Business for Social Responsibility
Innovative Strategies—Measurable Impacts
November 7-10, 2006 | New York, New York
Plenary Speakers
Ms. Majora Carter
Executive Director and Founder • Sustainable South Bronx
Majora Carter founded Sustainable South Bronx (SSB) in 2001 and her vision, drive and tenacity earned her a 2005 MacArthur Fellowship. SSB is providing solutions for urban problems and climate change by creating a beautiful environment with green roof technologies, working to replace an under-utilized expressway with positive economic development, and implementing the Bronx Environmental Stewardship Training program. Carter's programs provide her community with a skilled :green-collar" workforce with both a personal and economic stake in their urban environment.
Dr. Victoria Hale
Founder and CEO • Institute for OneWorld Health
Victoria Hale was awarded the MacArthur Fellowship in September and was the recipient of the World Academy of Art and Science's Biopolicy Award. In 2004 she and OneWorld Health were included in the Scientific American 50. Hale was also named one of 2004's "Most Outstanding Social Entrepreneurs" by the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship in Switzerland, and she was selected as a Leadership Foundation Fellow of the International Women's Forum in September 2003.
Mr. Neville Isdell
Chairman of the Board and CEO • The Coca-Cola Company
A native of Ireland, Mr. Isdell joined The Coca-Cola Company in 1966 and has worked in Zambia, Australia, Philippines, India, the former Soviet Union and Germany. Mr. Isdell is chairman of the U.S.-Russia Business Council and a member of the board of trustees of the International Business Leaders Forum, the United States Council for International Business and the Center for Strategic and International Studies. He is also a member of the Corporate Advisory Board of the Global Business Council on HIV/AIDS.
Mr. Amory Lovins
CEO • Rocky Mountain Institute
A MacArthur Fellow and consultant physicist, Lovins has advised the energy and other industries for nearly three decades, published 29 books and hundreds of papers, and cofounded the Rocky Mountain Institute. His work has been recognized by the "Alternative Nobel", Onassis, Nissan, Shingo and Mitchell Prizes, and he was awarded "Hero for the Planet" by Time.
Mr. Richard D. Parsons
Chairman and CEO • Time Warner Inc.
Named the top CEO in the entertainment industry in Institutional Investor magazine's January 2005 report on America's Best CEOs, Parsons has led Time Warner's turnaround and set the company on a solid path toward achieving sustainable growth. He is Co-Chairman of the Mayor’s Commission on Economic Opportunity in New York and serves on the boards of Howard University, the Museum of Modern Art, the Museum of Natural History, Citigroup and Estee Lauder.
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Dr. Daniel Vasella, MD
Chairman and CEO • Novartis AG
Voted one of the "Most Influential European Businessmen" by Financial Times leaders in 2004, Dr. Vasella has enhanced Novartis' corporate governance policies in line with best practices and listed the company on the New York Stock Exchange. Furthermore, under Dr. Vasella's leadership, Novartis subscribed to the UN Global Compact initiative. Dr. Vasella is a member of the Board of Directors of PepsiCo, Inc., on the Chairman's Council of DaimlerChrysler AG, Germany, and a member of the Board of Dean's Advisors at the Harvard Business School.
Breakout Session Speakers
Bob Adams
Designer • IDEO
Bob Adams has worked in the field of design for 20 years. He focuses on the intersection of design and sustainability at IDEO. Trained in mechanical engineering, product design, and agronomy, Adams has been working on the integration of the design process with principles of sustainable development since 2001, when he joined The Natural Step to develop their Sustainable Design Services Initiative. He came to IDEO in 2003 to further develop these ideas, and to put them into practice in real-world business-focused applications.
Session: Designing the Box (By Thinking Outside It): Sustainability as a Source of Innovation in Design
David Brand
Managing Director • New Forests
In his role at New Forests, David Brand specializes in designing investments that encompass both traditional forest management and new environmental markets. He has served as director of the New Forests Program with the Hancock Natural Resource Group, and was also executive general manager of State Forests of New South Wales, where he was active in supporting the development of carbon trading.
Session: From Carbon to Water to Biodiversity: Business Opportunities in Emerging Environmental Markets
Widney Brown
Senior Director, International Law, Policy and Campaigns • Amnesty International
Widney Brown oversees Amnesty International’s policy development on economic actors, corporate accountability and economic, social and cultural rights. Prior to joining Amnesty, Brown was the deputy program director at Human Rights Watch.
Session: Setting the Example: The International NGOs' Accountability Charter
Becky Buell
Senior Advisor, Strategy & Innovation • Oxfam GB
Becky Buell has held a number of positions with Oxfam, including head of program policy and regional director for Central America and Mexico. She has led Oxfam's policy development around the recent crises in Afghanistan and Palestine, and has initiated major corporate projects such as the Unilever-Oxfam research partnership and the ELIAS program on innovation.
