GREEN ENTERPRISE 2010 CONFERENCE
Driving Competitive Advantage with Sustainability
Thursday, April 15th 2010 
8:00am to 5:30pm
Embassy Suites at Logan Airport, Boston, MA
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This full day conference provides case studies, advice, and networking to help
drive competitive differentiation involving sustainability for corporations.
Attendees include VP/Director of Sustainability, VP/Dir Marketing/Supply Chain,
VP/Dir EHS, VP/Dir Facilities, VP/Dir of Environmental Affairs, and CFO/IR. Firms
who supply Walmart, report to CDP, or who are following the impact of the
recent SEC ruling on climate disclosure should also attend.

Click here for a list of companies attending


EVENT AGENDA

7:30-8:30am
Breakfast

8:30am
Welcome and Introduction

8:35 – 9:15am
Keynote: The CEO View
The responsibility revolution: how the next generation of businesses will win.
Jeffrey Hollender – Co-Founder and Chief Inspired Protagonist, Seventh Generation

9:15 – 9:45am
An Update: Sustainability Consortium and Walmart Supplier Sustainability Assessment
What are the latest developments for the Sustainability Consortium for which Walmart
and Safeway are founding members? What are implications of this Consortium? What are
the lessons learned from suppliers who completed Walmart's 15 question Supplier
Sustainability Assessment?
Stonyfield Farm Case Study for Supplier Sustainability Assessment

9:45 – 10:15am
Networking break

10:15 – 10:30am
Green Brands - Key Steps on the Journey
How are you positioning your brand now and in the future for green and sustainability?
How are you responding to changing customer requests and needs?
Rich Goode – Director of Sustainability, Alcatel-Lucent

10:30 – 11:00am
Scope 3 Carbon Reporting
What is current status of Scope 3 reporting standards? What is business case for reporting
David Rich – Associate, World Resources Institute
Jim Sulllivan – Strategic Advisor, SAP

11:00 – 11:45am
Benign Chemistry Panel - Making Products Safe
What constitutes “green” products? Eliminating chemical risk and toxins
in the supply chain.
Tim Greiner – Partner, Pure Strategies (Moderator)
David Rapaport – Senior Director Corporate Consciouness, Seventh Generation
Mark Rossi – Research Director, Clean Production Action

11:45am – 1:00pm
Networking lunch

1:00 – 1:45pm
Implications of SEC Ruling on Climate Reporting Disclosure
What are implications of the recent SEC guidance on disclosing climate risk in
financial reports such as annual reports and 10-Q? What is other environmental
information that financial regulators and investors likely to ask for in the next
18 months? How does this affect unaudited GHG emissions data in our CSR report?
Ruth Silman – Partner, Nixon Peabody
Jay Spencer – Partner, Ernst & Young

1:45 – 2:15pm
CDP Reporting and Case Studies
What are best practices? What is business case for involving my suppliers?
James Merrell – Director Environmental Stewardship, Diebold
Keith Littlejohns – Account Manager, Carbon Disclosure Project

2:15 – 2:45pm
Green Workforce: Employee Engagement
What are best practices for employee engagement? How are firms managing
green teams?
Frank Marino – Senior Manager Corporate EHS, Raytheon
Peter DeBruin – VP Environmental Sustainability, State Street

2:45 – 3:15pm
Networking break

3:15 – 3:45pm
Overview of the business case for ECA software investment and leading vendors.
Case study of moving from spreadsheets to ECA software.
Overview of the business case for ECA software investment and leading vendors.
Paul Baier – VP Consulting, Groom Energy
Nicola Peill-Moelter – Director of Environmental Sustainability, Akamai Technologies
Emma Stewart, Ph.D. – Senior Program Lead, Sustainable Business & Operations, Autodesk

3:45 – 4:30pm
Green Returns - Business Case for Sustainability Investments
Case studies linking energy and sustainability investments. How can energy reductions,
internal cost of carbon, executive compensation tied to GHG reduction, and other
techniques be used to reduce GHG emissions?
Jon Guerster – CEO, Groom Energy (moderator)
Nick Balster – Corporate Energy Manager, Precision Castparts
Sandy Taft – Director, US Climate Change Policy, National Grid

4:30 – 5:30pm
Networking reception


For more information, please contact Paul Baier pbaier@groomenergy.com





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