2009 Session Summaries
BSR Conference 2009: Reset Economy. Reset World.
October 20-23 | San Francisco
Session Summaries
CSR Basics
- Corporate Stakeholder Engagement: Time to Evolve Our Language and Approach?
- Diversity and Inclusion
- Internal Communications: Making the Case for CSR's Value
- Materiality & ROI
- Solving Tough Problems. An Open Way of Talking, Listening, and Creating New Realities
- The Changing Function of the CSR Team in a Reset World
Economic Development
Environment
- Climate Action Initiative
- Ecoliteracy & Ecodesign with Fritjof Capra
- Environmental Performance for Consumers: Green Product Design
- Global Land-Use Policies: Development, Implementation, and Performance
- Sustainability Solutions
- The Economics of Biodiversity
Governance, Accountability, Transparency
- CSR Reporting: Outside the Print Margins
- From Voluntary to Legal Disclosure: Should Sustainability Reporting Be Required?
- The Role of Corporate Boards and Corporate Responsibility
Human Rights
- Bringing the UN’s “Protect, Respect, Remedy” Framework to Life: An Update on John Ruggie's Business and Human Rights Mandate
- Human Rights Dilemmas
- Investing in Women and Girls
- Modern Issues with Ancient Roots: Update on Indigenous Rights
Value Chain
- Improving Carbon Management in Your Value Chain
- Traceability and Responsibility: How Far Does Corporate Responsibility Extend Down Your Supply Chain?
Sustainability in a Reset World
- A Conversation with Pamela Passman
- Environmental, Social, and Governance-Based Investment Trends
- Integrating Sustainability into Sourcing, Design, and Production of Products
- Public Policy for CSR: Best Practices
- Sustainability on a Budget: Sharing Cost (and Risk) through Government Partnerships
- Sustainable Consumption
- Sylvia Earle: Update on the Blue Planet
- The AT&T Experience: Integrating Sustainability in a Recession
- The State of Sustainability in China
- Think Big: Developing Systemic Answers to Sustainability Challenges
- When Good Intentions Collide
Video Highlights
- Opening Remarks by Aron Cramer, President and CEO, BSR
- Sustainability in the Reset World Panel
- Fadi Ghandour, Founder and CEO, Aramex International
- Ambassador Elizabeth Frawley Bagley, Special Representative for Global Partnerships, Global Partnership Initiative, Office of the Secretary of State
- Zhang Yue, Chairman and CEO, BROAD Air Conditioning
- John Donahoe, President and Chief Executive Officer, eBay Inc.
- Integrating Sustainability into Corporate Innovation Panel
- Ben Verwaayen, CEO, Alcatel-Lucent