Session: Strategies for Improving Business Impact on Poverty: Unilever and Oxfam Look Ahead
Patricia Calkins
Vice President, Environment, Health & Safety • Xerox Corporation
Patricia Calkins assumed her current post in April of 2005 and is responsible for policy and strategy development and implementation of all Xerox EH&S programs worldwide. She joined Xerox EH&S in 1993 as manager of resource conservation and is a member of the advisory board for the University of Michigan’s Center for Sustainable Systems. Calkins is a past member of the advisory board at the University of Massachusetts Toxics Use Reduction Institute and of the advisory committee at the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection.
Session: Designing the Box (By Thinking Outside It): Sustainability as a Source of Innovation in Design
Kevin Callahan
Director, Global Citizenship and Policy • Abbott
Kevin Callahan is responsible for managing Abbott's citizenship strategy and programs, including reporting, relations with key stakeholders, and policy development. Prior to joining Abbott, Callahan served as director of corporate responsibility and issues planning for Altria Group, Inc., the parent company of Kraft Foods and Philip Morris. In previous positions at Altria, he was responsible for outreach to national and international organizations, representing the company to a wide array of audiences.
Session: Measuring CSR Integration: Do You Know Your KPIs?
Jason Clay
Vice President, Center for Conservation Innovation • WWF
Over the course of his career, Jason Clay has worked on and run a family farm, taught at Harvard and Yale, worked in the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and spent 25 years working with human rights and environmental NGOs. In 1993, Clay began to consult with the World Wildlife Fund, helping design its programs on agriculture and aquaculture.
Session: Strategies for Improving Business Impact on Poverty: Unilever and Oxfam Look Ahead
Stephen Corry
Director • Survival International
Stephen Corry has worked with Survival International since 1972, and has served as its director since 1984. His personal expertise has focused on tribal peoples in the Indian subcontinent, Africa and South America, with a focus on Amazonia. He has also been chairman of the Free Tibet Campaign since 1993.
Session: Setting the Example: The International NGOs' Accountability Charter
Elisabeth Dahlin
Ambassador for Corporate Social Responsibility • Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs
As an ambassador at the secretariat of the Swedish Partnership for Global Responsibility, Elisabeth Dahlin is the hub of her country’s activities on corporate responsibility bringing together government activity and promoting best practice in the private sector. She has a professional background in the field of trade and development, with particular experience in NGOs. She also served as deputy director general of Sweden's National Board of Trade from 2001 until 2005.
Session: Governments As Agents of Change
Justin DeKoszmovszky
Manager, Strategic Sustainability • SC Johnson
Justin DeKoszmovszky supports SC Johnson’s advancement of social progress, public health and environmental leadership. While a graduate student at Cornell University in 2005, DeKoszmovszky was part of the original Base of the Pyramid (BoP) Protocol pilot team that tested the protocol's applicability as a business development and innovation engine. He earned his MBA at Cornell University's Johnson Graduate School of Management with a concentration in sustainable enterprise.
Session: The BoP Protocol in Action: SC Johnson's Kenya Experience
Dennis Driscoll
Co-Director, Corporate Social Responsibility Research Centre • Peking Law School
Dennis Driscoll has taught at Peking University since 2004. For the past few years, Driscoll has been involved in giving CSR training programs to Chinese, and he is the author of Peking University's forthcoming study, Corporate Social Responsibility in China. Driscoll has served as dean of the Law School at the National University of Ireland (Galway) and as legal adviser to the Irish Foreign Ministry.
Session: CSR: Made in China
Dan Esty
Director • Center for Business and Environment at Yale
As the Hillhouse Professor at Yale University, Daniel Esty has faculty appointments in both the Environment and Law Schools. He directs the Yale World Fellows Program and has written extensively on environmental policy. His most recent book (coauthored with Andrew Winston) is Green to Gold: How Smart Companies Use Environmental Strategy to Innovate, Create Value and Build Competitive Advantage.
Session: Green to Gold: Building Successful Environmental Strategies
Paul Faeth
Executive Vice President and Managing Director • World Resources Institute
Prior to his current position, Paul Faeth led WRI’s economics program, where he directed efforts towards collaborative work with industry on climate change policies and research on the sustainability of agriculture in the US. His other work has dealt with agricultural legislation, measurement of its environmental effects, and case studies of the effect of policy on agricultural sustainability in the Philippines, Chile and India. Faeth was also WRI’s liaison to the Sustainable Agriculture Task Force of the President's Council on Sustainable Development.
Session: From Carbon to Water to Biodiversity: Business Opportunities in Emerging Environmental Markets
Rafael Fernández de Alarcón Azón
Director, Corporate Reputation & CSR • Telefónica, SA
Rafael Fernández de Alarcón Azón has spent eight years working in the Telefónica Group, where he is responsible for the design and coordination of CSR strategy, as well as risk assessment, publication and verification of CSR reports, and development of corporate reputation tracking tools. He is active in such organizations as UN Global Compact, GRI, GeSI and EMPRESA.
Session: Measuring CSR Integration: Do You Know Your KPIs?
Gil Friend
Founder, President and CEO • Natural Logic
Gil Friend is a systems ecologist and strategist with 35 years experience in business, communications and environmental innovation. He works to provide advisory services in strategy, design, operations and information systems that help clients build economic advantage through exceptional environmental performance. Friend is a founding board member of the Sustainable Business Alliance, the California Sustainable Business Council and the Institute for Global Communications.
