B4E Climate Summit 2011 - Partners

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In partnership with

Corporate Partner

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Media Partner

Host

Global Initiatives

Global Initiatives promotes sustainable global development through a series of television programmes, media projects and international events like the B4E Summit series. These initiatives highlight global issues and offer partnership solutions to some of the greatest challenges facing the world.
www.globalinitiatives.com

Responsible Business Television

Responsible Business a television series produced by Global Initiatives showcasing leading global corporations that, in partnership with governments, NGOs and other international organizations, are developing business-driven solutions to some of the greatest challenges facing our world. Not only to improve corporate reputation or increase profits, but because it’s the right thing to do.
www.responsiblebusiness.com

In partnership with

WWF

WWF has the global insights to help businesses navigate through key sustainability risks and opportunities. As the world’s leading independent conservation organization, we work with businesses, communities and governments to create innovative solutions to safeguard the natural world, tackle climate change and enable the sustainable use of our natural resources. Through our endeavors we seek to embed sustainability and social well-being in both economic and environmental systems.
www.wwf.org.uk/business

The Aldersgate Group

The Aldersgate Group (AG) is an alliance of leaders from business, politics and society that drives action for a sustainable economy. AG’s mission is to trigger the change in policy required to address environmental challenges effectively and secure the maximum economic benefit in terms of sustainable growth, jobs and competitiveness. The AG develops independent and authoritative policy objectives through the breadth, expertise and diversity of its membership. We draw on the knowledge base and connections of our network to gain an early insight into the policy formation process and engage with key decision makers in a proactive, constructive and impartial way.
www.aldersgategroup.org.uk

Corporate Partner

Hitachi

Hitachi, Ltd., headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, is a leading global electronics company with approximately 360,000 employees worldwide. Fiscal 2010 (ended March 31, 2011) consolidated revenues totaled 9,315 billion yen ($112.2 billion). Hitachi will focus more than ever on the Social Innovation Business, which includes information and telecommunication systems, power systems, environmental, industrial and transportation systems, and social and urban systems, as well as the sophisticated materials and key devices that support them. For more information on Hitachi, please visit:
www.hitachi.com

Summit Partners

Trucost

Trucost helps organisations reduce exposure to increasing natural resource costs and shortages, optimising both risk management and strategic decision making. Key to our approach is that we not only quantify environmental impacts, but we also put a price on them, helping companies, investors and governments understand environmental issues in business terms.
www.trucost.com

The City of London

The City of London provides local government services for the financial and commercial heart of Britain, the ‘Square Mile’. It is committed to supporting and promoting ‘The City’ as the world leader in international finance and business services through the policies it pursues and the high standard of services it provides. Its responsibilities extend far beyond the City boundaries in that it also provides a host of additional facilities for the benefit of the nation.
www.cityoflondon.gov.uk

Knowledge Partner

McKinsey & Company

McKinsey & Company is a management consulting firm that helps leading corporations and organisations make distinctive, lasting and substantial improvements in their performance. Over the past eight decades, the Firm’s primary objective has remained constant: to serve as an organisation’s most trusted external advisor on critical issues facing senior management. With consultants deployed from 90 offices in more than 50 countries, McKinsey advises companies on strategic, operational, organisational and technological issues. The Firm has extensive experience in all major industry sectors and primary functional areas as well as in-depth expertise in high-priority areas for today’s business leaders.
www.mckinsey.com

Academic Partner

Imperial College

Imperial College embodies and delivers world class scholarship, education and research in science, engineering, medicine and business, with particular regard to their application in industry, commerce and healthcare. We foster multidisciplinary working internally and collaborate widely externally.
www.imperial.ac.uk

Media Partner

Sustainable Business

Sustainable Business is the UK’s No. 1 climate change and sustainability magazine for business delivering strategic information in a refreshing, authoritative and accessible way. Join the Sustainable Business community as it looks to advance the sustainability agenda forward and joins those that are responding to, and helping to shape, the UK’s future sustainability agenda.. For more information please visit:
www.sustainablebusinessonline.com

Contact us today to explore your options in becoming a partner of B4E Climate Summit in London!

Imran Asif
Manager, Corporate Partnerships