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| Calendar: | elma.pollard@gmail.com |
| Title: | Sandton, Joburg |
| When: | 21.05.2012 - 25.05.2012 |
| Location: | Africa 2012 |
| Description: | Vital Training is pleased to announce the upcoming “Corporate Sustainability in Africa 2012 - Living in the Water, Food and Energy Nexus”. The conference runs from the 21st to the 25th May 2012 at the Protea Balalaika Hotel in Sandton, Johannesburg and is aimed for a broad group of people within the corporate management structure involved in and driving corporate sustainability. “The world is home to 7 billion people, but how far have we come?” The next question to ask is – What Now? Babatunde Osotimehin - Under-Secretary General @ UN & Executive Director @ United Nations Population Fund The conference objectives: This conference aims to provide a platform for business to communicate directly with local, regional and global experts who are already immersed in the Water, Food, and Energy Nexus. The Water Food Energy Nexus is a global risk that will touch every person on this planet sooner or later. This conference aims to highlight the seriousness of the problem and explore potential solutions and strategies to mitigate and minimize the risks. The speakers approached for the conference are subject matter experts from both Public and Private Sector and also Lobby and interest groups. Many of the experts approached have already come out publically on the need to the global effort to be increased. Vital Training is of the belief that this conference has the capacity to go beyond the global industry leaders and into the business trenches. Date: 21 May 2012 to 25 May 2012 Location: Balalaika Hotel, Sandton, Johannesburg Cost: ZAR7,995.00 / ZAR8,995.00 / ZAR9995.00 Contact: Adele Olivier Company name: Vital Training Telephone number: 27126610515 Email address operations@vitaltraining.co.za Featuring 35 international and local presenters including: · Marjolein Baghuis – Director Communications & Network Relations @Global Reporting Initiative · Angel Hsu - Project Manager - 2012 Environmental Performance Index @ Yale Center for Environmental Law & Policy · Gillian Hutchings – Director Memberships & Communications @ National Business Institute Local chapter for World Business Council for Sustainable Development · Andre Fourie – Head of Sustainable Development @ SAB Miller Africa · Nelisiwe Magubane – Director General @ Department of Energy · Danielle Nierenberg - Director of Nourishing the Planet Project @ World Watch Institute · Anthony Turton · Ian Jameson - Chief Advisor (Climate Change & Sustainability: Strategy and Risk Management) @ Eskom · Alwyn Smith – CEO @ SA Alternate Energy Association · Stephen Bullock – Head of Sustainable Development @ Anglo Platinum · Graham Terry – VP @ SAICA · Adrian Bertrand - Environmental, Social and Governance Manager @ Government Employees Pension Fund (GEPF) · Professor Derick de Jongh – Director @ Centre for Responsible Leadership · Alison Lee – CEO @ Corporate Lawyers Association of South Africa (CLASA) · Mervyn King @ Chairman King Committee · Jeremy Grist - Director for Climate Change & Sustainability Services @ Ernst & Young · Corli Le Roux – Legal Counsel / Head of SRI Index @ JSE · Karin Ireton - Director of Group Sustainability Management @ Standard Bank · Sudeep Maitra – Engagement Manager @ McKinsey · Professor Hamanth Kasan - General Manager: Scientific Services Division, Rand Water: Vice President, African Water Association · Kim Adonis – Resource Economist @ KPMG · Liezl Smith – Director @ Business 6 / Director @ SAPICS · Vincent Potloane – Group Operations & Investment Officer @ Landbank Why attend this conference? · Learn from Internationally and local Sustainability Peers and experts on the latest developments in the Water, Food, Energy Nexus · How African countries score on the 2012 Environmental Performance Index · Understanding how Profit and Sustainability are integrally linked to corporate performance · Gain insight in changing Investor decision making and views on Sustainability · Align Corporate Strategy and Sustainability · Drive sustainability as an end to end process across the business · Build Sustainability across the entire corporate reporting chain · Link you Brand and sustainability in a singular message to all stakeholders Who should attend this event: · Executive and Non-Executive Directors including:- CEO’s, COO’s, MD’s, FD’s, CFO’s, · Technical and Operations Directors · Heads of Strategy, Innovations, Marketing, Brand, Product and Planning · Investor Relations, Corporate Reporting, Communications and Public Relations professionals · Consultants · Lawyers, Legal Professionals, Consultants and Advisors · Corporate and Merchant Bankers, Consultants and Advisors · Regulators, Government and Industry Institutes and Associations The conference Features: · 1 Pre-conference Workshop - Living in the Water Food Energy Nexus presented by Anthony Turton · 4 Post-Conference Workshops including:- § Demand Management and Integrated Resource Planning presented by Liezl Smith @ Business 6 & Director @ SAPICS § Sustainability and Integrated Reporting presented by Jeremy Grist - Director for Climate Change & Sustainability Services @ Ernst & Young § Global Reporting Best Practices presented by Marjolein Baghuis – Director Communications & Network Relations @Global Reporting Initiative · 6 Interactive Panel Discussions · 27 Speaker sessions The “water-food-energy” nexus: A rapidly rising global population and growing prosperity are putting unsustainable pressures on resources. Demand for water, food and energy is expected to rise by 30-50% in the next two decades, while economic disparities incentivize short-term responses in production and consumption that undermine long-term sustainability. Shortages could cause social and political instability, geopolitical conflict and irreparable environmental damage. Any strategy that focuses on one part of the water-food-energy nexus without considering its interconnections risks serious unintended consequences. World Economic Forum - Global Risks 2011 - Sixth Edition - An initiative of the Risk Response Network The Water-Food-Energy nexus, a term developed by the World Economic Forum in its Global Risks 2011 series, refers to the risks of water security, food security and energy security. Facts about the Water-Food-Energy Nexus Agriculture is the dominant water user, consuming more than 70% of total global water demand. Industrially produced meat is especially water intensive, requiring up to 20,000 litres of water to produce a kilogram, compared to approximately 1,200 litres to produce a kilogram of grain. Both population growth and increasing meat consumption in emerging economies will therefore have a tremendous impact on resource needs. Over the next 10 years, the world population is expected to rise to approximately 7.7 billion, with most of the growth in emerging economies. The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) projects a 50% increase in demand for food by 2030, and the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFRI) expects a 30% increase in demand for water, with other estimates rising to over 40%. The International Energy Agency (IEA) forecasts that the world economy will demand at least 40% more energy by 2030; producing this energy will draw heavily on freshwater resources. For such increased demand for water, food and energy to be realized, significant and perhaps radical changes in water use will be required as well as new sources for food and energy production will need to be explored. For food production, supply-related challenges may limit the ability of farmers to meet growth in demand. Already, major grain-producing areas – in China, India and the United States, for example – depend on unsustainable mining of groundwater. In some regions, such as North Africa and Australia, climate-related changes of precipitation have already critically reduced the levels of freshwater supply. In northeast China, one of the country’s main grain-producing regions, climate change could increase drought losses by over 50% by 2030. Climate change is likely to be exacerbated by meeting the growing demand for energy. Over 75% of the global increase in energy use from 2007-2030 is expected to be |
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