2 June Tulpenfeld 7, Allianz Konferenzsaal 12:30 h - 14:00 h

World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and World Ressources Institute (WRI): The Business Case For Renewable Energy Background Climate change is emerging as one of the 21st century�s greatest threats to nature and human society. The only possible answer is to immediately reduce greenhouse gas emissions that are caused primarily by burning fossil fuels such as coal and oil. Switching to renewable energy is a key strategy for reducing these emissions. Relevance Businesses �whether energy buyers or sellers� are being called to play a leading role in developing markets for renewable energy through their own corporate strategies and actions. Renewable energy and green power can provide corporations with a number of benefits including: reduced emissions of greenhouse gases and air pollutants; strengthened relationships with customers, local communities, shareholders, employees, and other stakeholders; product and brand differentiation; hedge against fluctuating fossil fuel prices and costs associated with future environmental legislation. Objectives The joint WWF-WRI side event �The Business Case for Renewable Energy� will: � Share green power purchasing experiences, strategies, business cases, and lessons learned of leading international corporations � Raise awareness of best practices on green power products, such as the Eugene Standard; � Present leading power suppliers supporting the switch to clean and renewable energy Convenors WWF is a global organisation acting locally through a network of family offices. All these offices do all they can to halt the accelerating destruction of our natural world. Through the PowerSwitch! Initiative (www.panda.org/powerswitch), WWF challenges the power sector - the companies producing electricity and the people guiding their decision-making - to become CO2 free by 2050 in developed countries and make a major switch from coal to clean in developing countries. WWF is also actively supporting the Eugene Standard, which is the market benchmark for credible green power tariffs. The World Resources Institute (WRI) is an environmental research and policy organisation that creates solutions to protect the Earth and improve people's lives (www.wri.org). WRI convenes the Green Power Market Development Group (www.thegreenpowergroup.org), a unique commercial and industrial partnership dedicated to building corporate markets for green power. The Group is advancing a clean energy future by developing 1,000 megawatts of new, cost-competitive green power in the U.S. by 2010. Refreshments will be provided Agenda 12.30 Opening remarks Craig Hanson, Senior Associate, World Resources Institute Panel 1. The corporate buyer�s perspective 12:35 Wolfgang Schmitt, Managing Director, gtz 12:45 Chris Hunter, Energy Manager � Europe, Johnson & Johnson 12:55 Cyndi Kohuska, DuPont 13.10 Questions and Answers Panel 2. The energy supplier�s perspective 13:20 Peter Erb, CEO, City Infrastructure Service, Stadtwerke Heidelberg AG 13:30 Roger Duncan, Vice President, Austin Energy 13.40 Questions and Answers 13:55 Closing remarks Jennifer Morgan, Director, WWF Climate Change Programme

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