B4E COP17 Dialogue 2011
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B4E COP 17 Dialogue 2011 - Durban
POWERING AHEAD FOR A CLEAN INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
6 December 2011 | Durban Botanical Gardens
Progressive companies around the world are developing products and services that will revolutionise
industries and deliver transformative change for society and our planet. These solutions are driving new
business growth while significantly reducing emissions towards a low-carbon, sustainable future for all.
Accelerating and scaling up implementation across sectors and borders, however, will require a higher level of
collaboration than we have ever seen before, between business, government, and NGOs. The Business for the
Environment (B4E) COP17 Dialogue aims to facilitate this, bringing stakeholders together to forge new partnerships
and take real action on climate change. Leading the way and powering ahead for a clean industrial revolution.
AGENDA
Tuesday, 6 December 2011 |
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| 0800 – 0900 | Business action on climate change: CEO perspectives from China, India & South Africa Moderator: Charles Emmerson, Independent Adviser & Senior Research Fellow, Chatham House |
0900 – 1000 |
PARALLEL SESSIONS Industry Roundtables – Challenges & Opportunities: Sharing Best Practices & Success Stories In each of the following industry roundtables, an expert panel of speakers will address the challenges their businesses face in responding to climate change, and the opportunities this presents for their industry. Speakers and participants will then share their best practices and success stories of innovation and leadership in these highly interactive sessions. Resource stewardship and environmental sustainability Moderator: Samantha Smith, Leader, Global Climate & Energy Initiative, WWF International Building and construction Moderator: Jane Henley, CEO, World Green Building Council Sustainable agriculture & food security Moderator: Malika Virah-Sawmy, Conservation Terrestrial Programme Coordinator, WWF Madagascar and Western Indian Ocean |
| 1015 – 1115 | Finance and investment Moderator: Alex MacGillivray, Executive Director, Climate Business Sustainable cities Moderator: Paul Simpson, CEO, The Carbon Disclosure Project |
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OPENING Moderator: Charles Emmerson, Independent Adviser & Senior Research Fellow, Chatham House Opening remarks Amb. NJ Mxakato-Diseko, Ambassador at Large: COP 17/CMP 7, Department of International |
1230 – 1420 |
LUNCH Speakers HM Nerurkar, Managing Director, Tata Steel |
1420 – 1430 |
DIALOGUE Leadership perspective Xie Ping, President, GCL Solar System and Solar Energy Ltd |
| 1430 – 1530 | Plenary panel discussion Revolutionising business to deliver sustainable growth Moderator: Mark Kenber, CEO, The Climate Group |
| 1530 – 1600 | Networking coffee break |
| 1600 – 1610 | Leadership perspective Arun Bharatram, Chairman, SRF Ltd |
| 1610 – 1620 | Government perspective Josep Enric Llebot Rabagliati, Secretary for Environment and Sustainability, Catalonia |
| 1620 – 1630 | Video: Carbon for Water Presented by Vestergaard Frandsen |
| 1630 – 1730 | Panel discussion Beyond carbon – Curbing climate change, creating opportunity Moderator: Jeremy Oppenheim, Director, Global Lead, Sustainability & Resource Productivity, |
| 1730 – 1830 | Business message from African CEOs Moderator: Robyn Curnow, Anchor, CNN |
| 1830 – 1930 | Networking cocktails |
1930 – 2130 |
DINNER Speakers Maite Nkoana-Mashabane, Minister of International Relations & Cooperation, South Africa |
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B4E COP 17 Durban Dialogue 2011 - Featured Speakers
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Ban Ki-moon Ban Ki-moon is the eighth Secretary-General of the United Nations. At the time of his election, Mr. Ban was his country’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade. He had served in the Ministry for 37 years. As Secretary-General, his priorities have been to mobilize world leaders around a set of new global challenges, from climate change and economic upheaval to pandemics and increasing pressures involving food, energy and water. He has sought to be a bridge-builder, to give voice to the world’s poorest and most vulnerable people, and to strengthen the Organization itself.. |
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Amb. NJ Mxakato-Diseko Ambassador Nozipho Joyce Mxakato-Diseko is currently the Deputy Director General, Americas and Caribbean in the South African government’s Department of International Relations and Cooperation. Prior to this, she was appointed by the President as National Commissioner to the Public Service Commission (2004 - 2010) and served as Chief Commissioner of the International Trade Administration Commission (2000 – 2003). Amb. Mxakato-Diseko has had an extensive career in the diplomatic services, including a period of service as South Africa’s Permanent Representative to the UN in Vienna. She graduated from Somerville College, Oxford University. |
