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DESCRIPTION:“Net-Zero Procurement: Procuring a fix to climate change”\n
 \nwith Bob Willard\, Founder and Chief Sustainability Champion\, Sustainab
 ility Advantage\n\nDate/Time: Tuesday October 29th\, 6:00 – 7:00 pm PDT\
 n\nAbstract:\n\nWe have a climate crisis. Governments’ pledges to reduce
  their countries’ GHG emissions are insufficient and unfulfilled. Most b
 usinesses are sitting on the sidelines waiting for governments to fix clim
 ate change. That won’t happen. Unless businesses set and meet science-ba
 sed net-zero targets\, the climate cannot be stabilized. Bob Willard will 
 outline how we can unleash the buying power of governments / companies / o
 rganizations as a powerful market force that mobilizes businesses in the r
 ace to net-zero.\n\nLearning Objectives:\n\nBy attending this webinar\, yo
 u will learn:\n\n• What Net-Zero Procurement is\, as a high priority sub
 set of Sustainable Procurement\n\n• Why companies need to use it to redu
 ce their supply chain’s GHGs\n\n• How a free\, open-source toolkit ena
 bles any organization to smoothly integrate net-zero procurement elements 
 into its current procurement system.\n\n• A Master Plan to globally depl
 oy Net-Zero Procurement to fix the climate crisis\n\nCo-sponsored by: IEEE
 -USA\, IEEE SSIT\, IEEE IAS\, IEEE OES\, IEEE PES\, IEEE TEMS\, IEEE SA\n\
 nSpeaker(s): \, Bob Willard\n\nAgenda: \n6:00 PM Introduction of Speaker\n
 \n7:00 PM Adjourn\n\nVirtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/436870
LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/436870
ORGANIZER:e.perkins@ieee.org
SEQUENCE:26
SUMMARY:SusTech Talk October 2024 – Net-Zero Procurement: Procuring a fix
  to climate change
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/436870
X-ALT-DESC:Description: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;h2&gt;&amp;ldquo\;Net-Zero Procurement: Procuring a
  fix to climate change&amp;rdquo\;&lt;/h2&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 14pt\;&quot;&gt;wi
 th &lt;strong&gt;Bob Willard&lt;/strong&gt;\, Founder and Chief Sustainability Champio
 n\, Sustainability Advantage&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 14pt\;
 &quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Date/Time: &lt;/strong&gt;Tuesday October 29th\, 6:00 &amp;ndash\; 7:00 pm
  PDT&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;h3&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Abstract:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;\n&lt;p style=&quot;text-align
 : justify\;&quot;&gt;We have a climate crisis. Governments&amp;rsquo\; pledges to redu
 ce their countries&amp;rsquo\; GHG emissions are insufficient and unfulfilled.
  Most businesses are sitting on the sidelines waiting for governments to f
 ix climate change. That won&amp;rsquo\;t happen. Unless businesses set and mee
 t science-based net-zero targets\, the climate cannot be stabilized. Bob W
 illard will outline how we can unleash the buying power of governments / c
 ompanies / organizations as a powerful market force that mobilizes busines
 ses in the race to net-zero.&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Learning Objectives:&lt;/strong&gt;
 &lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;By attending this webinar\, you will learn:&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&amp;bull\;&amp;nbsp\
 ;&amp;nbsp\;&amp;nbsp\; What Net-Zero Procurement is\, as a high priority subset o
 f Sustainable Procurement&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&amp;bull\;&amp;nbsp\;&amp;nbsp\;&amp;nbsp\; Why compani
 es need to use it to reduce their supply chain&amp;rsquo\;s GHGs&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p style
 =&quot;text-align: justify\;&quot;&gt;&amp;bull\;&amp;nbsp\;&amp;nbsp\;&amp;nbsp\; How a free\, open-so
 urce toolkit enables any organization to smoothly integrate net-zero procu
 rement elements into its current procurement system.&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&amp;bull\;&amp;nbsp\
 ;&amp;nbsp\;&amp;nbsp\; A Master Plan to globally deploy Net-Zero Procurement to f
 ix the climate crisis&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Agenda: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;6:00
  PM Introduction of Speaker&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;7:00 PM Adjourn&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/p&gt;
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