THE BUSINESS OF CLIMATE CHANGE
CCPI teams up with WWF-Canada to appeal to business’s bottom line.
On October 25, 2006, The Canadian Centre for Policy Ingenuity and WWF-Canada will present The Business of Climate Change Conference at the Fairmont Chateau Laurier in Ottawa.
The conference is designed to bring together businesses to determine how leading North American companies are:
- Assessing and managing risks due to climate change
- Planning for changing regulatory environments
- "Greening" their operations while increasing profits
- Adapting to a world of more severe weather
- Assessing and prospering from new business opportunities
- Responding to the growing carbon risk demands of financial markets
Speakers currently confirmed for the conference include:
- Paul O'Neill, Secretary of the U.S. Treasury, serving from 2001-2002
- Elyse Allan, President and CEO, GE Canada
- The Honourable Gary Lunn, Minister of Natural Resources
- Mindy Lubber, President of Ceres
- Nancy Olewiler, Professor of Economics, Simon Fraser University
- Julie Desjardins, Program Director, Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants
- Judith MacKay, CAO, Dupont Canada
The full conference agenda and prospectus can be downloaded here [PDF]
To register as a participant, visit the conference website at: www.thebusinessofclimatechange.com
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