| Oct ’11 |
| 24 |
| 8:00 am |
Where: The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
20% discount code: GRECONnwsbm
October 24th, 2011
8:00 – 9:00am Breakfast
9:00 – 5:30pm Conference Discussions and Lunch
5:30 – 7:00pm Cocktails
Against a backdrop of continued global economic instability, population growth, increasing strain on the natural resources upon which our consumption-based economy depends, and increasing demand that business be retooled for sustainability, business leaders are faced with one of the most compelling challenges of our time: to reassess future paths to value creation and sustainable business success. Underpinning the successful transformation of business for the future is a need to identify a new set of metrics by which value is measured. By doing so we can put business in a better position to set strategy and goals that dependably support both near term success and long term continuity.
Produced by Sustainable Life Media in partnership with The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania’s IGEL (Initiative for Global Environment Leadership), this 1 day SB: Issues in Focus Conference will explore the forward edge of thinking and progression of work taking place on measurement and valuation of both positive and negative environmental and social impacts of business activity. Various key initiatives will be presented and time will be devoted for interactive and thought provoking discussion throughout the day. Sustainability and finance leaders will gather to explore together the issues and opportunities surrounding the retooling of key business metrics to optimize business for sustainable success in the 21st Century. Questions to address include:
- How can your environmental and social impact activities be set in the context of what would constitute true sustainability of your activities?
- What kind of shareholder value is, or might be created from your sustainability efforts?
- What kinds of metrics or scorecards are taking shape to help you measure the various aspects of your environmental impact (organization, product, supply chain, whole industry, etc.)
- Are you properly accounting for all your assets, or are there some investments that might be moved from expense to asset class on the balance sheet?
