3: How can SuDS improve our built environment?

29th January 2019
Green infrastructure and sustainable drainage is a way of managing surface water runoff from the built environment, thereby reducing the risk of surface water flooding. Following on from the WSBF's Bricks & Water report, this policy roundtable will look at the implications of land use change to catchments and flood management, and the role that green infrastructure and sustainable drainage (SuDS) has to play.
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