SB London | Why Sustainability Executives Should Attend the Conference

Why Sustainability Executives Should Attend the Conference

You already know the importance of building the business case for sustainability. In today's turbulent world, a sustainability framework helps you to understand the relationships between issues and actions and simultaneously challenges you to make decisions that help to improve the economy, the community and the environment.

SB London offers the opportunity to gain the knowledge and skills that you need to apply your knowledge directly to your brand. It provides insight into current trends and transformations that are forcing radical changes in customer value propositions, business models, and metrics. You'll work with peers to craft solutions for shifting the world to a sustainable economy, while strengthening your business and brand..

What You Will Learn:

What key trends are driving continued sustainable brand innovation and where investment is being focused
How companies are collaborating to create scales that can drive more sustainable products to market
How to drive rapid innovation inside your company by using creative employee engagement techniques
New ways to create shared value through your supply chain
How to frame your conversations in business terms that engender support from the top

Learn from over 60 thought leaders and practitioners on the faculty, including:

Gail Klintworth

Chief Sustainability Officer
Unilever

Alexis Olans

Senior Global Program Manager, adidas Better Place
adidas AG

Christoph Günther

Regional Head of SET – Applied Sustainability, Europe
BASF

Vidar Gundersen

Sustainability Manager
BioMar Group

Peter Harris

Director of Sustainability, EMEA
UPS

Alex Cole

Corporate Affairs Director
Sainsbury's

See a sample of an SB '12 presentation

There are now more than 25 studies correlating the connection between companies that lead in sustainability and higher profits and stock value. However despite the growing recognition that sustainability is key to business, innovation for sustainability is falling drastically short of what is needed for us to course-correct. Hunter Lovins kicks off SB '12 by articulating the urgency of defining a sustainable economy and sustainable consumption, and how to achieve both.