Monday 12 December 2011 - CBI conference centre, London

Global demand for resources could treble in the next forty years, but access to resources is becoming more difficult as energy costs rise, resource-exporting countries impose restrictions and climate change impacts bite. A long term strategy for resource security will involve significant changes to all sectors of the UK economy. A more circular economy, that rewards the stewardship of valuable resources, could help protect the economy from future shocks and uncertainties, reduce the environmental impacts of supply chains – from primary resource extraction to end-of-life - and open up new business opportunities. We invite you to join Green Alliance and the CBI to discuss the risks and opportunities of navigating this new landscape, and how to build a framework for action that puts resource resilience at the heart of the green economy.

Speakers include:

Vince Cable MP, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills

Janez Potocnik, European Environment Commissioner

Neil Bentley, Deputy Director-General, CBI

Caroline Spelman MP, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (tbc)

9.30am-4.30pm, Monday 12 December 2011

The CBI conference centre, Centre Point, 103 New Oxford Street, London WC1A 1DU

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