EDISON,NJ. - August 4, 2008 - Senator John Edwards, who proposed a $13 billion-a-year New Energy Economy Fund and was the first ever to make his campaign carbon-neutral, will provide a major Keynote speech for the SustainPro Conference October 29-30, 2008 at the Stephens Convention Center at Chicago O'Hare, a mere week before the US General Election. An audience of over 2,000 operations-level corporate executives responsible for greening up their companies' operations is expected to hear Senator Edwards and over 80 other sustainability expert speakers. The full program and registration information can be seen at www.SustainPro.com.

"It tells you how important the SustainPro Conference and the topic of corporate sustainability have become that Senator John Edwards has agreed to speak so close to the Presidential election. As a carbon cap-and-trade policy pioneer who introduced a detailed energy plan before any other candidate in the 2008 Presidential campaign, Senator Edwards will be sharing his mastery of the future of sustainability with North America's largest-ever corporate sustainability audience," says SustainPro Conference Chair and CRO Magazine publisher Jay Whitehead. In his keynote, Edwards will address sustainability-era business and career success strategies.

Senator Edwards will be joined by another giant in environmental policy: California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's environment policy leader and former California EPA head Terry Tamminen, author of Lives Per Gallon: The True Cost of Our Oil Addiction (Island Press) as SustainPro keynotes. Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger calls Terry Tamminen "the most brilliant guy when it comes to the environment." Working with Governor Schwarzenegger, environmental NGOs and global business leaders, Tamminen introduced California's Hydrogen Highway, the Million Solar Roof Initiative, and the landmark Climate Change Action Plan. In his keynote, Tamminen will address the "corporate climate change action plan," with specific recommendations for corporations and careers.

The conference agenda and registration information for the SustainPro Conference & Expo can be found online at www.SustainPro.com, with new speakers being added each week. SustainPro Conference attendees are operations-level executives asked by their companies to "green up" operations in manufacturing, IT, marketing, energy, procurement, logistics and facilities. The $395 early bird registration discount extends through September 12.

SustainPro sponsors and exhibitors to date include Dell, MeadWestvaco, Kodak, Dow, Hydropoint, IBM, GE Energy, GE Financial, American Express Business, Safety-Kleen, Energy Solutions, Microsoft,Khloro Capital Management, Intercontinental, Kyoto Planet Group, Earth First, Solarsoft Business Systems, PG&E, Wisconsin Energy, Infosys, Interled, Software Systems, City of Chicago, US EPA, University of Chicago, Northwestern University, University of Wisconsin, with many more joining each week. Sponsorship information can be found at www.SustainPro.com.

About SustainPro's Co-Producers: SUPR Show LLC and Kyoto Planet Group

The SustainPro Conference and its online social networking site SustainPro.com focus on "sustainable sourcing," the discipline of identifying resources to improve an the environmental sustainability of an organization's operations. Both the conference and social network are properties of SUPR Show LLC, owned by corporate responsibility media veteran Jay Whitehead, Crossing Media LLC CEO Elliot Clark, eco-conscious investment management and media group Kyoto Planet Group, sustainability venture capitalist James Lincoln and ESG investment rating firm IW Financial. SUPR Show LLC also owns the Sustainable Productivity Seal of Approval, or SUPR Seal, which ranks the sustainability profiles of the largest 1000 companies in the 14 top B2B industries. More information at www.SustainPro.com

Kyoto Planet Group is an eco-conscious company designed to leverage technology, the free market, and communications tools to enhance environmental sustainability. Kyoto Planet Groupis comprised of three component business units including Kyoto Planet Financial (including Kyoto Planet Capital Partners and Kyoto Planet Asset Management), Kyoto Planet Enterprises (including Kyoto Planet Publishing and kyotoplanet.com), as well as Kyoto Planet Foundation and Kyoto Planet Mind. The company's platform develops powerful financial vehicles to promote green technology and renewable energy, tools to affect environmentally sustainable change and promote education / communication. More information can be found at www.kyotoplanet.com

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