Keynote Speaker:

Lester R. Brown - President and Founder of Earth Policy Institute

Topic:

"Rescuing a Planet Under Stress and a Civilization in Trouble"

INTERVIEWS WITH RAINFOREST ALLIANCE

Topic: GREEN BUSINESS MANAGEMENT - Supply Chain Management

Questions:
Part 1. What is the history of the Rainforest Alliance? What is the Rainforest Alliance's education program for children?
Part 2. How do you reach American consumers with the benefits of "certified" products?
Part 3. What are the main products that the Rainforest Alliance is concerned with?
Part 4. How do you see the next 20 years developing for "certified" products?

Person: Tensie Whelan, Executive Director, Rainforest Alliance
Link: www.rainforestalliance.org

Date & Length: January 18, 2006; Part 1 - 287 secs, Part 2 - 198 secs, Part 3 - 185 secs, Part 4 - 129 secs
Keywords: Rainforest Alliance, certified product, certification, education, banana, coffeee, wood, cut flowers
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Topic: GREEN BUSINESS MANAGEMENT - Supply Chain Management

Questions:
Part 1. What do you do at the Rainforest Alliance? Why did you change positions from Wall Street to the Rainforest Alliance? What are some of the types of companies that the Rainforest Alliance works with and what is involved in the "certification" process?
Part 2. Who are some of the certified companies that you work with? What has been the response of the rest of the industry to these certified leaders? How do you characterize the before and after conditions on a certified production operation?
Part 3. How do the workers benefit from a certified operation?
Part 4. How do you see the certification process developing in the future? Do you think the new environmental policies of the financial community will affect the rate of positive change? Where can people find additional information about certified products and companies?

Person: Liza Murphy, Manager, Sustainable Business Forum, Rainforest Alliance
Link: www.rainforestalliance.org

Date & Length: January 18, 2006; Part 1 - 498 secs, Part 2 - 579 secs, Part 3 - 121 secs, Part 4 - 405 secs
Keywords: Rainforest Alliance, certified product, certification process, forestry, Smart wood, financial industry, environmental policy
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Topic: GREEN BUSINESS MANAGEMENT - Supply Chain Management

Questions:
Part 1. What is your position at the Rainforest Alliance and what do you do?
Part 2. For coffee growing, what were some of the worst practices and how has that changed after certification?
Part 3. Recently, NGO's involved in the developing world have been criticized for paternalism. How do the workers and farmers respond to the certification process? What model does the Rainforest Alliance use?
Part 4. How did you get involved in the Rainforest Alliance?

Person: Sabrina Vigilante, Senior Manager, Marketing & Business Development, Sustainable Agriculture
Link: www.rainforestalliance.org

Date & Length: January 18, 2006; Part 1 - 207 secs, Part 2 - 399 secs, Part 3 - 388 secs, Part 4 - 216 secs
Keywords: Rainforest Alliance, certification process, coffee, sustainable agriculture, shade canopy, agro-chemicals, Sustainable Agriculture Network, auditing,
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