Past Events
- Business Coalition Meeting, hosted by General Mills, December 7, 2007
- CIAA & SAI Platform Conference on Sustainable Agriculture, November 22-23, 2007, Brussels, Belgium
- The Role of Public and Institutional Food in Promoting Sustainable Rural Development, Seville, Spain, November 8-9, 2007 (contact: Clive Peckham).
- Green Mountain Coffee Key Performance Indicators Project Summit, November 2007
- Sustainable Food Lab Meeting, October 15-18, 2007 Antigua, Guatemala (Learning Journeys lasting 2-7 days preceded this meeting)
Links and Related Events
GMA Environmental Sustainability Summit / 17-18 January 2008 / Washington D.C. The first-ever Grocery Manufacterers Association Environmental Sustainability Summit for the Food, Beverage and Consumer Products Industry seeks to showcase the industry’s leadership in developing and implementing environmentally sustainable business practices. The event will champion successful food, beverage and consumer products company policies, programs and practices that contribute to environmental sustainability, providing executives with a toolbox that will help them develop and enhance sustainability programs.
Emerging Opportunities in Carbon Markets - turning carbon emissions liabilities into financial assets / 17-18 January 2008 / Miami, USA / Environmental Finance
Hear leading industry and government specialists address the ways in which current emissions trading systems are creating business opportunities, fostering technology development and innovation, and influencing global finance. PLUS join in stimulating panel discussions, and have numerous opportunities to network with other participants throughout the conference.
Designing Your Corporate Responsibility Strategy for the New Companies Act / 17 January 2008 / Mayfair, London, UK / Cicero Forum
The UK Minister for Corporate Responsibility, the Rt. Hon. Stephen Timms MP, Peter Kenyon, Chief Executive of Chelsea Football Club and Lord Dick Newby share a platform with some of the most senior CR practitioners in the UK sharing insights to create the optimal CR plan in light of the regulations in the new Companies Act
Climate Change Summit 2008 - Manage the risks, create new products, get your message across to consumers / 12-13 February 2008 / London, UK / Ethical Corporation
The serious legislation is about to kick in. And every company will be affected in one way or another. Learn how to prepare for the enormous changes that lie ahead. And discover how to make a virtue out of necessity. Speakers include: British Gas, ASDA, Vodafone, Cadbury Schweppes, Walkers, Timberland, IBM, The Co-operative Group and many more
Ethical Sourcing Forum North America - Enabling Tomorrow, Today! / 13-14 March 2008 / New York, USA / Intertek
Ethical Sourcing Forum is an action-oriented learning industry initiative, for those willing to play an active role in the successful implementation of sustainable social and environmental supply chain practices, offering Mini-Training forums based on off-the-ground case activities undertaken by industry members
Global Agro-Industries Forum (GAIF)/ April 8-11, 2008 / New Delhi, India - The Global Forum will bring together 500 senior representatives from ministries of agriculture and industries, other UN agencies and civil society oganizations as well as agro-industry specialists and private sector food industry leaders.
GAIF will promote dialogue on strategies for developing competitive agro-industries that contribute to poverty reduction. It will thus build on success stories and winning strategies to develop competitive agro-industries in the developing world that include small-scale farmers and reinforce collaboration among all stakeholders from local to global levels, as well as public and private sectors.
Food Marketing Institute Sustainability Summit / 15-18 June / Minneapolis, MN / FMI will hold the first ever Food Industry Sustainability Summit, this will be a 2 l/2 day summit which will bring together key stakeholders in the industry – including retailers, wholesalers, suppliers, academics, NGO's, government and industry experts. The objective of the summit will be to create an opportunity for education, develop new partnerships, and help the industry move forward with innovative new sustainability strategies. Nationally recognized leaders from inside and outside the food industry will address the sustainability imperative, share their experiences and outline key challenges and opportunities. New industry research will be presented on the ‘sustainable consumer” and a series of specialized sessions will focus on different sustainability best practices and opportunities – including energy, store development, sustainable purchasing, supply issues, packaging, recycling human resources, employee relations, marketing and consumer relations.
BioMarine - The World Marine Initiative, October 19-24, 2008, Marseille, France
Poverty meets the market
Finance Alliance for Sustainable Trade
