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The WBCSD's SD events calendar provides information about events relevant to business in the various fields of sustainable development worldwide.
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| 8 Feb. |
 The Future of Cities
Projecting city growth worldwide, our 'The Future of Cities' conference will ask how rapid urban growth can be planned, managed and financed. As cities are being forced to address some of the most dramatic challenges of the 21st Century, including energy and water supply, demographics and climate change, can they lead the way in finding sustainable solutions?
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| 9 Feb. |
State of Green Business Forum 2010 - Chicago
The one-day information-packed event coincides with the release of GreenBiz.com’s “State of Green Business 2010,” the acclaimed annual status report on corporate environmental trends and progress.
From innovative new technologies that improve operational efficiencies, to marketing practices that are thriving in an age of radical transparency, the green business landscape is rapidly evolving.
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| 15 Feb. |
Stockholm Industry Water Award 2010
2010 Stockholm Industry Water Award opens for nominations.
Help us find the best in the business this year by nominating a company or industry for the 2010 Stockholm Industry Water Award. The nomination deadline is February 15, 2010
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| 19 Feb. |
ACCSR’s 4th Annual Conference 2010
The practice of social responsibility stands on the brink of the biggest changes since CSR entered management practice in the 1970s. Business leaders the world round are now recognising that there can be no return to ‘business as usual’. But what will the new ‘normal’ look like?
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| 23 Feb. |
"LP Gas: Exceptional Energy for Asia" - Regional Summit 2010
The World LP Gas Association (WLPGA), the global voice of the LP Gas industry, and the Asian Development Bank’s Energy for All Partnership (E4 All), will host a one day workshop in Kuala Lumpur with all interested stakeholders to examine ways to expand access to energy in Asia, with a focus on making LP Gas and other solutions more affordable and accessible to all.
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| 24 Feb. |
Cleantech Forum XXVI — San Francisco 2010
The Forum is themed "Taking Cleantech to Scale" to focus on corporate integration of cleantech into growth strategies, new financing for innovation and infrastucture and global government engagement in cleantech.The event attracts nearly 1,000 investors, entrepreneurs, policy makers, global corporations and industry influencers.
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| 24 Feb. |
Energy 2010 - Solution for Africa
The conference programme, with the theme 'ENERGY: A time of change - a time for innovation, solutions and alternatives', brings critical industry issues to the forefront. Featuring prolific industry speakers and representatives, the programme is designed to help delegates stay abreast of industry developments, obtain technical knowledge and understand the issues affecting today's global energy industry and more specifically issues relating to Africa.
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| 25 Feb. |
After Copenhagen: How can business face the climate change challenge?
Attend the Sustainability Summit-After Copenhagen: How can business face the climate change challenge? Hear and be inspired by cutting-edge thinkers on climate change-the visionaries, scientists and policymakers. Be at the launch of an exclusive EIU report "After Copenhagen-Assessing the impact on business".
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| 25 Feb. |
Water Footprinting & Availability Risk Management 2010
This event will focus on practical solutions for assessing and managing water availability risk, within regional contexts (U.S. and global) and specific to either agriculture or industrial operations/mining/manufacturing. It will bring together multi-national corporations, with complex international supply chains, to share insights on measuring water use in volume and investigating new and innovative strategies to secure business in regions of increasing water scarcity.
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| 1 Mar. |
Powering the Low Carbon Economy: Electricity’s role in decarbonizing energy use
What steps can be taken to decarbonise electricity within a dramatically short timescale? In order to meet emissions targets in 2020 and then 2050, a rapid transformation in the way that power is used, generated and managed is required. This conference will take a clear look at the future of energy use, and the changing role that electricity will have in creating a low carbon future.
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| 2 Mar. |
Methane to Markets Partnership Expo: A Forum for Projects, Technology, Financing & Policy - 2010
The Methane to Markets Partnership Expo is the premier international forum for promoting methane recovery and use project opportunities and technologies.
India has methane capture-and-use projects in agriculture, coal mines, landfills, and the oil and gas sector - and with rapid growth, increased urbanization, and rising energy consumption, opportunities in these four Methane to Markets sectors are quickly expanding.
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| 2 Mar. |
Carbon Market Insights 2010
The Carbon Market Insights conference, in its 7th year, attracts a constituency central to the climate change struggle: the vanguard of emitters, investors and emissions traders, who will test-drive the new mechanisms and install the next generation of technology, given the right signals
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| 15 Mar. |
World Biofuels Markets 2010
World Biofuels Markets is the leading industry networking event where, each year, the leaders of the biofuels world convene to meet new customers, suppliers and partners and help drive innovation and business.
