Sustaining America’s Cities: The Role Businesses Can Play

The global rise of cities has been unprecedented. In 1800, 2% of the world’s population lived in cities. Now it’s 50%. Every week, some 1.5 million people join the urban population, through a combination of migration and childbirth.  At the same time, cities are faced with challenges to prepare for droughts, extreme heat days, and other effects of climate change. How will these cities sustain themselves and what role can businesses play? 

Several US cities have taken a proactive stance in planning for this challenge. To succeed — economically, culturally and environmentally — cities must accommodate new individuals, maintain standards of livability, prepare for threats like water scarcity, more intense storms and compete for talent and brand leadership with other cities.  Their ability to do this successfully has major implications for the private sector as well.  Corporations are attracted by a reliable, talented workforce.

In this free, hour-long webcast, current and former sustainability directors from three major US cities - Matt Petersen from Los Angeles, Katherine Gajewski from Philadelphia, Brian Swett from Boston -  will share their experiences in setting strategy, developing public-private partnerships, and making a citywide sustainability strategy work for residents, businesses and other stakeholders.  Clinton Moloney, Managing Director at PwC and Shana Rappaport from GreenBiz will moderate.

During this webcast, you’ll understand:

• The case for sustainable cities
• Lessons from the front lines on the challenges cities face as they become more sustainable – and strategies that are making a difference
• How cities and businesses can partner to play an active role in one another’s success
   

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