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Environmental Innovation, Sustainability Conference Set For March

Jan. 13, 2005

The Year 2000 Conference on Environmental Innovation: Creating Sustainable Business Assets for Today and Tomorrow will be held Mar. 8 to 9 at the Plaza Hotel in New York. The event will be presented by The Conference Board's Townley Global Management Center for Environment, Health & Safety, and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development. The conference will explore how leading organizations are drawing on innovation in technology and management to deliver exceptional environmental and business value to stakeholders. The event also will investigate how:

Climate change factors are driving investments in technology development and creating new avenues for business expansion.

Thoughtful management of corporate reputation, social responsibility, and relationships with public stakeholders is yielding greater business flexibility, strength, and opportunity.

Companies saddled with enormous remediation costs are developing solid approaches to recoup their investments, strengthening their organizations and the communities around them.