Sustainable Brands San Diego 2022
2022-10-17 08:00 - 2022-10-20 17:00 (America/New_York) | The Omni La Costa Resort & Spa, 2100 Costa Del Mar Road, Carlsbad, California, 92009, United States
Turn ideas into actions

Sustainable Brands ’22 is the global event for regenerative brands and leaders. At SB’22 San Diego, join us to Recenter & Accelerate: Find a unique mix of inspiration, thought leadership, unparalleled community and connections. At SB’22, participants are immersed in a fun, safe space to learn. Together we define and demonstrate the path to good growth, unlocking the power of sustainable and regenerative business.

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The Africa Higher Education Centers of Excellence: A Pathway towards Sustainable Development - High-Level Meetings with Partners
2022-10-17 09:00 - 2022-10-18 16:30 | World Bank Headquarters in Washington, D.C., 1818 H St NW, Washington, District of Columbia, 20433, United States
Background

The Africa Centers of Excellence project (ACEs) is the first large scale regional program funded by the World Bank in the higher education sector in Africa. It addresses higher-level skills development needs and innovative research requirements for the continent’s priority development sectors in five main areas: science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM); agriculture; health; environment; applied social science and education. Since its start in 2014, the program has supported over 80 centers in more than 50 universities across 20 countries across the continent. Under the program, thousands of students –more than one third of whom are female– are enrolled in postgraduate programs geared towards international standards in delivering quality training and regional specializations that are helping to fulfill labor market demands on the continent. The ACEs are undertaking high impact research that are addressing some of the region’s most pressing development challenges such as food insecurity, climate change and infectious diseases.

In 2019, in order to increase the impact of existing ACEs and extend the program to more centers, the World Bank, together with the French Development Agency, launched the third phase of the program: the “ACE for Development Impact project, ACE-Impact”. A total of 53 centers in 35 universities across 11 countries –Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Djibouti, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Togo—participate in the ACE-Impact project to improve and accelerate the quality, quantity and development impact of postgraduate education. These ACEs have developed strong partnerships with universities and industries locally, regionally and all over the world, helping to generate support for student’s research programs, offering internships, and facilitating their access to the job market. The ACEs are playing a key role in increasing the number of sciences graduates needed to support Africa’s fast-growing economy.

About the event

In collaboration with the French Development Agency, AFD (co-financier of ACE-Impact), the French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development, IRD (facilitating ACEs’ regional networks), and the Association of African Universities, AAU (ACE-Impact Regional Facilitation Unit), the World Bank is organizing a two-day high-level event under the theme: “The Africa Higher Education Centers of Excellence: A Pathway towards Sustainable Development”. The event will take place at the World Bank Headquarters in Washington, DC, on October 17 and 18, 2022, and will bring together the ACEs and the most influential decision makers in the development space to discuss the centers’ innovations and best practices at both national and regional levels, as well as their challenges and opportunities. Following the high-level event, the ACEs will travel on October 20 and 21, 2022 to Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Harvard University for peer-learning and partnership opportunities.

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Navigating Energy Pathways for Climate Ambition: The implications of 1.5°C scenarios for Paris-aligned energy transitions
2022-10-24 11:30 - 12:30 | Virtual Event
Energy scenarios have a key role to play in guiding the energy system transformation needed to meet the 1.5°C temperature limit under the Paris Agreement. These scenarios can influence investor expectations and policy decisions.

A new IISD report aims to provide policy-makers, investors, and companies with information on how to align energy decision-making with Paris Agreement goals. It conducts an unprecedented analysis of the most influential modelled pathways consistent with limiting warming to 1.5°C. The research shows a high level of agreement among these scenarios with implications for the phase-out of oil and gas and the ramp-up of clean energy deployment and investment.

The webinar will provide a first look at the key findings from this authoritative report highlighting the implications of 1.5°C scenarios for fossil fuel phase-out and renewables scale-up, barriers to those transitions and solutions to such challenges, and tools for governments and financial institutions to navigate the current energy crisis while maintaining climate ambition.

Panellists from intergovernmental organizations and the scientific community will reflect on the key findings of the report and discuss its implications for energy decision-making.

