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Transitioning to Green and Circular Economy for Industrial Sustainability

24 November 2016
Creating sustainable value chains and networks is important as highlighted in this presentation. It also stresses the need for formulating systemic solutions and pursuing extensive collaboration with different stakeholders.

Sustainable Green Fuel Enterprise

24 November 2016
The experiences of a sustainable fuel enterprise are shared in this presentation. It also includes a number of lessons that businesses can learn from to make an environmental impact.

From Black Baseload to Smart Renewables: Making Kerosene and Coal the Next Kodak

24 November 2016
Katerina Kimmorley, co-founder of a solar business in India, argues that innovation must happen in the distribution mechanism to reach the poorest communities. Her presentation discusses in detail how solar products became accessible to India's slum communities through Pollinate Energy's social…

Timor-Leste Nature-Based Tourism

24 November 2016
Discover the beauty of Timor-Leste, one of the six member countries of the Coral Triangle Initiative on Coral Reefs, Fisheries, and Food Security, working to promote sustainable and responsible nature-based tourism to preserve one of the world’s most unique ecosystems and areas while providing…

Developing and Promoting Sustainable Nature-Based Tourism in the Coral Triangle

24 November 2016
Jointly organized by ADB and the World Wide Fund for Nature, this session discussed investment opportunities in nature-based tourism in the Asia-Pacific region. The Coral Triangle Sustainable Nature-based Tourism Project aims to assist the six countries of the Coral Triangle Initiative on Coral…

Investment Opportunities for Nature-Based Tourisms in the Coral Triangle

24 November 2016
The World Wide Fund for Nature’s Coral Triangle program supports the development of responsible nature-based tourism in six countries, including Timor-Leste, Papua New Guinea, and Solomon Islands. This session aims to stimulate further thinking on how investing in natural capital can be utilized to…

Going Beyond Corporate Social Responsibility

24 November 2016
As part of the increasing global efforts to an environmentally sustainable growth, this closing plenary session features discussions that cover green business possibilities beyond corporate social responsibility. It revisits themes, trends, and opportunities that were discussed during the three-day…

Greening the Service Sectors

24 November 2016
Services sectors contribute significantly to the Asia and Pacific region’s economic growth and have the potential to be one of the main drivers of growth for the future. By adopting and encouraging the development of innovative solutions, businesses in the service sector can make significant…

The Journey Towards Market Acceptance

23 November 2016
Lessons learned that are applicable to the green technology ecosystem as a whole are shared in this presentation. It also includes a discussion on the importance of applying "moonshot thinking" in innovating and commercializing green technology.

Drawing From Key Success Factors for Ecosystem Banking: Lessons from the United States

23 November 2016
A brief description and history of mitigation banking in the United States is provided in this presentation. It also shares the ten vital ingredients to create a successful wetland banking program.