BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//Amiando.com//Amiando Einladung Exporter//EN VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20120523T022755Z SUMMARY:The Sustainable Luxury Forum 2011 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110307T133000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110308T160000Z GEO:46.518463;6.630196 LOCATION:Hotel Alpha Palmiers DESCRIPTION:The question is no longer why to create a sustainable value c hain\, but \nrather how to transform your existing one to address your s takeholders’ \ngrowing concerns with environmental and human rights issu es?\nIt’s a fact: social and environmental performance – whether within or at \nany point along the supply chain – must be improved to avoid maj or impact \non a company’s reputation. Luxury companies have a great opp ortunity to \nre-examine their complex international supply chains\, wid ening to thousands \nof companies and their employees and presenting num erous environmental\, \nsocial\, health and safety risks.\nThe days of a wareness raising are long gone. Farsighted companies are \nalready takin g advantage of ethical sourcing\, traceability\, transparency\, \nproduc t labeling\, ethical certification or RFID tracking\; thus addressing \n the greater needs of transparency of the existing and above all the new \ncustomers.\nThey are called the Millennial\; they look for meaning and purpose and are \nmore interested in "how" products or services are pro duced\, packaged and \ndelivered than in the "what" and "where". And the y have power.\nAs Web 2.0 technologies change the rules of the transpare ncy game\, join us \nto gain insights exchange\, learn and address - dur ing a highly interactive \nand participatory event - the following topic s :\n- How farsighted organizations address their supply chain challenge s ?\n- How far can consumers hold companies accountable for their supply chains \n?\n- How to engage your suppliers and colleagues in your susta inability agenda \n?\n- How far should you assess and monitor your suppl iers ?\n- How to equip your company with relevant knowledge\, innovative practices \nand tools ?\n- How to communicate internally and externally about your efforts ?\nWe will welcome engaged CSR/Sustainability profes sionals working at \nluxury/prestige/beauty companies\, NGO/NPF and acad emia. Number of seat will \nbe limited to ensure a powerful learning and sharing experience in a \nconfidential environment.\nOver 45 CSR practi tioners from leading luxury brands\, NGO\, International \norganization\ , think-tank and academic institutions attended our first event \non Sep tember 28\, 2010\nIf you did not recieved your personal code yet - but w ish to contribute\, \nexchange and learn - we look forward hearing from you : contact us.\n\nKindly\nChris topher H. Cordey \nFounding Director \, The Sustainable Luxury Forum\n======================================= ==\nThis invitation was created with amiando.\nTo display this invitatio n again\, go to http://www.amiando.com/SLF2011 UID:56156A13-F1DB-C01B-613B-F2C8586BFDA7 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR