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The Sustainability Summit
March 15th - 16th 2016 | London
The Sustainability Summit 2016 will bring together leaders from areas that are vital to environmental progress. Over two days of high-level, candid debate, expect to hear what smarter green policies can achieve, why they matter and how to implement them.
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The climate deal struck in Paris last year surpassed expectations. More world leaders gathered to see it through than had ever met together before. The deal came hot on the heels of a global agreement on a set of new "sustainable development goals". But how, in practice, are these lofty aims to be achieved? And what role should businesses and investors play in shaping new thinking and turning ambition into action?
Hear from an international line-up of senior level speakers and thought leaders. Benefit from the opportunity to network with those leading the way in the sustainability effort. Hear a variety of perspectives – from governments, businesses and NGOs, to investment and insurance. Find out the key opportunities to become involved in the sustainability effort as well as critical risks of inaction.
Programme highlights:
Laying the framework for global sustainable development
Embedding sustainability into national policy
The value-at-risk of inaction
Sustainable Development Goals in focus – what will the mean for business?
The business case for sustainability
Questions The Sustainability Summit will answer:
What role do the public and private sectors have to play in future-proofing society?
How can governments embed sustainability into their national policy?
What will the implementation of the SDGs mean for global businesses?
How can we measure sustainability and increase transparency?
What does a sustainable and profitable business strategy actually look like?
How can we bring global civil society along on this journey with us?
Will there come a day when sustainability, in all its facets, becomes entirely commonplace?
Alejandro Agag
Chief Executive Officer, Formula E
Alejandro Agag is Chief Executive Officer at Formula E Holdings. Mr Agag together with his business partner began Formula E Holdings, winning the tender to promote the new FIA Formula E Championship. As the Chief Executive Officer, Mr Agag is determined to revolutionize the world of clean mobility on the racetrack, city streets and consumer markets. In 1999 he won a seat in the European Parliament, becoming the youngest Spanish person to ever do so at the age of 28. In 2000 he became the spokesperson of the annual antitrust policy report at the European Parliament and was also elected Secretary General of the Centrist Democrat International (CDI), a global political organization with over 100 member parties from all over the world. In 2001 he decided to leave the world of politics and move into motorsport where together with his business partner Flavio Briatore, they purchased the F1 TV rights in Spain. In 2007, Mr Agag took another step into the racing world, acquiring Campos Racing GP2 Team, the feeder series for Formula One. In 2007, he joined a group of investors to acquire the historic English football club Queens Park Rangers.
Brett Begemann
President and Chief Operating Officer, Monsanto
Brett Begemann is President and Chief Operating Officer, overseeing commercial, manufacturing and supply chain operations in row crops, vegetables and crop protection with the aim of accelerating Monsanto's growth potential around the world. Mr Begemann formerly served as Monsanto's Executive Vice-president and Chief Commercial Officer.
As President and Chief Operating Officer, Mr Begemann is focused on enhancing global coordination, growth and operational efficiencies across the company, including increasing manufacturing and supply-chain efficiency; ensuring a strong strategic linkage between crop protection and seeds and traits, and ensuring the commercial development of the company's next-generation of growth drivers. These drivers include growth opportunities in the company's established markets, new markets like Eastern Europe, China and Latin America, as well as through the next wave of agriculture innovations in precision agriculture and ag biologicals. Mr Begemann joined the former Monsanto Company in 1983 as a sales representative in Minnesota. He currently serves on the Board of Directors at Eastman Chemical and is the Vice-chair of the US Chamber of Commerce-affiliated Brazil-US Business Council. He is also a member of the Board of Trustees at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center and a member of the Vice Chancellor's Leadership Council at the University of Missouri-Columbia.
Per Bolund
Minister for Financial Markets and Consumer Affairs and Deputy Minister for Finance, Sweden
Per Bolund is Minister for Financial Markets and Consumer Affairs and Deputy Minister for Finance for Sweden. Mr Bolund is a member of the party's board of directors. His areas of responsibility are the financial markets and the customer affairs. He was elected to the Swedish Riksdag in 2006 representing the Swedish Green Party as Industrial and Energy Policy Spokesperson and a Member of the Committee on Industry and Trade. From 2011 to 2014 Mr Bolund served as Economic Policy Spokesperson and a member of the Committee on Finance. Prior to that, he was Member of the Stockholm City Executive Board Council and Opposition City Commissioner for the Swedish Green Party. Between 2002 and 2006 Mr Bolund served as Political Adviser in Government Offices, Ministry of Enterprise Energy and Communications, responsible for infrastructure, traffic policy, IT issues and congestion charges in Stockholm. Mr Bolund started his career in the Enviromental Strategies Research Group as research assistant in a project on future visions of sustainable transport and sustainable urban development.
Rhonda Clark
Chief Sustainability Officer and Vice-president of Environmental Affairs, United Parcel Service (UPS)
Rhonda Clark was appointed Vice-president of Environmental Affairs in 2014 and then also named the company's Chief Sustainability Officer (CSO) in 2014. Currently, as Chief Sustainability Officer and Vice-president of environmental affairs, Ms Clark leads a dedicated engineering group that manages global sustainability data for reporting. Her team oversees a cross-functional Sustainability Working Committee and a Sustainability Directors Committee that establishes key performance indicators and goals for the company. Ms Clark also is a member of the Corporate Sustainability Steering Committee, which includes five executives from UPS's Management Committee, the top tier of the company's management structure. Previously Ms Clark, a 25-year UPS veteran, served as the plant engineering manager for UPS Airlines in Louisville, Ky. There she was responsible for all areas of UPS facilities management along with the construction and maintenance of all new development projects. She also oversaw all of UPS Airlines' sustainability initiatives. Ms Clark joined UPS in 1989 as a plant engineering supervisor in Knoxville, Tenn. She has held positions of increasing responsibility over the years primarily in plant engineering. She has also held assignments in industrial engineering and operations. Ms Clark also is active in external sustainability initiatives including Business for Social Responsibility (BSR) and the Atlanta Sustainability Network. Previously, while in Louisville, Ky., Ms Clark also served for two years as chair of UPS's Women's Leadership Development (WLD) program. The WLD is a companywide initiative dedicated to creating an environment that encourages and enables the attraction, retention and development of women.
President, Global Supply and Procurement, Diageo
David Cutter was appointed as President, Global Supply and Procurement in 2014. Based in Diageo's Global Supply headquarters in Edinburgh, Mr Cutter is responsible for a world class supply chain delivering Diageo's brands to over 180 markets around the world from over 100 production facilities located in over 30 countries. Mr Cutter was previously the Managing Director of Diageo's International Supply Centre (ISC) where he was responsible for Diageo's spirits and beer production operations in Europe, which includes production of global brands such as Johnnie Walker, Guinness, Baileys, Smirnoff, Gordon's and Tanqueray. Prior to moving to Scotland, Mr Cutter was President of Diageo Supply across the Americas, overseeing the company's end-to-end supply operations across North America and Latin America and Caribbean. During this time Mr Cutter also led the creation of a new rum distillery in the US Virgin Islands. Prior to moving to North America, Mr Cutter led Diageo's Asia Pacific Supply business based in Singapore. He has worked in manufacturing, supply and product management for more than 20 years and prior to joining Diageo held leadership roles at other leading consumer goods companies including Frito-Lay and SC Johnson.
