Date and Time
Monday June 5, 2017
6:00 pm-8:30 pm
PDT
Location
San Francisco
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.
Aron Cramer, President and CEO, BSR and Steve Howard, Co-Chair, We Mean Business and Outgoing Chief Sustainability Officer, IKEA Group will share their perspectives and facilitate the discussion, along with other members of BSR’s leadership. 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
- Steve Howard, Co-Chair, We Mean Business and Outgoing Chief Sustainability Officer, IKEA Group
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Aron Cramer,
President and CEO, BSR
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 more than 250 member companies and other global businesses 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 serves on advisory boards to CEOs at Barrick Gold, Marks & Spencer, and SAP, and previously for AXA, Shell, and Nike. He is also a director of the Natural Capital Coalition, the International Integrated Reporting Council, and We Mean Business, 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 forums 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.
