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Date and Time

Wednesday May 6, 2015
6:00 pm-8:00 pm

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Location

New York

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Topics

#Inclusive Economy

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Please join us for an evening dialogue in New York, co-hosted by the Rockefeller Foundation, to explore how the private sector can help build a more inclusive economy through quality employment, access to critical goods and services, and building sustainable communities. With a panel of experts followed by an interactive discussion, we will highlight existing leadership and best practices and explore opportunities for collective action.

The agenda will feature:

• A panel with leaders from BSR member companies, private philanthropies, and civil society.
• An introduction to BSR’s new strategy to promote Business Leadership for an Inclusive Economy, led by BSR Director Racheal Meiers.
• An informal networking reception to further debate and share ideas.

BSR member companies from multiple industries and select partners from non-member companies, civil society, philanthropies, and other sectors will be in attendance.

Speakers

• John Irons, Managing Director, Rockefeller Foundation

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• Heather Jassy, Senior Vice President, Members and Community, Etsy

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• Chris Jochnick, Director, Private Sector Development, Oxfam

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• Vishal Patel, Senior Director, Global Institutional Affairs, Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany

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• Zia Khan, Vice President, Strategy, Rockefeller Foundation (emcee)

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• Aron Cramer, President and CEO, BSR

Aron Cramer

President and CEO | San Francisco



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Aron is recognized globally as a preeminent authority on 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 social and environmental issues.

Aron joined BSR in 1995 as the founding director of its Business and Human Rights Program, and 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, SAP, Shell, and the Erb Institute at the University of Michigan. He is also a director of the Value Reporting Foundation, We Mean Business, and the Renewable Energy Buyers’ Alliance, and serves as a member of the Steering Council for the World Economic Forum’s Board of Stewards of its Future of Consumption System Initiative.

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, and The Wall Street Journal. 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 B.A. from Tufts University and a J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley.

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• Racheal Meiers, Former Director, BSR

Racheal Meiers

Director | San Francisco



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Racheal leads BSR’s inclusive economy work, including research, initiatives, and collaborations with member companies.

Previously, Racheal led HERproject, BSR’s global women’s empowerment initiative that provides workplace-based training programs in factories and farms in 14 countries. Racheal also oversees BSR’s work on women and sustainability, including research with the International Finance Corporation on programs and policies that support women’s equality and empowerment in special economic zones.

Before joining BSR, Racheal held positions with USAID, the Social Market Foundation, the Balkan Trust for Democracy, and the Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation at the University of California, San Diego. Currently, Racheal serves on the board of ethical fashion accessories label Catrinka, and on the advisory boards of Women Deliver and the UN Women’s Empowerment Principles.

Racheal holds an M.S. in International Comparative Politics from the London School of Economics and a B.A. in International Studies from the University of California, San Diego.

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• Peder Michael Pruzan-Jorgensen, Former Senior Vice President, BSR

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