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Clean Fuels Alliance America’s Sustainability Workshop
2022-11-01 08:00 - 2022-11-02 17:00 | Hilton St. Louis at the Ballpark, 1 S Broadway, St. Louis, Missouri, 63102, United States
Workshop Purpose: To present the latest efforts, data, information, and research relevant to advancing sustainably produced biodiesel, renewable diesel, and sustainable aviation fuels in the marketplace.

2022 Workshop Objectives: To promote understanding of greenhouse gas emissions accounting and lifecycle analysis (LCA) for various stakeholders, including policymakers and fuel end-users; provide updates on these accounting efforts with a focus on impacts to the clean fuels space; and to identify opportunities to improve the science impacting these efforts.

Target audience: Industry stakeholders, including end-users, policymakers, and anyone involved in the biodiesel, renewable diesel, or sustainable aviation fuel supply chain.

Keynote speaker: Dr. David Babson from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy (ARPA-E) will offer a keynote address on ARPA-E’s vision for a new carbon economy and how the programs Dr. Babson oversees are working to optimize carbon efficiency and utility.

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Sustainable Landscapes and Commodities Forum
2022-11-01 09:00 - 2022-11-02 16:30 | Hotel Casa Amsterdam, Eerste Ringdijkstraat 4, Amsterdam, 1097, Netherlands
This two day business conference will debate and showcase real world solutions to the most pressing and urgent challenges in commodity supply chains. We’ll look at what’s driving value chain change and how business is working to deliver on increasingly difficult sustainability targets.

The practical steps for business to navigate incoming legislation, engage and incentivise local communities and effectively implement a forest positive approach

The role of business in building resilience in smallholder supply chains and ensuring farmers are prepared for the effects of climate change

How business can enable the transition to regenerative agriculture and drive effective climate action within supply chains

How business can drive sustainable rural development and close the living income gap to ensure economic, social and environmental sustainability

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Shaping sustainable retail and consumer-goods ecosystems: impact beyond organisations
2022-11-02 11:00 - 12:00 | Virtual Event
Shaping sustainable retail and consumer-goods ecosystems: impact beyond organisations

Companies have talked about sustainability for decades, but the need for immediate action has never been stronger. Scaling sustainability efforts is not something one company can do alone. Action among your peers, partners and supply chain, and in the communities where you work to create mutual value, is a critical imperative. But to deliver a sustainable future, businesses must work not only together but also with governments, non-governmental organisations and consumers. Sustainability goals can only be achieved through collective action and collaboration.

Join this session to find out how collaboration can drive sustainable ecosystems that will ensure businesses, people and the planet thrive. We’ll be exploring:

How can collective action on sustainability unlock financial value?How can technology help deliver sustainability initiatives more effectively? What concrete examples are there?Where in your extended ecosystem will sustainable collaboration be most effective?How can regulators become part of your ecosystem and sustainability solutions?

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COP27
2022-11-06 08:00 - 2022-11-18 17:00 | Sharm El-Sheikh International Convention Center, El Salam Road, Um Marikha Bay, South Sinai Governorate, Egypt
A defining moment in the fight against climate change.

Science has established beyond doubt that the window for action is closing rapidly. In November 2022, Egypt will host the 27th Conference of the Parties of the UNFCCC (COP27) in Sharm El-Sheikh, with a view to building on previous successes and paving the way for future ambition.

A golden opportunity for all stakeholders to rise to the occasion and tackle effectively the global challenge of climate change facilitated by Egypt on the African continent.

It is the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference

Egypt assumes the incoming Presidency of COP 27 with a clear recognition of the gravity of the global climate challenge and appreciation of the value of multilateral, collective and concerted action as the only means to address this truly global threat.

As we approach COP27, we are committed to support an inclusive, transparent and party-driven process to ensure timely and adequate action.

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Cleantech Forum Europe 2022
2022-11-08 08:00 - 2022-11-10 17:00 | Maison de la Poste, Rue Picard 5/7, 1000 Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
Join us for Cleantech Forum Europe on 8-10 November

In Brussels you’ll meet the investors, innovators and corporate change makers who are building and championing the technologies that will deliver net-zero transformation. By networking with the right people, you’ll take your next successful steps even faster.

