Date and Time
Thursday June 25, 2015
8:45 am-1:30 pm
UTC+1
Location
London
Topics
#Inclusive Economy
Please join us for a morning dialogue in London to explore how the private sector can help build a more inclusive economy through good jobs, access to essential goods and services, and investments for prosperous communities.
During this event, a panel of experts will explore how businesses can help create an inclusive economy, from inclusive workplaces to thriving communities. Featured examples will include how Sodexo works on making its supply chain more inclusive and resilient, why and how GSK has reinvented its business to increase access to medicines, the business case for leading retailing brands to invest in women in their supply chains, and how new models such as the circular economy contribute to job creation in a more inclusive economy.
At the event, companies can expect to understand the rationales and business cases for more inclusive business practices and take away key lessons in how to drive change through their direct operations and supply chains.
BSR member companies from multiple industries and select partners from non-member companies, civil society, philanthropies, and other sectors will be in attendance.
Agenda
Agenda is subject to change.
- 8:45-9:15 a.m.: Registration and networking
- 9:15-9:45 a.m.: Introducing BSR’s framework for Business Leadership for an Inclusive Economy
- 9:45-10:45 a.m.: Panel discussion: Promoting inclusion in global operations, including best practices on access to essential goods and services, safe and fair employment, and investments in communities
- 10:45-11:15 a.m.: Networking break
- 11:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m.: Panel discussion: Implementing the tools and inventing new business models to advance a more inclusive economy, including innovative partnerships and the circular economy
- 12:30-1:30 p.m.: Networking lunch
Event Partner
Speakers
- Neil Barrett, Group Vice President Sustainable Development, Sodexo
- Kerry Conway, Private Sector Development Advisor, Business Engagement Hub, UK Department for International Development (DFID)
- Clare Griffin, Head, Corporate Responsibility and Reporting, GlaxoSmithKline
- Ella Jamsin, Research Manager, The Ellen MacArthur Foundation
- Ebele Okobi, Head of Public Policy, Africa, Facebook
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Cecile Oger,
Director, BSR
Cecile works with BSR members to advance sustainability strategies and better partner with stakeholders to create more resilient and inclusive business practices. She also leads BSR’s global staffing process and people management in EMEA, which includes recruitment and professional development.
Cecile leads projects on stakeholder engagement, materiality, and strategy, mostly in the healthcare; consumer products; and food, beverage, and agriculture sectors. She also leads the Healthcare Working Group.
Prior to joining BSR, Cecile served as deputy director for SGS Sustainability Services. Her work involved developing service offerings for sustainable supply chains. Before that, she was executive director of SFSTP, one of the largest associations of industrial pharmacists in Europe. She started her career in the chemicals industry, working for Clariant in the U.K. and Canada. She speaks French and English.
Cecile holds an M.B.A. from Ryerson University, a B.Sc. in Chemistry and Business Administration from Kingston University London, and a Life Science degree from University of Angers.
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Peder Michael Pruzan-Jorgensen, Former Senior Vice President, BSR
Peder Michael leads BSR’s work with grant funders and partners as well as development and management of business and multistakeholder collaborations. A member of the BSR executive team, he co-leads BSR’s relationship management activities and provides executive guidance on BSR’s women’s empowerment work.
An experienced sustainability executive, Peder Michael works with the world’s leading companies in the consumer, financial services, transportation, healthcare, and energy sectors on business strategy and operations to help them manage sustainability risks and opportunities. He is a member of several sustainability advisory boards—including the Melton Foundation Advisory Board and the Stakeholder Advisory Panel of BAT—and he is a member of the UN Women/UNGC Women’s Empowerment Principles Leadership Group.
Prior to joining BSR, Peder Michael was a key player in growing PricewaterhouseCoopers' sustainable business solutions practice in Copenhagen. He also spent five years with the Danish Foreign Service, where he worked on human rights in international development and foreign policy and served on the board of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women. Peder Michael served on the Danish Government’s Council on Corporate Responsibility from 2009-2012.
He speaks English, French, Danish, and Swedish, and holds an international M.B.A. and a B.S. in business administration, both from Copenhagen Business School.
