Events Calendar

October 2 - 3
Commit Forum 2012 - Good Business makes the Difference
Do you track corporate responsibility, sustainability or transparency? Are you charged with improving your company’s responsible, sustainable, and transparent practices? Do you need to stay on top of how companies improve their role in society? Then this the event for you.
New York, NY
www.commitforum.com

October 2 - 4
The annual SRI Conference on Sustainable, Responsible, Impact Investing
Formerly known as SRI in the Rockies, this SRI Conference is the premier annual gathering of investors and investment professionals working to direct the flow of investment capital in more positive, healthy, transformative ways. The SRI Conference offers many opportunities to meet and learn from passionate, creative people from all corners of the sustainable, responsible, impact investing industry (SRI) in the United States and around the world.
Mohegan Sun Conference Center, Montville, CT
www.sriintherockies.com

October 3 - 7
Society of Environmental Journalists annual Conference
But mark your calendar now, for cattle and cotton and wide open spaces, cutting edge research in wildlife toxicology, innovations in wind engineering, water issues of the Ogallala Aquifer and much, much more. We’ll be close by some of the nation’s most fascinating nuclear facilities and not too far - in Texas terms, anyway - from the spectacular yet troubled landscape of the Mexican border. We’ll explore the area’s unique environmental history, from onetime territories of Apache, Comanche and Kiowa people to the time of the Dust Bowl.
Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
www.sej.org/initiatives/sej-annual-conferences/AC2012-main

October 6 - 8
Imagine 2012 - International Conference on co-operative economics
This event is designed to bring together the leadership of the world’s major co-operatives and leading economic thinkers from around the world. Imagine 2012 will provide a forum in which co-operative leaders and world-class economists can explore a new approach to economic analysis and thought that offers people around the world renewed hope for an economy that meets people’s needs.
Quebec City, QB, Canada
www.imagine2012.coop

October 14 - 17
The annual Compliance and Ethics Institute
Aria Hotel, Las Vegas, NV
www.corporatecompliance.org

October 14 - 20
The annual National Ethical Investment Week (NEIW)
NEIW 2012, will show the growing interest in green and ethical investment and finance from consumers, financial advisers and faith groups. 2011 saw the launch of the first NEIW guide for charities as well as new action guides for financial advisers and church groups. Over 100 organizations support the Week and over 35 events and activities will take place.
London and throughout the UK
www.neiw.org

October 16 - 18
The Social Enterprise World Forum (SEWF) 2012
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
www.sewf2012.org

October 17 - 19
Plastic Modification Technologies: Additives, Compounding, Coatings & Processing
Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, NV, USA
www.PlastModification.com

October 17-19
International Conference on Ocean Energy
The International Conference on Ocean Energy is the global marine energy event focused on the industrial development of renewable marine energy. Held every two years, the goal of the conference and exhibition is to share recent experiences from research and demonstration efforts. It aims to accelerate development by stimulating collaboration networks between companies and research and development centers. It also specifically targets engagement of the experience of operators in related marine and power industry sectors. The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) is hosting this important conference
Dublin, Ireland
www.seai.ie/ICOE_2012

October 17 - 20
Corporate Social Responsibility Executive Education Program - Strategies to Create Business and Social Value
Increasingly, corporate executives must find new ways to address the social, economic, and environmental effects of doing business while balancing conflicting demands on their attention, time, and resources. Emphasizing the alignment of corporate social responsibility (CSR) with business strategy, this program helps you define priorities, integrate social responsibility throughout your business, and build social and business value. You will strengthen your ability to define and implement powerful CSR strategies that position the firm, its reputation, and its way of doing business for enduring success.
Harvard Business School, Cambridge, MA
www.exed.hbs.edu/programs/csr/Pages/default.aspx

November 10 - 11
Green Festival - Sustainable Economy, Ecological Balance, Social Justice
San Francisco, CA
www.greenfestivals.org

November 14 - 16
Quivira Coalition Annual Conference 2012 - How to Feed Nine Billion People From the Ground Up: Soil, Seeds, Water, Grass, Livestock, Forests, Organics, and People
Global human population is projected to reach nine billion by 2050, which means food production will need to expand by 70% to keep up. Fulfilling this demand will place unprecedented pressure on ecosystems, including the planet’s grasslands, especially as competition grows for scarce natural resources. How to meet this daunting challenge while ensuring the health of land, water, wildlife and people will be one of the great tasks of the 21st century. In this conference, we will explore a variety of innovative practices that are already successfully intensifying food production while preserving, maintaining, and restoring the natural world. Speakers will share their hands-on experience and ideas for feeding all life - from the ground up.
Albuquerque, NM
www.quiviracoalition.org

November 14 - 17
Social Venture Network (SVN) Fall Conference - 25th Anniversary celebration
The largest annual gathering for SVN members and other leaders working to create a more just and sustainable world.
Hilton Westchester, Rye Brook, NY
www.svn.org

November 17 - 18
Green Festival - Sustainable Economy, Ecological Balance, Social Justice
This Green Festival will deliver both inspiring and pragmatic programming reflecting over 125 international, regional and local speakers presenting keynotes, workshops, sessions, demonstrations and talks. At Green Festival, you will find the largest marketplace made up of over 300 screened, fair trade, social and environmentally responsible exhibitors. Great live music, weekend-long film festival, cutting edge fun kids program, extraordinary vegan, raw and vegetarian food vendors, top local organic beer makers and wine vintners and an eco-fashion runway round out the festivities.
Los Angeles, CA
www.greenfestivals.org

November 27 - 28
SusCon: International Conference on Sustainable Business and Consumption - Green Economy from intention to action
SusCon 2012 will bring together relevant stakeholders and inspirational decision makers - such as Helmy Abouleish and Vandana Shiva - with the aim of safeguarding water, soil, agriculture and forests.
World Conference Center, Bonn, Germany
www.suscon.net