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Sponsorship Package

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To our valued supporters, We are so grateful for your interest in Chasing Sustainability 2013. Our ability to put on this conference, where we hope perspectives and lives will be changed, is fueled by your generosity. In most business schools, emerging leaders are likely concerned about the world but do not know how powerful the shift to environmental sustainability is. Our personal stories that led to this realization, as well as our Co-Chair positions, both involve "aha moments" at UBC. These events fundamentally changed our lens of the world and left us with hopes and ideas we could not shake off. These ideas are now ready to shine as we organize Chasing Sustainability 2013. There is no better way to share stories, debate, and build friendships from a common interest of sustainability than to be at Sauder's first conference of the academic year. Chasing Sustainability has three goals: to educate, inspire, and connect. But our personal mission is to have every participant leave the conference with their lens of the world completely changed, wiped clean, and re-corrected. This mission naturally brought us our theme's name: Changing the Lens. We hope that this sponsorship opportunity interests you or your organization. Please explore the contents of this package and let us know if you have any further questions or concerns. Whether you are with us in person on October 25th or in thought, we truly appreciate your time and consideration. Thank you. Sincerely,

Khanh Nguyen Connie Chen

Letter from the Co-Chairs

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CUS Sustainability is a student-run business

sustainability group within the Commerce

Undergraduate Society (CUS). We serve the Sauder

School of Business at the University of British

Columbia. We strive to educate Sauder students about

sustainability and to foster genuine commitment. We

live out this mission more fully each year with

meaningful events, campaigns and programs. At CUS

Sustainability, we believe businesses are constantly

reinventing, innovating, and seeking new ways to

make their practices more integrated with

sustainability initiatives. Why should sustainability and

business be separate entities?

Chasing Sustainability is our annual flagship event - a

full-day conference packed with interactive workshops,

panels, networking sessions and discussions. The history

of the conference began in 2007, when a simple evening

presenting the topic of sustainability in business drew

out a substantial crowd. Since then, the growing interest

in this topic has been met by our team with a larger and

higher-quality event each year.

This year, the conference will be held at UBC on Friday,

October 25. In order to keep the content each year

fresh and exciting, we began using themes starting in

2013. Our inaugural theme, Changing the Lens, aims to

change fundamental perspectives about the usefulness

and feasibility of sustainability in business.

Who We Are

We do not inherit the Earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children.

Native American proverb

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EDUCATE

INSPIRE

CONNECT

Conference Objectives

The keynotes, speakers, and panelists at Chasing Sustainability this year will be prominent business professionals, government leaders, and academics. They will use the power of stories, both within the workplace and out, to educate participants on how the “sustainability works” perspective is used in different industries and businesses. At our 2013 conference, we want our participants to leave with one permanent change. Our participants will become interested to probe further or grip the concept that the economy must co-exist with the planet. By far one of the most important elements of any event is being able to meet and chat with students, staff, and business people. This year, we are specifically allocating a networking session for this purpose and maintaining a comfortable professional-to-student ratio throughout the day.

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TIME SESSION NAME ACADEMIC TOPICS

09:30 Introduction

09:45 Opening keynote

10:15 Workshop #1 Accounting, finance

11:00 Coffee break

11:25 Panel #1

Transportation and logistics

12:10 Lunch

13:30 Panel #2

Corporate social responsibility

14:15 Coffee break

14:45 Workshop #2 Business technology management, human resources, marketing

15:30 Closing keynote

16:00 Closing remarks

Conference Itinerary (tentative)

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EXCLUSIVE SPONSORSHIP BENEFITS PLATINUM SPONSOR

$2,000

DIAMOND SPONSOR

$1,000

GOLD SPONSOR

$750

SILVER SPONSOR

$250

Logo priority (size, placement)

1st 2nd 3rd 4th

Logo on website with hyperlink

Logo placement on all promotional material (print and online)

Company representative(s) at networking session

Swag/giveaway items (optional)

Promotional booth at event

Coffee break sponsor

Lunch sponsor

Banner placement at event

Company profile on website and delegate books

Speaker(s) for event (optional)

Sponsorship Matrix

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Green Seal Program

The Green Seal Program is a student-run certification system launched in 2012 that promotes sustainable event planning and management from clubs within the Commerce Undergraduate Society. The Green Seal is awarded based on demonstration of leadership in waste, resource, and energy reduction. This year, we are expanding the program by transforming it into an integrated sponsorship, certification, and reward system and by making the Green Seal more well-known in our faculty.

CUS Sustainability & HRMC Networking Brunch

The HRMC Networking Brunch focuses on the relationship between business sustainability initiatives, human resource management, and trends affecting these decisions. Corporate social responsibility, good communication, and managing diversity are topics that management teams are taking more seriously every year; they make pragmatic, economic, and moral sense. In 2013, we will be hosting this annual event for the fourth time.

Green P.O.I.T.S

P.O.I.T.S. is a bi-weekly beer garden that is a longstanding social tradition at Sauder. Commerce students attend to socialize over inexpensive pints and seasonal activities. CUS Sustainability hosts the highly successful “Green P.O.I.T.S” each near St. Patrick’s Day to reach a different group of students and to expose the attendees to sustainability initiatives within Sauder.

Chew On This

Chew On This is a collaboration between CUS Sustainability, Common Energy, and Oxfam UBC. For one week each spring, a variety of academics, business professionals, and community members host workshops to educate hundreds at UBC about sustainable food production and security. The majority of these sessions are be free of charge to UBC students.

Other Events and Programs

Ernst & Young Sustainability Case Competition

The 3rd annual Ernst & Young Sustainability Case Competition will be hosted by CUS Sustainability and the CUS Case Competition Club. The competition in 2012 partnered with the Case Competition Club and was a tremendous success; there were three times more applicants than available spots. We also receive a wealth of positive feedback for the unique theme of the case competition each year, which is a refreshing contrast against other competitions in Sauder.

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For sponsorship inquiries: Alyssa Leung Corporate Relations Director alyssa.leung@cussustainability.com Casey Chung Corporate Relations Director casey.chung@cussustainability.com

For more about the conference: Connie Chen Chasing Sustainability Co-Chair connie.chen@outlook.com

For general inquiries: Angelica Cabrera Director angelica.cabrera@cussustainability.com

Or visit us at: chasing.cussustainability.com

Thank you for your interest!

Contact Information

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