Jack Ehnes
Chief Executive Officer, CalSTRS; Member of the Board of Directors, CERES
Jack Ehnes is the Chief Executive Officer of the California State Teachers' Retirement System (CalSTRS), the largest educator-only pension fund in the world. Mr Ehnes came to CalSTRS in 2002 from Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company. Among his duties as Vice-president for corporate affairs, Mr Ehnes served as the trustee and plan administrator for Great-West's employees' defined benefit and defined contribution plans. Prior to Great-West, Mr Ehnes served as the Colorado Insurance Commissioner, Deputy Insurance Commissioner and Board Trustee for the Colorado Public Employees Retirement Association, which included six years as Chair and Vice-chair of the board. Mr Ehnes is currently Chairman of the FTSE Environmental Markets Committee. He also serves on the boards of the National Council on Teacher Retirement, Ceres (a national network of investors and environmental organizations working to address sustainability challenges), the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board, and the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans. As a recognized leader and public servant, Mr Ehnes has served on high-profile national task forces throughout his career including those with the National Association of Insurance Commissioners and on various healthcare and insurance commissions and advisory boards. He was also a Board Member of the National Institute on Retirement Security and Board Chair of the Council of Institutional Investors. Mr Ehnes received the 2011 Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) Lillywhite Award, recognizing outstanding lifetime service and contributions to Americans' economic security. In 2011 he made the National Association of Corporate Directors' list of the 100 most influential corporate governance professionals.
Paul Ekins OBE
Paul Ekins OBE Professor of Resources and Environmental Policy, UCL Institute for Sustainable Resources; Member of the International Resource Panel, United Nations Environment Programme
Paul Ekins OBE has a Ph.D. in economics from the University of London and is Professor of Resources and Environmental Policy and Director of the UCL Institute for Sustainable Resources, University College London. He is also Deputy Director of the UK Energy Research Centre, in charge of its Energy Resources theme, and from 2005 to 2010 was Chairman of the UK's National Industrial Symbiosis Programme (NISP), the country's most effective initiative at promoting resource efficiency in industry. He was a Member of the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution from 2002-2008. In 2013 he was appointed to UNEP's International Resource Panel, for whom he is coordinating a major report on resource efficiency at the request of the German Government at the G7 Summit in 2015. Paul Ekins' academic work focuses on the conditions and policies for achieving an environmentally sustainable economy, concerning which he has written numerous books, papers and articles. He also has extensive experience consulting for business, government and international organisations, most recently being involved with the Cambridge Programme for Sustainability Leadership, at the University of Cambridge. In 2011 he was appointed Vice-chairman of the DG Environment Commissioner's High-Level Economists Expert Group on Resource Efficiency, and in 2012 a member of the European Commission's European Resource Efficiency Platform. In 1994 Paul Ekins received a Global 500 Award 'for outstanding environmental achievement' from the United Nations Environment Programme. In the UK New Year's Honours List for 2015 he received an OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) for services to environmental policy.
Vice-president, Building Product Line Group, Products, Autodesk
Jim Lynch is a 30 year veteran of the CAD industry and has served in a variety of senior management roles in the building, manufacturing, and electronic design automation industries. As Vice-president of Autodesk's AEC Product Group, Mr Lynch's's organization is responsible for designing and developing the family of products that serve the needs of the worldwide AEC industry. Prior to this, Mr Lynch was the Vice-president of Industry Marketing for Autodesk's AEC Division, and also served as Senior Director of Product Development. Mr Lynch joined Autodesk in 1997 and led the design and implementation of their next generation Mechanical CAD solution, Autodesk Inventor. Before joining Autodesk, Mr Lynch spent over eight years at Oregon-based Mentor Graphics, a global leader in Electronic Design Automation.
Spencer Lake
Global Head of Capital Financing, HSBC
Spencer Lake was appointed Global Head of Capital Financing with effect from 2013. Capital Financing houses HSBC's Investment Banking products including Debt and Equity Capital Markets, Mergers & Acquisitions, Leveraged and Acquisition Finance, Credit & Lending, Project and Export Finance, and Asset Finance. Spencer was previously Co-Head of Global Markets with effect from 2011. Global Markets housed the bank's fixed income, commodities and equity activities across sales, trading, origination and research. Mr Lake was made a Group General Manager in 2012. Mr Lake joined HSBC in 2006 as Global Head of Debt Capital Markets and Acquisition Finance. He was also jointly responsible for HSBC's Government Sector. Mr Lake is a member of the Board of ICMA since 2011, Deputy Chairman since 2013, and Chairman since 2015. Prior to joining HSBC, Mr Lake had a 17 year career with Merrill Lynch in New York, Hong Kong, and London across a number of areas including real estate finance, investment banking, and debt capital markets. During his career at Merrill, Mr Lake ran Asian debt origination, started and managed European Public Sector origination, managed European Emerging Markets asset and liability origination, European financing and risk management, and prior to his departure, ran liability origination in the Pacific Rim (Japan, Asia-Pacific and Australasia). Before Merrill Lynch, Mr Lake worked for two years at JP Morgan in real estate investment banking.
David Landsman OBE
Executive Director, Tata Limited
David Landsman was appointed Executive Director of Tata Limited and representative of the Tata group in Europe in 2013. Globally, the group's combined annual revenues are in excess of $100billion, with around $40billion generated in Europe. Tata Limited's role includes supporting the group in Europe across a range of activities, including business development, corporate affairs, corporate responsibility and brand building. As Chairman of the Tata Network Forum (Europe), Dr Landsman plays a role in bringing together the expertise, experience and best practice of the Tata companies operating across Europe, including global brands such as Jaguar and Land Rover, Tata Steel, Tata Consultancy Services, Tata Chemicals, Tata Global Beverages and Taj Hotels. A key part of Dr Landsman's role is driving forward Tata's commitment to create long-term sustainable value for the group and the communities it serves; aligning the broad range of corporate responsibility initiatives, which vary from company to company across many countries; and promoting Tata's priority skills agenda. Tata is a major investor and manufacturer in Europe, employing a 60,000-strong workforce in more than 20 countries. Prior to joining Tata, Dr. Landsman was a career diplomat serving in a number of senior roles including Charge d'Affaires in Yugoslavia, Ambassador to Albania and Ambassador to Greece. He has also worked for De La Rue plc.
Donald MacDonald
Trustee Director, BT Pension Scheme; Board Chair, Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IGCC); Non-executive Director, Inflection Point Capital Management
Donald MacDonald became involved in the pensions and financial services sectors through his background in the telecommunications industry and the trades union movement. He is presently a member nominated Director of the Trustee Board of the BT Pension Scheme (BTPS). BTPS, a defined benefit (final salary) scheme, is the UK's largest corporate occupational pension fund with over 300,000 members and approximately £42 billion of assets. BTPS is a member of the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC), a European based investor forum that seeks to engage with policymakers, companies and investors on addressing long-term risks and opportunities associated with climate change. Mr MacDonald is the Chair of IIGCC's Board. IIGCC has 120 members with almost €13 trillions of assets under management. BTPS is also a founder member of the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI), and, prior to taking on his present role with IIGCC, Mr MacDonald was Chair of the PRI for four years following its launch by Kofi Annan in 2006. More recently, he has become an Non-executive Director with Inflection Point Capital Management whose mission is to mobilise the power of the financial markets and redirect investment flows to promote the global transition to a more environmentally and socially sustainable economy.
