On 11 December True Price is organizing the True Price Conference and Green Deal Event on Natural and Social Capital, an event in collaboration with MVO Nederland, IUCN NL and the Ministry of Economic Affairs.

The Green Deal meeting on Natural and Social Capital aims to inform parties about initiatives for transparency and stimulate discussions on transparency among practitioners. Participants will have the chance to learn from experiences gained in the Green Deal on Transparency of Natural and Social Capital. Plus, the program will highlight some of the international initiatives that are undertaken by both policy makers and business.

In the afternoon at the True Price Conference don’t miss the opportunity to join us for the international launch of our ‘Impact Assessment and Valuation Principles’. Next to which, some of our partners will present cases on true pricing and we will tell you about the True Price Platform plan for 2015. There will be plenty of opportunities to engage with others and explore possibilities for collaboration.

The event will offer

• Case presentations by public and private sector professionals on infrastructure, horticulture and agro and food commodities;
• the launch of the True Price Business Case Report with 9 monetization cases from amongst othersSolvay, DSM, Kering, Infosys, Holcim and Tony’s Chocolonely;
• Speeches from amongst others William van Niekerk (Sustainability Director, BAM Group), Fokko Wientjes (Vice President Sustainability, DSM), Herman Mulder (Chairman True Price, former chairman and current board member GRI) and Rob van Brouwershaven (Director of Nature and Biodiversity, Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs). Moderation will be done by Carin ten Hage (founder Off the Map, Worldconnector, former initiator the Planet Me program at TNT);
• The international launch of our ‘Impact Assessment and Valuation Principles’, focusing on social and environmental costs and benefits-for True Value creating companies;
• Presentation of the Natural Capital Protocol, a project in which a framework for natural capital protocol is developed and in which True Price collaborates with amongst many others IUCN and WBCSD;
• Participation of business professionals from many (listed) Dutch and international companies;
• Participation of public administrators from Denmark, UK, Germany, Belgium, the EU and the Netherlands;

Program

09.00-10.00       Registration

10.00-13.15        Green Deal Meeting on Natural and Social capital

13.15-14.00         Networking lunch

14.00-17.00        True Price Conference

18.00-20.00       True Price Platform Dinner (personal invitation)

Confirmed speakers

• William van Niekerk, Sustainability Director of BAM Group
• Fokko Wientjes, Vice President Sustainability at DSM
• Rob van Brouwershaven, Director of Nature and Biodiversity at the Ministry of Economic Affairs
• Kristina Ullrich, ‎Manager public private sector relations at Hivos Foundation
• Dave Boselie, ‎Senior Expert Learning & Innovation at Sustainable Trade Initiative (IDH)
• Herman Mulder, Chairman True Price, former chairman and current board member GRI
• Richard Spencer, Head of Sustainability, Technical Strategy Department, Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW)
• Liesel van Ast, Programme Manager, Natural Capital Declaration UNEPfi
• Strahil Christov, Policy Officer – The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity, EU Business and Biodiversity (B@B), European Commission
• Carin ten Hage, Moderator of this event, members Worldconnectors, founder Off the Map, former founder Planet Me program, TNT
• Mark van Oorschot, Senior researcher international policy for biodiversity, PBL
• Mikkel Stenbaeck Hansen, Deputy Head of Department, Danish Environmental Protection Agency, Danish Ministry of Environment

For the detailed program, visit the website of True Price.

Don’t miss it! If you’re interested to attend, but have not received an invitation yet, please send an e-mail before 8 December to: . Depending on the spaces we have available you then will receive an invitation.