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The New Metrics of Sustainable Business 2013

September 24 and 25, 2013 ... Program | The New Metrics of Sustainable Business 2013

Burgess COMMENTARY

Peter Burgess

Program | The New Metrics of Sustainable Business 2013 Join your peers in Philadelphia to learn from over 60 of our current favorite change agents in 30 plenaries and breakout discussions. We'll share up to the minute trends, drivers and examples of the most successful ways businesses are creating and capturing entirely new forms of value, or quantifying previously-ignored existing economic, social and environmental impacts.

DAY 1 - Tuesday, September 24th

9:15

Welcome and Opening Remarks

KoAnn Skrzyniarz Founder & CEO, Sustainable Brands Opening MC Remarks

Gil Friend Founder & CEO, Natural Logic, Inc. Measuring the Core Business Benefits of a Social Value Proposition

Mission Measurement Jason Saul, Founder & CEO Next-generation Differentiated Value: The Metrics behind the Meaningful Brands Index Havas Media Group

10:30 - 11:00

Networking Break

11:00

A Sneak Peek: The Gold Standard for ESG Performance

Bob Willard Thought Leader and Author, The New Sustainability Advantage CFO-Approved: New Horizons in Modelling the ROI of Sustainability

Johnson & Johnson Joseph Wolk, Vice President, Finance Natural Selection: The Evolution of Social Impact Metrics The Rainforest Alliance From Metrics, to Tactics, to Strategy: Embedding Sustainability across the Value Chain

SAP Thomas Odenwald, Senior Vice President Shared AND Quantified: Model Social Innovation in Action The Empowerment Plan

12:30 - 14:00

Lunch Breakout Discussions Product & Service Value Organizational Value Societal Value Room

14:00 - 15:00

Overcoming Customer Confusion toward Mainstreaming Sourcing and Supply Chain Certification Standards

Sustainability Roundtable, Inc. Bonnie Nixon, Senior Advisor

Fair Trade USA Mary Jo Cook, Chief Impact Officer

Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) Kerry Coughlin, Regional Director, Americas The Rainforest Alliance Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) Two Tomorrows / DNV Beyond Employee Engagement: Using New Metrics to Embed Sustainability throughout the Organization SAP UPS Measuring Shared Value throughout the Value Chain Shared Value Initiative / FSG Greg Hills, Managing Director Nestlé InterContinental Hotels Verizon Cisco

15:00 - 15:30

Networking Break

Room 15:30 - 16:30 Supply Chain Scorecards, the Next Episode PwC Sprint Microsoft Benchmark, Localize, Divest: Emerging Trends in the Sustainable Investing Landscape HIP Investor, Inc. Paul Herman, Founder Vancity HSBC 350.org RSF Social Finance Getting Real with Thresholds: Updates on Incorporating Sustainability Context in Corporate Sustainability Strategies Center for Sustainable Organizations Mark McElroy, Founder and Executive Director Climate Counts Mike Bellamente, Director Corporate Case Study 1 Corporate Case Study 2

16:45 - 17:30 Evening Plenary Discussion: New Metrics for Trust, Reputation and Green Brand Value Havas Media Group Edelman CSRHub Verdantix CoreBrand

17:30 - 19:00 Cocktail Reception

DAY 2 - Wednesday, September 25th

9:15 Opening Remarks HIP Investor, Inc. Paul Herman, Founder The Next Frontier in Holistic Understanding and Management of Environmental Impact Data Energy Points Ory Zik, Founder & CEO Helping Us Help Ourselves: End-to-End Net Good BT Kevin Moss, Head of Net Good Program Internal Carbon Fees to the Rescue Microsoft, Shell, Disney

10:30 - 11:00 Networking Break

11:00 Rating the Raters: Bringing Order to the Clutter of Sustainability Performance Rankings Global Initiative for Sustainability Ratings (GISR) Mark Tulay, Program Director New Metrics in Communication with Politicians and Policy Makers Future 500 Bill Shireman, President & CEO Breakthrough: An Update in Valuation of Human Capital Interface Erin Meezan, Vice President of Sustainability Reigning in Siloed Big Data Enigma An Alternative Macro-economic Framework: How, on Earth? Post Growth Institute

12:30 - 14:00 Lunch Breakouts Product & Service Value Organizational Value Societal Value Room

14:00 - 15:00 Cognitive Science and Big Data toward a Better Understanding of Purchasing Behavior GoodGuide DarwinSF Neurofocus Compare and Contrast: Sustainability Performance Ratings and Rankings Global Initiative for Sustainability Ratings (GISR) Mark Tulay, Program Director Deloitte The Global 100 Newsweek Dow Jones Sustainability Index BrandLogic Best-in-Class in Methodologies for Putting a Monetary Value on Social Impact Georgetown University Bea Boccalandro, SROI Thought Leader The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania Witold Henisz, Deloitte & Touche Professor of Management

15:00 - 15:30 Networking Break Room

15:30 - 16:30 Brand Benefits of Ambitious Sustainability Goals and Evolving Levels of Data Transparency HP Saleem Van Groenou, Global Environmental Initiatives Manager Diageo Trials and Tribulations in a Cloud of Sustainability Reporting Standards Global Initiative for Sustainability Ratings (GISR) Mark Tulay, Program Director Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) B Lab International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC) Are We There Yet: The State of Natural Capital Valuation Trucost Libby Bernick, Senior Vice President, North America World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB) The Nature Conservancy (TNC) 16:45 - 17:30 Listening Session: What is Missing in the New Metrics Conversation? BACK TO TOP ^ News & Views Issues in Focus

• • Brand Innovation

• • New Metrics

• • Behavior Change

• • Communications

• • Green Chemistry

• • Brand Leadership

• • Sustainable Design

• • Supply Chain

• • Social Enterprise

• • Employee Engagement

• • Beyond Waste

• • Food Systems

• • Retail Innovation

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