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BCLC Announces Key Sponsors of National R4 Conference
BCLC Announces Key Sponsors of National R4 Conference
Published 06-06-11
Submitted by U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation Corporate Citizenship Center
Abbott, Allstate, FedEx, Intel, Microsoft, Siemens, and UPS are among the lead sponsors of the National R4 Conference at the Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas, NV, July 18-20 2011. The conference -- designed for corporate leaders in environmental innovation -- is hosted by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Business Civic Leadership Center, and is also supported by Baxter, Daimler, IBM, Kimberly Clark Corporation, Northwestern Energy, and TXU Energy.
The R4 conference is for business, government, and nonprofit leaders who want to promote environmental innovation, share information, and identify ways to work together.
What does "R4" stand for?
- Revitalization - Innovating the way that business is done.
- Reinvention - Technology and product solutions.
- Resilience - Systems and infrastructure solutions.
- Responsibility - Driving community environmental initiatives.
Environmental innovation is happening in a wide range of industries including building construction, financing, engineering, information, and communications technology, manufacturing, consumer products, packaging, chemicals and energy, agriculture and water.
Las Vegas is home to the Desert Research Institute and the Southern Nevada Water Authority, and is a case study in how companies are investing in R&D and business process design across a wide range of environmentally sensitive issues.
If you believe that it is important for businesses local communities to access national best practices in environmental innovation, please join us and be a part of this conversation.
Register by June 17th for the discounted rate.
For full information visit http://www.nationalR4event.com/.
BCLC is the U.S. Chamber's resource and voice for businesses' social and philanthropic interests. Its mission is to advance the positive role of business in society. The U.S. Chamber is the world's largest business federation, representing more than 3 million businesses and organizations of every size, sector, and region.
U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation Corporate Citizenship Center
U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation Corporate Citizenship Center
U.S. community development. Emerging-market development. Disaster response. Social and environmental innovation – businesses play an important role in all of these issue areas.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation Corporate Citizenship Center is recognized in the corporate citizenship field as a source for fresh thinking, exceptional networking and practical lessons learned.
The Foundation works to strengthen collaboration and understanding among companies, corporate foundations, chambers of commerce, NGOs, and governmental offices. As a partnership facilitator, The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation Corporate Citizenship Center helps businesses find highly effective ways to invest in local communities, be responsive in times of disasters, and improve lives and livelihoods across the globe.
The Foundations mission is to work with businesses to make the world a better place. Email ccc@uschamber.com to learn more.
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