UNISFÉRA Conference on Business and the Environment: Issues, Strategies and Management

The environmental dimension is an essential component of the effective and efficient management of a company's operations and therefore of its competitiveness. Shareholders, lenders and corporate customers are increasingly sensitive to the value of environmental management and are increasingly demanding in this regard.

Among the topics to be covered:
- Conciliating corporate environmental and financial performance;
- Issues stemming from the Montreal Conference on Climate Change for Canadian firms;
- Recent case law developments;
- The presumption of director liability in environmental matters;
- Green procurement and the North American market;

- Investors and business performance in the environmental field;
- Environmental performance and sustainable development reporting;
- Managing of emergencies, disasters, crises and corporate succession;
- ISO 26000: the international standard for corporate social responsibility ;
- Environment and OECD Guidelines ; and
- Businesses and the United Nations Global Compact.