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Greening Industry Improving Resource Use Reducing Waste

24 November 2016
Growing volumes of waste are not matched with equal recovery and treatment capacity, especially in developing countries, making waste as one of today’s major global concerns. This session examines how a range of industries address resource use and efficiency and showcases some successful examples…

Drones in Greening the Service Sector

24 November 2016
With the ability to collect vast amounts of data across large areas in a cost-effective manner and track changes over time, drones have a huge potential to promote and advance environmental sustainability. Drones provide knowledge of ground truth by helping confirm data on the ground.

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…

Disruptive Innovation

24 November 2016
Understanding disruptive innovation means taking opportunities that look unattractive to most firms. When confronted with innovation, firms must think about it differently and not in the same way as other innovations. The surest way to kill innovation is to measure it the same way as existing…

Scaling Up Investments in Green Businesses What Can Be Done to Support Green Small and Medium Enterprises

23 November 2016
Today’s green businesses, many of which are start-up companies, face the challenge of scaling their business model. This session discusses the experiences and challenges of small and medium enterprises as well as larger companies offering green solutions to environmental and social problems.

European Investment Banks Climate Awareness Bonds

23 November 2016
After pioneering the world’s first green bonds in 2007, the European Investment Bank has since issued more than €19 billion of climate awareness bonds in 11 different currencies. Green bonds contribute to accelerating private sector funding for climate-related investment.

Tata Group Initiatives

23 November 2016
Tata Group is committed to embedding sustainability in its business strategies. The company subscribes to the philosophy of circular economy, applies the Natural Capital Protocol to assess and value the impact of natural capital on its operations, and supports green initiatives.

Green Bonds Where are We Where Next

23 November 2016
Mobilization of capital markets is essential to facilitate and contribute to the financing of large-scale investments geared towards a 2°C world. In the case of HSBC, the proceeds of each green bond it issues are used to finance eligible businesses and projects that share its commitment to…

EcoLoo Sustainable Toilet for All

23 November 2016
About 2.5 billion people around the world lack access to water, sanitation, and hygiene. Offering people with a safe, hygienic, ergonomic, and economical comfort station, EcoLoo is a sustainable toilet that employs biotechnology and special enzyme to treat human waste and minimize the use of water.

Green Technology and Business Innovation

23 November 2016
Consumer demand and purchasing power impacts whether or not niche green businesses and technologies become mainstream. This session features case studies and experiences that shed some light on how to move green businesses from niche to mainstream, and to see an economy where more businesses and…