Maria Neira
Director of the Department of Public Health, Environmental and Social Determinants of Health,World Health Organization
Dr Maria Neira was appointed Director of the Department of Public Health, Environmental and Social Determinants of Health at the World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland in 2005. Prior to that, she was Vice-minister of Health and President of the Spanish Food Safety Agency. She had previously held senior positions in WHO as Director of the Control, Prevention and Eradication Programme on Communicable Diseases and as Coordinator of the Global Task Force on Cholera Control. Dr Neira began her career as a field physician and medical coordinator working with refugees in the Salvador and Honduras and later as a public health adviser in Mozambique and Rwanda. Dr Neira is a Spanish national, and a medical doctor by training. She specialized in Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases and also obtained an International Diploma in Emergency Preparedness and Crisis Management. Among her many distinctions, Dr Neira has been awarded the Médaille de l'Ordre national du Mérite by the Government of France and is a member of the Academy of Medicine, Asturias, Spain.
Peder Holk Nielsen
President and Chief Executive Officer, Novozymes
In 2013, Peder Holk Nielsen took over as the second Chief Executive Officer of Novozymes. Mr Nielsen has dedicated his career to the field of industrial biotechnology, beginning in 1984 as a Product Manager in the Enzymes Division of Novo A/S. Through the years, Mr Nielsen has worked in many different parts of the business, not only shaping the company as it is today but also solidifying the market insight and research capabilities that will foster Novozymes of tomorrow. From 1987 he became Head of the New Business Development Group. He took over as Vice-president in Research and Dvelopment in 1990. In 1995 Mr Nielsen joined the management team of the enzyme business in Novo Nordisk A/S initially as Vice-president of Development and Quality management, and from 1999 he led Sales and Marketing in the enzymes business. With the creation of Novozymes in 2000, Mr Nielsen continued running the operational side of the business as Executive Vice-president. In 2007, he assumed leadership for all of Enzyme Business, including production, procurement, development and quality management. During his many years in the management teams of the Novozymes business, Mr Nielsen has focused his attention on developing the organization and processes to effectively can turn customer insights into product ideas and deliver solutions that excite Novozymes' customers. Often he has been directly involved in leading such ventures as was the case when Novozymes built its partnerships in biomass conversion. Mr Nielsen serves on the Board of Directors of Hempel A/S, and of LEO Pharma A/S.
Timothy Nixon
Managing Editor of Sustainability, Thomson Reuters
Timothy Nixon is a Founder and the Managing Editor of the sustainability site at Thomson Reuters. He is also Director of Sustainability at Thomson Reuters, and has ongoing engagement with thought leaders across a wide spectrum of NGO and private-sector partners. He has spoken at global policy-making events, including for example the World Bank Land and Poverty Conference, UN PRI Annual Meeting and the first global meeting of UNEA (United Nations Environment Assembly). He is also the author of numerous blogs on Thomson Reuters Knowledge Effect and a report on the Global 500 greenhouse gas emission trends. Mr Nixon is a lawyer by training and has spent most of his career working with diverse collaborators to build change-leading initiatives.
Kyung-Ah Park
Managing Director, Head of Environmental Markets Group, Goldman Sachs
Kyung-Ah Park is a managing director and the head of Environmental Markets at Goldman Sachs. In that capacity, she oversees and supports the global environmental initiatives of Goldman Sachs including environmental risk management and works closely with the businesses on environmental market opportunities. She also heads the Center for Environmental Markets, which partners with corporates, nongovernmental organizations, and academic institutions to facilitate research and develop pilot projects that inform public policy and further market-based solutions to environmental issues. Ms Park serves on the Firmwide Physical Commodity Review Committee. Previously, she was a Vice-president in the Industrials Group in the Investment Banking Division and an executive director of Goldman Sachs (Asia) LLC. Sm Park joined Goldman Sachs in the Mergers and Acquisitions Department in New York. Prior to joining the firm, Ms Park worked as a management consultant at McKinsey & Company in Seoul, Korea, and Johannesburg, South Africa. Ms Park serves on the Board of Directors of Girls Inc. of NYC.
Mark Suzman
President, Global Policy and Advocacy and Chief Strategy Officer, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Mark Suzman, President, Global Policy and Advocacy and Chief Strategy Officer, leads the foundation's efforts to build strategic relationships with governments, private philanthropists, and other key partners to increase awareness, action, and resources devoted to global development and health. He also oversees the foundation's regional offices and strategic presence in Europe, Africa, China, and India, as well as a grant portfolio supporting cross-cutting policy research, advocacy, and select country-level delivery efforts. Mr Suzman joined the foundation in 2007 as Director of Global Development Policy, Advocacy, and Special Initiatives. In 2012, he was appointed President of Global Policy, Advocacy, and Country Programs. Prior to joining the foundation in 2007, Mr Suzman held multiple positions at the United Nations, including senior advisor for policy and strategic communications in the Office of the Secretary General, and Policy Director in the Office of the Administrator of the United Nations Development Program. Prior to working for the U.N., he was a correspondent for the Financial Times in Johannesburg, London, and Washington D.C.
Steve Waygood
Chief Responsible Investment Officer, Aviva Investors
Steve Waygood leads Aviva Investors' Global Responsible Investment team. This team is responsible for integrating environmental social and corporate governance (ESG) issues across all asset classes and regions of the c£250bn of assets under management. Mr Waygood founded the Sustainable Stock Exchange initiative as well as the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Coalition, which is aiming to catalyse a UN Convention promoting enhanced corporate transparency and integrated reporting. His work became a case study in the Harvard Business School MBA in 2012. Mr Waygood received the Leadership in Sustainability award from the Corporation of London in 2013, and he became an Ambassador for the International Integrated Reporting Council. He was a member of the UK Government delegation to the UN Rio+20 meeting in 2012, and a member of the European Commission's expert groups on corporate governance and corporate responsibility. In 2011 he received the Yale Rising Star in Corporate Governance Award, and he was among the Financial News Top 100 Rising Stars in 2009. Mr Waygood was on the board of the UK Sustainable Investment & Finance association (UKSIF) from 2003 to 2010, serving as its Chairman from 2006. He was also part of the expert group that wrote the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment. Mr Waygood is a member of the Chartered Financial Analyst institute, He is a faculty member at the International Corporate Governance Network as well as the Cambridge University Programme for Sustainability Leadership.