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James Leape As Director General, Jim is the chief executive of WWF International and leader of the global WWF Network, which is active in more than 100 countries and has an annual income of more than 525 million Euros. He was appointed to this position in December 2005. Jim first joined WWF in the US in 1989, and for ten years led their conservation programmes around the world. Jim graduated from Harvard College and Harvard Law School and began his career as an environmental lawyer. |
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Björn Stigson Björn Stigson worked for the Swedish multinationals Kockums and ESAB in several positions from 1969-1982. From 1983-91 he was President and CEO of the Fläkt Group, and following this, he became Executive Vice President and a member of ABB Asea Brown Boveri’s Executive Management Group. In 1995, he was appointed President of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development. Björn serves on the boards of a variety of international companies and organisations, and has been active as an advisor to governments (particularly China, US and Germany). |
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Paul Simpson Paul Simpson is the CEO of the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), an independent non-profit organization which aims to accelerate solutions to climate change and water management by putting relevant information at the heart of business, policy and investment decisions. Paul sits on the board of EIRIS, the advisory panel of Guardian Sustainable Business and on the steering committee of Forest Footprint Disclosure. Paul has previously worked with Chesham Amalgamations & Investments Ltd and the International Society for Ecology & Culture and is the former Director of the Social Venture Network. |
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Mark Kenber An expert on international climate policy, Mark advised former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair in the joint policy initiative Breaking the Climate Deadlock (2008-2009) and co-founded the successful Verified Carbon Standard (VCS). Previously, Mark worked in WWF’s International Climate Change Programme where he led the creation of the CDM Gold Standard, a tool for channeling carbon market investments into sustainable clean energy projects. He has also served as Director of Planning at Fundacion Natura, Ecuador’s largest environmental organization, and climate change advisor to the Ecuadorian government. |
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Gregory Barker Gregory Barker was appointed Shadow Minister for Climate Change & Environment in December, 2005 and led the passage of the Climate Change Bill through the House of Commons in 2008 and was a key author of the Conservative Party’s ‘Low Carbon Economy’ green paper, launched in January 2009. In October 2008 he was promoted to Shadow Climate Change minister in the new Shadow Department of Energy and Climate Change. In May 2010 he was appointed Minister of State for Energy and Climate Change. Previously, Gregory was Associate Partner of the leading financial public relations firm, Brunswick Group Ltd, among other positions. |
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Sim Tshabalala Soweto-born Simpiwe “Sim” Tshabalala is the CEO of Standard Bank South Africa as well as one of three Deputy Group CEO’s for Standard Bank Group. Standard Bank is Africa’s largest bank, with operations in 18 African countries and 20 countries on other continents. Sim – who is a qualified attorney, and holds a LLM from Notre Dame University (USA) – joined the Standard Bank in 2000, and has worked himself up through the ranks, holding various roles including Managing Director of Stanbic Africa and Chief Executive of Personal and Business Banking, South Africa. |
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Professor Sir David King Professor Sir David King became the Smith School’s first Director in January. Sir David was the UK Government’s Chief Scientific Adviser and Head of the Government Office of Science from October 2000 to 31 December 2007. He has published more than 500 papers on chemical physics and on science and policy, and has been awarded numerous prizes, fellowships, and honorary degrees. He was knighted in 2003 for his work in science, and received the award of “Officier dans l’ordre national de la Légion d’Honneur” from the French President in 2009 for his work on climate change and on negotiation the international agreement to build the world’s largest technology project, the ITER fusion reactor. |
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Caio Koch-Weser Mr Caio Koch-Weser is Vice Chairman of Deutsche Bank Group (since 2006) with global responsibilities for strategy; government, regulatory and corporate advisory; and co-ordination and implementation of group-wide business initiatives. He was German Deputy Minister of Finance (State Secretary) from 1999 until 2005.From 2003- 2005, Mr. Koch-Weser was Chairman of the EU’s Economic and Financial Committee. From 1973 until 1999, Mr. Koch-Weser held a number of high-level positions in the World Bank. He is a German and Brazilian national, born in Brazil. He is married with three children. |