Session: Measuring CSR Integration: Do You Know Your KPIs?
Arvind Ganesan
Director, Business and Human Rights • Human Rights Watch
Arvind Ganesan has been at Human Rights Watch since 1995. He is involved in research, advocacy and policy development on issues involving business and human rights, with a primary focus on the energy industry. He has authored and coauthored three books for the organization; The Small Hands of Slavery: Bonded Child Labor in India; Police Abuse and Killings of Street Children in India; and most recently, The Enron Corporation: Corporate Complicity in Human Rights Violations.
Session: Freedom of Expression, Privacy and the Internet
Paul Gilding
CEO • Ecos Corporation
For over 30 years, Paul Gilding has worked on sustainability issues as an activist, business leader and commentator. He was executive director of Greenpeace in 1992, and in 1995 established Ecos Corporation, advising leading corporations on sustainability issues. In 1994, Gilding was listed in Time International's "Time's Global 100 Young Leaders for the New Millennium," and he received the prestigious Tomorrow Magazine Environmental Leadership Award in 1997.
Session: Scream! Crash! Boom! The Coming Ecosystem Disaster
Burkhard Gnärig
Chief Executive Officer • International Save the Children Alliance
Burkhard Gnärig has over 20 years’ experience of international cooperation, development and human rights. For the last fifteen years Burkhard has been a CEO, working for terre des hommes Germany, Greenpeace Germany and now International Save the Children Alliance. He has actively participated in a number of major UN conferences. In 2002 Gnärig addressed the UN General Assembly’s Special Session on Children, and he has been one of the NGO contributors to the World Economic Forum since 2000.
Session: Setting the Example: The International NGOs' Accountability Charter
Santiago Gowland
Director, Global Corporate Responsibility • Unilever PLC
Santiago Gowland works to integrate economic, social and environmental strategies into Unilever' business strategy and brand development, aiming towards a values-led approach to business. He began his career as a lawyer in Argentina, where he started two NGOs; one focusing on handicapped children, the other on microfinance. Santiago joined the corporate relations team at Unilever in 1999.
Session: Strategies for Improving Business Impact on Poverty: Unilever and Oxfam Look Ahead
Charlotte Grezo
Director of Corporate Responsibility • Vodafone Group Services Limited
Charlotte Grezo joined Vodafone in 2001 to establish a Group Corporate Responsibility function, which includes working with Vodafone's subsidiaries and associates to establish the policies and processes to manage corporate responsibility. She works toward the achievement of responsible business, ensuring that the commitments made in the Vodafone Corporate Responsibility Report are delivered.
Session: With the Best Intentions: Measuring Development Impact
Marc Gunther
Senior Writer • Fortune Magazine
Marc Gunther is the author of Faith and Fortune: How Compassionate Capitalism is Transforming American Business. He is also a columnist for CNNMoney.com, and has written major stories for Fortune about the greening of Wal-Mart, the role of corporate citizenship at GE under CEO Jeff Immelt and spirituality in the workplace. Gunther speaks before business, nonprofit and college audiences, and he appears regularly on radio and television.
Session: Keeping the Faith: Religious Frameworks for CSR
Doug Guthrie
Professor of Management and Organizations • Stern School of Business New York University
Doug Guthrie's primary areas of research focus on organizational theory, the effects of corporations on the social sector and the impact of foreign companies in China. He has taught at the business schools of Columbia, Stanford and Harvard, and has also served as a program director at the Social Science Research Council. His most recent book is China and Globalization: The Social, Economic and Political Transformation of Chinese Society.
Session: CSR: Made in China
Eva Haden
Manager of Water & Sustainable Development Program • World Business Council for Sustainable Development
Eva Haden currently works on two projects: water and sustainable development, and the Sustaining Ecosystems Initiative. Her background is in ecology and wider environment-related concerns, and she has a Master's Degree in management and engineering of the environment from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne, Switzerland. Haden has been working with the WBCSD since January 2005.
Session: Thirsty for Solutions: Water Scenarios for the Next 20 Years
Brian Halweil
Senior Researcher • Worldwatch Institute
Brian Halweil joined Worldwatch in 1997 as the John Gardner Public Service Fellow from Stanford University. He writes on the social and ecological impacts of how we grow food, focusing on organic farming, biotechnology, hunger and rural communities. Halweil describes the evolving local food movement in his book Eat Here: Reclaiming Homegrown Pleasures in a Global Supermarket, and he recently testified before the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on the role of biotechnology in combating poverty and hunger in the developing world.
Session: Rethinking Global Supply Chains for a Climate-Constrained World
Leslie Harris
Executive Director • Center for Democracy and Technology
Center for Democracy and Technology Leslie Harris has over two decades of experience as a civil liberties lawyer, lobbyist and public policy strategist. Her areas of expertise include free expression, privacy and intellectual property on the Internet. In 2005 she joined the Center for Democracy and Technology, a nonprofit public policy organization dedicated to promoting the Internet's democratic potential.
