Between Two Worlds: How Business Can Survive in Turbulent Times

BSR Members Only

Date and Time

January 20, 2025
1:00 pm-2:30 pm CET

Location

Davos

This event is for BSR members only. Members, please log in to register.

As we enter 2025, businesses face profound and interconnected shifts from the forces reshaping our economies and societies, redefining the context for business and sustainability. BSR’s report, Between Two Worlds: Sustainable Business in the Turbulent Transition, highlights key aspects of these transitions.

Aron Cramer (President and CEO BSR), in partnership with Kite Insights, is excited to invite you to a lunch workshop in Davos to kick-start discussions for the week ahead.

The workshop will begin with a brief overview of the Between Two Worlds report, followed by expert insights on key themes, and then an engaging scenarios workshop led by BSR. This interactive lunch is designed to help participants bolster their strategies by exploring pivotal themes such as technological innovation (the pace and impact of AI, in particular), geopolitical and social fragmentation, economic volatility, and sustainability regulations.

BSR's Aron Cramer and Christine Diamente will be at Davos and invite BSR members to connect with them. To arrange a meeting, please reach out at hello@bsr.org.

Scheduled Speakers

• Azeem Azhar, CEO, Exponential View
• Kirsten Dunlop, CEO, EIT Climate-KIC
• Michael Goltzman, Vice President, Global Policy and Sustainability, The Coca-Cola Company
• Fatou Jeng, Climate Advisor to the UN Secretary General; Founder, Clean Earth Gambia
• Leslie Johnston, CEO, Laudes Foundation
• Aron Cramer, President and CEO, BSR
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Aron Cramer
President and CEO, BSR
San Francisco
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Aron is recognized globally as a preeminent authority on just and sustainable business. In addition to leading BSR, which has grown substantially throughout his tenure as President and CEO, Aron advises senior executives at BSR’s 300+ member companies and other global businesses and partners on the full spectrum of environmental, social, and governance issues.
Aron joined BSR in 1995 as the founding director of its Business and Human Rights program. He later opened BSR's Paris office in 2002, where he worked until becoming President and CEO in 2004. Aron has served on advisory boards to CEOs at AXA, Barrick Gold, Marks & Spencer, Nike, Recruit Holdings, SAP, Shell, and he serves as a director of the We Mean Business Coalition and RISE.
Aron speaks frequently at leading business and public fora and is widely quoted in top-tier media, such as the Financial Times, Le Figaro (France), The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Axios, and Politico. He is co-author of the book Sustainable Excellence: The Future of Business in a Fast-Changing World, which spotlights innovative sustainability strategies that enable business success.
Prior to joining BSR, Aron practiced law in San Francisco and worked as a journalist at ABC News in New York. He holds a BA from Tufts University and a JD from the University of California, Berkeley.
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Recent Insights From Aron Cramer
• Sustainable Business in Context: US Politics and Global Impacts / November 21, 2024 / Insights+
• Reflections from Climate Week NYC: The Tension Between Pragmatism and Ambition / October 1, 2024 / Audio
• How the Election Will Affect America’s Response to the Climate Crisis / September 27, 2024 / News
• Climate Week NYC: A New Set of Inconvenient Truths for Sustainable Business / September 18, 2024 / Blog
• Navigating U.S. Election Uncertainty: A Call to Action for Sustainable Business / August 1, 2024 / Audio
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