Convention on Corporate Response to Climate Change || 8-10 June 2007 ||

CONGRESS TOPICS
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SUB THEMES:

 

Strategic Issues and Risks facing Business due to Climate
Change

  • Business significance of climate change - role of the corporate sector
  • Strategic issues and risks facing business in response to Climate Change.
  • Calculating and communicating climate impact of products
  • Green Energy – replacing energy , inefficient technologies and life styles
  • Framework for managing related compliance and reporting obligations
  • National guidelines and Policy for sustainable energy, supply strategy issues, and climate change mitigation.

Communication Initiatives

  • Effective processes for capture and reporting of reliable and verifiable GHG and environmental data.
  • Measuring your carbon footprint and Carbon- neutral campaign
  • GRI, Emission Inventory and sustainability Reporting system
  • Role of Media and NGOs – Raise Rublic awareness to change Public attitudes and culture towards limiting
    climate change.
  • Challenge of communicating climate change to stateholders
  • Measuring and benchmarking climate impact and reputational risk

Kyoto Protocol and Clean Development Mechanism ( CDM)

  • Present status of Kyoto Protocol
  • GHG Market – Climate Exchange and carbon trading the financial imperative
  • CDM – An effective Business Model
  • CDM India – Development of CDM Projects, Financing and Benefits
  • Technology transfer, foreign direct and portfolio Investments

Case Studies of companies adapting to climate change

  • Product life- cycle emissions
  • Reducing carbon and saving on energy bills
  • Carbon Accountability in the construction and building trade
  • Getting Suppliers to roll back CO2
  • Corporate reporting on green house issues
  • Eco- innovation and quality upgradation in Food Processing industry.
  • Carbon risk coverage and weather Insurance

Case Studies of companies implementing PROACTIVATE

  • Pricing natural capital in their balance sheets
  • Radicaly increasing energy efficiency
  • Opting for minimalist designs
  • Adopting closed loop and zero waste systems
  • Capturing carbon and soaking it
  • Turning to renewables - developing markets for biofuels
  • Investing in green issues
  • Vigorously pursuing market driven solutions - developing carbon market
  • Activating women and children to drive change
  • Training staff to eco-innovate
  • Executing the change
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