Sponsors

Swiss Re, one of the world’s leading reinsurers, has been involved in the climate debate for over 20 years and participated in projects ranging from research and awareness building to product development and managing its own carbon footprint. The company has been greenhouse neutral since 2003.
 
Today, Swiss Re is focused on contributing to help society adapt to climate change and supports a pre-emptive risk management approach. Recent initiatives include developing risk transfer instruments to protect populations that are most vulnerable to the effects of climate change – including farmers in India, Kenya, Ethiopia and Mali.

The Global CCS Institute works collaboratively with organizations and governments to accelerate the broad deployment of commercial carbon capture and storage (CCS), ensuring that the technology plays a role in responding to the world’s need for a low carbon energy future.

In the demonstration phase for CCS technology, the interim goal for the Institute is to accelerate the development of 20 commercial-scale integrated demonstration projects with the aim of reaching this target set by the G8 prior to 2020.

The Institute also plays an important role in implementing various strategies to ensure that CCS technology moves beyond the demonstration phase to broader commercial deployment.

OZOcar is New York's first, finest and largest eco-friendly executive car service.  The OZOcar fleet is entirely comprised of hybrid-drive cars and use 70% less fuel than a conventional Towncar or yellow cab.  We're on a low-emission mission to make the mean streets of New York City kinder, gentler, greener -- and to get you to your meeting on time.  OZOcar seeks to provide our customers with unparalleled service using the cleanest most advanced technologies available.

The Financial Times, one of the world’s leading business news organisations, is recognised internationally for its authority, integrity and accuracy. Providing essential news, comment, data and analysis for the global business community, the FT has a combined paid print and digital circulation of 605,402 (Deloitte assured, 3 January 2011 to 3 April 2011) and a combined print and online average daily readership of 2.1 million people worldwide (PwC assured, November 2010). FT.com has over 3.4 million registered users and 224,000 paying digital subscribers. The newspaper, printed at 24 print sites across the globe, has a global print circulation of 372,076 (ABC, April 2011). The FT has seen over 1 million downloads of its mobile and tablet apps.

Edelman is the world’s largest independent public relations firm, with more than 3,300 employees in 53 offices worldwide.

GreenBiz Group defines and accelerates the business of sustainability through its acclaimed website GreenBiz.com; annual events, such as the State of Green Business Forum, the GreenBiz Innovation Forum, and VERGE; research reports and surveys; twice-monthly webcasts; and the GreenBiz Executive Network, a peer-to-peer learning forum for sustainability professionals.

Hub Culture is a global collaboration network building a brighter future. The community is driven by a blend of online tools for knowledge sharing with offline Pavilions for meeting and connecting. It's all powered by a digital currency, Ven.  Ven is the first digital currency to be priced from a basket of currencies, commodities and carbon futures, making it green, grounded and stable. Ven is growing as a new form of reserve currency for individuals, companies and institutions worldwide.