More than 300 companies from 30 countries (Canada, Brazil, Mexico, Turkey, Morocco, Tunisia, Italy, UK, Germany, Finland, Russia, South Africa) are expected to attend the B2B meetings. Do not miss this opportunity to meet future partners during personalised 30 minute meetings with other companies, laboratories and centres of researches, green investors, local territories and environmental clusters.

The event is also an opportunity for companies and organisations to promote and sell their products, know-how and technologies, and to find ideas, expertise and technologies to their needs and boost eco-innovation. The sectors represented are: recycling & renewable materials, water treatment, soil & sediment, renewable energy and energy efficiency, construction and eco-materials, air and noise control.

Participation is only for environmental stakeholders (cleantech companies, laboratories, universities, local authorities, green investors, business angels, environmental clusters) and is free of charge but compulsory registration before 25 May 2012 is required.

SB 13 Oulu is one of the regional Sustainable Building Conferences priming the World Conference SB14. The aim of SB13 Oulu is to bring together the industry and leading knowledge of the research institutes, to share knowledge, and to improve our understanding of future development needs. Case studies and workshops play an important role
within the conference.

In addition, versatile technical site tours deepen the
understanding in practice. SB13 Oulu provides vital audience for challenging discussions and networking between the stakeholders in order to develop breakthrough solutions for the future. Hopefully this initiative will promote further the sustainable procurement in urban regeneration and renovation, and collaborative actions in Northern Europe and North-West Russia.

Oulu combines Northern hospitality, nature and culture with modern technology. The city is also known for its extensive cycleway network.

The annual ISEAL conference has become an important gathering place for businesses, NGOs, governments and sustainability standards systems. Besides addressing current challenges in bringing sustainability standards to scale. In recent years many multinational companies have made bold commitments to sustainability, with sustainability standards seen as a crucial tool for achieving those. Governments are also increasingly specifying sustainable products in their public procurement and other policies. These commitments offer an unprecedented opportunity to create positive global social and environmental impacts, but require a new level of innovation and collaboration to succeed.

In the face of this ever growing demand for sustainable products is the challenge of a lagging supply response. Changing production patterns requires significant investment in relationships, capacity building, information networks and technology. More importantly it also requires governments, businesses, standards systems and NGOs to find new and creative ways to work together.

The ISEAL 2012 conference will explore how businesses, governments and standards systems can create partnerships to reach sustainability goals. The conference will showcase new advances and explore how they can be strengthened and scaled-up to ensure that any commitment to sustainability is met by an adequate and equal supply response.

The conference is open to the public from 29-30 May and followed by an ISEAL Member and Affiliate Day on 31 May.

The Chartered Institute of Purchasing & Supply (CIPS), in conjunction with 2 degrees and LRS, is hosting a webinar that will consider how the CIPS Sustainable Procurement Review can help to build a strong supply chain for the future.

The webinar will allow participants to learn why sustainable procurement is important, find out how implementing sustainable procurement removes risk and cost and increases a company's competitivess, and discover how the CIPS Sustainable Procurement Review supports the implementation of procurement policy, process and skills.

The Webinar takes place on Thursday 31 May 2012 at 14.00 BST and will last approximately one hour. The event is completely free for both members and non-members alike. Booking ends on Tuesday 29 May 2012.

The meeting will mainly focus on the presentation and discussion of the preliminary results of the project and on the criteria area identified. Due to logistic reasons a limited number of experts can be accommodated at the workshop. Experts will therefore be invited to participate in the workshop on an individual basis in order to ensure a balanced representation of Industry, Member States, NGO and other stakeholders of the project.

The official invitations for participation and the agenda will be available soon. For further information, please see the contact details below.

The meeting will focus on the presentation and discussion of the draft EU Ecolabel and GPP criteria proposals. The EU Ecolabel and GPP criteria will be discussed together over the two days. Experts will be invited to participate in the workshop on an individual basis in order to ensure a balanced representation of Industry, Member States, NGO and other stakeholders of the project.

Official invitations for participation and the agenda, as well as the working documents will be available soon. For further information, please see the contact details below.

The aim of the Summit is to explore new horizons for sustainability and eco-labels in the food industry. The 6th edition of this high-level summit focuses on sustainable commodities and food authenticity.

There will be four key sessions: sustainability initiatives, Sustainable Commodities, marketing & distribution and food authenticity. There will also be a pre-conference workshop that states the business openings in the global market for organic products (foods & ingredients). This new workshop looks at the implications of the new USDA-EU organic equivalency agreement, specifically export openings for European organic products in North America.

There is a 10 percent discount for those that sign up by 28 April.

ICLEI and the City of Malmö are pleased to invite you to the EcoProcura 2012 conference, a dynamic and unique meeting place to exchange and equip participants with the latest essential information on implementing sustainable public procurement.

The conference will discuss and present:

- The importance of sustainable public procurement in the green economy debate

- The proposed European Directive on Public Procurement

- The potential of public procurement of innovation

- The opportunities for addressing social and ethical issues in procurement

- Achieving sustainability in the public construction sector

EcoProcura 2012 will also offer good practice exchange, dialogues between business and the public sector and short training sessions on various topics, such as Life Cycling Costing.

EcoProcura 2012 is the eighth conference of this series and will provide an opportunity to exchange amongst procurers from all levels of government, policy-makers, suppliers, manufacturers, multipliers and representatives from the European Commission and European Parliament.

Finance and governance will be at the forefront of the 7th European Sustainable Cities & Towns Conference(ESCT),which will take place in Geneva, a global leader in international finance and trade and international diplomacy and cooperation.

Building upon the conclusions of the previous ESCT Dunkerque 2010 and the outcomes of the Rio+20 Conference, which will focus on green economy, Geneva 2013 will seek to bridge the gaps between environmental, economic and social goals and connect governments,civil society and business through policy and action.

Over 1,000 European local government leaders, as well as representatives from institutions and NGOs will convene in Geneva to seek new and creative answers to the global financial crisis in the context of sustainable development and international and local governance.

Traditionally the largest European conference dedicated to local sustainable development, the event takes place in the International Conference Centre Geneva, located close to the UN “Place des nations” just minutes from international transport hubs and the city centre.