WWF, The Economist and Cisco WebEx Host Free Webcast, "Thriving in the Clean Economy” -- Industry Leaders Share Carbon-Cutting Innovations
On Wednesday, November 18th at 1:30pm EST, join The Economist, Cisco WebEx Solutions and WWF Climate Savers in the free webcast, THRIVING IN THE CLEAN ECONOMY. In this pre-Copenhagen webcast, Climate Savers companies, including Coca-Cola, IBM, Johnson & Johnson, JohnsonDiversey, and Nokia, will share lessons learned and the measures they''ve adopted in order to meet their impressive goal of collectively reducing carbon emissions by 50 million tons by 2010. According to these companies, economic growth, curbing carbon, and increasing shareholder value can go hand in hand.
WHO:Featured Panelists: |
Esko Aho, EVP, Corporate Relations and Responsibility, Nokia |
Matthew Banks, Senior Program Officer, Climate Savers, WWF US |
Brian Boyd, VP, WW Environment, Health & Safety, Johnson & Johnson |
Kim Carstensen, WWF International, Leader UN Climate Negotiations |
Jay Dietrich, Corporate Environmental Affairs, Climate Stewardship, IBM |
John Matthews, SVP Corporate Affairs, JohnsonDiversey |
Jeff Seabright, VP, Environment and Water Resources, The Coca-Cola Company |
Moderator: Emma Duncan, deputy editor, The Economist |
WHAT: | THRIVING IN THE CLEAN ECONOMY: This hour-long interactive session is part of a two-day Carbon Economy Summit hosted by The Economist, two weeks before governments gather in Copenhagen to discuss a new global climate framework to replace the Kyoto Protocol. | |
WHY: | Learn from panelists specific innovations, for example, Coca-Cola''s plant-based bottles. | |
WHEN: | November 18th at 1:30 pm EST (18:30 GMT |19:30 CET). |
The event is free. You mayRegister now and post your questions and ideas in advance at the following link: http://try.webex.com/mk/get/PTB_WWF_LP?TrackID=1020339
The event will take place live from The Ronald Reagan Center in Washington D.C. with a number of the panelists joining from around the globe using Cisco WebEx technology.
For more information on WWF Climate Savers, go to: www.panda.org/cleaneconomy
Climate Savers video posted at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mzr4H6ZWKBE
Contacts:
WWF International
Bruce Haase, +31 (6) 24981281
Climate
Business Engagement Unit