Theme: WRI's fifth annual Sustainable Enterprise Summit highlighted product and process innovations that deliver environmental and social performance and create financial growth and competitive advantage. Leading global companies presented cases on how they strive to achieve financial and market success based upon tools and strategies of sustainable business. WRI presented analyses and projects that support these strategies.

Agenda

Wednesday, December 5, 2001

9:30 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.

Welcome and Opening Remarks (Atrium Ballroom)

Elizabeth Cook, Director, Sustainable Enterprise Program
World Resources Institute (WRI)

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9:45 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.

Plenary: Global Trends Shaping the Future Marketplace (Atrium Ballroom)

Preview of WRI's new publication, "Marketscape: Facts and Trends Shaping the Business Future," to be released in January 2002. Published in collaboration with the World Business Council on Sustainable Development and the United Nations Environment Program, this will be the first compilation of global social, economic and environmental trends to be collected and communicated specifically for a business audience.

Don S. Doering, Senior Associate, Sustainable Enterprise Program
World Resources Institute

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10:15 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

Keynote presentation (Atrium Ballroom)

Tim W. Faithfull, President and CEO, Shell Canada Ltd.

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Introduced by Elizabeth Cook

11:30 a.m. - 1:15 p.m.

Concurrent Sessions:

Top Line Growth from Environmentally Preferable Products (Montpelier Room)

Is consideration of sustainability an afterthought or lens through which to create value and competitive advantage? Four business leaders will examine how sustainability impacts strategic decisions inside their company, how they communicate the sustainability attributes of their products/services to customers/investors, and what major opportunities and barriers exist for future growth.

Moderator:
Janet Ranganathan, Senior Associate, Sustainable Enterprise Program
World Resources Institute

Speakers:

Michael Gilbert, Program Manager for Energy & Environment, Pitney Bowes
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Jeffrey Hollender, President & CEO, Seventh Generation
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Jeffrey Kolstad, Chief Scientist, Cargill Dow
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Vincent J. Truant, Senior Vice President & Chief Marketing Officer, Earth Shell

Talking to Wall Street (Atrium Ballroom)

How should companies communicate environmental strategies to the financial community? This session will bring together business representatives responsible for communicating new sustainability strategies to the financial markets and investors who have been trying to weigh the value of new strategies based on sustainability criteria.

Moderator:
Shehnaz Atcha, Associate, Sustainable Enterprise Program
World Resources Institute

Speakers:

Raymond G. Anderson, Director, Investor Relations, DuPont

Duncan Austin, Senior Associate, Program in Economics & Population, WRI

Richard Holohan, Analyst, Salomon Smith Barney

Namrita Kapur, Equity Research Analyst, Adams, Harkness & Hill

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2:15 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Keynote presentation (Atrium Ballroom)

Michael Eskew, CEO-Designate, United Parcel Service
Introduced by Matthew Arnold, WRI's Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
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3:15 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Concurrent Sessions:

Creating Sustainable Enterprises in Your Supply Chain (Senate Room)

This panel includes cases of sourcing by traditional industries from sustainable entrepreneurs in emerging economies. Hear from entrepreneurs who provide value-added products that incorporate unique social and environmental benefits to such companies as Home Depot and Hermes, and hear about the role that these corporations have played in the consolidation and growth of their operations in developing countries.

Moderator:
Patricia Londono, Senior Associate, Sustainable Enterprise Program
World Resources Institute

Speakers:

Ed Castillo, CEO & Founder, Castle Doors
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João A. Andrades Fortes, Partner & Director, AmazonLife/Couro Vegetal da Amazonia S.A.
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Competitive Business through Clean Energy Products and Energy Strategies (Atrium Ballroom)

A growing number of companies view a low carbon energy system as an environmental necessity -- and a business opportunity. Early movers are building business units, introducing new products and generating business value by tackling climate change as a business driver. Hear from leadership companies on the frontline of alternative energy and transportation technologies, climate-focused product design, and carbon market development.

Moderator:
Jennifer Layke, Director, Business Engagement, WRI's Sustainable Enterprise Program
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Speakers:

Gil Bamford, Vice President, Toyota
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Edwin Mongan, Manager, Environmental Stewardship, DuPont Company
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Paul Smith, Special Legislative Counsel, UPS
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Bernhard Voll, Vice President & Head of International Market Development, ABB Renewable Energy
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Internal Programs that Inspire, Promote, and Reward Innovation (Montpelier Room)

Creating a sustainable company requires a breadth and rate of innovation most observers believe can only be accomplished by focusing the energy and experience and liberating the creativity of all employees. In general, however, employee-oriented initiatives seem more likely to yield bottom-line improvements, including operational efficiencies that fall within the scope of most employees' everyday responsibilities, and perhaps greater employee satisfaction and retention. Less likely are insights into new, sustainable product, service or market opportunities that can drive top line growth. Yet sustainable competitive advantage cannot be gained except through top-line growth. How, then, might internal programs drive innovation that grows the revenue base for the firm?

Moderator:
Rick Bunch, Director, Business Education, WRI's Sustainable Enterprise Program

Speakers:

Nick Brooks, Director, Innovation & Business Creation, Shell Internet Works
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Catherine Greener, Commercial & Industrial Practice Leader, Rocky Mountain Institute
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Lee Schilling, Senior Vice President, Collins & Aikman Floor Coverings
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Thursday, December 6, 2001

8:30 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.

Ideas Into Action: From Education to Implementation (Atrium Ballroom)

How do you integrate sustainability into the strategy and decision-making of your company? Leaders of three of the best executive education programs for sustainable business strategy will share how they inspire and empower corporate change. These leaders, WRI staff and graduates of the programs will then engage in a lively discussion of how to increase the scale and impact of sustainable business initiatives and how to meet education and information needs.

Facilitator:
Don S. Doering, Senior Associate, Sustainable Enterprise Program
World Resources Institute
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Speakers:

Brian Kelly, Director, Sustainable Enterprise Academy,York University
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Sarah Stokes, Director, Science & Public Policy Program, The Keystone Center
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Tracey Swift, Deputy Director Sustainability Education, HRH Prince of Wales Business and Environment Program

10:30 a.m. - 12:00p.m.

Closing Plenary: When Will the Case be Closed? (Atrium Ballroom)

Sustainability leaders contemplate the time and conditions when the business case for superior environmental and social performance will be proven.

Moderator:
Elizabeth Cook, Director, Sustainable Enterprise Program
World Resources Institute (WRI)

Speakers:

Matthew Arnold, WRI's Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer

Paul Gilding, Chairman & CEO, ECOS Corporation

Tom Gladwin, Max McGraw Professor of Sustainable Enterprise, CEMP, University of Michigan

Jim Thomas, Executive Director, Health, Safety & Environment, Novartis Corporation

Closing: Jonathan Lash, President, World Resources Institute

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