Chief Technology Officer, Big Green Innovations, IBM
Peter Williams is the Chief Technology Officer, Big Green Innovations, at IBM. His focus areas are resilience to natural disasters and chronic stresses; Smarter Cities, with special reference to water management, covering entire water resources (for example entire rivers or aquifers), utility infrastructures, and enterprise water management; and cloud computing for government. He has had a major role in developing the intellectual foundation for IBM's "Smarter Planet" and "Smarter Cities" initiatives, and in identifying and integrating their technological components - both IBM-originated and from outside the company. Dr Williams holds the title of IBM Distinguished Engineer, and is also a visiting lecturer on Smarter Cities and Communities at Stanford University. By background, he is a strategy and change consultant with well over 20 years' experience of bringing technology and business issues together to develop novel solutions and business models. He holds or co-holds, or has pending, nine US patents.
REGISTRATION AND REFRESHMENTS
CHAIR'S OPENING REMARKS
Daniel Franklin
Executive Editor, The Economist and Editor, The World in...
Daniel Franklin has been Executive Editor of The Economist since 2006 and Editor since 2003 of The Economist's annual publication, "The World in…"; which focuses on the year ahead. His book on long-term trends, "Megachange: The World in 2050", was published in 2012. Mr Franklin joined The Economist in 1983 to write about Soviet and East European affairs. As the newspaper's Europe Editor from 1986 to 1992 he covered the great European upheavals, from the collapse of communism to the signing of the Maastricht treaty. After a stint as Britain Editor he moved to the United States as Washington Bureau Chief, covering the first Clinton term. In 1997 he moved back to London as Editorial Director of the Economist Intelligence Unit. From 2006 to 2010 he was Editor-in-Chief of Economist.com. For the following four years he was Business Affairs Editor, running the paper's coverage of business, finance, science and technology. He helps with new initiatives undertaken by The Economist Group. His special report on corporate social responsibility, "Just good business", was published in 2008.
Miranda Johnson
Environment Correspondent, The Economist
Miranda Johnson is The Economist's environment correspondent and attended COP21 climate negotiations in Paris last year. Prior to this role she lived in Atlanta to cover America's South for the newspaper. Miranda's varied interests mean she has written for the International, United States, Britain, Science, Finance and Business sections on topics from youth unemployment to seed banks and smartphones to fiscal corruption. She has also overseen online Science coverage and served as an editorial assistant on The World in 2014.
KEYNOTE INTERVIEW: LAYING THE FRAMEWORK FOR GLOBAL SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
In a world of seven billion people with a GWP of over US $70 trillion , social and environmental impacts are becoming ever more apparent. As economies and populations continue to surge, so too does the need for a bold framework to transform the path of global development from untenable and short-term oriented to forward-looking and sustainable. But what will the new framework look like and what first steps can we take now, whilst the fate of our people and planet is still firmly in our hands, towards achieving a viable future?
Sharan Burrow
General Secretary, International Trade Union Confederation; Commissioner, The New Climate Economy
Sharan Burrow was re-elected for a second term as General Secretary of the International Trade Union Confederation at the ITUC World Congress in 2014. Previously President of the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) from 2000 – 2010, Ms Burrow led union negotiations on major economic reforms and in labour rights campaigns. The ITUC is the world's peak labour union body and has grown to represent 180 million workers in 162 countries and territories with 333 national affiliates. Ms Burrow is well known for her international advocacy on labour standards, corporate responsibility, climate change, investment in infrastructure and the green economy, investment in the care economy, women, equality and diversity, global migration and employment. She has represented workers and civil society groups in global policy discussions in United Nations bodies, including ECOSOC , on the Governing Body of the International Labour Organisation as well as at the G20, World Bank and International Monetary Fund. Ms Burrow is one of the B Team leaders, a commissioner on the Global Commission on Business and Sustainable Development and the New Climate Economy Global Commission on the Economy and Climate. In 2015 she was a Co-chair of the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos.
The ITUC is a supporter of the UN Principles for Responsible Investment (UN PRI). Under Ms Burrow's leadership the ITUC's Workers' Capital Committee has been strengthened. More than US$ 13 trillion of retirement funds are under joint trustee management and the ITUC and its affiliates are active in both trustee education, corporate governance and shareholder activism.
MINISTERS' DISCUSSION: EMBEDDING SUSTAINABILITY INTO NATIONAL POLICY
Over the past few years, social and environmental sustainability has begun to creep up the list of national priorities for governments around the globe. This international panel of Ministers will highlight key successes and challenges in implementing long-term, sustainable policies. What role does the public sector have to play in future-proofing its society? Where can public-private and regional partnerships be utilised to further the sustainability agenda? What investments need to be made where, and by whom?
Masagos Zulkifli
Minister for the Environment and Water Resources, Singapore
Masagos Zulkifli is Singapore's Minister for the Environment and Water Resources which oversees the National Environment Agency and PUB, Singapore's National Water Agency. Mr Zulkifli entered politics in 2006, after being elected as Member of Parliament for Tampines Group Representation Constituency, and was appointed Senior Parliamentary Secretary for the Ministry of Education. Prior to that, Mr Zulkifli was working in Singapore Telecommunications Limited and last held the position of CEO, SingTel Global Offices. From 2008 to 2014, Mr Zulkifli held other positions within the Singapore Government, within the ministries of Foreign Affairs and Home Affairs. He took on his current appointment in 2015.
MORNING REFRESHMENT BREAK
PRESENTATION: THE ROLE OF INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS AND CAPITAL MARKETS IN A LOW CARBON TRANSITION
What are the implications of COP 21 for institutional investors and capital markets? Governments are taking actions to align policies and strengthen their domestic enabling an environment for mobilising low-carbon investments by institutional investors. But both sides of the risk-return equation are relevant to institutional investors. Efforts are underway to analyse, understand and hedge climate change risk (physical, liability and transition risks). There are portfolio disclosure and decarbonisation strategies, direct investment in assets, green bonds, co-investments, and emerging market considerations among many others. What is the role of government and the role for investors?
Rintaro Tamaki
Deputy secretary-general, OECD
Mr Rintaro Tamaki was appointed deputy secretary-general of the OECD on August 1, 2011. His portfolio includes the strategic direction of OECD policy on environment, green growth, taxation, financial and enterprise affairs & anti-corruption, along with representing the OECD at the Financial Stability Board meetings.
Prior to joining the OECD Mr Tamaki, a Japanese national, was vice-minister of finance for international affairs at the Ministry of Finance, Government of Japan.
During his prominent 35-year career at the Japanese Ministry of Finance, Mr Tamaki has worked on various budget, taxation, international finance and development issues. He worked as part of the OECD Secretariat from 1978 – 1980 in the Economic Prospects Division and from 1983 – 1986 in the Fiscal Affairs Division of the Directorate for Financial, Fiscal and Enterprise Affairs (DAFFE). In 1994 Mr Tamaki was posted to the World Bank as alternate executive director for Japan and in 2002 as finance minister at the Embassy of Japan in Washington DC. He then became deputy director-general (2005), before becoming director-general (2007) and subsequently vice-minister for international affairs (2009) at the Ministry of Finance.
Mr Tamaki graduated in 1976, with an L.L.B. from the University of Tokyo. He has held academic positions at the University of Tokyo and Kobe University. He has published books and articles on international institutions, the international monetary system, development, debt and taxation.
