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New Zealand Business Council
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for Sustainable Development
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World Environment Day Business SymposiumDate: 4 Jun 2008 Time: 915-12.45 Venue: RNZYS - 101 Curran Street City: Auckland As a business or organisation seeking to play a role in managing the immense challenges posed by climate change you will want to be part of this free business symposium. Featuring Dr Rajendra Pachauri, Chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, and including leading business figures and government advisors, this half-day symposium will examine the challenges the opportunities and some of the solutions being developed in New Zealand and world-wide to answer the questions posed to business by climate change. Among those leading the discussions over two sessions will be Fonterra CEO Andrew Ferrier, Contact Energy CEO David Baldwin and Secretary to the Treasury, John Whitehead. These are panelists and speakers at the sharp end of mitigating climate change, managing its affects on their businesses and identifying the opportunities that may arise through new technology or their own management of the issues. This symposium, hosted by the Institute of Policy Studies and the Climate Change Research Institute, Victoria University of Wellington and funded by the Ministry for the Environment, is one of many events being hosted by New Zealand on behalf of the United Nations’ World Environment Day programme. Further details are available on the attached programme. Places are limited but you can ensure your entry by registering your interest now through email office@nzbcsd.org.nz or by phoning Andra Findlay at 09 525 9727. See attached for more details  View Business Symposium Flyer (79kb PDF file)View World Environment Day Symposium Programme (112kb PDF file)
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