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Event Resources

Webinar Recording  Webinar Presentation 

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Date and Time

Thursday December 19, 2019
9:00 am-10:00 am Hong Kong Time

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Location

Webinar

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Topics

#Sustainability Management

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Now in its 11th year, the BSR and GlobeScan State of Sustainable Business survey of sustainable business professionals reveals how companies are thinking about and taking action on today’s most important sustainability issues. You can check out the key insights in our infographic or download the full report on our website.

Speakers

• James Morris, Director, GlobeScan

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• Laura Gitman, Chief Operating Officer, BSR

Laura Gitman

Chief Operating Officer | New York



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Laura is a global expert on corporate sustainability, with two decades of experience in strategy consulting and has advised senior executives at global companies across a range of industry sectors and sustainability issues.

Laura has also been a leader in BSR’s organizational growth and impact. She launched BSR’s financial services practice and New York office, and she is currently the Chief Operating Officer, leveraging her strengths in strategy, organizational change, and people management.

Laura works with leading global companies to develop and enhance their sustainability strategies to maximize value for business and society. She is sought after to facilitate senior-level strategy workshops and multistakeholder collaborations. She has published reports on environmental, social, and governance trends among investors as well as sustainability integration and leadership. From 2006 to 2010, she facilitated the Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition, growing the initiative from 15 to more than 50 companies.

Laura previously worked for Deloitte Consulting, where she acquired extensive strategy experience advising multinational financial services companies. She also worked on several community and economic development projects in Latin America.

Laura holds an M.B.A. from Stanford University and a B.S. in Industrial and Labor Relations from Cornell University. She is an adjunct professor in the Bard M.B.A. in Sustainability program, a Senior Fellow at the Center for the Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship (CASE) at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business, and a member of the UN Global Compact Expert Network.

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• Jeremy Prepscius, Vice President, Asia-Pacific, BSR

Jeremy Prepscius

Vice President, Asia-Pacific | Hong Kong



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Jeremy is in charge of serving and expanding BSR’s member base in Asia and integrating the work there into our global approach.

BSR’s global thought leadership, informed through field work and local implementations, enables us to work with member companies to create innovative sustainable solutions and globalize the sustainability dialogue.   

Jeremy has extensive experience in supply chain management, business integration, external communications, government relations and compliance operations. Prior to joining BSR in 2006, he spent more than 10 years on equipment sourcing, footwear production and corporate responsibility for Nike, Inc. He also worked in China for five years as the North Asia Regional Compliance Director, covering sustainability issues in Cambodia, Vietnam, China, Hong Kong, Macau, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, and the Philippines.

Jeremy holds an M.S. in Economic Development from the Patterson School of Diplomacy, and an M.S. in International Commerce from the University of Kentucky.

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• Asako Nagai, Managing Director, BSR

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