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Jane Henley Jane has headed the WGBC since February 2010. Previously, Jane was the founding CEO of the New Zealand Green Building Council, which she helped establish in 2005. She has served on the boards of the WorldGBC and New Zealand GBC. Additionally, Jane is a Board Director of UNEP’s Sustainable Buildings and Climate Initiative. Jane is committed to driving market transformation that is underpinned by sound economic practices that simultaneously deliver financial, social and environmental benefits. |
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Dr. Andrew Steer Since his appointment in July 2010, Dr. Steer is responsible for guiding the Bank Group’s work on climate change, and for advancing a strong pro-development climate agenda internationally. Prior to this, Dr. Steer served for three years as Director General, Policy and Research at the UK Department of International Development (DFID). Dr. Steer has three decades of experience working on development issues at the country level and globally. He has a PhD in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania. |
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HM Nerurkar Mr. H. M. Nerurkar joined Tata Steel on February 1, 1982. In September 2007 he was appointed Chief Operating Officer of Tata Steel. Mr. Nerurkar is a unique motivational leader who instills confidence in his subordinates and mentors them to reach excellence, innovation and out of box thinking. He has keen business acumen in identifying new business opportunities for accelerated growth. |
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Morné Du Plessis Dr Morné du Plessis was appointed as CEO of WWF South Africa on 1 September 2007. Previously he was the Director of the Percy FitzPatrick Institute (PFIAO) at UCT. He has served as the Assistant Director of Biodiversity Research at the former Natal Parks Board and spent two years as a postdoctoral associate at the University of California at Berkeley. He holds a BSc Agric (Stellenbosch), BSc Hons (Pretoria), PhD (Cape Town) and an MBA (Cape Town). |
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Steve Lennon Steve is a qualified Scientist and Engineer with a PHD in Materials Engineering. He was appointed to his current position, Divisional Executive (Eskom International), on 01 April 2011. He is a global business leader who has a reputation for bridging sharply contrasting positions in various global forums such as the World Economic Forum (WEF), G8, United Nations and International Chamber of Commerce. His awareness of global trends in power generation and the wider energy sector has earned him widespread recognition. |
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Samantha Smith Prior to her current position at WWF, Ms. Smith held various senior roles in the New Energy division of Statoil, the Norwegian energy company, where she developed wind power and CO2 projects. Before this, Ms. Smith was director of WWF’s International Arctic Programme, where she worked for ten years. Ms. Smith represented WWF in high-level political processes and the media, and focused on climate, energy and governance issues. She started her professional career as a corporate litigation attorney and has degrees in history and law from the University of California, Berkeley. |
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Phillip Barton Phillip Barton is CEO for De Beers Consolidated Mines Limited (DBCM). Phillip serves on several boards and is a trustee on a number of trusts, including the De Beers Fund, The Diamond Route Trust and Ponahalo De Beers Fund. Previously, Phillip was appointed as CFO in 2009, his major achievements include playing a major part in the refinancing of DBCM and formulating and implementing the strategy for DBCM in response to the global economic crisis and beyond. Phillip previously held several positions in accounting and internal audit since joining De Beers in 1988. |
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Partha Sengupta Mr. Partha Sengupta, Vice President (Raw Materials), Tata Steel joined the company as a Graduate Trainee in 1980. A metallurgist from IT, BHU, Mr. Sengupta has had the experience of contributing to diverse departments of Tata Steel since he joined the Company, from initial stints in R & D and Scientific Services to his current appointment as Vice President (Raw Materials) from 1st April 2010. He is also Director on the Boards of many Indian and overseas companies. He was Chairman of CII – Jharkhand Council from 2008 to 2009. |
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Paschal Phelan Paschal Phelan is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Solar Capital which he founded in 2003 to develop renewable energy opportunities in Southern Africa. He is also the owner of Phelan Holdings (Pty) Ltd, a prominent and successful South African based international investment and development company. His investment and development portfolio includes the Cape Royale Hotel and Spa, one on Cape Town’s leading Luxury 5 Star Hotel in Cape Town and winner of the ‘World Luxury Hotel Award’ in 2011. One of Mr. Phelan’s passions is the creation of employment opportunities in rural South Africa.. |