INTERVIEW: REORIENTING THE GLOBAL CAPITAL MARKETPLACE
This discussion will explore the role of regulatory guidance in encouraging the transition to socially and environmentally sustainable growth. How can we encode sustainable practices into the DNA of the global capital marketplace? Can we redesign the markets to be not only economically sound but also environmentally aligned and inclusive? How should we address the tension between fiduciary duty and responsible investment? How can policy-makers embed sustainability into policies that have an effect beyond their borders in a complimentary way? What benchmarks could we measure progress against?
PRESENTATION: THE VALUE-AT-RISK OF INACTION
A leader in the global insurance industry will share a vision of the future in which we continue down a path of unsustainable development. What will the value-at-risk (VaR) look like for companies, economies and even the world at large? What is the potential loss and the likelihood of these scenarios occurring? And critically, can we reverse our course?
NETWORKING LUNCH
AFTERNOON KEYNOTE ADDRESS: SDGS IN FOCUS—WHAT WILL THEY MEAN FOR BUSINESS?
Finalised in September 2015, the Sustainable Development Goals give a clear set of targets for governments to strive towards. But what will these new goals mean for the private sector? What are the business implications of moving towards the SDGs? Will there be any incentives for companies to contribute and opportunities for new private-public partnerships? Will increased resource efficiency have a role to play?
Professor of Resources and Environmental Policy, UCL Institute for Sustainable Resources; Member of the International Resource Panel, United Nations Environment Programme
HARD TALK: HOLDING INVESTORS TO ACCOUNT
The present economic system does little to reward responsible investment practices, measuring success almost entirely in financial terms. However asset owners, in deciding how and where to deploy their capital, possess great power over those businesses and areas in which they invest. How can we harness this influence to encourage growth in socially and environmentally sound sectors? Should we push for active divestment from certain areas? And realistically, do sustainable investments actually yield better returns for shareholders in the long-run?
Claudia Kruse
Managing Director, Head of Governance and Sustainability, APG Asset Management
As Managing Director Sustainability and Governance, Claudia Kruse is part of the management team of APG Asset Management reporting into the Chief Information Officer. APG manages over EUR 400 billion on behalf of Dutch pension funds, and her team implements the responsible investment policy across all asset classes with a focus on active ownership and tailored Environmental Social and Corporate Governance integration. Before joining APG in 2009, she worked on the buy and sell-side in Responsible Investing in London for almost a decade. Ms Kruse has inter alia published on the Governance of Sustainability and the integration of ESG factors into remuneration which reflects her strong belief in the connection between good governance and sustainability. She is on Board of Eumedion, the Dutch Corporate Governance platform, chairs the Integrated Business Reporting Committee of the International Corporate Governance Network (ICGN) and is a member of the International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC). In 2016 she was appointed to the German Government's Corporate Governance Code Commission. She was included in the list of 40 under 40 by Financial News and AiCIO.
AFTERNOON REFRESHMENT BREAK
PRESENTATION: FINANCING SUSTAINABILITY
The COP21 talks in Paris were a success, but now money must walk the talk. Looking forward, we must now find a way to finance the transition from high to low carbon and to a two-degree world. How can we close the estimated $70 billion gap by 2020? This session will explore solutions for this funding challenge and the associated risks and business implications.
INTERVIEW: SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT FOR THE WORLD'S POOREST
The effects of climate change will be most catastrophic for the world's poorest people. What should we be doing now to mitigate that impact? And how can we make investments now that will contribute to long-term social, environmental and economic improvements for everyone, everywhere? This conversation will touch on the approach of the world's largest philanthropy as well as the vital role of CSO organisations in the creation and execution of national plans for development.
INDUSTRY LEADERS' DISCUSSION: DEFINING THE BUSINESS CASE FOR SUSTAINABILITY
Little by little the private sector is recognising that a focus on short-term profits alone simply is not enough. In broadening their view of the world and responding to the environmental and social factors at play, some business leaders are moving to adopt more sustainable practices and in some cases are developing entirely new business models. But what does a sustainable and profitable business strategy actually look like? How can we redefine the business case to look beyond cost savings and reputational risks? What changes must be made to allow leadership teams to act more boldly in this arena?
Executive Director Tata Limited
CHAIR'S CLOSING REMARKS
Daniel Franklin is executive editor of The Economist and editor (since 2003) of The Economist's annual publication, The World in…, which focuses on the year ahead. His book on long-term trends, Megachange: The World in 2050, was published in 2012, and its successor, Megatech: Technology in 2050, will be published in February 2017. Mr Franklin joined The Economist in 1983 to write about Soviet and East European affairs. As the newspaper's Europe editor from 1986 to 1992 he covered the great European upheavals, from the collapse of communism to the signing of the Maastricht treaty. After a stint as Britain editor he moved to the United States as Washington bureau chief, covering the first Clinton term. In 1997 he moved back to London as editorial director of The Economist Intelligence Unit. From 2006 to 2010 he was editor-in-chief of Economist.com, and then for four years served as business affairs editor, running the paper's coverage of business, finance, science and technology.
Miranda Johnson is The Economist's environment correspondent. Prior to this role, she was US southeast correspondent based in Atlanta. Miranda's varied interests mean she has written for the International, United States, Britain, Science and Business sections on topics from youth unemployment to energy policy and smartphones to fiscal corruption. She also edited relevant online coverage as a science correspondent and served as the editorial assistant for The World in 2014.
CLOSE OF DAY ONE
THE BIGGER PICTURE: PEOPLE, PLANET AND PROSPERITY
David Nussbaum
Chief Executive Officer, WWF UK
Since 2007, David Nussbaum has been the UK Chief Executive Officer of WWF, the world's largest conservation and environmental network. He chairs WWF's Global Climate and Energy Initiative and he's passionate about the role of sustainable business and government leadership in helping to solve the biggest environmental challenges facing the planet. In 2013, Mr Nussbaum launched a new strategy for WWF-UK to address pressing challenges such as reducing carbon emissions, promoting a greener economy, promoting sustainable trade in timber and seafood, improving the health of rivers in the UK and overseas, safeguarding forests and oceans, and restoring wildlife.
KEYNOTE INTERVIEW: LOCAL LEADERSHIP WITH A GLOBAL IMPACT
Within cities lie the forces that drive the world. This interview will explore the structural initiatives being taken within one global hub to reduce climate risks whilst enhancing resilience and increasing the wellbeing of its urban denizens.
MAKING CONNECTIONS: EXPLORING THE INTERLINKAGES BETWEEN HUMAN AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
The modern sustainability agenda looks at neither environmental impacts nor social issues as isolated challenges, but rather is beginning to focus on the intersection of these two critical components. In this session, a thought-leader will explore this new way of thinking, highlighting human health as a chiasma between social and environmental sustainability.
IN CONVERSATION: HARMONISING VALUE CHAINS ACROSS THE FOOD-WATER-ENERGY NEXUS
By 2030 it is estimated that we will need 30% more water, 40% more energy and 50% more food, a truly daunting challenge. The United Nations describes food, water and energy as 'inextricably linked' yet more often than not, they are treated in a siloed manner and cross-sectoral impacts are ignored. Here we discuss the application of a nexus approach to value chains and the potential benefits of adopting a more holistic sustainability strategy. How can we escape a perpetual tragedy of the commons and horizons mentality?