Our theme, From commitments to actions: the sprint to net zero is on will inspire a research-led agenda where experts discuss the big ideas with the power to deliver a cleaner, cooler world. Review the newly posted agenda and check back in the coming weeks to see who will be speaking at the event,

Join us to take action on the climate crisis and learn from Europe’s sustainable innovation ecosystem, including companies on the soon-to-be-released 2022 Cleantech 50 to Watch list.

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Bloomberg Green at COP27
2022-11-09 06:00 - 2022-11-10 14:00 | Four Seasons Resort Sharm El Sheikh, 1 Four Seasons Boulevard, El-Salam, Qesm Sharm Ash Sheikh, Egypt
About

The world is watching. Against the backdrop of the United Nations Climate Change Conference, Bloomberg will convene the foremost leaders in business, finance, policy, academia and NGOs for candid conversations focused on creating solutions to support the goals set forth at COP27.

Bloomberg Green at COP27 will create an immersive experience designed to go beyond the negotiating rooms and delve into pragmatic strategies for cross-sector climate action. Leveraging Bloomberg’s exclusive data and reporting, we’ll explore methods for accelerating climate plans and measuring progress during this critical course-correcting moment in history.

Join our community of global influencers and problem solvers in ​​Sharm El-Sheikh to build connections, inspire innovation and challenge the status quo in the battle against climate change.

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Sustainable Cities Talk 2022
2022-11-10 10:00 - 12:00 | Virtual Event
Sustainable cities talk

The Arcadis Sustainable Cities Index 2022 ranks 100 of the world’s cities based on 51 metrics arrayed under three pillars of sustainability: planet, people and profit. This insight hour will explore these metrics and how cities are adapting toward a net-zero future. How can cities effectively embrace a sustainable future and what steps are being taken to make them more resilient to climate change?

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World Climate Summit at COP27
2022-11-13 06:00 - 2022-11-14 18:00 | PARK REGENCY, SHARM EL-SHEIKH
Where Ambition Meets Action

World Climate Summit catalyses the bold commitments we need to tackle the urgent global issue of climate change. Throughout the last 13 years, World Climate Summit has become a key platform for connecting markets with policies and is the leading business and investment forum alongside the annual international climate negotiations.

Building on the success of the last decade, the Summit leverages its expertise and experience in bringing together public and private sector leaders from across the world. It facilitates the collaboration necessary for the innovation, investments and policies needed to achieve ambitious climate targets. With the Decade to Deliver on Climate Action more crucial now than ever, it is a must-attend event for leading stakeholders driving climate solutions, investments and legislation.

Partnering on Solutions for a Net-Zero Transition by 2030

World Climate Summit – The Investment COP 2022 will take place in-person and digitally on 13-14 November in Sharm el-Sheikh at the Park Regency during COP27. The Summit will convene World Climate Foundation’s leading network of public and private sector stakeholders to enhance ambition and catalyse action for the net-zero transition.

This year’s event is aligned with the COP27 presidency’s priorities and will focus on accelerating climate finance as well as showcasing best practices and innovative climate solutions. World Climate Summit – The Investment COP focuses on creating ambition loops through public-private partnerships and strong dialogue to accelerate global climate objectives while adopting and sharing best practices and strategies for catalytic climate action. These will be crucial to reach 2030 climate targets and achieving the goals of the Paris Agreement.

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Future of Healthcare Week Asia 2022
2022-11-15 06:00 - 2022-11-17 18:00 | One Farrer Hotel, 1 Farrer Park Station Rd, 217562, Singapore
Healthcare has never been more important to the global economy than during the past two years. Now healthcare systems will need to start tackling a mounting backlog of non-covid care. But despite rising demands and costs, global healthcare spending growth in 2022 will slow to 4.1%.

Economist Impact’s third annual Future of Healthcare Week Asia will unite 300 healthcare leaders in Singapore–joined by 4,000 peers online–to examine the vulnerabilities and opportunities that the recent crisis has catalysed. Over 3 days, policymakers, healthcare providers, academics and scientists will share practical learnings with representatives from industry, patient associations, charities and finance.