Session: Freedom of Expression, Privacy and the Internet
Stuart Hart
Chair of Sustainable Global Enterprise • Johnson School of Management, Cornell University
Stuart Hart is the Samuel C. Johnson Chair of Sustainable Global Enterprise at Cornell University. Before joining Cornell in 2003, Hart was the Hans Zulliger Distinguished Professor of Sustainable Enterprise and Professor of Strategic Management at the University of North Carolina's Kenan-Flagler Business School. His latest book is Capitalism at the Crossroads: The Unlimited Business Opportunities in Solving the World's Most Difficult Problems.
Session: The BoP Protocol in Action: SC Johnson's Kenya Experience
Ros Harvey
Global Programme Manager, Better Work • International Labour Office (ILO)
Ros Harvey assumed her current position after three years as the manager of the International Labour Organization’s (ILO) Better Factories Cambodia project. She has worked for 25 years on labor, development and social justice issues. Prior to joining the ILO, Harvey established her own firm, Outcome Partners, , which provided consultancy services in the Asia-Pacific region for a range of clients including the ILO and the Australian aid agency, AUSAid.
Winston Hickox
Senior Portfolio Manager • CalPERS
Winston Hickox recently completed a two-year assignment with the California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) Investment Office. He assisted with the design and implementation of environmental investment initiatives in the private equity, real estate and global public equity segments of the fund’s portfolio, as well as the use of the CalPERS's governance tools to promote an appropriate response to climate change for corporations in the transportation and energy sectors.
Session: The New New (Green) Thing *
Christian Hochfeld
Deputy Director • Öko-Institut
Christian Hochfeld has served as the Öko-Institut’s deputy director and head of the Berlin office since 2004.. Hochfeld’s work focuses on CSR, the integration of sustainable development into corporate strategy and practice, socially responsible investing and non-financial reporting. For the last five years Christian Hochfeld was responsible for advising the 2006 FIFA World Cup Organising Committee Germany on the concept and implementation of Green GoalTM, the environmental programme of the FIFA World Cup 2006TM.
Session: Being Green is Glorious: Beijing's Green Olympics
Bob Johansen
Senior Vice President and Distinguished Fellow • Institute for the Future
A current board member of IFTF, Bob Johansen served as the organization's president from 1996 to 2004. As part of the Leadership Team, Bob now spends most of his time writing, speaking and working with IFTF sponsors. He has worked for more than 30 years as a forecaster, exploring the human side of new technologies, and works mainly with senior corporate executives across a wide range of industries.
Session: From Foresight to Insight to Action: The Institute for the Future's 10-Year Forecast *
Scott Johnson
Vice President, Global Environmental & Safety Actions • SC Johnson
Scott Johnson provides global leadership to facilitate the development and implementation of environmental and safety policies, strategies and actions that build upon SC Johnson’s eco-efficiency efforts and commitment to responsible environmental management. Johnson has also initiated cross-sector sustainable development partnership programs in the U.S. and Africa, including Base of the Pyramid (BoP) programs.
Session: The BoP Protocol in Action: SC Johnson's Kenya Experience
Bruce Kahn
Investment Management Consultant • Smith Barney
Bruce Kahn is an investment management consultant with expertise in socially responsible investing (SRI). He currently advises clients ranging from non-profit organizations to individual investors on SRI. Kahn also works with senior Citigroup executives and analysts, and has advised Fortune 500 companies on strategies to improve their financial and environmental performance and reporting.
Session: Living in a Material World: Making Reporting Count
Sridevi Kalavakolanu
Consultant • ResponsibleBiz.com
Sridevi Kalavakolanu is a consultant to corporations and nonprofit organizations, specializing in supply chain management and labor and human rights compliance. Her areas of expertise include risk assessment, capacity building, training of supply chain partners and stakeholder engagement. She has previously held management positions with Wal-Mart's Ethical Standards Program, BSR's Business and Human Rights Program and Ashoka: Innovators for the Public.
Session: Women Factory Workers, Health and Productivity
Zachary Karabell
Senior Vice President and Senior Economic Analyst • Fred Alger Management
Zachary Karabell analyzes economic, political and social trends, and monitors current economic conditions in order to identify new investment opportunities. He represents Alger as a speaker at conferences and public forums, and he co-authors the Alger monthly market review. Karabell has taught at several universities, including Harvard and Dartmouth, and he is the author of A Visionary Nation: Four Centuries of American Dreams and What Lies Ahead. He appears regularly on news programs such as CNBC and CNN.
Session: Meet the Analysts -- The People Who Make Markets
Georg Kell
Executive Director • United Nations Global Compact
Following extensive experiences in Africa and Asia as a financial analyst, Georg Kell began his career at the UN in Geneva, where he worked with the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). He headed the New York office of UNCTAD until 1997 and then became a senior officer in the Executive Office of UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, where he was responsible for fostering cooperation with the private sector. He was appointed head of UNGC in 2000.
Session: Toward an Alignment of CSR Standards: The Global Compact and GRI
Matthew Kiernan
Founding Director and CEO • Innovest Strategic Value Advisors, Inc.
Before founding Innovest, a specialist investment advisory firm, Matthew Kiernan served as director of the Geneva-based Business Council for Sustainable Development, where he led the group's initial capital markets task force. He was a senior partner in the strategy consultancy at KPMG and is the author of the book The 11 Commandments of 21st Century Management.
