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Over 30 Companies to Present at the Sustainable Manufacturing Summit in Brussels this November 19-21
MEPs, European Commission civil servants and a host of senior sustainability professionals from Canon, BASF, Unilever, Toyota, Morphy Richards, Coca-Cola, HP, Nokia, Cisco, Hydro, Volvo and more to present sustainability strategies and regulation updates.
(CSRwire) BRUSSELS. – October 8, 2008 - Over 30 companies have now joined the list
of speakers for the Sustainable Manufacturing Summit this November 19-21
in Brussels. Senior sustainability experts from Canon, BASF, Unilever,
Toyota, Morphy Richards, Coca-Cola, HP, Nokia, Cisco, Hydro, Volvo and
more are confirmed to present case studies on their company’s climate
reduction strategies at this premier networking event for environmental
management, energy management, sustainability and CSR professionals.
The event coincides with the annual EU Eco-Management and Audit Scheme
(EMAS) awards and a meeting of Europe’s senior sustainability civil
servants and provides a number of occasions for sustainability executives
to meet with peers, politicians and those charged with delivering the
Action Plans for Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP) and
Sustainable Industrial Policy (SIP).
The Commission launched the SIP/SCP Action Plans in July and the Brussels
Summit will be attended by many of the leading civil servants charged with
delivering SCP/SIP outcomes. The action plans are set to have a dramatic
impact on manufacturing across Europe with the announced measures
including: - A proposal to revise and expand the scope of the EuP
Directive to all energy-related products;
- A widened scope for the use of labels that detail the energy use or
impact of products;
- New public procurement rules to favour the uptake of 'green' products;
- A revision and expansion of the EU's Ecolabel or flower scheme to
include, among others, food and drink products, and;
- A revision of the voluntary eco-management and audit scheme.
All
conference attendees will be invited to a reception with sustainability
civil servants and the 2008 EMAS awards.
Recent additions to the Sustainable Manufacturing Summit agenda include
Alain Denielle the corporate environmental health and safety group
director from STMicroelectronics and Dr Wendy Williams from Eco-label
group TCO Development.
The Sustainable Manufacturing Summit is the key industry event for those
responsible for developing manufacturing environmental strategies. Through
case studies it will provide practical advice on important issues such as:
energy efficiency, renewable energy, zero emissions manufacturing, water
footprinting, product life cycle analysis, carbon and eco-labelling, eco
design, cradle-to-cradle production and industrial symbiosis.
To download the event brochure, please visit the event web site at:
www.greenpowerconferences.com/corporateclimateresponse/sms_europe.html
About Green Power Conferences:
Green Power Conferences provides high quality, interactive events
specializing in four areas: Renewables, Biofuels, Carbon Markets and
Corporate Climate Response. Corporate Climate Response events bring
together companies, regulators and other carbon experts to discuss how
companies can best reduce their overall carbon emissions.
www.greenpowerconferences.com
For more information please contact:
Lenka Smejkolova
+44 (0)207 099 0600
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