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| 15 Mar. |
Clean Technology World Africa 2010
Clean Technology World Africa 2010 will help you to:
- Identify new sources of efficient energy supply
- Promote new sources of efficient and sustainable energy supply
- Source new funding for investment in clean technology
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| 15 Mar. |
15th AFRICAN INTERNATIONAL WATER CONGRESS AND EXHIBITION -MARCH 2010
AfWA is a network of more than 80 water utilities from over 35 African countries. This time around, AfWA has chosen to extend the scope of participation to take advantage of the global expertise and will hold an International Water Congress focusing on the theme ?Water and Sanitation: What Perspectives relating to Energy Challenges and Climate Change??
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| 16 Mar. |
Energy Efficiency World Africa 2010
This event is the place where the large power users, producers and players meet, it’s where efficient solutions are found and learning is done.
Reduce energy costs immediately and significantly, evaluate different technologies and innovations, source carbon reducing solutions for your business, learn about new and effective DSM initiatives and understand the latest in regulation.
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| 16 Mar. |
BASE 2010
Changing the way we operate our businesses has within the last year moved from being a compliance or altruistic issue to one of just doing good business. Being sustainable is now mandatory for any 21st century business.
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| 18 Mar. |
World Renewable Energy Technology Congress & Expo’2010
The Congress & Expo attempts to supplement the efforts of the government by providing a platform to showcase opportunities in the Indian market for global players. It aims to Provide an opportunity and open forum to exchange information, share experiences and best practices by bringing together experts, investors and other multi stake holders of Public and Private sector, advisory groups, governments, NGOs, non-profit organizations, environmentalists and academia.
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| 18 Mar. |
Ethical Sourcing Forum North America 2010
The Ethical Sourcing Forum is an industry event that brings together members of the global sustainability community in order to address emerging sustainability and ethical supply chain challenges. You will find applied innovation and the latest solutions-development processes that yield social and environmental progress while advancing core business objectives.
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| 22 Mar. |
World Urban Forum 5
In the space of a few short years, the World Urban Forum has turned into the world’s premier conference on cities. The Forum was established by the United Nations to examine one of the most pressing problems facing the world today: rapid urbanization and its impact on communities, cities, economies, climate change and policies.
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| 22 Mar. |
World Water Day 2010
WWD 2010: Communicating water quality challenges and opportunities.
The overall goal of the World Water Day on 22 March 2010 campaign is to raise the profile of water quality at the political level so that water quality considerations are made alongside those of water quantity.
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| 22 Mar. |
Climate Change & Energy Security
Following on from the Copenhagen summit, how can Latin America and international stakeholders move ahead to implement measures designed to counter the damaging effects of climate change?
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| 23 Mar. |
The 9th WSGTS - The Wall Street Green Trading Summit 2010
The Wall Street Green Trading Summit is the longest running and most comprehensive environmental market event in the industry. Launched in 2002 by Peter Fusaro, The Wall Street Green Trading Summit covers cutting edge content, industry developments and features the practitioners and the leaders of tomorrow.
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| 24 Mar. |
GLOBE 2010
This series of events is dedicated to bringing together professionals from the environment sector. Every two years, corporate executives, government representatives, environmental senior managers, urban planners and financial executives meet to discuss emerging priorities and opportunities in the business of the environment.
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| 24 Mar. |
FT Investing in a Sustainable Future - 2010
The conference will bring together the top minds in today's corporate, financial and investment arena. Learn how investors are using new techniques to generate returns on responsible investments and hear about the latest trends in CSR activities. Topics covered will be Stakeholder Engagement, upcoming regulatory changes, CSR Reporting, the value of green rankings and more.
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| 25 Mar. |
2nd China Microfinance Investor Conference
For 2010, GTZ and PBC will be collaborating with WMFG for a 2nd China Microfinance Investor Conference. The conference will bring together international and Chinese investors with local providers of inclusive financial services, regulators and other stakeholders in the industry. With the recent establishment of hundreds of new MicroCredit Companies, participants are bound to have extensive food for talk!
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| 30 Mar. |
Sustainability Virtual Summit, Smart ICT
The Event will bring together global corporate visionaries, policy makers, environmental advocacy groups and leading experts, showcase financially profitable practices and strategies that address and mitigate corporate and government impact on long-term health of the earth, enhance corporate social awareness,
benefit corporate growth, profitability, productivity and efficiency.
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| 6 Apr. |
IAIA10: Transitioning to the Green Economy -- Contributions of Impact Assessment
To transition toward green economies, assessments must first demonstrate the types of green investments that best fit local, national, and regional environments. Impact assessments have the power to influence and shape green policy, which will in turn play a major role in addressing the global crises. IAIA10 will focus on the following sectors that have the potential for sustainable green investment.
