For the last 25 years, the GLOBE™ Conference has been at the forefront of new ideas and insights on business and sustainability. GLOBE™ has helped corporations understand and embed sustainability into their operations, influenced the international debate on climate change, and developed the global marketplace for environmental and energy technologies and services. In a world filled with risk and uncertainty, the GLOBE 2014 Conference will provide provocative insights on the world’s most pressing environmental and sustainability-related issues. You cannot afford to miss this opportunity to find out how to position your organization best in order to survive and succeed, both now and over the coming decade. Hot topics at GLOBE 2014 include: -The Changing Energy Landscape -The Search for Clean and Abundant Water -The Future of Global Food Security -Building Resilient Cities -Responsible Resource Management -Clean Capitalism: Financing the Future -Doing Business in the Green Economy -China – Our Shared Future -The Aboriginal Advantage -Advancing Sustainability through Performance Verification Conference sessions will be dynamic panels where experts and audience get to react and interact on the most pressing issues. Over the years, these sessions have drawn the ‘best and brightest’ of the international sustainable business community, making GLOBE an outstanding networking opportunity. GLOBE 2014 will offer: -In-Depth Review of challenging issues at the nexus between people, planet, and profit -Critical Insights from more than 150 speakers and innovators -Active Participation through new interactive sessions, workshops, and networking -Real World Take-Aways including important lessons, innovative solutions, and valuable new tools

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2. Why do the world’s top business
leaders come to GLOBE?

3. • GLOBE is the largest,
longest running corporate
environmental business
event in North America.
• Established in 1990, it’s
the quintessential
gathering of global senior
business and government
representatives.
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“The ‘convening’ power
that GLOBE has always
had offers tremendous
value. We find it very
effective to come and
meet people from so many
different countries.”
Dr. Vicky Sharpe, President & CEO,
Sustainable Development Technology
Canada (SDTC)

4. • They come to network and
advance issues at the nexus
of global business and
sustainability agendas.
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“The quality of the visitors
here is very good, our
companies are very happy
with whom they met here,
from BC but also from the
whole Pacific Rim, which
makes GLOBE attractive
and unique.”
Urs Heutschi, Head of Industry
Relations, Swissenviro.ch, Switzerland

5. What sets GLOBE apart?
• GLOBE is a fully integrated event - it has a
comprehensive conference program as well as a
world-class innovation showcase.
• GLOBE is the only combined international
environmental business conference and
technology showcase of its scale - anywhere.
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6. • The GLOBE
Conference is strategic
in nature, not technical.
• Its focus has always
been around long term
business strategy and
competitiveness.
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“2012 was my first time
attending a GLOBE
conference – I went in with
high expectations, given
what colleagues had told
me to expect, and I was
not disappointed!”
Brian Zeiler-Kligman, Director,
Sustainability, Canada’s National
Brewers

7. One of GLOBE's biggest strengths and the
characteristic that BEST sets us apart from
other events?
• Massive international scope.
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8. Participants from 58 Countries Attended GLOBE 2012:
Australia Germany Mexico South Africa
Austria Guatamala Morocco Spain
Barbados India Netherlands Sweden
Belgium Indonesia New Zealand Switzerland
Brazil Iran Nigeria Taiwan
Canada Ireland Norway Thailand
Chile Italy Pakistan Tunisia
China Japan Paraguay Turkey
Colombia Kazakhstan Peru UAE
Costa Rica Korea Philippines Ukraine
Cote d’Ivoire Kuwait Poland United Kingdom
Denmark Latvia Portugal United States
Ecuador Lithuania Qatar Venezuela
Finland Luxembourg Russia
France Malaysia Singapore
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GLOBE provides a showcase for over 400
companies bringing advanced innovation from
nearly 20 countries.
“People are in good spirits
here; these are the
experts and the people
with knowledge and power
to change things. I only
wish it was every year.”
Shari Austin, Vice President, Corporate
Citizenship, Royal Bank of Canada
(RBC), Canada

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“The Dutch companies
were impressed by the
quality of the visitors, and
are still following up on the
contacts made in
Vancouver. Two
companies have entered
in a tender process for
bids and one has already
organized a follow up visit
to BC.”
Maarten den Ouden, Trade Officer,
Consulate General of the Netherlands,
Canada

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GLOBE 2012 FAST FACTS
9000+
Total Participants
3100
Participating Organizations
1800
Conference Participants
650
Attending CEOs & Presidents
400
Exhibiting Companies
220
Media
157
Conference Speakers
58
Countries Represented

