Dates and Events

3rd PCF World Summit - Sector Approaches to Product Carbon Footprinting

Date:
03/17/2010 to 03/18/2010

Location:
Berlin

Two Days of Valuable Insights into Product Carbon Footprinting

The 3rd PCF World Summit features two days of presentations and discussions by representatives from industry, stakeholder organizations, and country initiatives. Building on the success of the previous two summits, the 3rd PCF World Summit will highlight:

* Sector approaches – with sector champions and pioneers in i.a. agriculture, beverages, chemicals, food, logistics, and media presenting best practices and solutions for reducing their own GHG emissions – and those of their customers

* Recent developments in emerging global standards for measuring value chain GHG emissions

* How emerging international initiatives are taking sector-specific requirements and realities into account

* Stakeholder perspectives of climate-related consumer communication

The 3rd PCF World Summit will bring together representatives from business, NGOs, politics, and science. Speakers already confirmed include:

* Cees-Jan Adema (PepsiCo, Chair European Beverage Association)
* Matthew Bateson (World Business Council for Sustainable Development/WBSCD)
* Jacob Bilabel (Thema1, Germany)
* Soledad Blanco (DG Environment, European Commission)
* Sylvain Chevassus (Environmental Ministry, France)
* Carrina Gaffney (Eco:Metrics The Guardian, UK)
* Prof. Shabbir H. Gheewala (Thai Carbon Label, Thailand)
* Björn Hannappel (Deutsche Post/DHL, Germany)
* Prof. Atsushi Inaba (Carbon Footprint Program, Japan)
* Jürgen Knirsch (Greenpeace, Germany)
* Rasmus Priess (PCF World Forum, Germany)
* Rita Schenck (US Center for Life Cycle Assessment, USA)
* Luke Upchurch (Consumers International, UK)
* Fokko Wientjes (DSM, Netherlands)

Please find attached the full programme of the two conference days