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| 6 Apr. |
From Shop Floor to Top Floor: Best Business Practices in Energy Efficiency
The conference will give participants an opportunity to learn from and interact with experts and high-level industry executives that have successfully implemented exemplary energy efficiency strategies. Speakers include a list of high-level industry executives and confirmed keynotes are: John Rowe, CEO of Exelon, and Eileen Claussen, President, Pew Center on Global Climate Change.
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| 13 Apr. |
Carbon Markets Americas
This Conference is the annual networking event, where major Latin American CDM stakeholders gather to learn about the latest market developments, meet new customers and do business.
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| 15 Apr. |
3rd Annual Carbon Trade China 2010
Carbon Trade came out in response to the Kyoto Protocol, Signed in Kyoto, Japan, by 180 countries in December 1997, effective from 2005 and run out in 2012. During the last three years, 1899 registered CDM projects has been producing 352,218,246 ton issuance CERs. To keep the process on the line, there is an urgent need for a new climate protocol. Under this urgency, the COP15 is the last time for the parties of UNFCCC to meet on a government level before the Kyoto Protocol is renewed.
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| 23 Apr. |
MIT Sustainability Summit 2010 -
Mind the Gap: Communicate and Collaborate for a Sustainable World
All the technology and great ideas in the world cannot achieve sustainability by themselves. This summit focuses on the communication and collaboration necessary to make sustainability a reality.
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| 26 Apr. |
Cleantechn Forum XXVI
Cleantech Forum XXVI San Francisco is one of the Cleantech Group's five premier events each year across North America, Europe, China and India. Since 2002, the Forums have provided insight, investment opportunities and unparalleled networking for the world's leading investors, growth companies and global corporations.
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| 26 Apr. |
Global Water Summit 2010 - Transforming the World of Water
The time for incremental change in the water industry has passed - and it has failed us. The challenge of global water sustainability is greater today than it was ten years ago. It is also greater today than it was two years ago.
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| 4 May |
The Responsible Business Summit
This event, the largest corporate responsibility conference in Europe, it is a one-stop shop. Learn about all the biggest and most pressing responsible business problems for the forthcoming year, from those people finding innovative solutions to them.
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| 10 May |
Energy Efficiency Global Forum and Exposition 2010
EE Global focuses solely on energy efficiency from the perspective of all energy end-use sectors (buildings, industrial and transportation) and with coverage of all cross-cutting issues – finance, policy, technology and market transformation. Hosted by the Alliance to Save Energy, EE Global attracts executive-level leaders from all end-use sectors who are committed to putting energy efficiency to work in their businesses, communities and markets.
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| 11 May |
Bioenergy Markets Africa - 2010
The event offers an integrated solution of brand positioning, business development and face-to-face networking opportunities with senior decision makers.
Sustainable bioenergy remains a key part of the global energy solution and East & Southern Africa represents a nascent marketplace. The growing demand for biofuels has sparked a green revolution in Africa and a frenzy of biofuel crop planting and investment.
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| 11 May |
Solar Maghreb - Developing large scale North African solar markets
This event will bring together key players from the region – with particular focus on Algeria, Morocco, Egypt, Tunisia, Libya and Mauritania – with global industry experts.
The Maghreb region contains vast solar energy resources and the exploitation of these will be a critical factor in helping accelerate the region’s economic development.
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| 11 May |
Sustainable Manufacturing Summit 2010
Through cutting edge case studies and discussion panels, the Sustainable Manufacturing Summit showcases the manufacturers leading the transition to sustainable and profitable manufacturing and offers the latest innovations in green products. This third annual event offers business executives of all levels practical advice and benchmarks for their own sustainability initiatives and the opportunity to understand the future direction of climate response.
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| 18 May |
3rd FT Mediterranean Sustainable Energy Summit
This event will bring together senior government officials, corporate leaders, financiers, academics and global experts. It will stimulate debate and dialogue on how to tackle the challenges that climate change presents in the Mediterranean and will discuss how we can grasp the opening to establish this region as the sustainable energy hub for Europe.
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| 26 May |
The Amsterdam Global Conference on Sustainability and Transparency
The Amsterdam conference will convene a debate on how reporting can be used to help build a better future. Thought leaders from business, finance, government and civil society will debate the political, strategic and practical choices confronting us. Expert practitioners will lead workshops and interactive sessions to define the building blocks of more effective reporting.
