External Relations: Developing Strategies for Engaging Industry, Academia, NGOs and Government Entities

Speakers:

• Steve Nicholas – Vice President of Climate & Environmental Programs, Institute for Sustainable Communities (Formerly Director of the Office of Sustainability, City of Seattle)
• Chuck White – Director of Regulatory Affairs/West, Waste Management
• Andrea Pinabell – Sustainable Community Development Program Manager, The Home Depot Foundation
• Moderator: James Strock – Former Secretary of Environmental Protection, State of California (ACCO Advisory Board Member)

Industry, Academia, NGOs and Government Entities are increasingly realizing the importance and value in partnering with one another to address a broad spectrum of issues related to climate change. These partnerships, whether focused on developing clean energy or energy efficiency measures, addressing water consumption, reducing GHG emissions, or adaptation to climate change impacts, can achieve significant results and improve the organization’s bottom line results.

On March 23, 2010, ACCO and BNA invite you to a discussion on partnerships between organizations across sectors featuring insights from an expert panel that includes a former California Secretary of Environmental Protection, a former Director of Sustainability for the City of Seattle and case studies from Waste Management. Our panelists will discuss:

• Key drivers behind partnerships;
• Best practices in designing programs (along with implementation and establishing benchmarking);
• Specific examples/case studies of partnerships; and
• Opportunities for future collaborations.

Please click here to register for this complimentary program.

• 8:00 am - 10:00 am
  Board of Directors (only) Meeting
• 10:00 am - 3:30 pm
  ACCO Community Meeting

The community meeting will feature discussions on:

• Strategies for advancing ACCO;
• Identification of working groups to be launched;
• Analysis of key topics of interest to members of the ACCO community;
• Opportunities for collaboration with other organizations; and
• Establishment of leadership roles within the ACCO community.

Participation in this meeting is by invitation only.  The following represents the groups that have been invited to participate.

• ACCO Board of Directors
• ACCO Advisory Board
• ACCO Business Partners
• Select members of the ACCO community

For more information, please contact Daniel Kreeger at 202-496-7390.

San Francisco, California

Investors, stakeholders, partners and consumers are increasingly demanding comprehensive information related to the business impacts of climate change on publicly traded companies. Groups such as the Carbon Disclosure Project, Trucost and Ceres have seen a significant increase in the number of organizations who are detailing these impacts and the quality of their disclosures, but experts acknowledge that there remain numerous companies that are not disclosing at all, and others who are not disclosing enough.

ACCO, the Center for Climate Action and the Carbon Disclosure Project invite you to series of case studies and discussions on developing a sound process for assessing and disclosing business impacts related to climate change. This half-day workshop is being hosted in conjunction with the Navigating the American Carbon World conference at the San Francisco Marriott Marquis.

SPEAKERS:

• Darrel Stickler – Sustainable Business Practices, Cisco Systems
• Bruce Klafter – Head of EHS & Sustainability, Applied Materials
• Mark Scorsolini – Environmental Policy Manager, Public Service Enterprise Group (PSEG)
• Dan Usas – Global Energy Manager, Johnson & Johnson (invited)
• Leah Stern – Project Officer, Carbon Disclosure Project
• Cary Krosinsky – Vice President, Trucost
• Michael Mondshine – Vice President, Climate Change Services, SAIC
• Kathy Alsegaf – Senior Manager, Climate Change & Sustainability Services, Deloitte Financial Advisory Services

For more information about this program, please visit the Climate Change Leadership Series page.

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. 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.

ACCO Executive Director Daniel Kreeger will serve as chairperson of the second day of this conference.

Go to www.asaseries.com/v8-12/Prospectus/Index.php?sEventCode=SM1004US to Register or check for updates on Speakers, Exhibitors and more.

Climate change is a market shift that every organization must address. Within a year, it is likely that there will be a policy setting a price for carbon at the federal level. This eventuality, combined with recent shifts in state and international policy and investor, consumer and employee market factors, makes it imperative that companies address climate change issues and opportunities now. This course is being developed by faculty from the University of Michigan’s nationally recognized Erb Institute for Global Sustainable Enterprise in conjunction with the Association of Climate Change Officers. The course will draw upon a rich pool of talent expertise that resides in both institutions.

Team of Professors and Lecturers:

This program is taught by Andrew Hoffman, co-author of the book Climate Change: What’s Your Business Strategy, which offers advice on how organizations can adapt to this new business process.  Additional faculty include:

• Henry Nathan Pollack – Professor, University of Michigan Ross School of Business (2007 Nobel Peace Prize Winner)
• Thomas Lyon – Dow Professor of Sustainable Science, Technology and Commerce; Professor of Business Economics; Professor of Natural Resources, University of Michigan Ross School of Business
• Knute Nadelhoffer – Professor, University of Michigan Ross School of Business
• Mitch Jackson – Staff Director, Environmental Affairs, FedEx (ACCO Board Member)
• Valerie Patrick – Sustainability Coordinator, Bayer Corporation (ACCO Board Member)
• Bruce Klafter – Senior Director of EHS & Head of Sustainability, Applied Materials (ACCO Advisory Board Member)

For more information about this program, please visit the Climate Change Leadership Series page.