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B4E Climate Summit – 28-29 May 2013, London
NET ZERO. CLIMATE POSITIVE.

The urgency of the global climate challenge has driven a surge in innovation and the creation of new and profitable business opportunities across a range of industry sectors.

The B4E Climate Summit 2013, themed “Net Zero, Climate Positive”, will take a closer look at these opportunities and reframe the sustainability debate. Speakers will discuss the challenges and opportunities around business strategies that either strive for zero environmental impacts or aim for ‘net positive’ results where companies actively generate benefits for society and the planet.

Delegates will learn how companies can impact watersheds positively, create more forests than they use, generate more renewable energy than energy consumed and pursue new business models and services that deliver vast customer carbon savings.

High-level working groups will bring together leaders from business, government and NGOs to commit to the collective action within sectors and define the policy changes needed to enable industry-wide transformation.

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Key Speakers – B4E Climate Summit 2013

B4E Climate Summit 2013, London

  • Tom Burke
    Environmental Policy
    Advisor to Rio Tinto

  • Matthew Pencharz
    Environment & Political Advisor to the Mayor of London,
    Greater London Authority
  • Jim Leape
    Director-General,
    WWF International
  • Tony Simons
    Director General, World
    Agroforestry Centre
  • Mark Kenber
    Chief Executive Officer,
    The Climate Group
  • Dorothy Maxwell
    Executive Director, TEEB
    for Business Coalition
  • David Nussbaum
    CEO, WWF UK
  • Frances Way
    Co-Chief Operating Officer,
    Carbon Disclosure Project
  • Ian Cheshire
    Group Chief Executive,
    Kingfisher
  • Mary-Anne King
    Head, Environmental Sustainability,
    Microsoft UK
  • Alexis Olans
    Senior Global Program
    Manager, Adidas Better Place
  • Michael Alexander
    Global Head of Environment
    (Communications & Policy), Diageo

                                                                                                        Find out more about B4E Speakers

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Videos from B4E Climate Summit 2011

Opening – Andrew Steer

Opening – Andrew Steer

In Conversation – Amb. Mxakato-Diseko

In Conversation – Amb. Mxakato-Diseko

Closing – Jim Leape

Closing – Jim Leape

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