The SoL Forum on Business Innovation for Sustainability
is designed for business professionals interested in developing and integrating
sustainable business practices for environmental and social prosperity as well
as a means for driving innovation, efficiency and economic growth. Many organizations
are finding that sustainability generates rewards for our natural and social communities
as well as for the economic bottom line and that long-term financial success is
highly dependent on ecological and social vibrancy. This shift, however, requires
significant organizational change, individual education, and the cultivation of
new markets.
At this world-class event, practitioners from business, NGO's and academia
will address sustainable business challenges from an organizational learning
perspective. Leading organizations that have successfully integrated learning
organization principles into their daily operating framework are finding these
disciplines to be a highly effective conduit for the innovation and energy necessary
to make sustainability a reality. Participants will be given both the conceptual
framework and practical tools to begin integrating sustainable practices into
their organizations.
The SoL Sustainability Forum will serve as a catalyst for accelerated learning
and thinking on sustainability through innovative best practices, compelling
case studies, and interaction with leaders in the field. Join us in October
and learn how to seize new business opportunities, create environmentally sound
solutions for your organization, and help create imaginative solutions to seemingly
intractable problems.
At this Forum, we will engage and seek answers to the following generative questions:
What do sustainability and renewability mean to your organization?
What measures and metrics define internal sustainability success?
What is the compelling business case for sustainability?
In what ways are businesses now able to tap into environmentally conscious
and supportive customers?
What are the hidden economic incentives and benefits of sustainability?
How are leaders integrating organizational learning principles into everyday
operations in a way consistent with sustainability practices?
What are the ways and the conditions that harness team creativity in the
service of energizing a sustainable enterprise?
How are leaders learning to balance needs for financial profit with social
and ecological responsibility?
