15 Jun 2012
00:00
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18 Jun 2012
00:00
Rio+20 Corporta Sustainability Forum
Innovation and Collaboration for the Future We Want
In cooperation with the Rio+20 Secretariat, the UN System and the Global Compact Local Network Brazil, the UN Global Compact will host the Rio+20 Corporate Sustainability Forum: Innovation & Collaboration for the Future We Want from 15-18 June 2012 in Rio de Janeiro.
With over 2,000 expected participants, the Rio+20 Corporate Sustainability Forum will give business and investors an opportunity to meet with governments, local authorities, civil society and UN entities in dozens of highly focused workshops and thematic sessions linked to the Rio+20 agenda.
The Forum's objective is to bring greater scale and quality to corporate sustainability practices. As a showcase for innovation and collaboration, the Forum is designed to be a launching ground for widespread action.
Held over four days at the Windsor Barra Hotel, the Forum will consist of over 60 focused sessions held in parallel on themes related to the Rio+20 agenda:
-Energy & Climate
-Water & Ecosystems
-Agriculture & Food
-Social Development
-Urbanization & Cities
-Economics & Finance of Sustainable Development