Brett Begemann is President and Chief Operating Officer, overseeing commercial, manufacturing and supply chain operations in row crops, vegetables and crop protection with the aim of accelerating Monsanto's growth potential around the world. Mr Begemann formerly served as Monsanto's Executive Vice-president and Chief Commercial Officer. As President and Chief Operating Officer, Mr Begemann is focused on enhancing global coordination, growth and operational efficiencies across the company, including increasing manufacturing and supply-chain efficiency; ensuring a strong strategic linkage between crop protection and seeds and traits, and ensuring the commercial development of the company's next-generation of growth drivers. These drivers include growth opportunities in the company's established markets, new markets like Eastern Europe, China and Latin America, as well as through the next wave of agriculture innovations in precision agriculture and ag biologicals. Mr Begemann joined the former Monsanto Company in 1983 as a sales representative in Minnesota. He currently serves on the Board of Directors at Eastman Chemical and is the Vice-chair of the US Chamber of Commerce-affiliated Brazil-US Business Council. He is also a member of the Board of Trustees at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center and a member of the Vice Chancellor's Leadership Council at the University of Missouri-Columbia.
IN CONVERSATION: HIGHLIGHTING FUTURE LEADERS
In this session we will hear from the next generation of leaders in sustainability as they share their priorities and ambitions to shape our future.
Boyat Slat
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, The Ocean Cleanup
Boyan Slat is a Dutch entrepreneur and inventor who creates technologies to tackle global issues of sustainability. He is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of The Ocean Cleanup, where he is responsible for overall strategy and cleanup technology development. Instead of going after the plastic, Mr Slat devised a system though which, driven by the ocean currents, the plastic would concentrate itself, reducing the theoretical cleanup time from millennia to mere years. In 2013 he dropped out of his Aerospace Engineering study to start The Ocean Cleanup. In 2014, having lead an international team of 100 scientists and engineers for a year, the concept turned out to be 'likely a technically feasible and financially viable' method to clean up half the Great Pacific Garbage Patch in 10 years' time. Mr Slat has been recognized as one of the 20 Most Promising Young Entrepreneurs Worldwide (Intel EYE50), and was crowned 2014 Champion of the Earth, the United Nations' highest environmental accolade. In 2015, HM King Harald of Norway awarded him the maritime industry's Young Entrepreneur Award, and Foreign Policy magazine included Mr Slat in their 2015 list of Global Thinkers. The Ocean Cleanup has been recognized as one of the Designs of the Year by the London Design Museum, is recipient of the 2015 INDEX Design Award, won Fast Company's 2015 Innovation by Design award, and has been chosen by TIME magazine as one of the 25 best inventions of 2015.
INTERVIEW: EXPLORING THE FUTURE OF TECHNOLOGY AND SPORT
CLOSE OF SUMMIT AND LUNCH
STREAM 1: Case study: Innovating in the face of adversity
Africa's trade suffers from poor infrastructure. Even though sub-Saharan Africa contains more than a billion potential customers, in reality it is made up of lots of small markets due to the lack of adequate infrastructure. If Africa is going to achieve broad economic transformation, become more prosperous and competitive, the continent will need to solve the infrastructure conundrum. What is needed to dramatically improve Africa's infrastructure? What innovative solutions are available and how feasible are they? Is off-grid innovative infrastructure the way forward? Can the circular economy play a role?
Tejinder Singh
Managing Director and Regional Head-West Africa, Standard Chartered
Mkola Tambwe
Senior Investment Officer, African Development Bank
Mkola Saleh Tambwe is a senior investment officer working in the financial sector department of the African Development Bank. She has been with the AfDB for over 6 years, having spent her first 5 years at the bank establishing and implementing the trade finance department. Prior to working for the AfDB, Mkola worked at Standard Chartered Bank Tanznaia in the credit risk department where she began her career as an analyst in credit risk, eventually becoming head of sales and credit services. Mkola has also worked with Citibank Tanzania and Diamond Trust Bank.
At the very centre of London's famous financial district, Banking Hall straddles Cornhill and Lombard Street, overlooking the Bank of England. The Grade II listed Main Hall was designed in the 1930s and has a unique Art Deco charm, with a Mezzanine level that looks out over the Bank of England.
Banking Hall 14 Cornhill, London
Banking Hall
14 Cornhill - London
Monsanto Company is dedicated to providing farmers the broadest choice of products and services that will help them produce more, conserve more and lead improved lives.
UPS is a global leader in logistics, offering solutions including transporting packages and freight; facilitating global trade, and advanced technologies to efficiently manage global business. We're Committed to More™ – more sustainable solutions, more connections around the world, more ways to take action and give back.
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Porter Novelli recognise, respect and champion companies with the spirit, drive and tenacity to do things differently. We like taking on big challenges and we seek out clients who feel the same way—clients who have the conviction to tell their own story and the courage to innovate.
Carbon Trust
The Carbon Trust is an independent, expert partner of leading organisations around the world.
C40 is a network of 83 of the world's megacities committed to addressing climate change. Created and led by cities, C40 helps drive urban action that reduces greenhouse gas emissions and climate risks, while increasing the health, wellbeing and economic opportunities of urban citizens.
The CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems
The CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems is a global research partnership that delivers integrated solutions that address key global challenges including poverty, water scarcity and climate variability. WLE considers a healthy functioning ecosystem a prerequisite to resilient of food systems and human well-being.
Forum for the Future
Forum for the Future is an independent non-profit that works globally with business, government and others to solve complex sustainability challenges. For 19 years, we have worked with pioneering partners such as Unilever, PepsiCo, and Telefonica O2 to transform key systems and shape a brighter future.
Greenleaf Publishing
Greenleaf Publishing is a fully independent publisher specialising in corporate responsibility, business ethics, future business strategy and practice, environmental policy, and sustainable development. We work closely with leading business practitioners and academics to share best practice in corporate sustainability, through our books and online collections.
The Institute of Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability is the UK's professional body for everyone committed to responsible and sustainable business. Established by professionals for professionals, the Institute ensures that individuals and organisations in the CR and sustainability sector have the recognition and support they need.
UKSIF
The UK Sustainable Investment and Finance Association (UKSIF) is the membership association for sustainable and responsible financial services.
Founded in 1991, we have approx. 240 members and affiliates including institutional and retail fund managers, pension funds, banks, consultants and more.
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There's a brand new little baby Chesson in ma belly. Due December 2nd! I am thirteen weeks along at this point, and we are super excited! The best (and cutest) deployment homecoming gift ever ❤.
This new baby and Ford will only be a little over 16 months apart, so it'll be a crazy adventure for sure, but one we are so ready and excited for!! In other related news, once we found out we were pregnant with number two (you could say it was a tad bit of a surprise 😉), we decided it was time to get out of the Army. Seth didn't want to have any more deployments with kids, and I was definitely enthusiastically supportive of no more deployments while single parenting two kids that are just a tad over one year apart…yikes.
