The Sustainable Supply Chain Finance Opportunity

New York

Date and Time

Thursday June 21, 2018
8:30 am-12:30 pm EDT (Eastern Daylight Time)

Location

New York

Topics

#Financial Services, #Supply Chain

Join BSR for a half-day convening to learn how embedding environmental, labor, and human rights considerations into supply chain finance mechanisms can help achieve business and sustainability goals by rewarding and incentivizing sustainable behaviors in global supply chains. Sustainable supply chain finance offers benefits to suppliers, global buyers, and finance providers and has the potential to transform supply chains.

The event will bring together global buyers, trade finance providers, and other relevant actors to demystify supply chain finance mechanisms, explore sustainable supply chain finance solutions, and catalyze action. BSR will present the outcomes of our upcoming research report, Win-Win-Win: The Sustainable Supply Chain Finance Opportunity. The report and event are supported by Humanity United.

Who Should Join

Treasurers, procurement professionals, and sustainability professionals of global buyers
Trade and supply chain finance teams at banks and other finance providers
Providers of IT solutions and supply chain sustainability data

Agenda

8:30-9 a.m.: Welcome
9-9:30 a.m.: Why Sustainable Supply Chain Finance (findings from the report)
9:30-10:30 a.m.: Panel Discussion: Sustainable Supply Chain Finance in Practice
10:30-10:45 a.m.: Networking Break
10:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m.: Moderated Breakout Sessions on Key Themes
12:15-12:30 p.m.: Meeting close

Speakers

Nevin Turk, Principal Investment Officer, IFC

Dan Viederman, Managing Director, Humanity United

Suresh Subramanian, Head of Trade and Treasury Americas, BNP Paribas

Mark Kaplan, Co-Founder and Partner, Eachmile

Charlotte Bancilhon, Manager, BSR

Tara Norton, Managing Director, BSR

Blog

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New gender-sensitive auditing guidance provides recommendations, practical advice, and relevant examples on how to effectively integrate gender considerations into audits.

Gender Equality in Social Auditing Guidance

Magali Barraja, Manager, BSR

How Businesses Are Collaborating for the Sustainable Development Goals

Peder Michael Pruzan-Jorgensen, Senior Vice President, BSR; Sara Enright, Associate Director, BSR

For meaningful progress toward the SDGs, we need actors across entire value chains to take collective action on the issues that threaten business growth and social development.

Why Climate Resilience and Supply Chains Go Hand in Hand

Samantha Harris, Manager, BSR; David Wei, Director, Climate, BSR

A new BSR report—the first of its series—explores the business case for integrating climate risks into supply chain management.

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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.