WASHINGTON, DC – November 3, 2010 – The Association of Climate Change Officers (ACCO) today
announced the finalists for its first annual Climate
Leadership Awards, designed to recognize exemplary
leadership in response to climate change.
The finalists, Bonneville Environmental
Foundation, CB Richard Ellis, Chicago Department of the
Environment, Gold Standard Foundation, Iberdrola, and the
Sacramento Municipal Utility District, will be recognized at
a November 8
Gala
to be held in conjunction with ACCO’s two-day
Climate Change Leadership Summit, which begins on
November 8, 2010 at the Marriott Inn & Conference Center in
Hyattsville, MD. One winner will be announced for each of
the following categories: industry, government entities
(local, state, regional, national or international), and
non-profit community.
The Climate Leadership Awards program (“CLA”)
was designed to recognize organizations that have positioned
themselves as thought and action leaders in addressing
climate change. The finalists champion their respective
sectors in innovation, collaboration, governance, internal
and external education efforts, policy shaping, disclosure,
tangible effectiveness and thought leadership.
“ACCO established this awards program to
recognize best in class organizations whose leadership is
driving sophisticated response to climate risks and
opportunities across all sectors,” said Daniel Kreeger,
ACCO’s Executive Director. “These individuals have paved the
way to successful response strategies for the broader
community through education, forward thinking, innovation,
best practices and partnership.”
ACCO’s Climate Change Leadership Summit
brings together thought leaders from industry, government,
academia and the non-profit community to collaborate on
areas of convergent interest such as shaping climate policy,
aggregating interests in emerging technologies, establishing
best practices, developing methodologies and response
strategies, and seizing on opportunities for economic
development.
The Summit will host a series of interactive
sessions among more than 100 business leaders, government
officials, public interest groups and academics, including:
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Michelle Moore – Federal
Environmental Executive, White House Council on
Environmental Quality (CEQ)
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A.G. Kawamura – Secretary of
Agriculture, State of California
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Claudine Schneider – Former
Congresswoman of Rhode Island
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Jan Hartke – Director of
Partnership Relationships, Clinton Climate Initiative
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Rob Brenner – Director, Office of
Policy Analysis and Review, U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency
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Suzanne Malec-McKenna –
Commissioner, Chicago Department of Environment
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Sylvia Earle – Oceanographer
in Residence, National Geographic
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Larry Schweiger – President and
CEO, National Wildlife Federation
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Joseph Craver – Group President,
SAIC
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Doug Scott – Director,
Illinois EPA
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David Brown – Senior Vice
President of Government Affairs, Exelon Corporation
“During a time when the establishment of
comprehensive Federal climate policy has come to a grinding
halt, ACCO aims to leverage our community as a forum for
collaboration for executives addressing the business,
economic and environmental implications of climate change
for their organizations,” said Kreeger. “ACCO continues to
further establish a vibrant community that convenes to
develop best practices and methodologies, establish
standards and strategies for operationalizing supply chain
programs, aggregate interests on emerging technologies, set
standards for energy efficiency and clean energy
consumption, collaborate on adaptation strategies, create
new systems for managing waste, assess lifecycles of
products and operations, and more broadly, advance the
profession and function of climate change leadership in
organizations.”
More information (including identification
of participants, speakers and facilitators) about the
Climate Change Leadership Summit is available online at
http://www.ACCOonline.org/ccls/leadershipsummit-november2010.html.
About the Association of Climate
Change Officers
The Association of Climate Change Officers
is a 501(c)(6) non-profit membership organization for
executives and officials worldwide in industry, government,
academia and the non-profit community. ACCO’s mission is to
advance the knowledge and skills of those dedicated to
developing and directing climate change strategies in the
public and private sectors, and to establish a flexible and
robust forum for collaboration between climate change
officers. For more information about ACCO, please visit
www.accoonline.org.
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