Explore issues around diversity, equity and inclusion, healthcare-system vulnerabilities and labour shortages, healthy ageing and digital health and data. Examine how silos, within and between organisations, can be broken down to further the efficiency and sustainability of healthcare for all. Join the dialogue, as healthcare leaders move beyond healthcare to focus on health via preventive care and solutions that move beyond the hospital, into the community.

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Packaging Targets: Set and Meet Them with Plastic IQ
2022-11-17 13:00 - 18:00 | DAVOS
Companies across the United States have publicly announced ambitious sustainable plastic packaging targets to accomplish by 2030 or sooner, but many lack the proper resources and time to understand exactly how to get there. Simultaneously, plastic pollution leakage into the environment is a key topic across multiple sectors, including the waste industry. What will it take to reduce plastic packaging waste in the U.S., and how can brands and retailers positively influence the outcomes? Without sustainable packaging strategies to manage broad portfolios, it is difficult to weigh decisions that will result in the best environmental and economic outcomes.

Join The Recycling Partnership and esteemed panelists from Walmart, WWF, and Blue Apron to hear why more than 200 U.S. companies are using Plastic IQ, a free, customizable tool to make informed circular packaging decisions across their plastics portfolios. Supported by Walmart and co-developed with SYSTEMIQ, this open access tool allows users to compare solutions for reduction, reuse, recyclability, and compostability and assess the most impactful options for meeting packaging targets by 2025 or 2030.

Key Takeways:

Access the best data available for setting and meeting plastic packaging targets – for free

Hear from industry leaders how the tool is driving their high impact solutions

Connect with Walmart Project Gigaton and U.S. Plastics Pact Activator reporting

Prepare for U.S. policy as the landscape quickly evolves

Gain public recognition for commitments, if desired

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ESG Integration Forum Europe 2022
2022-11-22 09:00 - 17:00 | Virtual Event
CHALLENGING ESG

Regulators in Europe continue to develop regulations that impact sustainable finance, ESG reporters, and ESG raters. However, a section of the investment universe is becoming more vocal regarding their opposition to the ESG movement.

At the ESG Integration Forum – Europe 2022, you will join sustainability professionals, investor relations officers, and corporate secretaries to examine future investor expectations of company ESG performance and sustainability reporting.

“ESG risks and opportunities are constantly changing and bringing up new challenges. In the last 12 months, we have seen ESG activism, momentum building regarding policy on sustainability, new diversity requirements for public companies and increased focus on net-zero commitments. The ESG integration forum was the only event that brought together the key functions within a public company to tackle the challenges in this rapidly developing space. We believe that businesses don’t operate in silos, and neither should our events!”
Steven Wade, head of event content, Corporate Secretary and IR Magazine.

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The 6th Sustainability Summit for south-east Europe and the Mediterranean
2022-11-30 05:00 - 2022-12-01 18:00 | Divani Apollon Palace, Athens, Greece
Redefining sustainability in an unsustainable world

In the wake of the covid-19 pandemic and the Russian invasion in Ukraine, the need to redefine the concept of sustainability on a global basis has arisen. New big challenges emerge, such as disruption in the energy sector, the threat of a food crisis, new refugee flows, restructuring of public health systems, changes in the workplace and labour relations. The already existing crucial issues of sustainability, such as climate crisis and biodiversity loss, poverty and inequalities, transformation of cities, are thus being addressed within a new context.

Against this background, the discussion on sustainability becomes of great importance. Many new –and old– questions require answers and, most important, demand effective and inclusive action:

How will the SDGs work after pandemic and the war in Ukraine?

Is there a link between biodiversity loss and the pandemics?

EU’s and European governments’ reaction to the refugee crisis

What changes are needed in terms of production, trade and food consumption?

Is there risk of a decarbonisation reversal?

Is nuclear energy a solution to the explosion of energy prices?

Are inequalities being sharpened in the post-pandemic working environment?

