Jim Leape (bio)
Director General, WWF International
European Union Chamber of Commerce in China, AmCham-China and Canada-China Business Council are pleased to invite Jim Leape, director general of WWF International, to speak on how to make your business grow while, at the same time, taking care of environmental issues. Mr. Leape will talk about China's environmental challenges, related priorities in the 12th Five-Year Plan, emerging energy-efficient business practices, and what WWF-China and business partners are doing to address the needs of nature and the environment.
For several years WWF has partnered with businesses to address global threats to the environment and forge partnerships for mutual benefit. Examples include Coca-Cola’s groundbreaking, global freshwater conservation initiative, which focuses on protecting and restoring freshwater ecosystems in the Upper Yangtze, and WWF’s leading green banking programs. WWF projects have also helped support panda protection and climate change mitigation programs, while raising awareness of environmental problems among business staff and stakeholders.
The speaker:
Jim Leape, Director General, WWF International (bio)
Jim Leape is the Director-General of WWF International, a position to which he was appointed in December 2005. He has worked in conservation for more than three decades. A graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Law School, he began his career as an environmental lawyer - bringing environmental protection cases in the United States, advising the United Nations Environment Programme in Nairobi, Kenya, and co-authoring the leading American text on environmental law.
Agenda:
8:00 - 8:30 AM Registration
8:30 - 10:00 AM Breakfast, Presentation and Q&A
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