SustainPro Conference & Expo, October 29-30 at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center is the official conference of the 2008 SUPR Seal® list and the Corporate Sustainability Alliance, CSANow.org. 

SustainPro is the place to meet 2,500 corporate B2B operations-level peers in procurement, corporate operations, energy, manufacturing, facilities, engineering, transport, marketing and communications in the 14 largest B2B industries (details available online).   It’s also where to meet 400+ SUPR Seal®-rated firms and see over 100 industry-specific and functional expert speakers on today’s hottest professional topic: Building Sustainable Corporate Operations.  The Conference sessions and Expo Hall will open at 8:30 am on October 29 and 30, and continue non-stop until 6:00 pm on October 29 and 3:00 pm on October 30.

SustainPro Conference & Expo features the best of corporate B2B sustainability, since SUPR Seal firms, the best in their industries at building sustainable corporate operations, will be featured.  Also, this is being designed to be a low impact, carbon neutral event.  SUPR Seal®, the ultimate sustainability ratings, from the publishers of CRO (Corporate Responsibility Officer) magazine and TheCRO.com, the corporate environment, social, governance and compliance authority since 2006, will be at your fingertips.

The SUPR Seal® sustainable productivity ratings have become vitally important, since recent studies have shown that up to 48% of B2B purchasing decisions now hang on sustainability concerns. The 2008 SUPR Seal® list ranks 400+ Russell 1000 firms in the top 14 business-to-business segments that rate in the top 2 quartiles in their industries in sustainable productivity, as ranked by ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) ratings leader IW Financial.  And the SustainPro Conference & Expo is the only place you can see the companies with the best environmental, social and governance ratings in 14 industries all in one place at one time, live.  Attending the SustainPro Conference & Expo is the shortest path to understanding what the leaders are doing in corporate sustainability and sustainable productivity.

The 14 B2B industries featured in the 2008 SUPR Seal® list are:

Auto & Vehicles

Technology Hardware

Chemical

Technology Software

Construction & Building Materials

Textiles

Energy

Utilities

Financial Services

Transport

Media

Travel & Lodging

Paper, Printing, Packaging

Waste Management

The corporate operations-level Sustainable Productivity, or (SUPR) market, is now $400 billion and growing fast.  When sustainable productivity and sustainability matters, the SUPR Seal® is the only buying decision-making ranking used by B2B operations leaders with titles including Procurement, Corporate Operations, IT, Manufacturing, Marketing, Safety/Health, Energy, Distribution, Transportation, Engineering, Environment and Facilities.

The SustainPro Network, launching in July, is the online community of highly qualified professionals now working in one of seven operations-level career domains in one of the 14 largest B2B industries.  SustainPro.com is where the world’s most exclusive network of corporate sustainability professionals share their best ideas for building sustainable corporate operations.  SustainPro.com is the online complement to the SustainPro Conference, the official conference of SUPR Seal and the Corporate Sustainability Alliance, CSANow.org.

    CSA puts you association and members in the lead on “green” operational sustainability issues

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