Forty-two corporate leaders and sustainability experts addressed WRI’s seventh Sustainable Enterprise Summit held in Washington, DC in March 2004.
The theme of the summit, which attracted an estimated 200 executives from leading U.S. and international corporations, was “Today’s Challenges, Tomorrow’s Markets.” The meeting included panels on serving the needs of the poor, providing healthy food to deal with malnutrition and obesity, responding to water scarcity, harvesting natural resources in sustainable ways, integrating carbon value into strategic business decisions, and overcoming barriers to renewable energy.
Many of these issues were also discussed in a WRI report entitled Tomorrow’s Markets: Global Trends and their Implications for Business. The report identified 19 powerful trends that are reshaping global markets and changing the roles and strategies of corporations.