Against this background, the discussion on sustainability becomes of great importance. Many new –and old– questions require answers and, most important, demand effective and inclusive action:

Within this context, The Economist Impact Events in partnership with SDSN Europe, SDSN Greece and EIT Climate- KIC Hub Greece have great pleasure in announcing the organisation of the Sixth Economist Sustainability Summit for South-East Europe and the Mediterranean scheduled to take place on November 30th & December 1st, 2022 at the Divani Apollon Palace & Thalasso in Kavouri.

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ESG Integration Forum – US 2022
2022-12-01 08:30 - 2022-12-02 17:10 | etc.venues, 360 Madison Avenue, New York, New York, 10017, United States
ESG AT A CROSSROADS

The rise of the ‘anti-ESG’ movement is gaining momentum in certain circles of the capital markets. Meanwhile, there is increased emphasis on the role of companies in delivering a smooth and ‘just’ energy transition.

ESG appears to be at a crossroads, and understanding the changing expectations of stakeholders will be critical for listed companies in 2023.

To help IR, governance and sustainability teams at public companies understand expectations for ESG reporting and communications in today’s environment, Corporate Secretary and IR Magazine are hosting the ESG Integration Forum – US 2022. Now in its fourth year, the event has consistently sold out. Please book your place now to avoid disappointment.

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VERGE Net Zero 2022
2022-12-06 08:30 - 2022-12-07 13:30 | Virtual Event
ACCELERATING THE TRANSITION TO A CLIMATE-POSITIVE FUTURE

VERGE Net Zero is a complimentary online event that will provide you with deep dives and how-to guides on the strategies, technologies and partnerships key to accelerating your organization’s net-zero transition.

Advance your career by connecting with and learning from thousands of private- and public-sector leaders — including professionals in sustainability, supply chain, facilities, fleets, finance, policy and manufacturing — building a profitable and climate-positive future.

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Sustainable Africa: Investment, Innovation, and the Future of Global Trade
2022-12-14 08:00 - 09:45 | Virtual Event
About the Event

One of the great economic challenges across Africa and the Global South has been how to leverage natural resources and human capital toward widespread industrialization, entrepreneurship, and job creation. As emerging markets worldwide enter a new era of hyper-industrialization driven by advanced technologies and a focus on sustainability, countries like Namibia are now positioned to advance key sectors like Energy, Mining, and Agriculture higher up the value chain. What is required from investors and international business leaders to reshape global supply chains towards sustainability goals and support the transition to technologies such as batteries and hydrogen? How is the Namibian government creating policy frameworks to encourage foreign investment into these sectors and beyond? And what do investors from the US and across the world need to understand about the potential for the African continent to deliver significant value across emerging sectors of the global economy and help scale these innovations around the world?

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Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week 2023
2023-01-14 10:00 - 2023-01-19 14:00 | Virtual Event
About This Event

Held under the patronage of UAE President HH Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, ADSW will contribute to setting sustainability agenda ahead of COP28, the Emirates Climate Conference.

Under theme of ‘United on Climate Action Toward COP28,’ ADSW 2023 will demonstrate UAE leadership’s commitment to practical, inclusive climate action

ADSW will convene global sustainability decision makers and key stakeholders for impactful dialogue ahead of critical Global Stocktake that will take place at COP28<

ADSW 2023 will also feature inaugural Green Hydrogen Summit

Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week (ADSW) 2023, the global initiative championed by the UAE and its clean energy powerhouse Masdar to accelerate sustainable development, will feature a series of high-level sessions focused on the key priorities for sustainable development ahead of the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28), to be held in the UAE from November 30-December 12.

The fifteenth edition of the annual event will be held under the patronage of UAE President HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan who has championed sustainability as a key pillar of the UAE’s economic and social progress and prosperity.

ADSW, taking place from January 14 to 19, under the theme of ‘United on Climate Action Toward COP28,’ will convene heads of state, policymakers, industry leaders, investors, youth, and entrepreneurs, for a series of impactful dialogues on the transition to a net-zero future. Key stakeholders will discuss priorities for the global climate agenda at COP28, the need for all stakeholders across society to be engaged and included, and how to leverage the assessments from the first Global Stocktake of the Paris Agreement to accelerate climate progress at COP28 and beyond.

