Shanghai (June 17th, 2008) - NextStep ( www.nextstepshanghai.com ) hosts The Green Business Forum, in which leading experts and pioneering business owners have been invited to discuss the mounting problems, and accompanying solutions, posed by the present environmental situation with the wider Shanghai business community.

Speakers come from a range of organizations, including JUCCCE, a non-profit organization whose Light Bulb project donates energy saving compact florescent light bulbs to Shanghai communities and in turn take the reduction in carbon emissions and sell it on the open carbon market; and Roots & Shoots, whose Eco-Office Program offers a free environmental audit for offices, and then creates a plan for it to easily incorporate green standards into its day to day activities.

The forum will include panels covering two major topics. Panel one will deal with the Carbon Credit Market, discussing the coming energy crisis in China and shedding light on the complex Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) of the Kyoto Protocol and how it will effect industrial development, as well as its potential to spurn the growth of Carbon Emission Reduction credit focused businesses in China.

Panel two is concerned with How to Make Your Business Green, and will discuss the environmental consequences of business practice, offering ideas on how companies can effect change with a few simple alterations to everyday business routines. The afternoon will also see excerpts from environmental documentary The 11th Hour.

Committed to creating awareness on how to go green, the event is scheduled to coincide with The NextStep Directory’s ( www.nextstepdirectory.com ) creation of a new category devoted strictly to companies that assist in improving Green Corporate Social Responsibility, and is an opportunity for businesses, small and large, to hear the ideas of, and meet the people behind, the organizations who can advise and aid them in a move to a more environmentally friendly existence.

NextStep was established in March 2007 to assist entrepreneurs in China by creating a community that meets every second Tuesday. After great success it has expanded its services to include a business directory, capital funding advisory, business-to-business collaboration, professional networking events and educative seminars/workshops. The latest forum is designed to educate individual companies on measures that they can take to address environmental issues facing the business community as a whole. One of NextStep’s goals for the Green Business Forum is that the event can act as a call to action and Roots & Shoots can double the number of companies taking part in the Eco-Office program.

Tickets are 250 RMB* including buffet and drinks.

*25% of all ticket proceeds and 50% of cash sponsorships will be donated to Roots & Shoots Shanghai and Greennovate.

Contact info: joseph.constanty@nextstepshanghai.com

Event RSVP E-mail: rsvp@nextstepshanghai.com