We are pleased that you have decided to join GRI in St. Louis: This is our first birthday celebration!

T H I S E V E N T H A S B E E N O RG A N I Z E D BY G R I ’S F O C A L P O I N T U S A A N D I T S

S T R AT EG I C PA R T N E R S:

S T. LOUI S CONFERENC E 2012Making Sustainability Count:Tracking Progress, Driving Opportunity

May 22–23, 2012

Thank you for your supportTHE GLOBAL REPORTING INITIATIVE (GRI) FOCAL POINT USA WAS L AUNCHED IN THE END OF

2010 WITH THE AIM OF HELPING U.S. COMPANIES TELL THE WORLD ABOUT THEIR SUSTAIN-

ABILIT Y IMPAC TS. THE FOCAL POINT USA HAS BEEN BOOSTING THE NUMBER OF U.S. COM

PANIES THAT PRODUCE SUSTAINABILITY REPORTS EVER SINCE. With staff on the ground led by Director Mike

Wallace in the United States, GRI has been able to support companies producing ESG reports, by helping identify

best practices tailored to U.S. companies’ needs while connecting U.S. organizations with the global GRI network.

We are particularly grateful for the ongoing support of:

OUR FOUNDING SPONSORS Each of the “Big Four” accounting and professional services firms in the

United States—Deloitte, Ernst & Young, KPMG and PwC U.S.—for providing founding donations.

OUR U.S. SEC TOR LEADERS Bloomberg, Clorox, Dell and The Mosaic Company—for committing to

showing leadership in their sector when it comes to sustainability reporting and working closely with us to

crystallize that leadership into action.

OUR BOARD OF DIREC TORS Mark Cohen, Vanderbilt University; Julie Gorte, PAX World; Sean Harrigan

(Chairman), Past Executive Director, States Council, Region 8; Peter Westra, Stichting Global Reporting Initiative;

Heather White, New Standards.

OUR ADVISORY GROUP Mark Cohen, Vanderbilt University; Eric Hespenheide, Deloitte; John Hickox,

KPMG; Kathy Nieland, PwC U.S.; Steve Starbuck, Ernst & Young; David Vidal, The Conference Board.

And of course we thank our U.S. Organizational Stakeholders, our U.S. Certified Training Partners, the GRI

Secretariat and other GRI international governance structures.

Now celebrate with us!

DAY 1 PRE-CONFERENCE LEARNING & NET WORKING1:00 PM

–2:00 PM REGISTR ATION OPENS: Atrium of the John Cook School of Business, Saint Louis University.

1:45 PM–3:45 PM MASTER CL ASS ON GRI REPORTING: Learn About GRI and the GRI Reporting Framework.

3:45 PM–4:00 PM BREAK

4:00 PM–6:00 PM

MASTER CL ASS ON MATERIALIT Y AND STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT: Learn cutting edge skills to identify and prioritize material issues (social, environmental and economic) of concern to your various stakeholders following the GRI reporting framework.

6:00 PM–7:30 PM NET WORKING AND DRINKS: Open to all attendees of the Master Classes and the Exclusive Dinner.

7:30 PM–10:00 PM EXCLUSIVE DINNER: By Invitation Only.

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DAY 2 CONFERENCE WITH INSPIRING LEADERS7:30 AM

–8:30 AMNET WORKING BREAKFAST/REGISTR ATION: Atrium of the John Cook School of Business, Saint Louis University.

8:30 AM–9:15 AM

WELCOME BY MASTER OF CEREMONIES MIKE WALL ACE, DIREC TOR OF GRI FOCAL POINT USA: Opening Welcome: Mike Wallace, Director GRI Focal Point USA; Key note speech: Herman Mulder, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Global Reporting Initiative.

9:15 AM–9:45 AM

KEYNOTE SPEECH: Platinum Sponsor NOVUS “The Value of Sustainability Strategies” by David Dowell, Director of Product Development and Analytical Services.

9:45 AM–11:15 AM

PANEL: THOUGHTS FROM THE REGION—HOW DOES SUSTAINABILIT Y REPORTING ADD VALUE? Moderator: Dr. Seung H. Kim, Director, Boeing Institute of International Business, Saint Louis University; Becky Vollmer, Senior Vice President, Fleishman-Hillard; LaRee DeFreece, Commissioner, Missouri Environmental Improvement & Energy Resources Authority; Cindy Morrison, Manager CSR Compliance, Solae; Erin Budde, Head Community Affairs, Wells Fargo Advisors.

11:15 AM–11:30 AM COFFEE BREAK

11:30 AM–1:00 PM

GRI PRESENTATION AND PANEL: TRENDS IN REPORTING: INTERNATIONAL AND U.S.—WHAT TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT? Presenter & Moderator: Mike Wallace, Director GRI Focal Point USA; Lee Broughton, Head Corporate Sustainability, Enterprise Holdings; Steven Walton, Vice President, Regulatory Compliance & Sustainability, Sigma Aldrich; Carol Clark, Global Vice President, Beer and Better World Group, AB Inbev; John Daniels, Global Sustainability Director, Johnson Controls; Barb Shepard, Vice President of Human Resources and Community Relations, Doe Run; Jane P. Madden, Partner, ERM.

1:00 PM–2:00 PM LUNCH

2:00 PM–3:15 PM

PRESENTATION AND PANEL: HOW SUSTAINABILIT Y REPORTING ENHANCES SUSTAINABILITY PERFORMANCE—PRESENTING VARIOUS ANGLES: Presenter & Moderator: Dr. Nitish Singh, Director, Saint Louis University School of Business; Steve Lippman, Director Environmental Sustainability, Microsoft; Kristin Gumper, Sustainability Manager, Standing Partnership; Maureen Mazurek, Director of Human Rights, Monsanto; Greg Stine, CEO, SustainEdge; Loren Polak, Director of Environmental Management, Bunge Limited.

3:15 PM–3:30 PM COFFEE BREAK

3:30 PM–4:30 PM

PANEL: REAL EX AMPLES OF SUSTAINABILIT Y REPORTING FEATURING GRI’S U.S. SEC TOR LEADERS: Moderator: Eric D. Schneider, Senior Director, RCGA; With our U.S. Sector Leaders: Rina Levy, Environmental, Social and Governance Equity Analyst, Bloomberg; Jackie Keating, Sustainability Reporting, Dell; Neil Beckingham, Sustainability Manager, The Mosaic Company; Aileen Zerrudo, Corporate Communications, Clorox.

4:30 PM–5:30 PM

PANEL: HOW FINANCIAL MARKET PL AYERS INCORPOR ATE SUSTAINABILIT Y: Moderator: Rina Levy, Bloomberg; Mary O’Malley, Director Sustainability, Prudential; Michelle Greene, Vice President, Head of Corporate Responsibility, NYSE Euronext, Executive Director, NYSE Foundation; Chad Spitler, Global Chief Operating Officer—Corporate Governance and Responsible Investment, Blackrock; Linda-Eling Lee, Global Head of Environmental, Social, Governance—Ratings Research, MSCI.

5:30 PM–6:00 PM

CLOSING PLENARY: Marjolein Baghuis, Director of Communications and Network Relations, GRI and Willie Johnson, Engineering Section Head, Proctor & Gamble on “GRI Looking Ahead: G4 and Integrated Reporting.”

6:00 PM–7:00 PM NET WORKING AND DRINKS

OUR ORGANIZING COMMIT TEE: Marjella Alma, Diana Carlin, Nitish Singh, Eric Schneider and Mike Wallace.

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