So the general plan is for Seth to get out of the Army mid January, about a month and a half after baby #2 is born! SO – those several months are going to be wild and crazy…having a new baby, getting out of the Army, the unknown of Seth's new job, moving (hopefully to North Carolina!), and adapting to non-Army civilian life, which will be new to us since we've been in the Army since college!
It's definitely a fantastic opportunity to lean in and rest all those fears and anxieties that come with all these brand new, potentially stressful events on God and trust fully that he has a plan for our future and he's in control. So far, that's been working out great, but I know it'll be harder to rest all that on him as we get closer to go time!
Anyyyyway – I had to take a break from the food goodness to let you in on our BIG family news! I've been dying to tell you for weeks now, but I wanted to clear the first trimester first 🙌🏻.
Check out Ford's t-shirt – it's how we announced the pregnancy on social media. If you can't see it in the picture, it says "Big Bro est. 2018." How cute is Ford?? It's painful. Actually both guys in this picture are easy on the eyes. I have some handsome boys in my life 😉. We can't wait to have another squishy little baby in our house! We know it will be wild and crazy, but the best kind of wild and crazy 😍.
Thank you so much for this comment, Amy! I love hearing about people's positive experiences with kids so close in age. It makes me even more excited and a little less nervous :). You rock!
First……..thank y'all for your service. God bless all of you. I was a Navy bride with a Hubs in VietNam. I remember.
Super congrats with Baby #2….. My two girls were 22 mos apart. Girl, you are a strong Mother!!!!!! I went cray-cray for sure. Looking back, what a crazy time. We lived thru it.
Starving for your Chicken Curry………Hubs just ask me to make it this week.
P.S. Whew it's warm in KC this week.
Thanks, Ter'e! It will be crazy crazy for sure! We're excited for the crazy, though :). Yesss the chicken curry! So delicious. It's warm in Manhattan, KS, too, and I'm LOVING IT.


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Mmm. Rotisserie chicken as in, like, a Peruvian-style rotisserie chicken place or something like Lincoln Station, where you can get a rotisserie chicken plus side dishes and it is relatively healthy?
Walked past yesterday and they have a paper taped to the door with the name 'Lula Bird'. Sounds like it's shaping up!
New awning, new interior, and a sign on the door that says they will open next week!
Tried this place out tonight, and was very impressed. Really tasty chicken, and reasonable prices. Hope they succeed.
Haven't been yet, but snapped a pic of the menu on my way home. There were about three people waiting for takeout orders. I intend to be a customer very soon!


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1606 Mercator Hondius Map of Florida, Carolina, and Virginia
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The most important and influential map of Virginia and Carolina to appear in the 17th century.
Virginiae Item et Floridae Americae Provinciarum, nova Descriptio.
1606 (undated) 14 x 19.5 in (35.56 x 49.53 cm) 1 : 3000000
Published in 1606 by the Mercator/Hondius firm, this is the most influential map of the southeastern part of North America to emerge in the 17th century and the first map to depict Virginia and Florida. Entitled, Virginiae Item et Floridae, Hondius' map covers from the Spanish colony of St. Augustine northwards, past the Outer Banks of the Carolinas, as far north as the entrada to the Chesapeake Bay. Cartographically Hondius' map is a synthesis of the two landmark North American maps of the previous century, the 1591 Jacques Le Moyne map of Florida and the 1590 John White map of Virginia and Carolina, both of which were published by Theodore de Bry. The influence of this map, augmented by the gravity of the Mercator name, defined the cartographic perspective of the American southeast well into the 18th century, propagating in the process a number of erroneous conventions that would appear on maps well into the 1700s.
The Legacy of a 16th Century French Attempt to Colonize Florida
Despite several clear sources, Hondius' map is a unique production with several important innovations. The most notable of these deal with the lakes and rivers found in the southwestern quadrant of the map. This region was tenuously mapped by the French during their disastrous attempt to settle the Florida between 1552 and 1565, when they were finally driven out by the Spaniards of St. Augustine. Le Moyne was part of this expedition and, although the French settlers likely did very little actual mapping of the interior, good terms with the indigenous Floridians did enable them to produce an impressive and surprisingly accurate early map of the southeast. The Le Moyne - De Bry map, as it is known, identifies several major lakes in the interior of Florida, all of which are noted here, nonetheless, where Le Moyne was surprisingly accurate, Hondius' interpretation is surprisingly erroneous.
Mythical Great Lakes in the American Southeast
The most significant deviation from Le Moyne's map is Hondius' placement of the River May and Lake Apalachy, here identified as the Lacus Aquae Dulcis (Sweet Water Lake). Where Le Moyne correctly mapped the River May (St. John's River, Florida) in an inverted 'V' form, first heading north, then south to meet with a large inland lake (in all likely hood Lake George or one of the other great inland lakes of Florida), Hondius maps the course of the May heading from the northwest, thus relocating the Lacus Aquae Dulcis far to the north. This error can be understood in terms of magnetic variation, temperature issues associated with isothermal lines, and navigational errors related to the confusion of the star Asfick with Polaris. While Le Moyne correctly located the mouth of the River May at 30 degrees of latitude, Hondius maps it between 31 and 32 degrees. This led to an erroneous association of the River May with the Savannah River. Thus, while the River May dips southward, the Savannah River heads almost directly northwest into the Appellation Mountains, forming the modern southern border of South Carolina. Hondius, no doubt taking his cue from navigators who rarely trekked inland, therefore rerouted the May River to flow from the northwest. Without an accurate picture if the interior, Hondius followed Le Moyne's example and translocated the great freshwater lake to the north. Others have speculated that the Le Moyne's River May is in fact the St. John's River, and that the Lacus Aquae Dulcis is in fact the Okefenokee Swamp - but this argument does not coincide with most scholarship. The influence of the Mercator-Hondius firm was so pronounced in Europe that most subsequent cartographers followed their lead. Lacus Aquae Dulcis appeared in maps by Jansson, Laet, Janszoon, Blaeu, Allard, Ogilby, Speed, Homann and others well into the 18th century, becoming one of Hondius' most tenacious legacies.
The Mysterious Waterfall Lake
Another curious and striking element drawn directly from the Le Moyne map is the curious lake fed by an enormous waterfall. To our knowledge, there are but two maps that depict this lake, this being the second. Some believe this unusual lake may have been based on native legends of Niagara Falls. A note near the lake and falls claims the natives of this land find grains of silver in its waters. The sources for this lake are, unfortunately, as unclear in this map as they were in Le Moyne's and will most likely remain a mystery. The third mysterious lake, Sarrope, appearing the southwestern quadrant, is most likely a flawed mapping of Lake Okeechobee, as Le Moyne places it much further to the south in roughly the correct position. To our knowledgably only 4 maps illustrate this lake and waterfall as here.
One of the Earliest Maps to depict and name the Appalachian Mountains
Like the Le Moyne map, this map is also one of the earliest maps to depict and name the Appalachian Mountains, here identified as Apalatcy Montes. A note suggests that ' Apalatcy,' a term presumably derived from a once populous American Indian nation inhabiting the Pensacola region, are rich in gold and silver. Later 19th century discoveries in the Carolinas indeed lead to a minor gold rush.
