Through hands-on workshops and interactive panel discussions led by industry experts and best practice leaders, The Ethical Sourcing Forum 2012 will equip participants to proactively drive preemptive solutions, mitigate risks, improve performance and move beyond compliance with leap frog innovations and solutions.

Highlights of the forum include:

• Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) Made Easy: How to mainstream LCA and Eco Design in order to measure, improve and communicate your product's environmental footprint.

• Bangladesh and Beyond: Fire Safety in the Supply Chain Workplaces.

• Slavery and Human Trafficking; Early lessons from implementation of the California Transparency in Supply Chains Act

• Building Global Sustainable Supply Chains:

• New Principles and New Ways of Creating Value thru Collaborative engagement

• How to Transform Your Company to a Sustainable Enterprise ... even if you are not the CEO

The future of ethical sourcing is here, with progress unfolding rapidly through increasing transparency and transforming social and environmental impacts from negative to positive. ESF 2012 provides practitioners with tools and knowledge to break barriers and discover innovative new products and approaches, as well as transformative business models designed to make sustainability work for your business.

When: March 29-30 2012

Where: Sentry Centers 810 Seventh Ave, NY

Be Part of the Solution, REGISTER NOW @ http://www.ethicalsourcingforum.com/esf-new-york-2012/

Intertek

Intertek

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