Intertek Sustainability Solutions (ISS), hosts of the Ethical Sourcing Forum - North America partners again with CSRwire to promote what most will agree is one of the most compelling and meaningful events on the CSR calendar - this year or any year. CSRwire members are eligible to register for close to half price ($650) if they do so by February 22nd, (Registrations after Feb 22nd will qualify for 25% discount at $1,000.)

Why the generosity?

"While interest in our Forum has been excellent - we wish to demonstrate our appreciation of CSRwire's partnership with us as well as our belief that this year's program is especially worthy - and likely to provide real value to CSR managers who attend," said Anabela Fonseca, Events Director for Intertek Sustainability Solutions.

Day one of the ESF will kick off with Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility's, David Schilling, leading an expert "Visualize" panel that includes Matt Kistler, SVP of Sustainability for Walmart as well as other leading sustainability stakeholders, to discuss: "The Arc of Sustainability Progress 2005-2015: What Sustainability Managers Must Do TODAY to Effectively Manage for TOMORROW."

The rallying cry of the ESF this year is 'Visualize. Rethink. Solve!'

These crucial elements of sustainability decision-making served as Intertek's guideposts for programming - for instance, the "Re-Think" sessions on: supply chain integrity, collaboration: potential and pitfalls, new models for sustainable purchasing and factory compliance, investment as a driver of CSR progress, managing environmental risk, and new criteria for anti-child/forced Labor management. These sessions will feature top CSR practitioners from a wide variety of corporate and not-for-profit organizations.

The Ethical Sourcing Forum is a unique industry event known for bringing together members of the global sustainability community in order to address emerging sustainability and ethical supply chain challenges.

Jack Wysocki of CSRwire comments: "We are supporting the Ethical Sourcing Forum because it's an amazing event where our members can network with the global sustainability community as well as find applied innovation and the latest solutions-development processes. The 26% off registration is a great deal."

Business the world over is changing as players learn to visualize a new future and rethink the strategy needed to get there. The next Ethical Sourcing Forum will focus like a laser on "Visualize. Rethink. Solve!" - key decision-making elements driving sustainability success in a radically changing business environment.

Register for the Ethical Sourcing Forum/ North America today!**

Intertek Sustainability Solutions (ISS), a unit of Intertek Group (ITRK.L) - leading provider of quality and safety solutions serving a wide range of industries around the world - will host its 9th Annual Ethical Sourcing Forum (ESF) North America on March 18-19 in New York City, USA. ISS works with businesses to seamlessly integrate CSR and Sustainability with their brand and operations. We are proficient in delivering solutions dealing with immediate environmental and social concerns, but our ultimate value for clients has proved to be our ability to develop a portfolio of initiatives (such as stakeholder engagement programs and ethical supply chain management tools) that align social and environmental performance with business imperatives for maximum Return on Sustainability Investment (ROSI).

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