To the east and north of Port Royal, the former site of the failed 1552 French colony, Hondius draws most of his cartography from John White's map of 1590. This map, which is the first to accurately detail the Grand Banks, was drawn by White following Sir Walter Raleigh's mysterious and ill-fated 1585 attempt to colonize Roanoke Island. Hondius' takes far fewer liberties with White's work than he did with Le Moyne's, following closely on the cartography of the older map, although he has included a few Spanish names including C. S. Romano Hispanis, Medano, and Hispanis. These names most are most likely derived from early Spanish forays up the North American coast from St. Augustine, desite the fact that few of these expeditions yielded discoveries of any note.
A Persistent Distortion of the American Coastline
Another noteworthy error is the jutting distorted horizontal projection of Virginia-Carolina, which erroneously places Carolina and the Outer Banks too far to the east. This error follows on earlier maps and relates to difficulties 16th century mariners experienced in calculating longitude and accounting for magnetic variance. It was not until the invention of the marine chronometer in 1714 that longitude cold be accurately measured at sea. Nonetheless, one can image the misrepresentation being problematic for earlier sailors short on supplies after a lengthy trans-Atlantic crossing. Fortunately, most ships navigating to this region would have stopped first in the West Indies then followed the coast northward rather than make directly for the colonies along the Grand Banks. This approach no doubt influenced the longevity of this cartographic apocrypha.
This map is further profusely illustrated with various decorative illustrative elements drawn from early encounters with American Indians nations. These include a Floridian King and Queen, sea monsters, and an American Indian fishing canoe taken from De Bry. To the right and left of the title cartouche, upper left quadrant, are views of American Indian villages, illustrating the construction differences between Florida and Virginia villages.
The Mercator/Hondius Virginiae Item et Floridiae map remained the most important map of the North American southeast for nearly 70 years, until superseded by the 1672 publication of Ogilby-Moxon's Description of Carolina. It was published in numerous editions in various languages, but there is only one state as the map remained unaltered in all subsequent publications. From the verso text, we can identify this example as being drawn from the 1609 French edition of Gerard Mercator and Jodocus Hondius' Atlas. Mercator died in 1594 and though the maps and atlas bear his name, most of the individual maps were edited and updated by Hondius prior to the 1606 Atlas publication.
Jodocus Hondius (October, 14 1563 - February 12, 1612) was an important Dutch cartographer active in the late 16th and early 17th centuries. His common name, Jodocus Hondius is actually a Latinized version of his Dutch name, Joost de Hondt. He is also sometimes referred to as Jodocus Hondius the Elder to distinguish him from his sons. Hondius was a Flemish artist, engraver, and cartographer. He is best known for his early maps of the New World and Europe, for re-establishing the reputation of the work of Gerard Mercator, and for his portraits of Francis Drake. Hondius was born and raised in Ghent. In his early years he established himself as an engraver, instrument maker and globe maker. In 1584 he moved to London to escape religious difficulties in Flanders. During his stay in England, Hondius was instrumental in publicizing the work of Francis Drake, who had made a circumnavigation of the world in the late 1570s. In particular, in 1589 Hondius produced a now famous map of the cove of New Albion, where Drake briefly established a settlement on the west coast of North America. Hondius' map was based on journal and eyewitness accounts of the trip and has long fueled speculation about the precise location of Drake's landing, which has not yet been firmly established by historians. Hondius is also thought to be the artist of several well-known portraits of Drake that are now in the National Portrait Gallery in London. In 1593, Hondius returned to Amsterdam, where he remained until the end of his life. In 1604, he purchased the plates of Gerard Mercator's Atlas from Mercator's grandson. Mercator's work had languished in comparison to the rival atlas, Theatrum Orbis Terrarum by Ortelius. Hondius republished Mercator's work with 36 additional maps, including several which he himself produced. Despite the addition of his own contributions, Hondius recognizing the prestige of Mercator's name, gave Mercator full credit as the author of the work, listing himself as the publisher. Hondius' new edition of Mercator revived the great cartographer's reputation and was a great success, selling out after a year. Hondius later published a second edition, as well as a pocket version called the Atlas Minor. The maps have since become known as the "Mercator/Hondius series". Between 1605 and 1610 Hondius was employed by John Speed to engrave the plates for Speed's The Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine. Following Hondius' death in 1612, his publishing work in Amsterdam was continued by his widow and two sons, Jodocus II and Henricus. Later his family formed a partnership with Jan Jansson, whose name appears on the Atlas as co-publisher after 1633. Eventually, starting with the first 1606 edition in Latin, about 50 editions of the Atlas were released in the main European languages. In the Islamic world, the atlas was partially translated by the Turkish scholar Katip Çelebi. The series is sometimes called the 'Mercator/Hondius/Jansson' series because of Jansson's later contributions. Hondius' is also credited with a number of important cartographic innovations including the introduction of decorative map borders and contributions to the evolution of 17th century Dutch wall maps. The work of Hondius was essential to the establishment Amsterdam as the center of cartography in Europe in the 17th century.
Gerard Mercator (1512 - 1594) is a seminal figure in the history of cartography. Mercator's calculations and map designs redefined the 16th century concept of cartography and were the first to break away from the Ptolemy model. Many of his systems of measurement, such as the Mercator Projection, are still in use today. Despite his prominence as a cartographer, he started his career as a crafter of scientific instruments. He did not construct his first map until 1540, when he made two maps, one of Flanders and another of Palestine. These two impressive works earned him the patronage of the Emperor Charles V, for whom he construed a globe and several large scale maps. Despite this imperial patronage, Mercator was accused of heresy and in 1552 fled to Duisburg. In Duisburg he set himself up as a cartographer and began work on his revised edition of Ptolemy's Geographia. This three volume work was the first book to be called an "Atlas", after the Titan and King of Mauritania. Following Mercator's death his descendants took over his firm but languished because of heavy competition from the Ortelius firm. It was not until Mercator's plates were purchased and republished ( Mercator / Hondius ) by Henricus Hondius and Jan Jansson that Mercator's position as the preeminent cartographer of the age was re-established.
Mercator, G. and Hondius, J., Atlas, (Amsterdam) 1606. Mercator's Atlas is one of the most important works in the history of cartography. Although in fact Ortelius was the first to publish a proper atlas, the Teatrum Orbis Terrarum, Mercator's Atlas the first book to employ the term Atlas for a collection of maps. The term is derived both from the mythical titan, Atlas, who was forced to bear the world upon his shoulders, and the Libyan king, philosopher, and astronomer of the same name that, so the legend goes, constructed the first globe. Mercator dedicated the final 25 years of his life to compile the Atlas. He published two parts during his lifetime in 1585 and 1589, but the final part published posthumously by his son Rumold Mercator, in 1595. The map plates for the Atlas were later acquired by Jodocus Hondius who published the most complete and well known edition in 1606. It was Jodocus who popularized the Atlas and did the most to popularize the name Gerard Mercator.
Average condition. Price reflects defects. Some wear along centerfold. Cracks and rips at several places, repaired. Some scuffing. Backed with archival paper.
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