Water Scarcity and Risk Mangement In the Supply Chain

Posted on February 25 2010 by zerofootprint and filed in Energy + Climate, Health + Pollution

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Date: February 25-26, 2010
City: San Francisco
Country: United States
Website:
http://www.corporate-water-availability-risk.com/
Email: info@american-business-conferences.com

Post Copenhagen 2009, the world’s business leaders will turn their attention onto the burgeoning importance of water availability.

Empirical data now shows that climate change and population growth is already impacting water availability in regions as diverse as Western United States, South America, China and Eastern Europe. Recently, for example, the Mexican Federal Government warned that Mexico City may suffer an acute shortage of water by February 2010.

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The Third Annual Sustainability Summit

Posted on February 25 2010 by zerofootprint and filed in Energy + Climate, Nature + Science

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Date: February 25th 2010
Venue: The Radisson Portman Square Hotel
City: London
Country: United Kingdom
Website:
http://www.economistconferences.co.uk/event/third-annual-sustainability-summit/176

Business is at a crucial turning point—the short pause between the Copenhagen meeting and enforcement of the Carbon Reduction Commitment in April 2010.

Sustainability leaders urgently need to build workable strategies for climate change while continuing to satisfy customers, shareholders and the wider community. We are facing the most significant programme of investment and change in our lifetime. There’s not much time to get it right.

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