Session: Meet the Analysts -- The People Who Make Markets
Fred Kirschenmann
Distinguished Fellow • Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture, University of Iowa
Frederick Kirschenmann is a longtime leader in sustainable agriculture, having served as the Leopold Center's director from 2000 through 2005. He came to the center from North Dakota, where he operated his family's 3,500-acre certified organic farm. He continues to oversee management of the farm and has an appointment in the Iowa State University Department of Religion and Philosophy.
Session: Rethinking Global Supply Chains for a Climate-Constrained World
Jeffrey Krilla
Deputy Assistant Secretary • Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor
Jeffrey Krilla oversees activities relating to the promotion of democracy and human rights in Africa and Europe. He also leads his Bureau’s CSR efforts and oversees the Office of International Labor Affairs. Previously Krilla served as regional director for Africa for the International Republican Institute, where he oversaw and coordinated programs and election observations in numerous African countries.
Session: Governments As Agents of Change
Andrew Kuper
Managing Director • Ashoka
Andrew Kuper leads strategic partnerships between Ashoka and global firms such as McKinsey & Company, transforming the way nonprofits and for-profits do business. He also serves as an independent consultant and lecturer to leading corporations, government, media and citizen organizations. His new books are Democracy Beyond Borders and Global Responsibilities: Who Must Deliver on Human Rights?
Session: Setting the Example: The International NGOs' Accountability Charter
Don Lauro
Senior Program Manager • The David and Lucile Packard Foundation
Don Lauro has worked internationally in health and family planning for more than 25 years. Since 1998, he has provided the Foundation overall guidance and coordination for developing and implementing a number of programs, including the Population-Environment Initiative. He has held several program management positions within John Snow, Inc., a well-known international health organization.
Session: Women Factory Workers, Health and Productivity
Sheri Xiaoyi Liao
Environmental Advisor • Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Sheri Xiaoyi Liao has been an assistant researcher in the China Academy of Social Science and a visiting scholar engaged in global environmental politics in the Department of Political Science and Public Administration of North Carolina State University. In 1996, Liao went back to China to found the Global Village of Beijing, a non-profit and non-governmental organization dedicated to environmental education, public participation and community services.
Session: Being Green is Glorious: Beijing's Green Olympics
Ernst Ligteringen
Chief Executive • Global Reporting Initiative
Ernst Ligteringen holds overall responsibility for GRI, including secretariat operations and the coordination of the worldwide GRI network of active stakeholders. He is a member of GRI's multi-stakeholder board of directors, and has had a 23-year career in various non-governmental and international organizations, including postings and missions in Africa, the Caribbean, Latin America, Asia, Middle East and Europe.
Session: Toward an Alignment of CSR Standards: The Global Compact and GRI
Martin Liptrot
Regional CEO, Europe, Africa and Middle East • Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide
Martin Liptrot has a strong international perspective, having managed global corporate, public affairs and CSR programs for Fortune 100 companies. He recently led a global team of 50 communications professionals at FedEx, supporting the CEO and worldwide senior executive team. Liptrot also worked in Altria Corporate Services and at Philip Morris International headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland, where he led communications in Europe, Middle East and Africa.
Session: Communicating CSR: Building Credibility with Skeptical Audiences
Jonathan Low
Partner • Predictiv
Jonathan Low has worked with corporate clients of all sizes in North America and Europe, and has directed four major research reports on the role of intangibles in the global economy: Measures That Matter, Success Factors in the IPO Transformation Process, Decisions That Matter, and The Value Creation Index. His work has appeared in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Forbes, BusinessWeek and other publications.
Session: Unlocking Hidden Value: Intangible Assets & CSR
Mindy Lubber
Executive Director • CERES
Mindy Lubber has held leadership positions in government, the financial services sector and the private sector. She has served as the regional administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and as the president of an environmental law and policy consulting group. Lubber is also the founder of the National Environmental Law Center and Green Century Capital Management, of which she was also president and CEO.
Joel Makower
Founder • GreenBiz.com
Joel Makower is founder of GreenBiz.com and co-founder of Clean Edge Inc., a research and consulting firm focusing on building markets for clean energy technologies. He is a well-respected voice on business and the environment. As a writer and strategist on corporate sustainability practices and clean technology, he has helped a wide range of companies align environmental goals with business strategy.
Session: The New New (Green) Thing *
Bruce McNamer
President and CEO • TechnoServe
As president and CEO of TechnoServe, Bruce McNamer helps entrepreneurs in poor, rural areas of the developing world build businesses that create income, opportunity and economic growth. McNamer has been COO of Verified Identity Pass, Inc., CFO of Appfluent Technology, and vice president of business development at Varsity Group. He has also worked as an investment banker at Morgan Stanley and as a management consultant at McKinsey & Company.
Session: Building Supplier Capacity: Global Markets -- Local Benefits
Sue Mecklenburg
Vice President, Sustainable Procurement Practices • Starbucks Coffee Company
Sue Mecklenburg joined Starbucks in 1994 as the company's first director of environmental affairs, where she facilitated the implementation of their strategic plan to reduce environmental impacts. She has focused on activities that help enhance the livelihood of coffee and tea farmers and their families in their countries of origin. In her new role, Mecklenberg will lead Starbucks' efforts to become a more socially conscious procurement organization.
