Event Resources
Webinar Presentation
Webinar Recording
Date and Time
Thursday December 8, 2016
10:00 am-11:00 am
CST
Location
Webinar
The BSR Conference, which just completed its 24th year, is one of the world’s leading gatherings on sustainability. This year’s Conference, held from November 1-3 in New York, brought together close to 1,000 attendees under the theme “Be Bold.” More than 50 plenary and breakout sessions engaged attendees through compelling stories from companies, foundations, and civil-society leaders who are making big bets in building a better world.
Many of these big bets are coming from, and have a direct impact on, Asia. To discuss these impacts, BSR will host a webinar specifically for Asia-based sustainability professionals.
During the webinar, we will:
- Give an overview of key moments from the plenary stage
- Discuss Asia-specific insights, highlights, and findings from the Conference
- Offer an opportunity to engage with other regional sustainability leaders on key topics for the market with a Q&A session
Speakers
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Melanie Janin, Former Managing Director, Communications, BSR
Melanie oversees communications strategy and activities for BSR, managing a team of communications experts supporting the organization’s work globally.
In this role, she creates communications platforms and programs that advance BSR’s mission of working with business to create a just and sustainable world. She is responsible for marketing and communications with members and other companies, as well as civil society, international organizations, and media. With her team, she ensures content and editorial excellence for all materials and reports released by the organization. She also leads brand strategy, digital communications, media relations, and the annual BSR Conference.
Prior to joining BSR, Melanie was director of marketing communications at Environmental Defense Fund, where she worked with leading global corporations such as Walmart, FedEx, and KKR on sustainable business strategy. She also managed global communications teams at Greenpeace and the ocean conservation group SeaWeb. While living in Geneva, Switzerland, Melanie worked at the World Economic Forum as part of the program team responsible for creating and delivering the Davos Annual Meeting. She speaks French, Italian, and English.
Melanie holds an M.A. in International Affairs from the Fletched School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University and a B.A. in Modern European History from Brown University.
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Jeremy Prepscius,
Vice President, Asia-Pacific, BSR
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.
