Official event of the Environmental Goods and Services South Africa Forum (EGSF)

DELEGATE PARTICIPATION

The Opportunity

Vote for sustainable production and supply chain by buying environmental goods and services for your company, and give your company a competitive advantage by employing sound environmental practices in your operations and processes.

The revolution has begun, and is being lead by the world best companies – ensure your presence at the Buy-environmental Trade Show to establish and/or re-enforce your company’s position as a leader in your area of business. Be there to learn about local and global experiences and understand what constitutes an environmental good or service, and begin to redefine your business and its impact on the environment.

Buy-environmental Trade Show is officially endorsed by the Environmental Goods and Services Forum of South Africa, an initiative for industry launched by the Department of Trade and Industry in 2007. Platforms such as the EGS-Forum has been set up to accelerate the process of advocating the manufacture and distribution of environmental goods and services in South Africa.

Buy-environmental brings together: buyers, manufacturers, distributors, policy makers, environmentalists, and investors in an intensive two day trade-show and conference.

Join these delegates as they actively engage with exhibitors and learn about the principles of sustainable production, consumption and procurement from the best. Understand the business benefits of going green and buying environmental and adopt the buying habits that make a difference.

Learning themes for the event

Various speakers will address topics that relate to certain focal themes
of buying-environmental:

• Standards and policies
• Case studies and success stories
• International trends
• Marketing strategies
• Benefits (R.O.I and R.O.O.)

Who are the delegates?

• Corporate buyers
• Environmental goods and services companies
• Government tender board representatives
• Individual buyers representing small and medium size   organisations of all descriptions
• Small and home business executives and consumers
• Sector representative associations
• Policy makers and standards bureaus
• Senior financial managers (by invitation)
• Investors

Other benefits of attending:

• Learn about the principles of environmental buying
• Learn about the benefits to you and your business of environmental buying
• Listen to production and distribution experts as they discuss the implication of changing behaviour.
• Meet South Africa’s environmental ambassador-companies and share their experiences with them
• Network with business buyers and decision makers and visit an exhibition of innovative environmental goods and services.

How do I get involved?

Delegate attendance
2 day Conference
Cost: R4950 plus vat

EGSF Member Delegate
2 Day Conference
50% discount
Cost: R2475 plus vat