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| 26 May |
Carbon Expo 2010
Carbon Expo 2010 will act as the global meeting point for companies operating on the CO2 market. The event provides a professional trade fair environment to Interact with Market players representing supply and demand in the carbon market; New customers; Service and Technology Providers that bring projects to market.
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| 28 May |
1st World Congress on Cities and Adaptation to Climate Change - 2010
Resilient Cities 2010, the annual global forum on urban resiliency and adaptation to climate change is the first edition of an annual global forum which will gather partners from all sectors for exchange, learning, networking, debating and policy making on approaches and solutions for climate change adaptation and resilience-building in cities and municipalities.
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| 30 May |
Challenge Bibendum - Rio 2010
Ever since the inaugural edition in 1998, Challenge Bibendum has set out to provide a forum which addresses road transport issues (energy supply and associated geo-political tensions, greenhouse gas emissions, road safety, urban pollution and traffic congestion) at all levels and has worked with a wide range of transport stakeholders to mobilise support to speed up the implementation of all possible solutions for a more sustainable road mobility.
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| 1 Jun. |
ECWATECH
The biggest water and wastewater forum in Eastern Europe which presents a wide spectrum of equipment and services for rational use, recovery and protection of water resources, water treatment, municipal and industrial water supply, wastewater treatment, construction and operation of piping systems, water bottling, etc.
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| 2 Jun. |
Green Business Africa Summit & Expo 2010
The Green Business Africa Summit & Expo will bring to the mainstream issues around sustainability in the business environment as well as green corporate social responsibility (CSR). The Summit will provide business leaders at all levels with insight in developing and enhancing profitable and sustainable business enterprises and practices.
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| 3 Jun. |
SAVE Energy, SAVE Water, SAVE the Planet - International Conference & Exhibition 2010
This international event will cover 3 key topics: Energy Efficiency, Water & Sewage Technologies, and Waste Management & Recycling. That is why the motto of the Forum will be SAVE Energy, SAVE Water, SAVE the Planet. A marketplace for providers of technology and expertise in the field of waste management, sustainable energy consumption, rational water usage and application so to make a big step for reducing green gas emissions in the Region as an important contribution to fighting Climate Change.
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| 8 Jun. |
4th Annual Climate Change Summit 2010
Copenhagen and beyond : How to gain competitive advantage?
How to appeal to your climate-conscious customers, Your global strategy: Rising to the challenge of difference, Downstream Impact: Where does the buck stop?, Adaptation versus Mitigation: How to achieve an ideal balance?
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| 15 Jun. |
Sustainable Ocean Summit 2010
Leaders from ocean industries dependent on marine space, services and resources will gather to develop cross-sectoral business action on Corporate Ocean Responsibility, as part of the global industry alliance on ocean sustainability catalyzed by the World Ocean Council.
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| 28 Jun. |
International Water Week, Singapore 2010
The Singapore International Water Week is the global platform that brings policymakers, industry leaders, experts and practitioners together to address challenges, showcase technologies, discover opportunities and celebrate achievements in the water world.
Singapore International Water Week 2010, aptly themed Sustainable Cities: Clean and Affordable Water,
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| 30 Jun. |
The Green Enterprise World Forum
1 day conference and Exhibition dedicated to Green IT and Sustainable Computing.
Hear from leading case studies on how they have integrated Green Computing into their working practices; Find out how Green IT can create competitive advantage and improve your bottom line; Learn from the key stakeholders in the industry and network with leading platform and service operators.
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| 5 Sep. |
World Water Week 2010
The Week provides a unique forum for the exchange of views and experiences between the scientific, business, policy and civic communities. It focuses on new thinking and positive action toward water-related challenges and their impact on the world's environment, health, economic and poverty reduction agendas.
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| 12 Oct. |
Asia Microfinance Forum 2010
This milestone event will bring together leading microfinance practitioners, policymakers, financiers, academics and advocates from around the world to outline their visions and priorities, and explore new ideas, opportunities and partnerships. The BWTP network actively promotes the development of microfinance in Asia through research, advocacy, policy dialogue, information sharing and capacity building.
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| 18 Oct. |
The Tenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP 10) 2010
This meeting will take place during the International Year for Biodiversity (IYB) as declared by the United Nations General Assembly through Resolution 61/203.
Strategic Issues for Evaluating Progress and Supporting Implementation of the Convention will be considered and it is anticipated that the negotiations to conclude an International Regime on Access and Benefit-sharing will result in the adoption of an instrument on Access and Benefit-Sharing.
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| 8 Nov. |
Water Investment World Africa 2010
The Conference is positioned to the decision makers in this sector. With over 340million people in Africa without access to water and African governments’ commitment to the Millennium Development Goals, a lot needs to be accomplished in a very short time in this sector.
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