H.E. Dr. Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, UAE Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology, Special Envoy for Climate Change, and Chairman of Masdar, said, “For over 15 years, ADSW has reinforced the UAE’s commitment to addressing global challenges as a responsible leader driving climate action and sustainable economic development. ADSW 2023 will help shape the sustainability agenda and drive momentum toward COP28 in the UAE by convening the global community and facilitating meaningful dialogue to foster consensus, groundbreaking partnerships and innovative solutions.

“The world needs a just and inclusive energy transition that supports the needs of developing nations while ensuring a more sustainable future for us all. ADSW can serve as an ideal platform to accelerate the adoption of clean technologies and put partnerships together that can take them to scale around the world, leaving no one behind.”

ADSW 2023 will feature for the first time a Green Hydrogen Summit, hosted by Masdar’s green hydrogen business, highlighting its potential to decarbonize key industries – helping countries to achieve their net-zero objectives.

Earlier this month, Masdar formally announced a new shareholding structure and the launch of its green hydrogen business – forming a clean energy powerhouse that will spearhead global decarbonization efforts. Masdar is now one of the largest clean energy companies of its kind and is well-positioned to lead the industry on a global scale, strengthening the UAE’s role as an energy leader.

The first international sustainability gathering of the year, ADSW 2023 will drive discussion and debate around climate action in the run-up to COP28. The ADSW Summit, hosted by Masdar and taking place on January 16, will focus on a wide range of critical topics including Food and Water Security, Energy Access, Industrial Decarbonization, Health, and Climate Adaptation.

ADSW 2023 will also seek to engage youth in climate action, with its Youth for Sustainability platform holding the Y4S Hub, which aims to attract 3,000 young people. ADSW 2023 will also feature the annual forum for Masdar’s Women in Sustainability, Environment and Renewable Energy (WiSER) platform, giving women a greater voice in the sustainability debate.

As in previous years, ADSW 2023 will also feature partner-led events and opportunities for international engagement on sustainability-related topics, including the International Renewable Energy Agency’s IRENA Assembly, the Atlantic Council Global Energy Forum, the Abu Dhabi Sustainable Finance Forum, and the World Future Energy Summit.

The 2023 ADSW will also mark the 15th anniversary of the Zayed Sustainability Prize – the UAE’s pioneering global award for recognizing excellence in sustainability. With 96 winners across its categories of Health, Food, Energy, Water, and Global High Schools, the Prize has positively impacted the lives of over 378 million people around the world, including in Vietnam, Nepal, Sudan, Ethiopia, Maldives and Tuvalu.

Over the years, the Prize has provided communities across the world with access to quality education, clean food and water, quality healthcare, energy, jobs, and improved community safety.

With small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) making up roughly 90 percent of businesses worldwide, ADSW 2023 will welcome over 70 SMEs and start-ups across several sectors, including Masdar City’s global initiative Innovate, which will showcase groundbreaking international technologies.

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Second meeting of the UNEP Working Group on Nitrogen
2023-01-17 07:00 - 09:00 | Virtual Event
About This Event

The UNEP Working Group on Nitrogen was established to facilitate the implementation of resolutions 4/14 and 5/2 on “Sustainable nitrogen management”. The second meeting of the working group will be held online on 17 January 2023.

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Transforming Global Supply Chains: The Road to Resilience and Sustainability
2023-01-17 10:00 - 14:00 | Davos, Switzerland
About This Event

In a world characterised by disruption and unprecedented change, supply-chain and procurement strategies are in a period of upheaval. Companies face a multiplying set of risks, including conflict, inflation, climate change, shifting regulations and shortages of labour and materials. Today’s supply chains must be robust, not just efficient.

Businesses are reassessing their entire value chain and must decide where to invest to increase resilience. This includes reducing financial risk, building capabilities closer to consumer markets and maintaining multiple sourcing options in case of disruption. Meanwhile, sustainability is a bigger priority for businesses, in line with regulation, reputational risk, corporate social responsibility goals and, ultimately, competitive advantage. Although supply-chain and scope 3 emissions can account for up to 90% of a company’s total, many organisations are already struggling to meet their direct emissions targets. Where do they start as they try to transform their supply chains?

