We run webinars and off-line events based on requests and suggestions from our members. If you'd like to suggest an event, please get in touch.
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Tue 29th May 2012
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Forum
Breakthrough Capitalism 8:30 a.m. (BST) / 3:30 a.m. (EDT)
We have secured a 20% discount for 2degrees members to the Breakthrough Capitalism event on the 29thMay 2012, London. Capitalism is in crisis: an older order is dying, a new one struggling to be born. Change-as-usual strategies are failing to address the nature and scale of the challenges we face.
Justin Adams (formerly BP Alternative Energy); David Blood (Generation Investment Management); Marshall Clemens (Idiagram); Paul Ellingstad (HP) and many more.
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Wed 30th May 2012
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Webinar
Identifying Social Hotspots in Your Supply Chain: Practical insights 3:00 p.m. (BST) / 10:00 a.m. (EDT)
Learn how to collect data in order to report about social impacts in a product's full life cycle, understand how to put CSR initiatives in perspective with their local and sectoral context and how to understand potential social risks and opportunities of product supply chains.
With Catherine Benoît Norris, VP Social Sustainability at New Earth
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Thu 31st May 2012
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Event
Launch Conference of ACE – Answers to the Carbon Economy 9:30 a.m. (BST) / 4:30 a.m. (EDT)
Answers to the Carbon Economy is a project created to develop responses to Europe’s 20:20:20 reduction targets. Join this event to learn how to retrofit existing buildings, build new sustainable business parks and facilitate B2B exchanges that will meet future targets in carbon efficiency.
Speakers - Edward Horgan (Briar Associates), John O'Brien (BRE National Refurbishment Centre), Kate Royston (Robbee Smole Sustainable Business Solutions), and more
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Webinar
National Planning Policy Framework Masterclass 1:00 p.m. (BST) / 8:00 a.m. (EDT)
The UK's much anticipated National Planning Policy Framework came into force last month. Join this webinar to learn about the transitional arrangements and the expected and possible environmental and social implications, as well as the need for a good evidence base on which to make decisions.
Naomi Luhde-Thompson, Planning and Policy Advisor, Friends of the Earth; Dr Hugh Ellis, Chief Planner, Town and Country Planning Association; Richard Blyth, Head of Policy and Practice, Royal Town Planning Institute.
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Webinar
How Can the CIPS Sustainable Procurement Review Help Build a Strong Supply Chain for the Future? 2:00 p.m. (BST) / 9:00 a.m. (EDT)
Join this webinar to understand why sustainable procurement is important, how implementing sustainable procurement removes risk and cost and increase a company's competitiveness, and how sustainable procurement review supports the implementation of sustainable procurement policy, process and skills.
Helen Alder, Head of Product Development at CIPS (Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply) and Graham Randles, Principal Consultant, LRS Consultancy.
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Tue 5th June 2012
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Webinar
SB'12 Live Day 1 5:00 p.m. (BST) / 12:00 p.m. (EDT)
SB’12 LIVESTREAM EVENT: Sustainable Brands is bringing more global business and brand leaders together than ever before. This year, join a remote audience of sustainability analysts, brand strategists, and design innovators for an exclusive live streamed event from San Diego, CA.
Jeff Rice, Director, Sustainability, Walmart; Hunter Lovins, President and Founder, Natural Capitolism Solutions; Kevin Williams, Principal Brand Strategist, Pure Branding , Inc; Umair Haque, Director, Havas Media Labs; Sally Uren, Deputy Chief Executive, Forum for the Future
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Wed 6th June 2012
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Webinar
SB'12 Live Day 2 5:30 p.m. (BST) / 12:30 p.m. (EDT)
SB’12 LIVESTREAM EVENT: Sustainable Brands is bringing more global business and brand leaders together than ever before. This year, join a remote audience of sustainability analysts, brand strategists, and design innovators for an exclusive live streamed event from San Diego, CA.
Lance Hosey, President and CEO, GreenBlue; Uwe Dreher, Global Head of Marketing, BMW i; Chris Yura, CEO and Founder, SustainU Clothing; Mike McCarthy, Senior Vice President, CNN International; Phil Giesler, Director of Innovation, Unilever Corporate Venture
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Thu 7th June 2012
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Webinar
Designing for Behavior Change 3:00 p.m. (BST) / 10:00 a.m. (EDT)
In our recent series on using behavior change to improve the energy efficiency of existing commercial buildings we have looked at ways that owners and property managers can engage with occupants. In this webinar we’ll take a look at the role the design team has in influencing behavior.
Jeffrey Domanski, Director, Environmental Technologies and Sustainability, Applied Research & Consulting
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Webinar
SB'12 Live Day 3 5:30 p.m. (BST) / 12:30 p.m. (EDT)
SB’12 LIVESTREAM EVENT: Sustainable Brands is bringing more global business and brand leaders together than ever before. This year, join a remote audience of sustainability analysts, brand strategists, and design innovators for an exclusive live streamed event from San Diego, CA.
