Sustainability: Leadership Required
November 4-7, 2008 | Grand Hyatt | New York, NY
Whether or not you were at the BSR Conference 2008, download the session summaries and view video highlights—and get the knowledge you need to lead.
Video Highlights
Session Summaries
Plenary Address
- Anders Dahlvig, President and CEO, IKEA Group
- Jeffrey Immelt, Board Chairman and CEO, General Electric
- John Anderson, President and CEO, Levi Strauss & Co.
- Panel: A New Role for Union Leaders? The Sustainability Agenda at the Forefront
- Panel: Leadership in a Changing World: The Impact of the Global Financial Crisis and the New U.S. President on the Sustainability Agenda
- Shin-Bae Kim, President and CEO, SK Telecom
Environment
- Carbon Offsetting: Fact or Fiction?
- Community-Based Environmental Activism in China: Tackling Water Issues with Success
- Is IT So Green?
- Regulating Climate Change
- Water Neutrality: Contradiction in Terms?
Economic Development
- Brazilian Amazon: Breaking Myths
- Global Health Trends: Managing the Impact of Disease on Business
- In My Backyard: How to Help Build Sustainable Communities
- Lions to Lambs: Trade Unions, Environmentalists, and MNCs Collaborate to Tackle Problems
- Whose Business is Alleviating Poverty?
Governance & Accountability
- A Global Approach to Internal CSR Communications
- Do Forms of Ownership Matter?
- Reporting as a Conversation Starter
- Shell Energy Scenarios
In Conversation with...
Market Forces
- CSR's ROI: Does It Matter?
- Greenwashing: Hung Out to Dry
- Long-Term Value Creation vs. Quarterly Earnings
- Practicing CSR in Tough Economic Times
- Role of Mainstream Financial Markets: The Other 92 Percent
Human Rights
Our Changing World
- Commons Sense: A New Sustainable and Digital Culture?
- Growing Demand: A Systemic Look at the Food Crisis
- Innovating CSR Online
- Peak Coverage: The Trajectory and Impact of Media Covering All That's Green
- Planetary Boundaries: Living within Earth's Capacity to Support Us
- Sustainable Business Leadership: What's Required
- The Spirit of CSR