Sustainability and Climate Change
Growing and protecting shareholder value
As regulatory pressures build and natural resources become ever more limited, sustainability and climate change strategy has become a cornerstone of business strategy.
Clients need to understand their business through a sustainability lens. Understanding how their business performs on a sustainability scale, will provide the opportunity to assess risks and the impact of those risks, as well as the opportunities that the changes in regulations and legislation hold for business.
Deloitte has a dedicated Sustainability and Climate Change team that is well positioned to address the multi-faceted challenges of assembling a sustainability and climate change strategy, based on a deep understanding of the client’s value chain and current and future business requirements.
COP17 - Coming to South Africa in November 2011
From the 28 November to 09 December 2011, the 17th United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, will take place in Durban. This event is officially referred to as the 17th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 17) and will set the stage for the world to address pressing issues around Climate Change.
A primary focus of the conference will be to secure a global climate agreement as the Kyoto Protocol's first commitment period (2008–2012) is about to end. Following on from the outcomes of the past two years, the Durban hosted COP17 could be a defining moment for climate activists.
Contacts
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| Duane Newman Director Tel: 011 806 5362 Email: dnewman@deloitte.co.za |
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Deloitte South Africa’s Sustainability and Climate Change manager, Lee Swan, is the first African-born woman to compete in the Polar Race to the magnetic North Pole. |