Join chief executives and board leaders for a roundtable discussion, programmed by Economist Impact and supported by GEP, to address pressing questions including:

What global trends will have the biggest impact on supply chains in the near-to mid-term?

How can businesses embed resilience into their supply chains–what’s working and what isn’t?

Where should companies focus immediate efforts to reduce scope 3 emissions?

How can companies leverage global supply chain advantages while decreasing exposure to risk?

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Beyond ESG with key sustainability trends in 2023
2023-01-25 10:00 - 17:00 | Virtual Event
About This Event

As the new year unfolds, we explore key sustainability trends impacting progress toward both near- and long-term sustainability goals.

Join S&P Global Sustainable1 for the next episode in our Beyond ESG webinar series to hear from specialists from across S&P Global on:

How water scarcity, biodiversity loss, and climate goals may factor into priorities

How developing sustainability disclosure standards could impact both investors and companies

How shifting workforce expectations may influence sustainable employment practices amid recessionary risks

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North American Sustainability & Responsibility Summit 2023
2023-01-30 10:00 - 2023-02-01 17:00 | Hyatt Regency Lost Pines, Austin TX, 575 Hyatt Lost Pines Rd, Cedar Creek, Texas, 78612, United States
About This Event

Every business needs to understand and work to improve its environmental impact. The green initiatives and pilot projects of yesteryear have evolved into company-wide standard operating procedures. It is more important than ever for Sustainability leaders to meet and share their ideas and experiences to help one another do what they do best. The North American Sustainability & Responsibility Summit will bring together a “who’s who” of industry experts and service and solution providers from across North America to network, benchmark, learn, and share the real-world solutions to universal challenges that face every Sustainability and Environmental Health & Safety professional in their working lives.

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2nd Annual Sustainability Week Asia
2023-02-06 20:00 - 2023-02-09 03:00 | Virtual Event
Countries and business leaders perceive economic, social and environmental sustainability as a mainstream method for creating new business opportunities and a better future. As the world’s economic situation changes, it is critical to ensure that boards, wider corporate teams and stakeholders are focused on practical action.
Sustainability Week Asia aims to help you cut through the noise surrounding sustainability, giving you an independent guide to achieving your goals. Engaged at the intersection of business, government and civil society, Sustainability Week Asia provides astute macro-level analysis and case studies, and connects them with actionable insights and practical examples to help your business become sustainable, faster.
Join us at Marina Bay Sands, Singapore on February 7th and 8th, and online on February 9th, to ensure your sustainability strategy thrives in 2023.

Evaluating the role of low-carbon hydrogen in the future energy system
2023-02-16 10:00 - 2023-02-18 11:00 | Virtual Event
Low-carbon hydrogen is expected to play a key role in the future energy system, particularly in decarbonising hard-to-abate sectors. Yet several key barriers to adoption remain, and it is likely that at least three times the hydrogen capacity announced so far will be needed by 2030 to stay on track to hit net-zero targets by 2050.
In this Economist Impact insight hour, join us as we identify the barriers to adoption and pinpoint the practical solutions needed to deploy low-carbon hydrogen at scale and meet imminent emission-reduction targets. To what extent can regulation help to accelerate large-scale hydrogen deployment? What investment is needed into renewable-energy capacity, grids and infrastructure? Will the creation of collaborative hydrogen hubs be enough to kick-start the hydrogen economy and reduce the fragility of existing global energy markets? What more is needed to make change happen?
This Insight Hour is programmed by Economist Impact and hosted by Deloitte.

The World Environment Social, & Governance Summit 2023
2023-02-21 08:00 - 2023-02-23 17:00 | Virtual Event
The World ESG Summit will magnify the ground reality and allow all stakeholders to urging for methodologies to minimize or evade carbon emissions through a practical approach. Focusing on insightful sessions, valuable discussions, and fruitful networking to redefine the current approach and adopt the most impactful ways of incorporating ESG on priority. Enlarge your vision by practical application of measures to the Green Economy. Here is a steady chance for all the attendees to alert themselves about the lessons experts who will share subject to Environment and sustainability and governance.

