Event Sponsors and Media Partners

Silver Sponsors

DHL Global Forwarding is one of the four business divisions within Deutsche Post DHL - the world’s leading postal and logistics services group.  DHL and Deutsche Post brands offer comprehensive services in international express, air and ocean freight, road and rail transportation and contract logistics. DHL Global Forwarding is the global market leader in both air and ocean freight and provides a range of transportation and logistic services, including our strengthened U.S. Domestic Heavy Weight service to meet businesses current and future logistic needs. We offer customized solutions for major logistics projects and comprehensive Customs Brokerage Services.  The Group generated revenue of more than 46 billion euros in 2009 with a presence in more than 220 countries and territories and 120,000 destinations, the company employs more than 500,000 people worldwide.

Media Partners

AltaTerra Research is a research consultancy specializing in sustainable business and the commercial marketplace for clean technology solutions. Through research reports, executive events and advisory services, AltaTerra helps forward-looking organizations improve resource-efficiency in their operations and capitalize on new 'green' market opportunities. From our headquarters in Silicon Valley, we have been serving a global base of corporate, institutional, and government clients since 2007.

Green Tech Media delivers research and analysis in the business to business greentech market. Using an integrated platform, we produce high quality products, whether it be industry news, market research or networking events. GTM Research, the research arm of the company, produces in-depth market reports and is the publisher of PV News, a monthly solar market tracker. Greentech Media is headquartered in Cambridge, Mass., with operations in New York City, San Francisco and Munich. For more information, visit greentechmedia.com.

The Sustainable Supply Chain Foundation (SSCF) functions as a focal point for research institutions and commercial industry in making environmental sustainability into a basis for greater economic success. The SSCF is a practical, financially viable, and realistic vehicle to develop and disseminate best practices aimed at achieving more environmentally sound supply chains.

Increasing sustainability in global and domestic supply chains is a critical and timely endeavor that is driven by corporate stewardship, current legislation, competitive opportunity, and public interest.

The Low Carbon Economy is a central resource for the low carbon economy, connecting people and businesses with low carbon products and services, information, initiatives, and each other.

We created The Low Carbon Economy in 2006 to capitalise on everything we have learned over the years at Fuel Cell Markets, and to apply our unique knowledge, resources and experience towards assisting the development of a low carbon economy as a whole.

Our unique drive and resources have enabled us to create an exceptional company uniquely positioned to deliver a truly useful online resource which has the potential to help millions of people and businesses across the globe.

Exhibitors

Accenture: To help address the need to educate employees around the importance and impact of sustainability, Accenture has developed an online learning solution called the Sustainability Academy. This learning platform enables a company’s workforce to develop the knowledge foundation required to “live and breathe” the company’s strategy for sustainability, while providing the skills to take action.

CHEP provides a valuable service to our over 300,000 customers around the world. We provide durable and innovative pallets and containers that enable a reduction in product damage, allowing our customers to engage in an environmentally sustainable business practice, saving time, money, and hassle. CHEP uses timber from tree farms, which are a responsible and sustainable source of timber. The pooling model
encourages the repair and reuse of our pallets and we recycle broken or damaged components rather than
sending them to the landfill. We make every effort to operate our business in an environmentally sustainable
manner. At CHEP, blue is the new “green”.

Credit360’s web-based sustainability data management system simplifies and enhances the collection, analysis and communication of social and environmental performance data including carbon footprints and supply chain metrics. Founded in 2002, Credit360 provides leading organizations including McDonald’s, the World Bank, Allance Boots, Virgin Media, HSBC, ING, MEC, and T-mobile with the highest quality tools and support designed to meet evolving Sustainability best practices. On October 6, 2009, Credit360 launched a strategic partnership with Intertek Sustainability Services to deliver supply chain focused sustainability solutions including carbon and CSR management and reporting services to global organizations.

Emisstar LLC is a clean energy technology and emissions consulting firm guiding clients through the transition to sustainable, low carbon economic activity by accelerating the integration of the built and mobile environments.

Emisstar develops strategic plans and sustainability initiatives that utilize renewable energy and efficient goods movement; provides state-of-the-art technical services to meet the requirements of complex energy and emissions regulations; assists Fortune 500 companies with accessing millions of dollars in grant funding; assesses, optimizes and verifies technologies with portable emissions measurement systems testing and Emisstar’s proprietary Test Channel™ network; and guides leading technology developers in a dynamic marketplace.

Q-Sales designs, engineers, and manufactures all types of products used for temperature sensitive shipments. Our CargoQuilt product line is applicable with most forms of transportation and maintains a safe temperature range for any environmental condition. Full truck/container load and LTL shipments are the most common applications where our products are utilized. We also have a ThermaPak product line for local distribution of frozen and chilled items, and for sample size packages shipping via companies such as UPS or FedEx. Our products prevent damage caused by excessive heat, extreme cold, and condensation, and are used as an
economic alternative to reefers.