RECOGNITIONS
Creating sustainable products and services
6.11.2009 10:53, author: M B
On November 5th, the UN Global Compact Slovenia held a member's meeting in Ljubljana entitled Creating Sustainable Products and Services. The purpose of the event, which was hosted by Mercator Group and attended by close to 60 representatives from various industries and organizations , was to deepen understanding of sustainable products and services and to discuss what has been taking place in this area.
Participants first welcomed Professor Danica Purg, president of both the UN Global Compact Slovenia and the IEDC-Bled School of Management, and then Professor Nadya Zhexembayeva, Vice President of the UN Global Compact Slovenia and director of the One-Year Executive MBA program at the IEDC-Bled School of Management, gave a presentation of best-practice cases. This presentation was followed by another, entitled "Sustainable Development Strategy as part of Mercator Group" that was delivered by Vera Aljančič Falež, of Mercator's management board, and Lučka Kavkler, Mercator's Head of Environmental Affairs. After the presentations, participants discussed the problems and solutions encountered by their organizations in their efforts to not only develop sustainable products and services but also achieve growth through sustainable development.
This event combined knowledge, networking, and inspiration in an effort to stimulate the debate on concrete and innovative projects. Sustainable products and services offer a range of untapped opportunities to achieve comparable cost benefits and better results in terms of impact on the environment and society. GDS is pursuing these goals through designs that allow sustainability and efficient use of resources.