Business for Social Responsibility
Designing a Sustainable Future
October 23-26, 2007 | San Francisco, California
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Plenary Addresses
- Opening Plenary: Cynthia Carroll, CEO, Anglo American
- Plenary II: Gerd Leipold, Executive Director, Greenpeace International
- Plenary III: Robert A. Eckert, Chairman & CEO, Mattel
- Plenary IV: Vinod Khosla, Partner, Khosla Ventures
- Plenary V: Sir Michael Rake, International Chairman KPMG, Chairman Elect BT
- Plenary Address and Interactive Discussion: Robert B. Reich, Professor of Public Policy, Goldman School of Public Policy, University of California at Berkeley
Climate
- Carbon Footprinting Up and Down the Supply Chain
- Can Information Technology Solve Climate Change?
- Carbon Capture and Storage: How Far Away?
- Anticipating Climate Legislation
Design for Sustainability
- Redesigning the American Icons for Sustainability
- Responsibility and Sustainability in the Gaming Business? Viva Las Vegas!
- Appropriate By Design: Reducing Our Body Burden
Emerging Economies & Globalization
- Are Global Companies a Thing of the Past?
- China's Rising Influence in Africa: Is there Room for CSR?
- Meta-cities Take The Lead: Lessons from Leading Cities
- Asian Values: New Models for a New Century
Environment
- At the Crest of a Wave: Building a Corporate Water Strategy
- Green Human Rights: Do Water and Climate Count?
- Selling Green: How to Build Consumer Markets
- Calling All Consumers: Sustainable Consumption Patterns
- What is the Role of Biofuels in a Sustainable Future?
Governance & Accountability
- Radical Transparency: Throwing Open the Doors
- The Aspen Principles, Taking the Long View: CSR and Short-termism
- NGOs in the YouTube World: Prepare for the Onslaught
- Assurance of Reports: How to be Effective and Cost-Effective
Human Rights
- Suppliers Take The Lead: Bottom-Up Solutions to Sustainable Supply Chains
- 21st Century Trade Unions: Designing New Models
- Alphabet Soup: Time for Multi-Stakeholder Labor Intiatives to Harmonize?
- Women's Health: The Key to Development?
- Human Rights Impact Assessments