12. Average globe2012.com monthly web traffic:
• Unique Visitors 132,893
• Average Visitors per day 18,863
• Page Views 950,517
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“GLOBE is excellent; very thoughtful in the way the panels were picked, and there
was a degree of honesty and openness in the debate that is quite unusual…not
many platitudes, and a lot of practical advice. I saw a very engaged audience.”
Dr. David Cheesewright, President and CEO, Walmart Canada

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“The panel sessions were
staffed with good speakers
that knew their subjects
well. The sessions were
very informative and
helpful to many.”
Scott Wicker, Vice President, Corporate
Plant Engineering & Chief Sustainability
Officer, UPS, USA

14. International Participation
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• All participants:
- 36% Asia
- 27% Europe
- 28% US
- 5% Americas
- 3% Middle East
- 1% Africa
• Exhibitors Only:
- 48% Europe
- 23% Asia
- 22% US
- 6% Middle East
- 1% Americas
58 countries represented, including 18 exhibiting countries

15. Participation by Sector
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All participants:
40% Corporate
18% Environmental
Service/Technology
13% Education/Training
9% Federal Government
6% Provincial/State
Government
5% Municipal Government
4% Association
2% NGO
4% Other
Exhibitors Only:
43% Corporate
22% Environmental
Service/Technology
11% Federal Government
10% Provincial/State
Government
6% Education/Training
4% Municipal Government
4% Association
1% NGO

16. Participation by Industry
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All participants:
21% Energy
18% Consulting/Engineering/Professional Services (specific sector not given)
8% Construction/Real Estate/Green Building/Architecture
6% Finance
4% Transportation/Automotive
4% Trade
4% Forestry/Pulp & Paper/Printing/Publishing
3.5% Utility
3.5% Waste Management/Recycling
3% Manufacturing
3% Oil & Gas
3% Water/Wastewater
3% Mining/Minerals/Metal

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“At the end of the show we
ended up with in excess of
200 enquiries, alliances
already made with
companies in America,
Ireland & Canada. Test
sites for BC, Alberta and
Saskatchewan for frac
water and serious
enquiries from virtually
around the globe. It
genuinely is The GLOBE
Show!!!”
Nigel Bosworth, CEO, Pointsource
Processing, Canada

18. What’s in Store for
GLOBE 2014?
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19. • The conference will host over
150 speakers and 1,800
delegates.
• More than 600 Presidents &
CEOs will attend GLOBE 2014.
• No other international
environmental business
conference attracts such large
numbers of C-Suite
participation.
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“I’ve certainly seen a shift from
the early days of GLOBE. Now
you see the trade show being
characterized by entrepreneurs,
new business opportunities, a
whole different cast of
characters… I think this path is
about setting up commercial
enterprises that are going to
create the changes that society
needs, and new business
models are going to be created
from that.”
Gord Lambert, Vice President, Sustainable
Development, Suncor Energy Inc., Canada

20. The innovation showcase at GLOBE 2014 will
focus on three key areas:
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ENERGY GREEN BUILDING &
SUSTAINABLE CITIES
WATER

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“GLOBE has been very
worthwhile. It’s afforded
me some opportunities I
clearly otherwise wouldn’t
have had.”
Dr. Graeme Sweeney, Executive Vice
President, C02, Shell International
Petroleum Ltd., UK
For the first time in
2014,GLOBE will launch a
new, sophisticated
business and social
matching program to help
participants meet, share
ideas, find solutions, and
do business.

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“This is the second GLOBE I’ve been
to, and I’m always struck by the
eclectic mix that attends the
conference. Clearly it’s becoming
more international… and it’s a mix of
people who are working specifically
on environmental issues, as well as
people from companies that are
producing some of those
environmental impacts. Bringing
these people together is important.”
Bill Smith, Senior Vice President, Energy Sector,
Siemens Canada

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The Conference will host the world’s top
innovators sharing cutting-edge insight into…
 Corporate Sustainability Performance
 The Economics of Endless Energy
 Resource Management & Efficiency
 Resilient Cities & Infrastructure
 Clean & Abundant Water
 Industrial Agriculture & Food Security

24. Top Reasons to Participate in 2014:
• Learn about new sustainable innovations and business
opportunities, and share expertise.
• Network with influential corporate executives, world
leading NGO’s, researchers, and technology developers.
• Interact with government of all levels and private sector
investors.
• Discover ground-breaking sustainable technologies and
initiatives.
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“GLOBE has been a great show for
us to forge new connections and
keep current connections. It offers
exposure to high-profile clientele,
potential clients, and partners.
Compared to other trade shows
where you are mainly looking at the
end customer, here you start making
connections at the level of the
specifiers, multipliers. This show is
for us not a single-client show but a
multiplier show.”
Maik Gehloff, Manager, Technical Support, SHERPA
Connector, Austria

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Book your place now for a preferred spot at
one the world’s most well-known
environmental business development events.
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