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15-17 Long-Term Sustainability The presentations offered at being witnessed first hand,
RWM: The Recycling & Waste Trends yet another excellent Green with water shortages, etc.
Management Exhibition Hyatt Regency, San Francisco, Monday event centred on the Burke believes that climate
NEC, Birmingham USA experiences of two corporate change isn’t an engineering
Emap Business for Social heavyweights – both of which problem. Or an economic
020 7728 3898 Responsibility are rarely far from the news. problem. “It is a profound
mark.ram@emap.com bsr.org/bsrconferences/ Aviation has been at the core political problem,” he says.
rwmexhibition.com/edie 2009/
index.cfm of much of the climate change Offering some context,
debate, so it was good hear Roger Street, the Canadian
16 26-27 from Colin Matthews, CEO of scientist who is leading the
Metering Conference Sustainable Innovation 09 BAA, who offered a fairly technical work at the UK
London (TBC) Farnham Castle, Farnham, robust defence of the third Climate Impacts Programme,
Water UK Surrey runway planned for Heathrow. presented. Roger made it
Emma Iannaccone The Centre for Sustainable His argument is that an extra absolutely clear, “in strong
020 7344 1892 Design runway will reduce waiting words gently delivered”
eiannaccone@water.org.uk 01252 892772 times for aeroplanes sat on the according to Chilcott, that
water.org.uk mcharter@ucreative.ac.uk tarmac, and reduce the companies most likely to man-
cfsd.org.uk amount of taxiing done in the age climate change risks and
21-25 air as planes wait to land – the transition to a low-carbon
World Congress and activities that are responsible economy successfully, would
NOVEMBER 2009
Exhibition on Intelligent for much of the emissions be those who looked beyond
Transport Systems 2009 10 associated with aviation. “It is just coping and developed
Stockholm Establish Change an environmental outrage that a strategy to enable them
Brintex Management for Sustainable planes queue with their to change fundamentally,
020 7420 3550 Development in Your engines running,” he said. embedding sustainability
itsworldcongress.com Organisation Chair, Martin Chilcott from principles into every facet of
Leeds 2Degrees, “heard several their operation.
23-24 IEMA delegates afterwards saying This event has been around
Carbon 2009
events@iema.net that Colin’s argument sounds less than a year and already it
ExCeL, London
iema.net reasonable, so long as there has established itself as the
Haymarket is a cap on the number of place to be if you want to stay
020 8267 8322 18-20 flights handled so we don’t ahead on top of CSR issues.
thecarbonshow.com ECO-MAnufacture 2009 get back to the same levels of Up next month is Jonathan
Tokyo International Exhibition congestion again”. Counsell, head of environment
24 Center, Japan Then delegates heard from at BA, Steve Howard, CEO of
Valpak Awards 2009 Society of Chemical Engineers, Tom Burke, an environmental The Climate Group, and
Shakespeare’s Globe, London Japan policy advisor at Rio Tinto. The Tesco’s community and gov-
Valpak
jma.or.jp/ecoma seasoned corporate environ- ernment director, David North.
ellie.williams@valpak.co.uk mental campaigner explained
valpak.co.uk/nav/page1717.aspx how the firm has made long-
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