23-24 February 2010, New York City, USA
GLOBAL ETHICS SUMMIT
The Global Ethics Summit leverages the collective expertise of Dow Jones and Ethisphere. In two days, you'll gain a clear understanding of the rulings and legislation shaping corporate compliance as well as best practices for navigating today's complex and daunting global legal landscape.
19 February 2010, Melbourne, Australia
ACCSR's 4TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE "MEETING THE STANDARD: THE POST-GFC WORLD OF RESPONSIBLE BUSINESS PRACTICE"
Find out what a new global ISO standard on social responsibility principles, topics and practices will mean for your organisation, and learn: What issues and practices the new ISO standard will cover - What value it can add to your organisation - How it will relate to existing ISO standards and other CSR instruments i.e. the GRI and the UN Global Compact - What the implications for stakeholders and the environment will be.
25 February 2010, London, UK
THE THIRD ANNUAL SUSTAINABILITY SUMMIT
Facing the Climate Change Challenge - The Economist's Third Annual Sustainability Summit - provides fresh thinking and thought-provoking commentary from top thinkers and policy makers. It will bring together up to 150 business leaders to discuss the real implications of climate change, plus there will be case studies from corporates on cutting-edge sustainability initiatives - both inspirational and informative.
25-26 February 2010, San Francisco, US
WATER FOOTPRINTING AND AVAILABILITY RISK MANAGEMENT 2010
The first event to focus on practical solutions for assessing and managing water availability risk, within regional contexts (US and global) and specific to either agriculture or industrial operations/mining/manufacturing. The Summit brings together multi-national corporations, with complex international supply chains, to share insights on measuring water use in volume and investigating new and innovative strategies to secure your business in regions of increasing water scarcity.
16-18 March 2010, London, UK
BASE (BUSINESS AND A SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENT)
base is a major pioneering event about how to do business in the 21st century sustainably. base will provide practical, solutions-based information for business and will complement this with inspiration, entertainment and networking. At its core, base will involve a powerful and engaging 'no holds barred' two day programme of 30 discrete 70-minute conference modules.
24 March 2010, New York City, USA
FT INVESTING IN A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE
The 2nd annual FT Investing in a Sustainable Future international conference, hosted by the Financial Times, will reveal how some of the top minds in today's corporate, financial and investment arenas are generating bottom-line profits by putting sustainable and ethical investment strategies at the heart of their organizations.
TRAINING COURSES
25-29 January 2010
CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY TRAINING
The purpose of this 5-day course is to gain knowledge and skills in best practice corporate responsibility tools and standards; gain a strong understanding of stakeholder engagement, sustainability reporting, assurance processes and the ability to apply AA1000 principles and reporting guidelines.
http://ethicalperformance.com/training/coursedetail.php?id=38
Inhouse training
INTERNATIONAL COACHING PROGRAM FOR CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY AND SUSTAINABILITY MANAGERS
This is a coaching and action learning programme based on individual coaching of the participating CR managers, complemented by knowledge based learning on demand and focusing on personal growth and leadership capacity. These elements require cognitive and intellectual learning as well as character building. An information centric approach would not be adequate for achieving progress in both dimensions.
http://ethicalperformance.com/training/coursedetail.php?id=39
Further details of these events and others can be found at:
http://www.ethicalperformance.com/pages/eventsList.php?region=europe