Greening the Economy

‘Greening the Economy’ - a Blogactiv Event Blog

This video is about impressions from the 2008 edition of the European Business Summit, and how the event blog managed and hosted by Blogactiv helped make this conference more interactive.

Best Policies, Best Practices, Best Behaviours: Driving Solutions together for a Sustainable Future

Anthony Simon, President Marketing Unilever Foods (retired), Advisor to WBCSD (World Business Council for Sustainable Development), Deputy Chairman of the Board of Advisors of the World future Council, member of various boards and actively engaged in sustainable development: There is overwhelming consensus since only yesterday that mankind is indeed massively impacting ...

Total on strategic energy technologies

Jean-François Minster, chief technology officer and senior vice president scientific development with Total, on the financing of strategic energy technologies in the EU.

Tetra Pak on sustainable consumption

Erika Mink, Environment Manager with Tetra Pak Europe, on sustainable consumption and incentives: "What's most important is to agree on how environemental performance of products is measured and how it's communicated to what's the marketplace."

Oracle EMEA President on universities and business

Sergio Giacoletto, executive vice president of Europe, Middle East, and Africa for Oracle and a member of the software company's Executive Management Committee, comments on universities' relations with business, curricula and employability, and on knowledge and technology transfer between academia and business. Read Sergio Giacoletto's ...

Controversy on sustainable consumption

Jim Murray, former Secretary-General with BEUC, the European Consumers' organisation, and Procter&Gamble President for Western Europe Gianni Ciserani comment on sustainable consumption.

La Russie sera un partenaire majeur du Business Summit 2009

Questionnée sur la prèsence rèlativement basse d'industriels russes à l'edition 2008 de European Business Summit, Tatiana Shubina (European House, Moscou) répond: "On se prépare à un grand évennement avec une participation et un partneariat russe en 2009." Concernant les livraisons de gaz naturel de la Russie en Europe Centrale et Occidentale, ...

DuPont EMEA on efficient building and biofuels

Ian Hudson is President DuPont EMEA.

Didier Malherbe: Green economy is a win-win situation

Didier Malherbe, Administrateur-délégué UCB Pharma Belgium: "If working on the greening of the economy makes the companies more competitive, more attractive to new talents, it's a win-win situation."

Greenpeace Director on the Energy Revolution

Gerd Leipold, Executive Director of Greenpeace International, on nuclear energy and its climate change promises - and on the paradigm shift in energy policy.