Session: Measuring CSR Integration: Do You Know Your KPIs?
Asher Meir
Research Director • Business Ethics Center of Jerusalem
Rabbi Asher Meir has published a number of scholarly articles on economic and business ethics and was a senior lecturer in business ethics and economics at the Jerusalem College of Technology. He is the author of The Jewish Ethicist: Everyday Ethics for Business and Life, which examines common workplace dilemmas from the perspective of Jewish tradition, and of Meaning in Mitzvot, a two-volume work elaborating the deeper messages of the everyday practices of Judaism.
Session: Keeping the Faith: Religious Frameworks for CSR
Roland Michelitsch
Manager, Development Effectiveness • International Finance Corporation
Roland Michelitsch is responsible for measuring and reporting on the development results of IFC activities. He previously managed investment projects in IFC's independent Operations Evaluation Group, where he led evaluations on topics such as the extractives industry, financial intermediaries and project economic analysis.
Session: With the Best Intentions: Measuring Development Impact
David Miller
Executive Director • Yale Center for Faith and Culture
David Miller is an assistant professor of business ethics and leads the Yale Center for Faith and Culture's Ethics and Spirituality in the Workplace program. His first book, God at Work: The History and Promise of the Faith at Work Movement, challenges business academics and executives, as well as theologians and clergy, to think differently about faith in the workplace. Miller serves as an advisor to several corporate CEOs and senior executives on ethics, values and becoming a faith-friendly company.
Session: Keeping the Faith: Religious Frameworks for CSR
R. Scott Miller
Director, Global Trade Policy • Procter & Gamble
Scott Miller is responsible for Proctor & Gamble’s full range of international trade, investment and business facilitation issues. He helped found the Business Coalition for Capacity Building, and has worked with governments to establish capacity-building programs in the U.S.-Central America-Dominican Republic Free Trade Agreement.
Session: Building Supplier Capacity: Global Markets -- Local Benefits
Mark Milstein
Lecturer of Strategy, Innovation and Sustainable Global Enterprise • The Johnson School of Management, Cornell University
Mark Milstein is the director of the Center for Sustainable Global Enterprise at the Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University. He teaches and conducts research on strategy, decision-making, technology management and innovation. Milstein is also a member of the Management & Organization group at the Johnson School, as well as the university-wide Entrepreneurship@Cornell program.
Session: New Skills for New Challenges: Environmental, Social & Governance Skills in the MBA Core Curriculum
Todd Moss
Senior Fellow • Center for Global Development
Todd Moss’s work focuses on U.S.-Africa relations and financial issues facing sub-Saharan Africa, including policies that affect private capital flows, debt and aid. His current research is on portfolio investment flows to low-income countries, the role of private corporations in development and an assessment of private sector development strategies. Moss joined the Center in July 2003 from his latest position at the World Bank as a consultant and adviser to the Chief Economist in the Africa Region.
Session: Strategies for Improving Business Impact on Poverty: Unilever and Oxfam Look Ahead
Chandran Nair
Founder and Chief Executive • Global Institute For Tomorrow
For more than a decade, Chandran Nair has strongly advocated for a more sustainable approach to development in Asia. He is the founder of the Hong Kong-based Global Institute for Tomorrow, a think tank that focuses on the role of business in globalized society. Until2004, he was chairman of ERM in the Asia Pacific, which he established as Asia’s leader in environmental consulting with clients from among Hong Kong corporations, Fortune 500 companies, multilateral agencies such as the World Bank, the UNEP and the ADB, and governments.
Session: Lessons To and From the Field: The Global Young Leaders Programme
Raman Nanda
Director of Finance and Metrics • Acumen Fund
Before joining Acumen Fund, Raman Nanda worked at McKinsey & Co. in the healthcare, non-profit and finance sectors. While at McKinsey, he was involved with the Yale-Goldman Sachs Nonprofit Partnership and he participated in the UNDP/IBLF Business Action for Development initiative. Nanda previously worked in a tribal village in India, researching methods for improving housing conditions and empowering tribal communities.
Session: With the Best Intentions: Measuring Development Impact
Bich Hang Nguyen Thi
Country Representative • Marie Stopes International Vietnam
Nguyen Thi Bich Hang is responsible for the development and management of MSIVN’s family planning and reproductive health programs. She began her career in the private sector, where she worked for more than 10 years in business development and management at an Australian-based real estate development and consultancy service company. Hang manages the organization as an entrepreneurial enterprise, ensuring the use of commercial management, business, financial and marketing techniques among her staff.
Session: Women Factory Workers, Health and Productivity
Ian Olson
Global Manager, Supply Chain Sustainability • Ford Motor Company
Ian Olson has been at Ford Motor Company since 1999 and has worked in production procurement, marketing and sales, and alternative-fuel vehicles. Olson is responsible for the development and implementation of CSR strategies and policies for Ford Motor Company's supply chain. He has worked to develop a long-term, sustainable approach and to communicate Ford's expectations and Ford's Code of Basic Working Conditions to the supply chain.
