NetImpact2008 RealSolutions
| Start date | 15-Feb-08 - 9:00 AM |
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| End date | 15-Feb-08 - 6:00 PM |
| Venue | Melbourne Business School |
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200 Leicester St Carlton, VIC Australia ![[ Gmaps marker icon ]](/i/gmap_marker_default.gif "Click to view the map")
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| Status | Open |
| RSVP | 6-Feb-08 |
| Cost | Free |
| Contact | n.larosa@mbs.edu |
| Registration | To register, please click here, |
Melbourne Business School (MBS) is delighted to invite MBS students, faculty, alumni and corporate guests to a special event in the Melbourne Business School calendar - the 2008 Net Impact Conference, entitled "Environmentally Sustainable Business: Real Solutions".
The 2008 MBS Net Impact Conference explores how business perspectives and practices are evolving to address environmental sustainability concerns, and the key risks and opportunities they might anticipate.
The debate about sustainability has now shifted from questioning the existence of an environmental crisis to the best strategies and tactics for creating sustainable economies. Customers, employees, shareholders and regulators are asking about how businesses negatively impact and positively contribute to efforts to ensure a sustainable planet.
Guest Speakers from: Origin Energy, Goldman Sachs, Sustainable Asset Management, Regnan - Governance Research & Engagement, EPA, Melbourne Museum, Lend Lease, Fujitsu, GE, City of Melbourne, ExxonMobil, NAB and many others.
For detailed speaker information, please click here.
Net Impact
Net Impact is a network of new leaders who are changing the world through business. Net Impact's mission is to improve the world by growing and strengthening a network of new leaders who are using the power of business to make a positive net social, environmental, and economic impact. Melbourne Business School's Net Impact chapter is one of 120 student and professional chapters on 4 continents in 75 cities and 80 graduate schools. Net Impact enables members to use business for social good in their graduate education, careers, and communities.
Find out more at www.netimpact.org.
If you have trouble registering, please email Nadia La Rosa on n.larosa@mbs.edu.
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9.00 to 9.30 | Registration | Registration and coffee |
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9.30 to 9.45 | Opening | Opening Address
| Professor John Seybolt BA (Yale) MBA (Utah) PhD (Cornell), Dean, Melbourne Business School and Pratt Family Chair since 2004 |
9.45 to 10.30 | Session 1 | Delivering Business Sustainability The Melbourne Business School presents Tony Wood, Origin Energy as the Keynote speaker of the 2008 MBS Net Impact conference. How do environmental sustainability and carbon risk fit into organisations business strategy? Is there a viable business case for sustainability in the short, medium and long-term? What is the impetus for businesses to respond to the challenge of environmental sustainability and the scope of responses? | Speaker :
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10.30 to 10.45 | Break | Morning Tea
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10.45 to 12.00 | Session 2 | Financial Institutions and Sustainable Asset Management Examine the degree to which investors (retail and institutional) are including sustainability as a basic investment criterion and its importance relative to the profit performance of the investment. | Speakers :
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12.00 to 1.00 | Session 3 | Role of Communities in Sustainable Development How are the practices of organisations driving knowledge, opinion and ultimately behaviour that support sustainable communities? This session covers the diverse issues of the role of the financial systems in promoting sustainable practices; environmentally sustainable poverty alleviation; and the role of community education and empowerment. | Speakers:
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1.00 to 2.00 | Break | Lunch Hosted by John Seybolt, Dean, MBS |
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1.00 to 2.00 | Optional Session | Careers in Sustainability Business | Speaker:
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2.00 to 3.00 | Session 4 | Reducing the Environmental Footprint Increasingly businesses are analysing their environmental impact on the communities and world within which they operate and to which they serve. This has been driven by reasons such as corporate social responsibility, pressure from changing customer requirements, legislation and even shareholder activism. Many have been able to open access to new markets through products offerings, others have realised significant operational cost savings. This session discusses examples of how leading businesses are acting to reduce their environmental footprint, through careful planning, procurement, and engagement of new technologies and practices. | Speakers :
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3.00 to 4.00 | Session 5 | Marketing: Green Branding or Greenwashing? Authenticity plays a crucial role in the success of those companies that are communicating themselves as "sustainable". Communication technology is opening up companies, particularly large public corporations, to the scrutiny of not only activists but increasingly more enlightened consumers. This session examines how environmental concerns influence marketing communications and branding, exploring the message of sustainable practices and products. "Walking the talk" is crucial as opportunities exist while massive brand reputational damage is at stake. | Speakers :
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4.00 to 4.15 | Break | Afternoon tea
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4.15 to 5.30 | Session 6 | Business in a World of Environmental Change: What to Anticipate? A facilitated debate exploring the issues, complexities and challenges associated with incorporating sustainability within the business environment. | Panel Members:
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5.30 to 5:35 | Closing | Closing Remarks
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5.35 to 6.30 | Drinks |
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