‘What happens next? - Sustainability post-Copenhagen' BITCI members event held today

‘What happens next? - Sustainability post-Copenhagen'

Business in the Community Ireland and BT Ireland held a very successful member networking event, ‘What happens next? - Sustainability post-Copenhagen' today, Wednesday 27th January at BT Ireland's head office in Dublin. Dr. Chris Tuppen, BT's Chief Sustainability Officer was the keynote speaker at this event. He addressed the key issues arising out of the recent UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen and shared his views on the next steps for business, emerging trends on sustainability, as well as the sustainability agenda at BT and how the company is looking at climate change as a key strategic issue. Following Dr. Tuppen's presentation, there was an expert panel discussion and moderated questions and answers session. The panel guests included: • Dr. Chris Tuppen, BT • Oisin Coughlan, Director, Friends of the Earth Ireland • Prof. Frank Convery, Chairman, Comhar • Dr. Claire Penny, Green ISC Initiative - WW Programme Manager, IBM The event was very well attended and received a lot of positive feedback from attendees: “Very enjoyable presentation. Well done” “I was at this morning's talk by Dr Chris Tuppen - it was excellent!” “Thank you for the opportunity to hear this morning's speakers.” “Thank you for the invite to this morning's seminar which I found very interesting.” The slides from Dr. Chris Tuppen's presentation are available HERE For more information, please contact Rahim O'Neill, Business in the Community Ireland at roneill@bitc.ie