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Sean de Cleene De Cleene is Co Chair of the Africa Agricultural Growth and Investment high level Taskforce, and he is currently Vice Chair Tanzanian Kilimo Kwanza Growth Corridors Executive Commitee. Other positions include Board Member of World Economic Forum - New Vision for Agriculture and World Economic Forum Financing Sustainable Land Use, Board of African Institute of Corporate Citizenship and Executive member of Private Investors in Africa Group. He holds a MSc in International Development Practices at Oxford Brookes University, and he did the Senior Executive Programme at Harvard Business School. |
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Alison Hill Alison Hill manages Concept Development in the Climate Business Unit for Vestergaard Frandsen. She has extensive experience in designing and implementing global health programs and currently focuses her work on building scalable development programs that link environmental sustainability and health outcomes. In 2011, Alison managed the development and implementation of the first carbon financed safe drinking water program, registered under the Gold Standard. Alison received her MPH and MBA from Johns Hopkins University and has lived and worked extensively in Africa over the last 11 years. |
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Prof. Dr. Peter Hoeppe Prof. Hoeppe joined Munich Re in 2004. He was appointed Head of the Geo Risks Research Department in January 2005. Before joining Munich Re Prof. Hoeppe has worked in different institutes at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University in Munich and as a post doc at Yale University (USA). His academic education is in meteorology (Masters and PhD) and human biology (PhD). In 2009 he has been one of the initiators of the Desertec Industrial Initiative, which is supposed to become the largest renewable energy project. |
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Nick Robins Nick Robins heads the Climate Change Centre of Excellence at HSBC in London, which analyses the strategic implications of climate change for investors and the Group as a whole. Recently, Thomson Extel rated HSBC the #1 firm for integrated climate change and renewable energy (2010 & 2011), and Nick as #1 analyst for climate change (2011). Nick has more than 20 years experience in the policy, business and investment implications of sustainable development and corporate responsibility, and has authored numerous publications. He co-chairs the UNEP Finance Initiative’s Climate Change Working Group.. |
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Samantha Hoe-Richardson Samantha Hoe-Richardson is Head of Sustainable Development & Energy for Anglo American plc, one of the world’s leading mining and natural resources companies. She is responsible for leading the development of strategies to address key, cross-cutting issues such as water, climate change, energy efficiency, biodiversity and environmental management. Samantha has previously worked in business development, investment banking and audit and she holds a masters degree in nuclear & electrical engineering from the University of Cambridge. She is also a Chartered Accountant.. |
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Percy Sechemane Percy started his career in Eskom over a period of 11 years. In 2005 he was appointed as Chief Operating Officer of the Regional Electricity Distributor, where he worked for a year before taking up a role at Landis and Gyr as CEO. Percy is currently the CE of Rand Water responsible for bulk water services supplying over 11 million customers spanning over five South African provinces with the primary customer base situated within the Gauteng Province.. |
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Bill Bulmer Bill Bulmer is Director of IFC’s Environment, Social and Governance Department. Bill started his professional career in agribusiness, working for the Commonwealth Development Corporation with management assignments in Sarawak and Papua New Guinea. He joined IFC in 1986 and has had a broad variety of investment roles, most recently as Global Head of Mining. Bill was educated in the UK with a BSc(hons) from the University of Reading and an MBA from the Cranfield School of Management. |
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Peter Head Peter is a is a civil and structural engineer who has become a recognised world leader in major bridges (he received an OBE for successfully delivering the Second Severn Crossing as Government Agent), advanced composite technology and now in sustainable development in cities and regions. In April 2011, he set up The Ecological Sequestration Trust. |
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Dr Fawcett Ngoatje Before joining Rand Water Board, Dr Fawcett Ngoatje held the following positions: Business Analyst, Manager: Entrepreneurial Development and Manager: Economic Research and Strategic Planning at Limpopo Development Corporation; Director: Project Preparatory Facility (PPF) in the Premier’s Office in Limpopo; Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the then Northern District Council (now Capricorn District Municipality);Director: International Development Corporation (IDC) and Chief Director: Strategic Coordination at the Department of Water Affairs and Forestry (DWAF); and Chief Executive (CE) of Lepelle Water Board. |
