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SAN FRANCISCO, US. Green Biz innovation forum 2010
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA
The GreenBiz Innovation Forum is aimed at global companies seeking to understand and harness the opportunities that exist at the intersection of “green” and “innovation.”
Presented by GreenBiz.com in collaboration with Adaptive Edge, the GreenBiz Innovation Forum will combine discussions, facilitated workshops, hands-on exercises, and small-group consultation to provide insights and tools that can be put to work inside any company. Participants will be encouraged to bring their own green innovation challenges to the Forum to share — and learn — with others.
At the Forum, you’ll learn:
- What green innovation means — including technology, product, service, and business model innovation — and how it is becoming core to business strategy
- How companies manage for green innovation, including the internal and external partners needed for success
- How the confluence of energy, information, building, and vehicle technologies is creating an alignment between innovation and sustainability
- The role of suppliers, customers, and other external partners in fostering an environment for green innovation
- The pathways and barriers to green innovation, including quality/Six Sigma, regulations, increased transparency, and customer demand
- The tools and technologies that can accelerate green innovation implementation
- Key success factors for making your company a green innovation leader
The GreenBiz Innovation Forum is about developing and implementing a fundamental strategy that will embed green innovation into your company’s DNA, helping it achieve and exceed its environmental and business goals.
October 19-20, 2010
Mission Bay Conference Center at UCSF
http://www.greenbiz.com/innovationforum
SAN FRANCISCO, US. IRCA certified corporate responsibility training course
SAN FRANCISCO, US
Two Tomorrows' five-day public corporate responsibility training is for managers, academics, consultants and auditors seeking a solid grounding in corporate responsibility, and those seeking to move into the CR field. It is the first public CR training in the world to be certified by the International Register of Certificated Auditors (IRCA) to its latest training criteria.
The course is broken into four modules:
- Corporate Responsibility: Covers current issues in corporate social responsibility, sustainability and accountability, and the regulatory context.
- Stakeholder Engagement: Covers the rationale for stakeholder engagement and how to undertake it successfully. Includes detailed examination of AccountAbility and UNEP stakeholder engagement methodologies.
- Reporting: Covers the aims and benefits of sustainability reporting and key principles including materiality. Looks closely at the Global Reporting Initiative ‘G3’ sustainability reporting guidelines.
- Assurance Practitioner Training: A two-day module. Covers the principles and procedures of sustainability assurance with reference to the newly revised AA1000 Assurance Standard.
Delegates can take all four modules together over five days, or can attend one or more individual modules.
18 - 22 October 2010
San Francisco, United States