Susan Sweet, President and General Manager, Neutrogena; John Viera, Global Director, Sustainability & Vehicle Environmental Matters, Ford Motor Company; Peter Nowlan, CCO, Molson Coors; Peter Callaro, Group Director, Integrated Marketing Creative, The Coca-Cola Company
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Sun 10th June 2012
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Conference
Qatar Sustainable Building Forum 7:00 a.m. (BST) / 2:00 a.m. (EDT)
This two day conference with a pre-session on 10th June will feature the development, best practice and business opportunities in the design, development and construction of green building in Qatar.
Steven Humphrey, Director of Cost Consultancy – Qatar, Davis Langdon; James Walker, Innovation Project Manager, Kingfisher; Karim Elgendy, Founder & Coordinator, The Carboun Initiative; Axel Michaelowa, Senior Founding Partner, Perspectives GmbH and many more.
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Mon 11th June 2012
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Webinar
Road Testing WRI's New Collaboration Tool for Corporate Sustainability 3:00 p.m. (BST) / 10:00 a.m. (EDT)
The World Resources Institute (WRI) in partnership with members of the Next Practice Collaborative, have developed a new tool based on the original SWOT framework aimed at helping companies catalyze new sustainability insights, innovation, and collaboration and are inviting YOU to “road test” it.
Speakers - Eliot Mertzger, World Resources Institude (WRI)
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Tue 12th June 2012
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Webinar
Cleaning the Digital Revolution: Putting a Stop to the Illegal Dumping of E-Waste 3:00 p.m. (BST) / 10:00 a.m. (EDT)
Poorer communities are often the most affected by toxic and hazardous electronic waste – an unfair distribution of costs of the digital revolution. Join this webinar to learn how comprehensive and high-quality end-of-life solutions for e-waste, as well as proper legislation, can end this disparity.
Anja Ffrench of Computer Aid International.
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Wed 13th June 2012
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Webinar
Reducing Your Forest Footprint to Improve Supply Chain Sustainability 3:00 p.m. (BST) / 10:00 a.m. (EDT)
Find out how the Forest Footprint Disclosure (FFD) project engages companies involved in commodities associated with deforestation - such as timber, soy, palm oil, cattle and biofuels - on behalf of investors.
With James Hulse, Director of FFD, and representatives of Grupo Maggi and Trillium
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Thu 14th June 2012
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Event
Sustainable Healthcare - Sweden 12:30 p.m. (BST) / 7:30 a.m. (EDT)
The Swedish Ambassador´s Residence in London is hosting an invitation-only event for sustainable healthcare technologies. Please get in touch to request an invitation to attend.
Ms Nicola Clase, Ambassador of Sweden; Daniel Eriksson, TEM; Johannes Brundin, Sustainable Business Hub; Anna Palminger, Region Skåne; Jonas Larsson, Region Skåne
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Webinar
EU Timber Regulation: The road towards successful implementation 2:00 p.m. (BST) / 9:00 a.m. (EDT)
This webinar will explore the differences in implementation between EU Member States, what businesses need to look out for to ensure compliance, challenges in implementation of the Regulation, and methods which may help in successful implementation.
With Rachel Butler, European Timber Trade Federation
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Webinar
Closing the Loop on Water Use in the Beverage Industry 4:00 p.m. (BST) / 11:00 a.m. (EDT)
Learn how the Beverage Industry Environmental Roundtable (BIER) undertakes an annual benchmarking study to evaluate water use and efficiency in the beverage industry, highlighting the main trends and observations, BIER's water stewardship principles and advice on closing the loop on water efficiency
With Laura Nelson, Consultant - Global Corporate Consultancy at Antea Group.
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Fri 15th June 2012
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Conference
Smart Business Conference 9:00 a.m. (BST) / 4:00 a.m. (EDT)
Smart Business is a one day conference providing sustainable growth opportunities for private and public sector leaders. This will equip you with the ideas, information and contacts to deliver solutions in your own organisations.
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Tue 19th June 2012
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Conference
Smart Cities Europe 2012 9:00 a.m. (BST) / 4:00 a.m. (EDT)
2 day FREE conference draws on the combined expertise of Imperial College London, Ovum and invited speakers to deliver the world’s leading cross-sector forum for the exchange of knowledge related to digital cities. It emphasises the need for an integrated approach to city planning and management.
Host of presenters from: European Commission, IBM, Imperial College London, City of Santander, Living PlanIT, Barcelona City Council, Ovum, Which?, Heidelberg and many others
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Webinar
FREE: Australia’s Clean Energy Future Legislation: Exploring the Opportunity for British Business 10:30 a.m. (BST) / 5:30 a.m. (EDT)
The Clean Energy Future legislation in Australia will provide exciting opportunities for British business. This webinar will give an overview of the Australian market for companies with environmental technologies and renewable energy products, as well as insight into legislative developments.
Speakers will include representatives from DRET (Department of Resources, Energy & Tourism), Ernst & Young - Australia, Tom Harrison, Managing Director - MHA Lighting Ltd, and Julianne Davis, Investment Director – Austrade, London.
