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Conference Highlights: Day 1, April 6th | ||
 | Keynote: Eileen Claussen, President, Pew Center on Global Climate Change | "I am encouraged that so many companies are changing from within and embracing energy efficiency as the win-win solution that it is. However, I also know for a fact that relying exclusively on voluntary action, relying exclusively on the 'free market,' to solve a problem as great and as consequential as climate change is simply not enough." Find full statement here.
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| | Plenary Panel: The Changing Paradigm: What's Next for Corporate Energy Efficiency? | Gene Rodrigues from Southern California Edison discussed how utility energy efficiency programs drive private sector adoption of energy efficiency. Neal Elliott from ACEEE highlighted the importance of energy efficiency in the manufacturing sector. Peter Garforth of Garforth International spoke about the energy productivity advantage of companies that engage in superior energy management. Find panel presentations and video here.
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| | Breakout Session: "Breaking Through: Gaining Senior Level Support for Energy Efficiency" | Panelists identified setting public goals, market conditions, push by employees, energy prices and making a successful business case as some of the factors in gaining senior level support for energy efficiency initiatives. Find panel presentations here. |
Conference Highlights: Day 2, April 7th
| | Keynote: Senator John Warner, Retired | Senator Warner discussed the connection between climate change, national security and energy. He also emphasized the importance of people voicing their support for climate change legislation to their congressmen. Find keynote presentation and video here.
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| | Breakout Session: "Partnering to Overcome Obstacles in Supply Chain Energy Efficiency" | Through the life cycle of a can of coke and other examples, Bill O'Rourke, Richard Crowther and Jim Stanway from respectively Alcoa, Coca-Cola and Wal-Mart discussed how their companies are enabling energy efficiency in the supply chain.
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| | Breakout Session: "Communicating Success without Being Accused of Greenwashing" | Betsy Blaisdell of Timberland discussed the company's initiative of putting an environmental "nutrition label" on a product. Kate Heiny of Target explained how the company must balance its culture of "modesty" and still successfully communicate its sustainability efforts. |
If you have any questions regarding the conference please contact Aisha Husain, HusainA@pewclimate.org.
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