May 2010 Seminar

9th Southern African Senior Executive Seminar

The Vineyard Hotel, Cape Town, South Africa
17:00 on the 11th to 15:00 on the 14th May 2010

“Profitability and Sustainability – Conflict or Convergence?”

We live in increasingly turbulent times. Financial market instability, climate change, food insecurity, the widening poverty gap and resource depletion. These and other closely connected pressures challenge the sustainability of our organizations and of our civilization.

How do senior executives respond? What does leadership look like?

The underlying theme of the Prince of Wales’s Business & the Environment seminar is the successful management of change through understanding global trends and finding strategic, practical ways to integrate social and environmental solutions into decision-making processes whilst still remaining profitable.

The seminar is the gateway to membership of the Prince of Wales’s Business and the Environment Programme. Established in 1994, the programme is recognised as:

• The premier international forum for executive learning and leadership for sustainability.
• A unique source of leading-edge information and expertise.
• A global network for the exchange of ideas and best practice on sustainability.

This annual seminar is the pre-eminent regional opportunity for senior decision-makers to think deeply with their peers about the strategic implications of major emerging environmental and social trends and, as well as in South Africa, is held in the United Kingdom, Europe, the United States and Australia.

The South African seminar

The South African seminar will be running from 17:00 the afternoon of the 11th to 15:00 on the afternoon of 14th May 2010. The cost is R29,500 +VAT for African delegates and ₤3,950 for delegates from overseas. A small number of bursaries is available for civil society and government delegates. The fee covers all seminar costs including accommodation and meals for the 3 days and 3 nights at The Vineyard Hotel, plus membership of the global and local Alumni Networks.

The seminar programme is a rich mixture of contributions from experts and extensive dialogues in small groups, facilitated by a seasoned international faculty. Delegates leave with a fresh sense, not only of the nature and scale of the challenges, but of what they can do in their respective organisations to help minimize the risks and maximize the opportunities suggested by these trends.

Participation is by invitation only, although anybody is welcome to nominate a senior colleague. Upon receipt of the application/nomination form a Selection Committee vets the applications/nominations to ensure a balance between industry sectors, and between business, NGOs and government.

For more information please contact Magda de Kok on info.sa@cpsl.cam.ac.uk, or 021-469 4765 or go to the official Business & the Environment Programme website.