Climate Change and Business: The ROI for Going Green

About the Program

“Green” Collar Jobs, “Green” Investing, “Green” Buildings, “Green” Stimulus... The “Green” label seems to be everywhere these days! But what does “green” mean?

To an investor, “green” is a strategy for identifying companies poised to profit from the changing climate. For corporate managers, “green” is a means of adjusting business practices to reduce waste and increase efficiency. Everyone is focused on the bottom line and for successful “green” initiatives there must be significant return on investment. In response, the Rady School of Management has partnered with Scripps Institution of Oceanography to present “The ROI for Going Green”.

In response, the Rady School of Management partners with Scripps Institution of Oceanography to present a program teaching business leaders to compute the ROI for going green.

Read about the June 2008 “Climate Change and Business” course in Scripps' Explorations E-Magazine and Stu Ostro's Forecast Earth blog.

Details

May 7–8, 2009

$1,895*

*Includes tuition, books, course materials, campus parking and most meals. Accommodations available for purchase at registration.

Agenda Contact Us

Video Q&A

Stephen Bennett, Director of Business Development at Scripps Institution of Oceanography and Executive Director of SPHEAR, talks about the key components of the course and answers some frequently asked questions.

Benefits

  • Understand climate change — what we know, why we know it, and what it means. Learn to discuss climate change in social and professional conversations.
  • Learn to "walk the walk" by observing companies who are proactively addressing climate change while focused on their bottom line.
  • Discover possible risks, new technologies, emerging products and corporate practices aimed at increasing the bottom line while helping the environment
  • Study the two sectors where science and business are breaking new ground — biofuels and water.
  • Formulate action plans, including a "green" corporate sustainability plan (with cost/benefit analysis) and a "green" investment strategy (with theories on portfolio construction).

Who Should Attend

  • Executives who are looking to implement or initiate corporate action plans making them stand out as proactively addressing the climate change issue.
  • Investors, investment advisors and entrepreneurs seeking to find an "edge" in emerging climate markets as well as traditional markets that are impacted by climate change.

Sponsors and Promotional Partners

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How We Are Different

Our program is unique from other “green” conferences because we focus on education through classroom lecture, participant interaction, and hands-on activity.

We are proud to draw upon one of the world’s leading climate research institutions (Scripps) along side a rapidly growing business school (Rady) with strong ties to a community on the cutting edge of the cleantech sector (San Diego).

Testimonials

“For me it was eye-opening on more than a few levels. The impact for me was profound and the processing of this new knowledge will be ongoing for some time.”

— Mark Bowles, Founder and CEO of eRipple

“All of those in corporate and government decision-making positions would have benefited from attending this well-run conference focusing on one of the two most important phenomena of our time.”

— Arthur Lipper, Chairman of British Far East Holdings Ltd.

“I hope it’s the first of many and I suspect it will become a hard ticket to get.”

— John Lormon, Partner, Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP

Media Links

CBS 8: Eco-Investing: Go Green For The Planet And Your Pocket

MarketWatch: Eco Investment Club CEO Knows Investors Won't Give Their Money to 'Treehuggers'

MNN: UCSD hosts climate change program

Reuters: UC San Diego Offers Innovative Executive Development Program Focused on Climate Change

Keynote Speaker James Balog featured on Nova

Keynote Speakers

James Balog, Acclaimed Nature Photojournalist

Anita Burke, Founder of The Catalyst Institute; Former Lead of Sustainability Development at Shell International

Sarah Severn, Director of Corporate Responsibility Horizons at Nike Inc. (closing keynote)

Instructors

Kyle Beatty, CCM, Vice President, Willis Re Inc., Catastrophe Management Services

Stephen Bennett, J.D., Director of Business Development, Scripps Institution of Oceanography; Executive Director, SPHEAR

Dr. Steven Briggs, Professor, Division of Biological Sciences, UCSD

Dr. Tony Haymet, Director, Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Clay Landry, Managing Director, WestWater Research LLC

Michelle Lapinski, Founding Principal, SustainBiz

John Lormon, J.D., Partner, Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP

Dr. Brian (Greg) Mitchell, Research Biologist, Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Dr. David W. Pierce, Programmer/Analyst, Division of Climate, Atmospheric Science, and Physical Oceanography, Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Martin Sabarsky, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer, HR BioPetroleum

Dr. Richard Somerville, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Robert S. Sullivan, Dean, Rady School of Management at UC San Diego

Dr. Robert Wilder, J.D., CEO, WilderShares, LLC

Dr. Peter Williams, Ph.D.
Chief Technology Officer, Big Green Innovations, IBM

Program Partner

Scripps Institution of Oceanography is one of the oldest, largest, and most important centers for ocean and earth science research, education, and public service in the world. Research at Scripps Institution of Oceanography encompasses physical, chemical, biological, geological, and geophysical studies of the oceans and earth.

With more than a century of exploration and discovery in global sciences, Scripps Institution of Oceanography is the world’s preeminent center for ocean and earth research, teaching, and public education.

Community Partner

The Eco Investment Club was created to bring ecopreneurs and eco investors together to build understanding, foster communication, and encourage eco-investing. Their mission is to support the progression of the green movement by promoting sustainable businesses, education, networking, relationship building, and eco investing, which ultimately drives the green economy.

Sponsorship Kit

Help us lead the charge to create a smart, more economically sustainable future. Be a catalyst for creating a corporate culture that not only reflects the bottom line, but embraces 21st Century solutions that will make our businesses more attractive to our clients, communities and the world.

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Hotel Accomodations

The Estancia La Jolla has arranged special room rates for Climate Change and Business attendees.  Opened in 2004, Estancia La Jolla Hotel & Spa is situated adjacent to UC San Diego and is within minutes of the village of La Jolla, beaches, shopping and San Diego’s world-class attractions.

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