2023 World Ocean Summit
2023-02-27 08:00 - 2023-03-01 17:00 | Praça das Indústrias, 1, 1300-307, Lisboa, Portugal
The World Ocean Summit is an annual global event bringing together the widest cross-section of the ocean community from business and finance to governments, national and international policy-makers, civil society and academia. Economist Impact will celebrate the 10th anniversary with the return to a physical event in Lisbon, Portugal, a city (and country) at the forefront of sustainable ocean thinking and practice.
The summit is designed to inspire bold thinking and new partnerships, and to trigger effective action to develop a sustainable ocean economy. It aims to change the way business is done in the ocean.
This year, the summit will steer progress by addressing the greatest challenges facing the ocean: climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution. High-level policy discussions will continue to be at the heart of plenary sessions. We will retain the focus on marine industries including shipping, fishing, aquaculture, energy and tourism and this year the agenda will feature cross-industry sessions to leverage synergies and encourage cross-sector engagement.

Deutsche Bank Sustainability Deep Dive 2023
2023-03-02 08:00 - 11:30 | Virtual Event
Our planet is confronted with multiple, simultaneous crises. While all demand our attention, the climate and environmental crisis is an existential threat to humanity. Solving this requires a fundamental shift in economic activity globally. How can we drive the change? How can we as banks support our clients develop effective transition pathways and accelerate action?
At the Deutsche Bank Sustainability Deep Dive we invite you to explore different approaches we have developed with our clients around the world. We provide deeper insights from our ESG engine room and explain how we can support our clients on their path to net zero, through sustainable finance, transition expertise and our control framework.
We would be delighted if you can join us for this digital event.

5th United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries (LDC5)
2023-03-05 09:00 - 2023-03-09 18:00 | DOHA, QATAR, Doha, Qatar
The world’s Least Developed Countries are in a race against time to deliver the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. The remaining years need to usher in a new global partnership to ensure these 46 countries benefit from social, economic and environmental development.
The Fifth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries (LDC5) is a once-in-a-decade opportunity to accelerate sustainable development in the places where international assistance is needed the most – and to tap the full potential of the Least Developed Countries helping them make progress on the road to prosperity.
Over five days of the LDC5 Conference in Doha, world leaders will gather with the private sector, civil society, parliamentarians, and young people to advance new ideas, raise new pledges of support, and spur delivery on agreed commitments, through the Doha Programme of Action. At the Conference, it is expected that specific initiatives and concrete deliverables will be announced that will address LDC-specific challenges.
The Conference will feature plenary sessions, parallel high-level thematic roundtables, and a series of parallel and side events on various thematic priorities of the DPoA. A Summit level meeting of the LDC Group, chaired by the President of Malawi, will be held on the day before the Conference. A commemoration event on the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the Group of LDCs will be held after the opening session on 5 March 2023. There will also be dedicated events for the Private Sector, CSOs, Youth, Parliamentarians and South-South tracks on the margins of the Conference.

TECH23 | EHS & ESG Tech Event
2023-03-14 08:30 - 2023-03-16 13:30 | DAVOS
NAEM’s TECH23 offers you insights into:

EHS Management and Compliance
Carbon Accounting and GHG Management
Corporate ESG Reporting

TECH23 is a Must-Attend Event
To meet the challenges of corporate transparency, ESG reporting, corporate sustainability performance, and regulatory compliance, today’s leaders must align data management, software, and technology solutions housed across a variety business functions.
TECH23 is designed to help leaders develop a strategic integration of technology systems and reporting approaches. This knowledge-building, idea-sharing event not only showcases a wide range of software and technology solutions, it also supports leaders in operationalizing their system through a host of case studies, best practices and lessons learned from corporate environments.

Join us in Tucson if you’re:

Ready to drive continuous improvement for Scope 3 data collection and management
Interested in the ways sensors and meters can improve carbon data capture and monitoring
Looking for insights into ESG software selection
Preparing to aggregate and disclose KPIs across E, S, and G
Want guidance on using data for climate risk scenario planning
Seeking the best ways to collect and organize EHS management and compliance data
