Events
Ethical Sourcing Forum, March 18-19, 2010, New York City NY
This intensive, two-day session explores the latest innovations in driving Return On Sustainability Investment (ROSI). Also, the ESF’s trademark Innovation Labs will continue to build on the ‘mind-mapping’ exercises of previous Forums and provide insights into sustainability decision-making, lifecycle assessment methodology, improved collaboration techniques, and effective carbon, energy and water footprint management.
These labs will further investigate “contextual alignment” as an essential element of stakeholder engagement – as well as how supply chain challenges can be “reframed” as exciting business opportunities.
For more information or to register.
Strategic Sustainability for Leaders: Develop Your Leadership Potential, March 22-24, 2010, Lisle IL
Taking bold action for sustainability is not a technical issue so much as it is a leadership issue. Exemplary leaders have the ability to step into challenging times with confidence and take action to create new possibilities. They are resourceful, generative and innovative; inclusive, direct and respectful; authentic, effective and bold.
The Natural Step offers a comprehensive, scientifically-based framework to answer the question “How do I know when my organization is sustainable?” and then move step-by-step toward the answer. Coupled with some of the latest work on the neuroscience of leadership development, this course provides a solid foundation for any leader striving to create change.
For more information or to register.
GLOBE 2010, March 23-25, 2010, Vancouver BC
GLOBE 2010 is one of the world’s largest and longest-running events dedicated to the business of the environment. Every two years, over 10,000 professionals from 70+ countries come together at GLOBE for three days of thought-leading sessions presented by world-renowned sustainability experts; to survey leading-edge environmental innovations; and to participate in unparalleled global networking opportunities.
Join environmental business leaders, corporate executives, NGOs, and government policymakers from around the world to explore the mutually inclusive goals of: corporate sustainability, climate change, carbon management, clean energy, sustainable finance, and greener cities. Special subthemes for GLOBE 2010 include:
- Clean technology
- Water
- Sustainable retail
- Auto FutureTech: the future of the auto industry
For more information or to register.
5th Annual Walmart and Sam’s Club Sustainable Packaging Exposition, April 6-7, 2010, Rogers AR
Walmart and Sam’s Club invite you to join buyers as they review the many improvements in packaging and packaging concepts that have occurred over the last year. The Packaging Sustainable Value Network is looking forward to hosting another productive event with continued improvements over the past four years.
This exhibition of hundreds of packaging suppliers’ products and services also includes information sessions to provide you with key information and solutions in the packaging industry. Ronald Sasine, senior director of packaging, private brands, remarks, “For sustainability to work, it cannot be the domain of only a few specialists. This is the only place in the sustainability discussion where buyers meet up with product suppliers and their packaging suppliers. It’s a unique event.”
The exhibition and all-day programs take place on April 6 and 7 at the John Q. Hammons Convention Center in Rogers, AR, near Bentonville. There’s no limit on the number of attendees from product supplier companies. Though product suppliers are not required to walk with their respective buyers this year, Walmart continues to encourage this practice to maximize value.
All attendees need to register here.
PROOF Conference, April 14-15, 2010, Chicago IL
PROOF 2010’s focus is on transforming insights into action to think ahead and accelerate growth by getting back to business:
- Quantify the value of design: new techniques, advancements, and ideas
- Explore social media as a source of authentic insight
- Re-position and reinvent brands using your package as a key driver
- Measure the ROI of package design on brand performance
- Debate private label growth and the implications on future brand assortment
- Identify and define which trends matter most to your core customers
- Utilize your customers as a source of innovation through co-creation.
PROOF is co-located with FUSE – see below.
For more information or to register.
FUSE: Design & Culture / Brand Identity & Packaging, April 14-16, 2010, Chicago, IL
FUSE will deliver all the information necessary to define and embrace the new normal. FUSE will prepare you to rise to the challenge of what’s next for your brands and your consumers.
Year after year the top minds in brand strategy and design assemble to exchange innovations and ideas on adapting and inspiring their businesses once again to reach new levels of profitability, along with their customers who are striving for some level of certainty and security.
