On Tuesday 26 January 2027, HCCSP will host our annual event, bringing stakeholders together around this year’s theme: Resilient Services and Businesses for Communities. The event will explore climate adaptation, sustainability and the connections between public services, businesses and communities across Hertfordshire.
To register, please book your tickets through Eventbrite. We recommend booking early, as tickets often go quickly. You can also view the event agenda on Eventbrite to find out more about the day’s programme.
We will begin with an introduction from Helen Meech, Executive Director of The Climate Coalition, an organisation working to ensure people are at the centre of climate action, including through its well-known Great Big Green Week. This opening will set the scene for a day focused on adapting Hertfordshire to a changing climate.
We will then hear from public sector colleagues, including Joana Greenshaw, on adaptation. Helen Pollock, Clean Growth Manager at Herts Futures, will introduce the role of businesses in Hertfordshire within the event’s wider theme, before then chairing a business panel with businesses operating in Hertfordshire on their approaches to sustainability. Further details of the business speakers joining the panel will be confirmed nearer the time.
Other public sector colleagues will discuss the county’s progress in delivering the actions set out in the Herts Retrofit strategy. The programme will also explore public health’s award-winning, first-of-its-kind approach to embedding health across all policies, and how this could offer a potential blueprint for sustainability. Another topic will be the rise of data centre development and the environmental demands this brings in Hertfordshire. Together, these discussions will connect the event’s theme with the challenges facing public services and businesses.
As always, we welcome a wide range of stakeholders, including councillors, business owners, community groups and local authority officers. We look forward to welcoming you on the day and bringing these perspectives together.