Organization, Business Sector, Environmental Challenge, Benchmark Issue, Business Driver

Dr. Karl-Henrik Robèrt Founder The Natural Step	Sustainability: The triple bottom line The sustainability challenge is to design products or services that will help people in the world, that people will like, that reduce the burden on Natural Systems, and that make money.
Brendan May Principal The Robertsbridge Group	Green Marketing, Greenwashing Good green communications are absolutely critical as a mobilizing tool.
Workshop Video - Full version	Workshop Video - Full version Find out how to move beyond the line of business-as-usual and become a winner in the face of the fundamental environmental and social changes that are already affecting businesses around the world. Meet key management from General Electric, Ikea, Marks & Spencer Marriott International and other companies, large and small, that are purposely moving beyond the line. Meet experts from the Center for American Progress, the Carbon Disclosure Project, Environmental Defense Fund, Forum from the Future, World Resources Institute and other organizations that have successfully partnered with companies to help them reduce their environmental impacts and increase their business performance.
Mike Schragger Director Sustainable Fashion Academy	The Business Case for the Textile Industry It’s the right time for the textile industry to look at sustainability.
Annika Matilda Wendelboe Founder & Designer Matilda Wendelboe	To eliminate waste Matlida Wendelboe's cradle-to-cradle collection is made of fabrics which are either biodegradable - like wool and organic cotton - or recyclable, like nylon 6, which can be re-used thousands of times. This effectively eliminates waste from the life-cycle of the garment.
Albe Zakes VP, Media Relations Terracycle	Making Products from Waste Terracycle works with major manufacturers to take used materials and turn them into new products.
Mike Barry Head of Sustainable Business Marks & Spencer	Multiplier Effects Mark's & Spencer's Plan A has an enormous impact in moving the company's entire value chain – suppliers, customers, employees, communities – towards sustainability.
Professor Johan Rockström Executive Director Stockholm Environment Institute	Ecosystem Services Nature provides numerous and critically important free "products" and "services", upon which we are utterly dependent, and which we need to value.
Kathleen Matthews Exec. VP, Global Comm. and Public Affairs Marriott Hotels	Competitive Advantages A commitment to Sustainability yields measurable competitive advantages.
Alan AtKisson Founder & CEO AtKisson Group	Happiness: a new measure of corporate performance? Many governments - like China, Japan, and the UK - are looking at Happiness as a measure of growth and prosperity, in addition to traditional economic criteria. This will have significant impacts on business models.