Session: New Skills for New Challenges: Environmental, Social & Governance Skills in the MBA Core Curriculum
John Palfrey
Clinical Professor of Law & Executive Director • Berkman Center on Internet and Society
John Palfrey’s research and teaching is focused on the impact of the internet on democracy. As clinical professor of law at Harvard Law School, Palfrey teaches courses with a focus on internet law, intellectual property, e-commerce and digital democracy. Palfrey is a principal investigator of the OpenNet Initiative, which studies the ways that countries block their citizens’ access to the internet, and he is executive director of the Berkman Center for Internet & Society.
Session: Changing Media, Changing Rules of the Game *
Pamela Passman
Vice President, Global Corporate Affairs • Microsoft Corporation
Pamela Passman leads Microsoft's Global Corporate Affairs function, responsible for public policy, government and regulatory affairs and developing partnerships with governments, international organizations, non-profits and industry. She also oversees Microsoft's community investments and outreach, and has leadership responsibilities for Microsoft's cross-company global corporate citizenship efforts.
Session: In Conversation with Pamela Passman, VP Global Corporate Affairs, Microsoft
John Ruggie
UN Special Representative on Business and Human Rights and Professor • Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government
From 1997 to 2001 John Ruggie was assistant secretary-general and chief advisor for strategic planning to UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan. He continues to serve as the Secretary-General's special representative for business and human rights. Ruggie has also taught at the University of California's Berkeley and San Diego campuses, and he directed the UC Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation.
Houria Sammari
Senior Program Manager • Environment and Social Development
Before assuming her current role with IFC, Houria Sammari managed its office in Algiers and established a technical assistance program covering the Middle East and North Africa region. Prior to that, she was an investment officer in the financial sector and she has held jobs in investment guarantees in Asia and the Pacific, and in investment analysis and portfolio supervision in sub-Saharan Africa. Sammari holds an MBA in Finance and an MA in English.
Adi Sasongko
Director for Health Care • Yayasan Kusuma Buana (YKB)
Through his activities at YKB, Adi Sasongko has initiated a number of innovative programs in Indonesia, such as the first school-based parasite control program, the first school-based anemia control program and the first AIDS prevention in the workplace. Sasongko has also been developing collaborations between NGOs and private enterprises to promote health. He leads an HIV-prevention program in the Mangga Besar and Hayam Wuruk areas, which are the main location for entertainment industries in Jakarta.
Session: Women Factory Workers, Health and Productivity
Jeff Seabright
Vice President, Environment and Water • The Coca-Cola Company
Jeff Seabright has held several positions in government and business, including as a foreign service officer in the U.S. State Department and as legislative assistant to U.S. Senators Timothy E. Wirth and John D. Rockefeller IV. He moved to the White House in 1999 to be the executive director of the Climate Change Task Force. Seabright also serves on the Boards of the American Council for Renewable Energy, the Keystone Center and the Nature Conservancy.
Session: Being Green is Glorious: Beijing's Green Olympics
Truman Semans
Director for Markets and Business Strategy • Pew Center on Global Climate Change
Truman Semans manages the Pew Center's Business Environmental Leadership Council, a group of 41 corporations working with the center to address issues related to climate change. He also directs Pew Center analytic work on climate-related markets and investments. Semans has held senior management positions in the environmental management software industry and his experience spans business and finance, environmental issues and domestic and international policy.
Session: Strategic Decision-Making on Climate Change: Exploring Voluntary and Regulatory Approaches
Erik Simanis
Co-Director, BoP Protocol Project • Johnson School of Management, Cornell University
Erik Simanis was the project and field lead of the BoP Protocol pilot test with SC Johnson in Kenya. He served as the project lead of the DuPont Solae Protocol initiative in India and co-founded the Base of the Pyramid Learning Laboratory in 2000, where he served as director until 2001. Simanis is a Ph.D. candidate at Cornell University's Johnson School of Management.
Session: The BoP Protocol in Action: SC Johnson's Kenya Experience
Kirk Stewart
Executive Vice President, Corporate Communication Practice • APCO Worldwide
With 25 years of experience in public relations and public affairs, Kirk Stewart leads the corporate communication practice at APCO Worldwide. Prior to APCO, Stewart served as global vice president of corporate communications for NIKE, Inc., where he was responsible for corporate media relations, brand communication, crisis and issue management, internal communication, community affairs, sustainable development and stakeholder engagement.
Session: Communicating CSR: Building Credibility with Skeptical Audiences
Susanne Stormer
Manager, Corporate Branding • Novo Nordisk A/S
Susanne Stormer has worked in the areas of stakeholder engagement, corporate responsibility and accountability for 20 years, holding senior positions in international public relations agencies. She joined Novo Nordisk in 2000, where she helped the company successfully integrate non-financial reporting into its annual report. Stormer works to build Novo Nordisk's strategic position around stakeholder engagement and Triple Bottom Line approach.
