How Business Leads in a Changing World (Paris)

Paris

Date and Time

Thursday June 29, 2017
6:30 pm-9:00 pm CET

Location

Paris

Topics

#Strategy and Integration, #Sustainability Management

In celebration of our 25th anniversary, BSR is hosting a global series of dialogues exclusively 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 with your peers to discuss how we can redefine sustainable business and collaboratively fulfill our mission of creating a just and sustainable world.

Members of BSR's management team will share perspectives and facilitate the discussion. This intimate dinner event will offer a unique opportunity to network with other sustainability decision-makers. With business leading the way, we look toward greater progress over the next 25 years.

Speakers

Sylvie Bénard, Environment Director, LVMH

Aron Cramer, President and CEO, BSR

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, Associate Director, 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.

Key Considerations in Managing ESG through a Merger

Laura Gitman, Chief Operating Officer, BSR; Elisabeth Best, Manager, Sustainability Management, BSR; Michaela Lee, Manager, BSR

As business leaders across industries pursue M&A activity, there will be substantial ESG opportunities and risks for the companies involved: opportunities to create more ambitious and resilient sustainability strategies, accompanied by risks that ESG objectives will be sidelined by overwhelming pressures to create short-term value.

Mergers Are Coming: How to Manage ESG through the M&A Process

Laura Gitman, Chief Operating Officer, BSR; Aimee Louise Bataclan, Manager, Communications and Marketing, BSR

BSR has developed a primer, Managing ESG through a Merger, to help Chief Sustainability Officers (CSOs), their teams, and internal allies navigate the M&A process to leverage and enhance ESG-related programs and priorities.

Human Rights Policy Engagement: The Role of Companies

Salah Husseini, Associate Director, Human Rights, BSR; Aron Cramer, President and CEO, BSR; Bennett Freeman, , BSR; Michelle Nadboy, Associate, BSR

It is increasingly important for business not only to maintain its commitments to respect human rights, but also to find new ways to support the work of governments for such effort

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About Us

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.