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Justin Smith Justin is responsible for the strategy, structure and integration across the business to deliver its over 200 targets across transformation, social development, environmental issues and climate change. Woolworths was named International Responsible Retailer of the year in 2008 and 2010. Previously, Justin was Head of Governance and Sustainability at Nedbank Group. Justin is previous Co-chair of United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiatives Africa, a member of the National Business Initiative Western Cape Board and a trustee on the Table Mountain Fund. |
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Ana Escobedo After working in the insuring sector for some years, Ana focused her career in structuring capital for Energy and green supply chain projects, mostly initiatives that would interact with the Kyoto protocol mechanism by generating Carbon Credits. She joined the Carbon Investment Team in ArcelorMittal in 2008 to promote the development of external solutions to decrease the level of CO2 emissions of the group. Currently, her responsibility in ArcelorMittal is in the International Affairs team, where she coordinates governmental policy matters for the Group. |
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Jennifer Layke Jennifer Layke is the Director of Johnson Controls’ Institute for Building Efficiency, a global initiative to provide information and analyses of technologies, policies, and practices in high performance buildings and smart energy systems from a practitioner’s perspective. Jennifer leads the Institute’s research agenda and collaborations with global experts. Previously, Jennifer was Deputy Director, Climate and Energy at the World Resources Institute (WRI). Jennifer is an accomplished author on energy and climate action and founded Beyond Grey Pinstripes –a sustainability ranking of business schools conducted in partnership with the Aspen Institute. |
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Mongezi Veti Mr. Veti holds a Masters Degree in Business Leadership (MBL) from UNISA, a National Higher Diploma in Metalliferous Mining, and a National Diploma in Coal Mining from the University of Johannesburg. In 2009, he completed advanced management program at Wharton, University of Pennsylvania. In the early 80’s, Mr. Veti worked for Anglo Gold at Western deep Levels and later joined Sasol Mining in 1994. In 2002, he became Mine Manager at Arnot, and was appointed General Manager Area 2 in Exxaro soon after the merger, before recently assuming his current role. |
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Engelina Jaspers Engelina Jaspers is responsible for advancing HP’s global leadership position in sustainability. Her team develops strategies and initiatives aimed at driving meaningful results for HP, its customers and the environment; manages partnerships with external stakeholders; drives employee education and engagement; and leads the development of HP environmental goals, metrics and strategies. Jaspers joined HP in 1998 and has held senior roles at both the business group and corporate level. Jaspers has a master’s of science degree from Boston University. |
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Emma Stewart At Autodesk, Emma spearheads the design software company’s efforts to make sustainable design easy, cost-effective and routine across the building, infrastructure, and plant industries. In 2009, Emma founded Autodesk’s Sustainable Design Living Lab program, which uses Autodesk facilities as a testing ground for new software to rapidly green existing buildings.Prior to this, she founded and directed the Environmental R&D Division at BSR. Emma holds a Ph.D. in Environmental Science and Management from Stanford and a B.A. Honours degree in Human Sciences from Oxford. |
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Sören Buttkereit Sören Buttkereit is head of the External Office at Siemens’ Corporate Sustainability at the company’s headquarters in Munich. He manages stakeholder relations and third-party projects regarding sustainability. Prior to joining Siemens in 2009, he worked as Strategy Expert at McKinsey & Company, specializing in sustainability, climate change and regulatory strategy. Sören holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Halle-Wittenberg, an M.A. in International Relations from Johns Hopkins University and a Master in International Business from the University of Passau. |
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Abyd Karmali Abyd Karmali is MD and Global Head of Carbon Markets at Bank of America Merrill Lynch. In 2008, his team won Environmental Finance magazine’s Carbon Finance Transaction of the Year and The Banker Award for Most Innovative in Sustainability. Abyd has worked for two decades on climate change and is President of the Carbon Markets and Investors Association. From 1996-97 he was Climate Change Officer at the UNEP’s Industry office in Paris and participated in the Kyoto Protocol. He holds an M.S. in Technology and Policy from the MIT. |
