6.12.2007 - 11:56pm ET

(CSRwire) June 12, 2007- American Business Conferences is pleased to announce the groundbreaking Carbon Footprint Consumer Products Summit, taking place September 13 - 14 at the Marriott Chicago Midway. This Summit is the first of its kind in the US to look at carbon footprinting within consumer products across the supply chain.

Carbon footprint reductions can be achieved by more efficient use of energy within internal business operations; measuring carbon levels and setting reduction targets across the supply chain to find the specific leverage points with the maximum impact; or offsetting your carbon emissions by achieving absolute reductions.

There is currently no regulation in the US for carbon management strategy. However, if the EPA decide to regulate (as rumored), companies could stand to lose billions of dollars by not planning ahead for this change in legislation. Leading retail product manufacturers from North America (if not the world!) are already engaged in this highly topical event and are prepared to adopt carbon management strategy at this time of significant business change – and in turn, provide their shareholders with transparency on this issue.

The Carbon Footprint Consumer Products Summit brings together over 200 senior representatives from the major retailers, and brand / product manufacturers including Starbucks, Nike, Nestle and Aveda, key IT companies such as Intel, Sun and Cisco, and main freight carriers including UPS and DHL. All are actively looking for the tools and advice to move forward on and formulate real carbon strategies in the background of upcoming US regulation. This summit will enable businesses to plan now to mitigate future climate change legislation and benefit from implementing successful and timely carbon footprint management strategies.

Sponsor of the event is EPA SmartWay and Partners include BSR, Chicago Sustainable Business Alliance, and Green Blue. Lead Media Partner is CSRwire and Media Partner is Inbound Logistics.

This dedicated summit will decipher what the appropriate, low-energy efficient metrics are to measure, in order to gain correct and accurate carbon data. The management responsible for Sustainability, CSR, Environment & Energy, Climate Change, Technical & Quality Assurance, Risk Management, Supply Chain, and Logistics & Distribution will be there for you to network with and share solutions on what is an incredibly hot topic with increasingly important risks and opportunities for competitive advantage.

For more information about attending this event visit http://www.carbonfootprint-consumerproducts.com. For information about commercial opportunities or representing your business at this Summit, please contact Roz Curzon-Lewis on +1 800 721 3915.

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