Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2004 16:44:51 -0500
From: Betsy Boyle <boyle@no.address>
We are pleased to announce a special program on green hotels and meetings
that will be presented on April 14th as a pre-conference workshop at the
CERES 2004 Conference: Critical Decisions for Lasting Prosperity, to be
held this year at the Boston Hyatt Regency.
Green Hotels & Meetings
From 10:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., we hope you will participate in a day-long
training program focusing specifically on how you can green your
organization's travel and meeting practices. From 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
we will present The Green Hotel Initiative: What is it and how can it
help you? This session will take a look at the past and future of the
GHI, specifically focusing on its key tools, the Guest Request Card and
Best Practices Survey. Discussion will center on how these tools can help
you and your organization, as well as help create a greener hospitality
industry.
Following lunch, from 1:30 - 5:00 p.m. we will present Meet and Green: How
to create smarter, greener meetings. Using new tools created by green
meetings and environmental experts, this will be a training session
specifically focusing on how to plan and execute more sustainable
conferences and conventions. We'll showcase efforts to green both large
meetings-including work currently underway to green the Democratic
National Convention-and small meetings, and offer examples of the
roadblocks and successes experienced, as well as the economic incentives
realized.
On the evening of April 14th you are also welcome to attend CERES' 15th
Anniversary Dinner, featuring a dynamic keynote address by Jeremy Rifkin,
author of such bestsellers as The End of Work, The Age of Access, and The
Hydrogen Economy.
CERES 2004 Conference: Critical Decisions for Lasting Prosperity
For 15 years, CERES has brought the power of investors, the expertise of
environmental groups, and the muscle of labor to create the atmosphere for
change while inviting companies to the table to find practical solutions.
In the eighties, CERES pioneered the idea of corporate environmental
codes. In the nineties, CERES transformed sustainability reporting on a
global scale. Over the past year, we've been bringing in new players to
the coalition, moving money in new directions. Last November, we brought
the heads of major pension funds, representing $1 trillion in assets, to
the United Nations to examine the risks of climate change, and they're
taking action. We engaged key players on Wall Street to carry the message
and raise the questions. We helped corporate board members of major
companies to design proactive policies on climate change and understand
"sustainable governance".
In addition to attending the pre-conference session, we welcome your
participation in the CERES 2004 Conference on April 15th. This day will
feature interactive workshops and plenaries focusing on the financial and
health risks of major environmental issues and the solutions and
strategies to address them. Workshops will examine the role of the SEC,
the finance world, and corporate boards, and look at vulnerable industry
sectors and implications for those who own and rate them. We will also
offer training sessions on sustainability reporting for companies and
NGOs. Visit the CERES conference
<https://www.ceres.org/conference/2004/2004_program.htm>web site, for
details about the conference program and agenda.
Please register now for the Green Hotels and Meetings pre-conference
program or the conference workshops in order to take advantage of our
early registration rates, which are substantially discounted. These rates
are in effect only until February 13th, so register early. CERES also
offers group discount rates-if you have colleagues interested in attending
any portion of the conference you can sign up together and receive an
additional 10% discount. Combined with our early bird rates you can cut a
substantial portion off your conference fees! Easy, fast registration is
<http://www.ceres.org/conference/2004/>here.
A detailed agenda for the green hotel and meetings program will soon be
available on the CERES conference web site. If you have any questions,
please email Sarika Sangwan (<mailto:sangwan@no.address>sangwan@no.address)
regarding the GHI session, and Betsy Boyle
(<mailto:boyle@no.address>boyle@no.address) for the green meetings session.
We hope to see you in April for what promises to be an exciting and
informative program.
Gary Liss
916-652-7850
Fax: 916-652-0485
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