For more information or to register.
GreenCamp Dallas, April 24, 2101, Dallas TX
GreenCamp focuses on powerful techniques that can be implemented quickly and effectively even if the entire “green” concept is new to you. GreenCamp will inspire you to think about business and/or your career in a whole new way. You’ll learn what really works and debunk the common myths in the marketplace today regarding sustainability and eco-business practices. Forget the hackneyed dogma … today’s business environment is changing and you have to adapt to survive. Get motivated, and get busy with the dynamic ideas you’ll only learn at GreenCamp!
What Is GreenCamp?
GreenCamp is a collaboration of eco-oriented innovators, inventors, professionals, vendors, business strategists, and private investors that come together and learn from one another. GreenCamp is dedicated to bringing together the various members of the eco-business community for a face-to-face collaborative meetup where ideas are tested, connections are made, and success stories are born.
Learn. Contribute. Grow Your Business.
For more information or to register.
Green:Net 2010, April 29, 2010, San Francisco CA
Green:Net 2010 examines how the tools created for the Internet, computing and IT revolutions will be crucial for fighting climate change.
Information and communications technologies could enable emissions reductions 15 percent below current amounts by 2020, the Climate Group has predicted.
Whether you’re in a corporation wanting to learn about best green IT practices or an entrepreneur looking for your next venture, Green:Net in San Francisco is a must-attend event that will allow you to take away the best ideas and meet contacts and thinkers in this space.
For more information or to register.
Sustainable Manufacturing Summit, May 11-12, 2010, Chicago IL
Through cutting edge case studies and discussion panels, the Sustainable Manufacturing Summit showcases the manufacturers leading the transition to sustainable and profitable manufacturing and offers the latest innovations in green products and services. This third annual event offers business executives of all levels practical advice and benchmarks for their own sustainability initiatives and the opportunity to understand the future direction of climate response.
Topics to be covered include:
- Innovations in Sustainable Products
- Wal-mart’s Sustainability Index: What manufacturers Need to Know
- Green Supply Chain Management
- Next steps in Environmental Footprinting
- Business Impacts of Climate Policy Changes
- New Developments in Carbon and Resource Management
- Improving Energy Management
- Future-Proofing your Climate Strategy
- New Forms of Sustainability Collaboration
Program details will be available shortly. Sign-up here to receive event updates.
HOW Design Conference, June 6-9, 2010, Denver CO
Create. Connect. Community.
Whether you need creative inspiration or hard-hitting instruction, the HOW Conference provides all the tools you need to build a successful career and create outstanding designs. The information you’ll get at HOW will have an immediate impact on your work.
Don’t miss these “sustainability” sessions:
- Design and Social Responsibility presented by David Berman
- Evolve: The Future of Sustainable Design presented by Brian Dougherty
Register by the March 12 Early-Bird deadline and save $200!
For more information or to register.
Sustainable Brands ‘10, June 7-10, 2010, Monterey CA
In today’s increasingly complex global marketplace, massive opportunity exists for re-designing your products and business to meet changing stakeholder demands. Tomorrow’s business leaders are coming to grips today with the dynamic economic, environmental and societal context in which brands today sit, then finding ways to rethink who they are and how they communicate. As the 21st century unfolds, the either/or mindset of the last 100 years will no longer suffice.
Here are a few of the dozens of sessions to choose from:
- Sustaining a Business in Turbulent Times: Cooking for Sustainability
- Building the Business Case for Empathy
- Thinking Beyond Carbon; Understanding Carrying Capacity and the Full Ecological Footprint of Business
- Understanding the Opportunities to Build Durable Brand Value from Sustainability
- Your Culture as Brand: Green from the Inside Out
- Getting the Mix Right: Balancing Green Messaging with Traditional Value Propositions
- Strategy by Design: Incorporating Design Thinking into Your Business
- The 4th R: Reinvention and Your Sustainable Brand
- Form, Function and Footprint: Strategies for Designing a More Sustainable Business
- Untangling Environmental Attributes, Specifications and Certifications for Green Product Design and Branding
