On-site Registration Starts Wednesday 4 October 12:00 THE GRI CONFERENCE IS FULLY BOOKED!! We are pleased to announce that we reached the full capacity of the Hotel Okura. There will be around 1,000 people for this global event in Amsterdam. GRI Conference Live: Audio Recording Available at the website during and after the conference.

Future Now Forums and See & Believe Visits
Register for the Future Now Forums and See & Believe Visits! Once in a life-time opportunities to get to know the inside stories on leading sustainability projects! Please register for these events now – click here for details and registration.

Coming week the Future Now Forums and See & Believe Visits kick off on Wednesday 4 October, now is the time to check the program and reserve your place for these exciting and stimulating events. All forums and visits are included in the conference fee and FREE to conference participants.

ABN AMRO-Equator Principles: Responsibility & Accountability in the Financial Sector Learn all about the Equator Principles – the financial industry's benchmark for responsible project finance – and how ABN AMRO deals with the environmental, social and ethical considerations they raise. Click here for details and registration.

Petrobras – Social and Environmental Report
Petrobras will release its 2005 Social and Environmental Report which was commended by the UN Global Compact. This year, with large investments in technological advancements, Petrobras reached the goal of sustainable self-sufficiency. Petrobras was recently nominated as a member of the Dow Jones Sustainability Index. Click here for details and registration

VISIT: Amsterdam as a sustainable city
This is a boat trip through Amsterdam with the focus on “Amsterdam as a sustainable city. ”The excursion, lasting about 2.5 hours, will offer you a unique opportunity to familiarize yourself with various htmlects of Amsterdam’s sustainability policy. Click here for details and registration

VISIT: Port of Amsterdam and sustainability
A tour bus will take you through the Port of Amsterdam to visit various sustainability projects in the area and hear information from an expert on the port’s “green policy.” Examples of project are: innovative, sustainable logistics systems including the Amsbarge logistics concept and the Waterland general-cargo terminal. Click here for details and registration

VISIT: Engage Amsterdam: corporate community investment
The public-private partnership ‘Engage Amsterdam’ invites conference attendees to participate in a site visit, which brings you to the heart of the Amsterdam corporate community projects. You will learn about the partnership and the business case for youth-at-risk, entrepreneurship and employment. Click here for details and registration. VISIT: Nuon / ABN AMRO - Innovative use of district cooling in project “South Axis” At the top floor of the ABN AMRO headquarters in Amsterdam you will be welcomed by the COO of Nuon, Peter Erich. After a presentation on the innovative cooling project you will be taken to the Nieuwe Meere for a boat trip. Learn about the cooling project and visit the cooling plant near the lake. Click here for details and registration

NCDO - Adding value & values with the Earth Charter
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• How the Earth Charter adds value & values to business
• GRI and the Earth Charter - the linkages
• Unveiling the Earth Charter's two year plan for business
• Conversations on the way forward

GRI – Sector Supplements
The objective is to inform interested companies and stakeholders about the role of GRI sector supplements and the development process, in order to facilitate certain industry groups to consider working with GRI to develop supplements for their sector. Also intented to help clarify myths/misconceptions about supplements. Click here for details and registration

Deloitte - Financing and financial viability of sustainable energy
Speakers from major financial institutions, pension funds and energy companies will be part of the panel discussion in which the audience will be playing an active role. Discussion will be chaired by an authority in the field of sustainable energy. Click here for details and registration

KPMG - Assurance Question Time
What is your most pressing question on CR assurance_ The strong rise in the number of reports with external assurance reflects the public's demand for reliable and credible information. The last three years have seen the introduction of new assurance standards and discussion of materiality. Independent, external assurance is recommended by GRI and reflected in the Assurability principle in the G3 Guidelines. However differing language, methods, development paths and institutional sources have raised questions. External location. Click here for details and registration

Centre for Public Agency Sustainability Reporting
The purpose of the roundtable is to discuss the conceptual framework for public agency sustainability reporting, and the GRI Sector Supplement for Public Agencies Pilot V.1. Following discussion at the roundtable and review, these papers will be finalized and submitted to the GRI. The final papers will help improve the conceptual framework for sustainability reporting by public agencies. External location. Click here for details and registration

Triodos Bank - The benefits of GRI for the microfinance sector in Latin America, Africa and Asia
How Triodos Bank introduced GRI to the microfinance sector. The results of the 2005 Pilot Project Measuring the social and environmental impact of microfinance banks will be presented. Representatives from ACLEDA Bank in Cambodia and FINDESA in Nicaragua will explain their reporting on environmental and social sustainability, followed by an interactive discussion. Click here for details and registration

CDP – launch of the Carbon Disclosure Project fourth report
The report sets out the latest responses from corporations regarding the impact of climate change on shareholder value. This will be a highly informative event for anyone involved in investment management, corporate strategy or climate change policy. Click here for details and registration

Russian Roundtable
Hear first hand from Russian leaders about sustainability reporting in their country, and the specific local issues. Speakers include Leonid Drachevsky, Deputy Chairman, Management Board, RAO; Oleg Alekseev, Institute of Corporate Development, RENOVA Group; Lubov Altnicheva, Development Director, Agency for Social Information; and Tatiana Grinberg, Manager, E&Y (CIS) BV Branch Moscow. Click here for details and registration

Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Experience with multi-sector cooperation in PPP’s for sustainable development
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Interpreter services - French and Spanish
Simultaneous real time interpretation of all conference sessions into Spanish and French is confirmed.

Ceres Breakfast
Friday 6 October, 08:00 – 08:45, Hotel Okura Hotel
Success Stories from Shareholders Driving GRI-Based Disclosure
Reserve your place by contacting Anne Kelly () before 1 October 2006.
Hosted by Ceres, GRI Network Partner and leading USA NGO.

Debate on Trust
Thursday afternoon’s conference plenary session will be a debate on trust, chaired by Richard Edelman, President & CEO Edelman, and supported by Jo Confino, Executive Editor at The Guardian.

They will lead a panel of experts including:

• Peter Blom CEO Triodos Bank
• Ildo Luís Sauer, Director Gas and Energy, Petrobras (Brazil)
• Hannah Jones, Vice President Corporate Responsibility Nike Inc
• Lex Holst Vice President Group Sustainable Development and HSE Royal Dutch Shell

ABN AMRO - Banco Real launch of virtual environment in Brazil
Banco ABN AMRO Real has launched a new sustainability website with a difference. It includes a virtual environment which allows visitors to discover simple ways to make their home or company more environmentally or people friendly. The site is in Portuguese only but Banco Real is already planning to release a shortened, English version by the end of this year.

With the new site, Banco Real – ABN AMRO’s Brazilian subsidiary – has found a novel way to give visitors an insight into what sustainability really means in their everyday lives both at work and at home. By clicking on arrows in a virtual office or house, the site’s users can access pop-up screens that give sustainability tips for making their homes or companies more environmentally friendly or ‘people friendly’. They can also send e-mail invitations to their friends or colleagues to come and take a look.

In June, Banco ABN AMRO Real was named “Emerging Markets Bank of the Year’ in the Financial Times Sustainable Banking Awards.