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Karin Ireton Karin is Director: Group Sustainability Management for the Standard Bank Group, Africa’s largest . Prior to joining the bank she held a similar role at mining giant, Anglo American. She has previously served as a sustainable energy advisor at Eskom and Manager of the then Industrial Environmental Forum. Her early career was in news and business journalism. She holds an MA in International Political Economy (Leeds). She serves on numerous sustainability advisory boards and chairs the international Stakeholder Council for the Global Reporting Initiative. |
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Jeremy Oppenheim Jeremy leads McKinsey’s global Sustainability and Resource Productivity Practice (SRP), the Firm’s hub on green growth, resource productivity and the wider sustainability agenda. The SRP practice’s aspiration is to help decision makers accommodate their value-creating agenda, the sustainability imperative and the discontinuities altering resource economics, including technology innovation and regulatory intervention. Jeremy has a MA in Law and Economics from Cambridge University and a Masters in Public Administration from the Kennedy School of Government. Prior to joining McKinsey, he worked as a Senior Economist at the World Bank. |
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Dr. Scott Fleetwood Scott is responsible for identifying market trends, global business opportunities and new technologies, in addition to the overall management of the organization’s sustainability efforts and activities. Previously Scott served as Novus’ Executive Director, Global Markets and Strategic Marketing. Scott has held roles in sales and marketing positions in the agricultural crop protection industry spanning more than 30 years. He holds a B.S. from the University of Delaware, an M.S. from Louisiana State University and a Ph.D. from Texas A&M University. He has written over 20 scientific publications. |
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Bruce Haase Bruce is responsible for WWF’s global business engagement programme on climate and energy issues including the Climate Savers Programme. Prior to this, Bruce worked in the private sector with a focus on marketing communications. His corporate career included ten years at Canon Europe, where he last served as the director of CSR for Europe, Middle East and Africa. Bruce studied Sustainable Development with a focus on business and leadership at Exeter University (MSc — distinction), and read history (BA) at Earlham College. |
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Malango Mughogho Malango Mughogho leads WWF’s engagement with business on the broad issue of ecological footprint - using a cross-sectoral approach, addressing issues such as water, energy efficiency and climate change, and using a sector specific approach, looking at the environmental sustainability issues faced by particular industries such as retail or financial services. Malango has more than 10 years’ experience in the banking and development finance sector, coupled with consulting experience on projects with a strong environmental focus in the areas of economic development, event management and product certification. |
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Alex MacGillivray Alex MacGillivray is Executive Director of Climate Business, a global network of experts making the low-carbon economy a reality. Alex has many years of experience in sustainability and climate change. He works with businesses, associations, ministries and NGOs. His core skills are in strategy, capacity-building and innovation. |
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Global Initiatives
Global Initiatives promotes sustainable global development through a series of television programmes, media projects and international events like the B4E Summit series. These initiatives highlight global issues and offer partnership solutions to some of the greatest challenges facing the world.
www.globalinitiatives.com
Responsible Business Television
Responsible Business a television series produced by Global Initiatives showcasing leading global corporations that, in partnership with governments, NGOs and other international organizations, are developing business-driven solutions to some of the greatest challenges facing our world. Not only to improve corporate reputation or increase profits, but because it’s the right thing to do.
www.responsiblebusiness.com
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WWF
WWF has the global insights to help businesses navigate through key sustainability risks and opportunities. As the world’s leading independent conservation organization, we work with businesses, communities and governments to create innovative solutions to safeguard the natural world, tackle climate change and enable the sustainable use of our natural resources. Through our endeavors we seek to embed sustainability and social well-being in both economic and environmental systems.
www.wwf.org.za
Strategic Partner
Tata Steel
Tata Steel is among the top ten global steel companies and the second most geographically diversified steel producer with operations in 26 countries and commercial presence in 50 countries. Tata Steel’s vision is to be the world steel industry bench mark in value creation and corporate citizenship through the excellence of its people, its innovative approach and over all conduct. The Company has an ambitious target to increase its presence in the African continent in the near future.
