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Developing the classical skills needed to move us towards a sustainable economy

The inquiry into leadership skills for a sustainable economy undertaken by EDF Energy & Business in the ...

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August, 2010

  • 4th Aug. 2010 go to top ▲
    • Developing the classical skills needed to move us towards a sustainable economy

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      Developing the classical skills needed to move us towards a sustainable economy
      03:00 p.m. (BST) / 10:00 a.m. (EDT)

      Chair: Libby Sandbrook, Mayday Senior Advisor, Business in the Community. Presenters : Katya Verdonck, Head of Resourcing, EDF Energy; Stuart McLachlan, Managing Director – Global Operations, WSP and Stephanie Draper. Director – Change Strategies, Forum for the Future.

      The inquiry into leadership skills for a sustainable economy undertaken by EDF Energy & Business in the Community revealed that the vast majority of businesses appreciate the importance of the need to develop sustainability skills at all levels in their organisations.


  • 18th Aug. 2010 go to top ▲
    • What Home Healthcare Means to Me

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      What Home Healthcare Means to Me
      02:00 p.m. (BST) / 09:00 a.m. (EDT)

      Sir Muir Gray (Chief Knowledge Officer, NHS), David Pencheon (Director, Sustainable Development Unit, NHS) Piers Gatenby (Clinical Advisor to NHS Medical Director), Trevor Payne (Director, Estates and Facilities, UCLH), Mohammad Al-Ubaydli (CEO, Patients Know Best) and many more.

      This is an open online roundtable. We will be discussing the opportunities, barriers, policy decisions & technical considerations that might help or hinder a transformation to increasing home healthcare. Could home healthcare lead to greater modernisation, efficiency and sustainability in the NHS?


September, 2010

  • 1st Sept. 2010 go to top ▲
    • Leasing roofspaces for Feed-in-tariff projects - Practical implementation considerations

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      Leasing roofspaces for Feed-in-tariff projects - Practical implementation considerations
      03:00 p.m. (BST) / 10:00 a.m. (EDT)

      Isabel Boira-Segarra, Renewable Services Director, WSP Environment and Energy and co-presenters TBC

      Many landlords have expressed interest in leasing roofspaces for solar PV generation to take advantage of the Feed-in-tariffs. This webinar will explore the practical considerations and implementation issues which you need to be aware of, and include case-studies and a Q&A session.


  • 2nd Sept. 2010 go to top ▲
    • Amsterdam Smart City

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      Amsterdam Smart City
      03:00 p.m. (BST) / 10:00 a.m. (EDT)

      Joost Brinkman, Project Manager, Amsterdam Smart City and Charlotte Meuwissen, Program Manager - Geuzenveld project , Amsterdam Smart City

      This webinar will cover the different experiences & approaches used in Amsterdam Smart City. Different themes will be discussed such as: the concept of Amsterdam Smart City, current projects & experiences so far, managing public-private partnerships & how to create awareness amongst the citizens.


  • 5th Sept. 2010 go to top ▲
    • 2010 World Water Week

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      2010 World Water Week
      09:00 a.m. (BST) / 04:00 a.m. (EDT)

      Seminars include speakers from SIWI, USAID, WHO, Integrated Project Water and Global Change (WATCH), Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (CEH), UN-Water, Conservation International, IUCN, The Nature Conservancy, WWF, Global Water System Project, UN-HABITAT and others.

      Brings together experts, practitioners, decision makers and leaders from around the globe to exchange ideas, foster new thinking and develop solutions. 2degrees will be streaming live webinars, blogging and addressing the main questions raised, in the Water Risk and Strategy Working Group.


  • 6th Sept. 2010 go to top ▲
    • The Waste Protocols Project - Removing the 'Waste' Label

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      The Waste Protocols Project - Removing the 'Waste' Label
      03:00 p.m. (BST) / 10:00 a.m. (EDT)

      Roger Hoare, Technical Advisor - Waste (Quality Protocols) at the Environment Agency

      This webinar will discuss the Waste Protocols Project, a collaboration between the Environment Agency and WRAP. The Project considers if and how the 'waste label' can be removed from various recycled materials.


    • Water and Climate in Focus: Changing Climate, Shifting Institutions: Building Governance & Capacity

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      Water and Climate in Focus: Changing Climate, Shifting Institutions: Building Governance & Capacity
      04:30 p.m. (BST) / 11:30 a.m. (EDT)

      Convenors: World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), Conservation International (CI), Cooperative Programme on Water and Climate (CPWC), German Technical Cooperation (GTZ), International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), Water Integrity Network (WIN) and Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI)

      Streaming live from World Water Week in Stockholm, this session focuses on how institutions can learn and evolve with shifting climate conditions. Governance regimes must be increasingly flexible, span multiple futures and assess risk.


  • 8th Sept. 2010 go to top ▲
    • Charting Our Water Future: Pathways and Tools to Reform

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      Charting Our Water Future: Pathways and Tools to Reform
      10:00 a.m. (BST) / 05:00 a.m. (EDT)

      International Finance Corporation (IFC) and McKinsey and Company

      The seminar analyses the nature and scale of the global water challenge and proposes real-world solutions to close the demand/supply gap. The study developed tools for use by policy makers and investors to identify and prioritise cost-efficient solutions to achieve water security.


