How Business Leads: Minneapolis 25th Anniversary Celebration

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date and Time

Thursday April 20, 2017
11:30 am-1:00 pm Central Daylight Time

Location

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Topics

#Strategy and Integration, #Sustainability Management

In celebration of our 25th anniversary, BSR is hosting a global series of dialogues for senior representatives of our member companies and select partners.

In the last quarter-century, BSR has played a key role in shaping the field of sustainable business, focused on creating value by addressing society’s most pressing needs. The global economy is now in the middle of fundamental changes that are producing unprecedented opportunities and challenges for businesses everywhere. Join us for an open and honest conversation on how we can redefine sustainable business and collaboratively fulfill our mission of creating a just and sustainable world.

At this event, hosted by longtime BSR member Target Corporation, BSR Senior Vice President Eric Olson will share his perspectives and facilitate the discussion alongside Target’s Chief Sustainability Officer Jennifer Silberman. This event will offer a unique opportunity to network with other thought leaders. With business leading the way, we look toward greater progress over the next 25 years.

Reports

Redefining Sustainable Business: Management for a Rapidly Changing World

Aron Cramer, President and CEO, BSR; Dunstan Allison-Hope, Managing Director, BSR; Alison Taylor, Managing Director, Sustainability Management, BSR; Beth Richmond, Manager, BSR; Charlotte Bancilhon, Manager, BSR

This report provides a guide for sustainability practitioners to create resilient business strategies, governance, and management so that their companies are fit for a disruptive world.

Five Reporting Trends for 2019: Insights on the Future of Reporting

Elisabeth Best, Manager, Sustainability Management, BSR; Jeannie Cho, Associate, BSR; Dunstan Allison-Hope, Managing Director, BSR

Here are the five innovations that BSR's Future of Reporting collaborative initiative would like to see improve reporting and disclosure in 2019.

The Future of Sustainability Reporting

Elisabeth Best, Manager, Sustainability Management, BSR; Jeannie Cho, Associate, BSR

These are the five innovations that we would like to see improve sustainability reporting and disclosure in 2019.

Large Companies Have a Key Role in Strengthening Small Supplier Integrity

Alison Taylor, Managing Director, Sustainability Management, BSR

Multinational companies need to take a more active role in influencing supplier integrity via procurement processes enforced across their value chains.

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BSR™ is a global nonprofit organization that works with its network of more than 250 member companies and other partners to build a just and sustainable world. From its offices in Asia, Europe, and North America, BSR™ develops sustainable business strategies and solutions through consulting, research, and cross-sector collaboration. Learn more about BSR’s 25 years of leadership in sustainability.