August 1, 2007 - Carbon Footprint Consumer Products Summit - September 13/14, Marriott Chicago Midway, USA - www.carbonfootprint-consumerproducts.com

We are pleased to announce the groundbreaking Carbon Footprint Consumer Products Summit, taking place September 13th & 14th 2007 at the Marriott Chicago Midway.

This is the unique forum for US retailers and consumer product manufacturers to break down the complexities of carbon footprint reduction into simple, practical steps. Attend this premier Summit to understand what the business benefits are of lowering your carbon footprint and learn how to initiate measurements and set out roadmaps to achieve cost-effective carbon reduction programs.

The Carbon Footprint Consumer Products Summit will bring together over 200 senior representatives from the major retailers, brands and product manufacturers and boasts a variety of keynote speakers including Betsy Cohen, Vice President for Sustainability at Nestle Purina, Ben Packard, Director of Environmental Affairs at Starbucks, Chuck Bennett, Vice President of Earth and Community Care at Aveda and Wayne Evans, Vice President of Procurement at DHL.

Other major companies in attendance include IT companies, such as Intel, Sun and Cisco, and freight carrier UPS. 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.

This dedicated summit will decipher what the right 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.

Those already confirmed as attending include senior directors from Nike, Pepsico, Ben & Jerry's, Stonyfield Farm Inc, Interface, Kraft Foods, Dreyer's Ice Cream, Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Tetra Pak Inc, EcoSecurities, Global Consulting Services, EPA Smart Way Transport Partnership and Chicago Climate Exchange

The Summit will analyze new data technologies and sophisticated data systems that are fundamental not only to calculate the carbon impact and reduce a company's inventory but also provide shareholders with transparency. Joining the retailers are credible third parties who are able to verify and account for the data and a growing list of solution providers to lead discussions on how simple carbon reduction can be achieved and how accurate and verifiable carbon measurements can be cost-effectively collated - and what the business benefits are of effectively utilizing this information.

Finally the Summit will aim to deliver the message that companies should take action now, and break down into easy to follow steps on how to initiate carbon reductions. This realization by companies to make investments at this stage in order to reduce costs will ultimately see them reaping future financial rewards by means of return on investment.

Carbon Footprint Consumer Products Summit

Event Coverage: September 13th & 14th 2007, Marriott Chicago Midway, USA

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