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Webinar
Alcatel Lucent Leads the Way in Supplier Engagement: Best practices for sustainability engagement 3:00 p.m. (BST) / 10:00 a.m. (EDT)
Many companies are struggling to scale up their initiatives in order to engage all suppliers and create improvements in their CSR practices. This webinar will present tools that provide insight into supplier sustainability performance and showcase best practices designed to avoid common mistakes.
Speakers: Pierre-Louis Frouein, Sustainable Procurement Manager, Alcatel-Lucent Pierre-Francois Thaler, Co-Founder, EcoVadis
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Wed 20th June 2012
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Webinar
Embedding Sustainability: Ways to Win Over Your Employees 12:00 p.m. (BST) / 7:00 a.m. (EDT)
Truly embedding sustainability into the employee workforce presents major challenges for forward thinking companies. However, taking the first steps can lead to great results. Use this webinar to find out strategies to effectively embed sustainability and first-hand accounts from Commercial Group.
Speakers - Jim Craig (greengauges) and Simon Graham (Commercial Group)
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Webinar
The California Transparency in Supply Chains Act and Beyond: Moving towards accountability 7:00 p.m. (BST) / 2:00 p.m. (EDT)
Supply Chain accountability presents a challenge to companies across sectors. Recent California legislation SB 657 will affect global supply chains. This webinar will address the role investors play, as well as share best practices and look at additional pending legislation.
Mike Lombardo, Senior Sustainability Analyst and Manager, Calvert Investments; Rev. David Schilling, Director of Human Rights and Resources, The Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility; Julie Tanner, Assistant Director of Socially Responsible Investing, Christian Brothers Investment Services.
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Thu 21st June 2012
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Conference
Base London 8:00 a.m. (BST) / 3:00 a.m. (EDT)
London is looking at new business opportunities of between £3-4 billion a year associated with the realization of the Mayor's target to reduce CO2. Base London is all about accessing these opportunities, especially those in the development of the capital's built environment and infrastructure.
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Tue 26th June 2012
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Conference
Sustainable Supply Chain Management Workshop: Cardiff Business School 9:00 a.m. (BST) / 4:00 a.m. (EDT)
A major international conference on Sustainable Supply Chain Management, bringing together the world's leading academics in the field with leading UK practitioners in industry and government. This event will discuss recent progress and future directions for policy, practice and research.
Craig Carter, Arizona State University; Mark Pagell, York University Toronto; James Barlow, Sustainability Manager, Pepsico; Kelly Grainger, Sustainability Manager, InterfaceFLOR; Neil Jones, CSR Manager, Boots; John Williams, Head of Procurement, Natural England and more.
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Webinar
Managing Electronic Waste: A Toolkit for Business 3:00 p.m. (BST) / 10:00 a.m. (EDT)
Register for this webinar to obtain a ‘toolkit’ for electronic waste management in your business, learn about new potentials for lean manufacturing in electronics, and find out how to implement change and drive down electronic waste management costs in your business.
With Jeff Weeks from W E & E Consulting.
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Wed 27th June 2012
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Webinar
FREE: Energy Efficiency - identifying the hot spots in your property portfolio 3:00 p.m. (BST) / 10:00 a.m. (EDT)
There is huge potential for making savings, both in cash and carbon, by improving the energy performance of existing buildings. The challenge is knowing which properties and measures to implement. Join this webinar to find out about Rapid Energy Modelling, a technique for simulating improvements.
Oliver Riley, Associate, Energy Services,URS Infrastructure & Environment UK Limited
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Tue 10th July 2012
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Event
Food for Thought - London 5:30 p.m. (BST) / 12:30 p.m. (EDT)
Food for Thought is the 2degrees quarterly after-work event
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Fri 21st Sept. 2012
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Conference
2degrees Live September 2012: Driving Efficiency Across the Supply Chain 9:00 a.m. (BST) / 4:00 a.m. (EDT)
Bringing together retailers, tier 1 suppliers and those in the supply chain, the 2degrees September Conference will focus on resource efficiency in the supply chain. The key objective is to explore how multi-stakeholder collaboration can increase the competitive advantage for all who take part.
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Tue 25th Sept. 2012
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Conference
CleanMed Europe 2012 9:00 a.m. (BST) / 4:00 a.m. (EDT)
CleanMed is the world's leading conference focusing on sustainable healthcare. During 26th - 28th September the European version of the conference will be held for the third time in its history. The conference will be held in Malmö, Sweden
The speaker list and programme is being continually updated, please see http://www.cleanmedeurope.org
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Webinar
Smart Grid Impact on Intelligent Buildings 4:00 p.m. (BST) / 11:00 a.m. (EDT)
The Continental Automated Buildings Association has completed a collaborative landmark research study to identify, define and size the principle business opportunities presented by the growth of smart grids in relation to intelligent buildings. Join this webinar to learn more about the key findings.
John Hall, Research Director, Continental Automated Buildings Association
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