Session: Living in a Material World: Making Reporting Count
Marion Swoboda
Senior Banking Analyst • SAM Research AG
Marion Swoboda covers the banking sector in her work with SAM's Research, and she helps to develop the overall corporate sustainability methodology framework. Prior to joining SAM she served as senior economist within the macro-economic/investment policy research team with Credit Suisse Financial Services, and she worked for a year as fund analyst with Credit Suisse Private Banking.
Session: Living in a Material World: Making Reporting Count
Solitaire Townsend
Co-Founder and Managing Director • Futerra
Solitaire Townsend specializes in corporate responsibility communications, campaigns, strategy and marketing. Passionate about making CSR more desirable to boards, employees and consumers, she has led Futerra's work with clients such as Microsoft, Royal Dutch Shell and BT. She is an expert advisor to the United Nation's Sustainable Lifestyles Taskforce and the UK Chartered Institute of Marketing Steering Group on CSR.
Session: Communicating CSR: Building Credibility with Skeptical Audiences
Chris Tuppen
Head of Sustainable Development and Corporate Accountability • BT plc
Chris Tuppen coordinates the development of BT's global strategy for sustainable development. He is responsible for producing the company's corporate accountability reports and for communicating their business case for CSR. Tuppen formerly led BT's environmental issues unit, and he sits on the boards of AccountAbility, CSR Europe, Business for Social Responsibility, and the Social and Environmental Committee of the ACCA.
Session: Living in a Material World: Making Reporting Count
Carlos Vergara
General Manager • Huacariz Food
Carlos Vergara began his career at the craftsmanship level as a producer of home-made cheese. Working with TechnoServe, an IFC project that helps people in the developing world build businesses, Carlos turned Huacariz Foods into a legal entity in 2002. His company now has a modern plant, employs 19 people, buys from 31 local milk producers, and is working towards entering the Lima market.
Session: Building Supplier Capacity: Global Markets -- Local Benefits
Violeta Vigo Vargas
Executive Director • Los Andes de Cajamarca Foundation
Devoted to the promotion of social development through CSR, Violeta Vigo Vargas supports rural and business development programs, consolidating synergies and local capacities for the sustainable development of Cajamarca, Peru. She was the manager of institutional relations and community development at Minera Yanacocha SRL, and has served as regional director for Cajamarca, La Libertad and Piura.
Session: Building Supplier Capacity: Global Markets -- Local Benefits
Frank Vogl
President • Vogl Communications, Inc.
Frank Vogl is cofounder and former vice chairman of Transparency International, an organization that brings together members of government, civil society, business and the media to fight corruption and promote transparency in elections, public administration, procurement and business. He is also the board director and cofounder of the Partnership for Transparency Fund, an international NGO dedicated to helping civil society play an effective role in anti-corruption programs.
Session: Responsible Market Entry: Strategies for Making the Right First Impression
Allen White
Vice President and Senior Fellow • Tellus Institute
Allen White directs the Tellus Institute's Program on Corporate Redesign. He co-founded the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and served as its director/acting chief executive from 1998-2002. White has also advised multilaterals, foundations, corporations and NGOs on corporate responsibility strategy and policy, and is a former Fulbright Scholar in Peru and Peace Corps worker in Nicaragua.
Session: Unlocking Hidden Value: Intangible Assets & CSR
Andrew Winston
Director, Corporate Environmental Strategy Project • Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies
Andrew Winston works with leading companies to develop dynamic environmental strategies. His current book, Green to Gold: How Smart Companies Use Environmental Strategy to Innovate, Create Value, and Build Competitive Advantage, highlights what does and doesn't work when companies go green. He has held management positions in strategy and marketing at leading media companies such as Time Warner and Viacom.
Session: Green to Gold: Building Successful Environmental Strategies
Albert Wong
Head of Policy and External Relations • Shell International B.V.
Based in Shell's head office in The Hague, Albert Wong is responsible for maintaining the Group's relationship with international organizations. He also provides policy support in areas related to the Shell General Business Principles and CSR. His previous positions covered areas in business development, public affairs and communication, regional advice, and human resources and planning.
Session: Thirsty for Solutions: Water Scenarios for the Next 20 Years
Helene York
Director • Bon Appetit Management Co Foundation
Session: Rethinking Global Supply Chains for a Climate-Constrained World
Simon Zadek
Chief Executive • AccountAbility
Simon Zadek is a senior fellow at the Center for Government and Business at Harvard University’s Kennedy School, and he sits on the International Advisory Board of Instituto Ethos, the advisory board of Generation Investment Management. In 2003, Zadek was named one of the World Economic Forum’s Global Leaders for Tomorrow. His previous roles include visiting professor at the Copenhagen Business School, the Development Director of the New Economics Foundation and founding Chair of the Ethical Trading Initiative.
Session: Toward an Alignment of CSR Standards: The Global Compact and GRI
Mansoor Zafar
CEO • International Fabrics Limited
Mansoor Zafar has worked with every aspect of the garment supply chain from a manufacturing perspective. He has 20 years of experience in the textile industry, from his beginning with a spinning mill to his establishment of an integrated garment manufacturing unit, which has now been in operation for 14 years. Zafar was born in Karachi, Pakistan, and he received his education in both Pakistan and England.
Session: Ethical Sourcing Standards from the Supplier's Perspective: Worth the Effort?