www.tatasteel.com
Corporate Partners
Ericsson
Ericsson is a world-leading provider of telecommunications equipment and related services to mobile and fixed network operators globally. Over 1,000 networks in more than 180 countries utilize our network equipment and 40% of all mobile calls are made through our systems. We are one of the few companies worldwide that can offer end-to-end solutions for all major mobile communication standards.
www.ericsson.com
Novus International
Novus International, Inc. creates Health through Nutrition products for livestock, pets and people. Novus has more than 800 employees working in over 90 countries, serving more than 3,000 customers worldwide. Based in St. Charles, Missouri, USA, our mission is to make a clear difference in sustainably meeting the growing global need for nutrition and health.
www.novusint.com
Rand Water
Rand Water prides itself on the important role we play in the economic heartland of South Africa. Our current record indicates that we supply approximately 12 million people with world-class water. We are acutely aware of the necessity to play an increased role within the water sector. A pivotal part of Rand Water’s Strategy is the pursuit of growth within the mandate given to us by the Water Services Act.
www.randwater.co.za
Standard Bank
Standard Bank Group is Africa’s largest financial services organisation with extensive operations in 17 countries on the continent, including South Africa, and 13 countries outside Africa with an emerging market focus.
The Standard Bank Group, which has been operating for nearly 150 years, upholds the high standards of corporate governance and is committed to advancing the principles and practice of sustainable development.
www.standardbank.co.za
Vestergaard Frandsen
Vestergaard Frandsen is a private company guided by the principles of humanitarian entrepreneurship. We innovate technologies to improve health in developing countries. In 2011 we distributed 880,000 LifeStraw(r) Family water filters in western Kenya at no charge, providing 4.5 million people with the means to avoid waterborne illness. The project is financed entirely by carbon credits. For more information visit
www.carbonforwater.com
Yara International ASA
Yara International ASA provides solutions to develop sustainable agriculture and cleaner industrial processes. Our fertilizers help to produce food and renewable energy for a growing world population. Our nitrogen based industrial solutions include chemicals, gases and environmental technologies. Established in Norway in 1905, we have 7300 employees in production, research, sales and technical support in 50 countries worldwide.
www.yara.com
NGO Partner
Regency Foundation
Regency Foundation Networx is an international development agency facilitating partnerships between governments, business, civil society and the United Nations; current focus areas include the environment, HIV education & prevention and corporate responsibility. Regency is headquartered in the UK, with offices in Brazil, China and South Africa.
www.regency.org
Event Partner
Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)
CII is a non-government, not-for-profit, industry led and industry managed organisation, playing a proactive role in India’s development process. It catalyses change by working closely with the government on policy issues, enhancing efficiency, competitiveness and expanding business opportunities for industry. On the climate change front, CII has been at the forefront in exploring and promoting best global business practices through its organisations like the CII-Sohrabji Godrej Green Business Centre and CII-ITC Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Development.
www.ciionline.org
Knowledge Partner
McKinsey & Company
McKinsey & Company is a management consulting firm that helps leading corporations and organisations make distinctive, lasting and substantial improvements in their performance. Over the past eight decades, the Firm’s primary objective has remained constant: to serve as an organisation’s most trusted external advisor on critical issues facing senior management. With consultants deployed from 90 offices in more than 50 countries, McKinsey advises companies on strategic, operational, organisational and technological issues. The Firm has extensive experience in all major industry sectors and primary functional areas as well as in-depth expertise in high-priority areas for today’s business leaders.
www.mckinsey.com
Global Broadcast Partner
CNN
Offering extensive coverage and analysis of international events and stories of global importance, CNN is the world’s leading global 24-hour news network celebrating more than 30 years delivering fast, accurate, impartial news to more than 246 million households. In March 2011 environmentalist Philippe Cousteau joined CNN as host and special correspondent for the successful Going Green specials. With the network’s promise to take viewers beyond borders to deliver intelligent programming for an interconnected world, the partnership reaffirms CNN’s commitment to report environmentalstories that are changing our planet.
www.cnn.com
www.cnn.com/goinggreen
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B4E COP 17 Durban Dialogue 2011 - Venue
The B4E COP 17 Dialogue 2011 will be held at the Durban Botanic Gardens, South Africa.
Durban Botanic Gardens
9A John Zikhale (Sydenham)Road,
Durban, South Africa
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