    • International Year of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Management: Science-Policy Interfaces

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      International Year of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Management: Science-Policy Interfaces
      03:00 p.m. (BST) / 10:00 a.m. (EDT)

      Convenors: Conservation International, International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), The Nature Conservancy (TNC), WWF, Global Water System Project (GWSP), City University of New York Environmental Cross-Roads Initiative, DIVERSITAS & Kings College London

      2010 is the International Year of Biodiversity. Using real-world case studies and recent species data, this session will focus on integrating management of freshwater ecosystems and species into national, regional and international policies.


  • 9th Sept. 2010 go to top ▲
    • Covenant of Mayors – Funding and Tools for Local Authorities to Reduce Emissions

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      Covenant of Mayors – Funding and Tools for Local Authorities to Reduce Emissions
      03:00 p.m. (BST) / 10:00 a.m. (EDT)

      Pedro Ballesteros Torres, Principal Administrator - DG Energy and Transport, European Commission

      Pedro will discuss the Sustainable Energy Action Plans & how the Covenant & it’s Supporting Structures can provide tools & funding for such projects. He will also discuss key examples of Benchmarks of Excellence of local initiatives which Covenant Signatories have realised in their territories.


    • Water Safety Plan Development: maximising investment benefits and improving peer support

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      Water Safety Plan Development: maximising investment benefits and improving peer support
      03:00 p.m. (BST) / 10:00 a.m. (EDT)

      International Water Association (IWA), Cap-Net, WSP Network in Latin America and the Caribbean (WSP-LAC/Net), United States Department of State, Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID) and National Institute of Public Health, Japan

      This seminar brings together water operators, regulators and donors to highlight efforts to enhance the implementation of Water Safety Plans (WSPs) through water operators’ partnerships (WOPs) peer-to-peer support; by influencing governments to target funding.


  • 10th Sept. 2010 go to top ▲
    • Low Carbon Retrofit Best Practice: Lessons from the Better Buildings Partnership

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      Low Carbon Retrofit Best Practice: Lessons from the Better Buildings Partnership
      11:00 a.m. (BST) / 06:00 a.m. (EDT)

      Neil Pennell, Head of Sustainability & Engineering, Land Securities

      This online webinar presentation, based on the Better Buildings Partnership's Low Carbon Retrofit Toolkit, will share best practices and experiences around sustainable retrofitting, and discuss how to overcome the major barriers in carrying out retrofit activities within existing buildings.


  • 14th Sept. 2010 go to top ▲
    • Engaging With Geographically Dispersed Employees

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      Engaging With Geographically Dispersed Employees
      03:00 p.m. (BST) / 10:00 a.m. (EDT)

      Julia Fuller, VP Environment, Health & Safety, Thomson Reuters

      Our colleagues can be our greatest environmental ambassadors. But how do you keep them “on track” when they work all over the world? How do you make sure that they are working on initiatives that are aligned to your strategic environmental targets? What can happen if they go off at a tangent?


  • 16th Sept. 2010 go to top ▲
    • BSI 3rd Annual Conference & Workshop: Energy Management

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      BSI 3rd Annual Conference & Workshop: Energy Management
      09:00 a.m. (BST) / 04:00 a.m. (EDT)

      Martin Fry BS EN 16001 Committee Chairman, ESTA Visiting Professor, City University, ESTA, Alan Aldridge Executive Director, Energy Services and Technology Association & Sarah Beacock FEI, Professional Affairs Director, Energy Institute,

      BSI will be running it’s 3rd Annual Energy Management Conference which will be addressing how to make significant energy efficiency gains using standards. Through discussion sessions and cases studies, you’ll learn how to implement BS EN 16001 and ISO 14001 as well as the brand new ISO 50001.


  • 23rd Sept. 2010 go to top ▲
    • Financing Energy Efficiency

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      Financing Energy Efficiency
      03:00 p.m. (BST) / 10:00 a.m. (EDT)

      Jonathan Riggall, Senior Environmental Scientist, Peter Brett Associates and Matt Pumfrey, Technical Director Sustainability Management Services, Serco

      This online webinar presentation will give you practical tips on how to finance your energy efficiency projects, through increasing capital budgets, external sources of finance and alternative financing methods such as energy performance services contracts.


  • 28th Sept. 2010 go to top ▲
    • Climate change: Impact on agriculture and costs of adaptation

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      Climate change: Impact on agriculture and costs of adaptation
      04:00 p.m. (BST) / 11:00 a.m. (EDT)

      Gerald Nelson, Senior Research Fellow, International Food Policy Research Institute

      Agriculture’s vulnerability to climate change will put millions of people in developing countries at greater risk of poverty, hunger, and malnutrition. Gerald Nelson will present IFPRI's research into the impact of climate change on agriculture and quantifying the costs of adaptation.


  • 30th Sept. 2010 go to top ▲
    • What are the opportunities and implications of anaerobic digestion?

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      What are the opportunities and implications of anaerobic digestion?
      03:00 p.m. (BST) / 10:00 a.m. (EDT)

      Dr Nina Sweet, Organics Technical Specialist at WRAP; Helen Franklin, Operations Manager at Lower Reule Bioenergy Limited and Dr Stephen Wise, Technical Director at Shanks Waste Management.

      This webinar will explain the opportunities and implications of anaerobic digestion. The speakers will present case studies of AD plants developed and operated by Lower Reule Bioenergy in Staffordshire, and Shanks Waste Management in Belgium and Holland. Includes an interactive Q&A session.


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