Responsible Business is in the spotlight more than ever before. Climate Change is never off the news, ethical supply chain awareness has filtered down to the general public, anti-corruption is seen as one of the most pressing corporate concerns of the day.
The Responsible Business Summit is a seventh-time event, and brings all the benefits such an established event offers:
Excellent networking opportunities from an engaged and active CR community. Last year, 450 CR experts came along to the Summit. This year we expect over 500. For a detailed audience breakdown, please click here
Unrivalled speakers, from CEOs of multi-national corporations to thought leaders in the field of CR. Current keynote speakers include the European Presidents of DuPont and Starbucks, the European Chairman of Microsoft, the Executive Editor of the Economist, and CEOs from Wilhelmsen and Kraft (UK). For a full list of this year's current speakers, please click here
The most insightful and challenging topics and sessions available - The Responsible Business Summit is the longest-running CR conference around, and Ethical Corporation have the most expertise in running events like this. We are well used to creating conferences on this topic, and have lent our considerable expertise to making this the best ever CR conference. For the current conference agenda, please click here
This year, as always, we are directly reflecting the concerns of the CR community. Topics we've been asked to address include:
Mainstreaming Corporate Responsibility - how do you embed CR in your company, and will it kill your CR department as a result?
Measurement - we have a whole selection of sessions dealing with different aspects of measurement of your CR initiatives.
Controversy and CR - the whole conference will have a controversial bent - we will be asking tough questions in an environment designed to robustly challenge the preconceptions of corporate responsibility.
Quick Solutions - if you're just coming to CR, (you're late! and) we're running a session on how to make quick gains, and tighten up your operation quickly. Pick the 'low lying fruit' here.
Expert speakers we have already confirmed include:
Ian Hudson, President, Europe , DuPont
Cliff Burrows, President, Europe , Starbucks
Jan Muehlfeit, Chairman, Europe, Microsoft
Ingar Skaug, CEO , Wallenius Wilhelmsen
Daniel Franklin, Executive Editor, The Economist (author of January 08's Economist special report on CSR
Ben Clark, Managing Director (UK) , Kraft
Sajeev Viswanathan, Managing Director, Global Transaction Services (EMEA), Citi
Rob Cameron, CEO , Fairtrade Labelling Organisation International