High profile. The 1st International Conference on Sustainable Production, Trade, Consumption and Lifestyle takes place in CongressCenter Ost of NürnbergMesse from 17-18 February 2009, before the world-leading exhibition BioFach. It offers a high-level forum for industry, politics, non-governmental organizations and consumers and will explore all major aspects of sustainability and CSR in depth with a focus on verifiability. “UNO Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and UNEP Director Achim Steiner have called for a global Green New Deal based on holistic strategies and solutions. The sustainability conference will reflect the spirit of this appropriate proposal,” promises conference coordinator Udo Censkowsky.
The programme features over 60 international speakers, including Klaus Töpfer, former Director of the United Nations Environment Programme UNEP, Alexander Müller, Assistant Director-General of the UN Food & Agriculture Organization FAO, and former EU Commissioner for Agriculture Franz Fischler. Further speakers come from various companies such as Rewe, KPMG, Puma, LiDL, Swiss COOP and Telekom. www.sustainability-conference.de