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| 0730 – 0845 |
Registration |
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Chair: Hayden Turner |
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| 0845 – 0915 |
Welcome Address
Dr. Amit Mitra, Secretary General, Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry
Georg Kell, Executive Director, UN Global Compact |
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| 0915 – 0930 |
Keynote Address by Guest-of-Honour
Dr. A P J Kalam, former President of India (Invited) |
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| 0930 – 0945 |
Inaugural Address by Chief Guest
Dr. Manmohan Singh, Prime Minister, India (Invited) |
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| 0945 – 1100 |
The Future of Corporate Citizenship
This distinguished panel of leaders in corporate responsibility and sustainable business practice will discuss how corporate citizenship has evolved in recent years and explore it’s future. We will introduce the UN Global Compact and explain the ten universal principles it promotes so that business can be part of the solution to the challenges of globalisation.
Georg Kell, Executive Director, UN Global Compact
Dr. Amit Mitra, Secretary General, Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry
Jeremy Oppenheim, Director, McKinsey and Company
Shi Zhengrong, CEO, Suntech Power China (Invited) |
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| 1100 – 1130 |
Networking Coffee Break |
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| 1130 – 1300 |
Leading Change - Advancing the Environmental, Social and Governance Agenda
Business leaders around the world recognise that they must serve the public good as well as deliver profits to shareholders. That a company’s future depends on how it responds to global issues and meets the changing needs and demands of society. Despite this recognition many top executives struggle to integrate environmental, social and governance issues into their mainstream business. This panel of leaders will share their perspectives, experience and strategies for advancing the ESG agenda in global business.
Moderator: Rageh Omaar, Broadcast Journalist
Arun Seth, Chairman, BT Group India
Rajeev Dubey, President, Mahindra & Mahindra
Masaru Arai, Chief Investment Officer, Daiwa Asset Management
James Gifford, Executive Director, Principles for
Responsible Investment |
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| 1300 – 1415 |
Lunch |
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| 1415 – 1530 |
Panel Discussion with audience Q&A
Business Action to End Poverty
In the year 2000 the leaders of 189 countries signed up to the Millennium Declaration, a global plan to halve extreme poverty by 2015. In 2007, with over 1 billion people still living on less than $1 a day, we are far short of that goal. This panel of respected leaders will look at partnership and business-driven solutions to empowering the poor and ending poverty.
Harish Manwani, President, Unilever Asia Pacific, Africa & Middle East
Sanjeev Chadha, Head, PepsiCo India
Y. W. Junardy, President Commissioner, Rajawali Corp. Indonesia, Coordinator, Indonesia Global Compact
Vikram Akula, Founder, SKS Microfinance |
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| 1530 – 1600 |
Networking Coffee Break |
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| 1600 – 1630 |
Keynote address - Via Satellite Link
Sir Richard Branson, Chairman, Virgin Group |
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| 1630 – 1730 |
Panel Discussion with audience Q&A
Business Solutions for Saving the Planet
The human race is pushing our planet towards the edge of disaster by flooding land, sea, and air with pollution and by over use. These issues amount to one of the greatest challenges humanity has ever faced. This panel looks at companies developing innovative partnerships, technologies and solutions for saving the planet, humanity and the natural world.
Moderator: Claude Fussler, Programme Director for Caring for Climate, UN Global Compact
Satinder Bindra, Director, Communication and Public Information Division, UNEP
Lalita Ramdas, Board Chair, Greenpeace International
Tejpreet Singh Chopra, President and CEO, GE India
Christina Koh, Senior Vice President, Sustainability, DHL Express Global |
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Close |
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Breakfast presentation – UNEP Climate Neutral Network
Satinder Bindra, Director, Communication and Public Information Division, UNEP |
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| 0845 – 0855 |
Day Two Opening Address
Shri R S Sharma, Chairman, Oil and Natural Gas
Corporation and President of the Global Compact
Society, India (Invited) |
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| 0855 – 0915 |
Welcome Address
Achim Steiner, Executive Director, United Nations
Environment Programme (Invited) |
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| 0915 – 1015 |
The Rise of the Social Enterprise: Solving Global Challenges, Creating New Markets
In this session we look at the development of the social enterprise, a concept promoted by Nobel Prize Laureate Muhammad Yunus that is based on the belief that the poor can be empowered as entrepreneurs if given access and the means to start their own small businesses. We will learn how larger corporations are engaging social entrepreneurs and investing in sustainable businesses to reach new markets, solve social and environmental challenges, and improve lives.
Moderator:
John Elkington, Founder/Director, Volans Ventures and Co-Founder/Non-Executive Director, SustainAbility
Harish Hande, Founder, SELCO
Joe Madiath, Founder, Gram Vikas |
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Tackling The Global Food Crisis – Feeding the World’s Poor
A perfect storm of food scarcity, global warming, rising oil prices and the world’s population explosion, is plunging humanity into one of the biggest crises of the 21st century. For the 1 billion people living on less than a dollar a day, the worst food crisis in a generation is a matter of survival. This panel of experts will discuss both short and long-term partnership solutions to feeding the world’s poor.
Moderator: Rageh Omaar, Broadcast Journalist
T Nanda Kumar, Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, and former Secretary Food & Public Distribution, India (Invited)
Akinwumi Adesina, Vice President, Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa
Mihoko Tamamura, Country Director, World Food Programme, India
Amitabha Sadangi, Founder, IDE-India (Invited) |
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| 1115 – 1145 |
Networking Coffee Break |
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The Role of Governance and Accountability in Sustainable Development
Corruption has a devastating and disproportionate impact on the world’s poorest, most vulnerable communities, limiting development, growth and poverty reduction. It also has a major impact on business. This panel will look at business leadership in governance and combating extortion, bribery and other forms of corruption.
Moderator: Alex McGillivray, Head of Programmes, AccountAbility
Susan Cote-Freeman, Project Manager, Private Sector, Transparency International
Chris Lloyd, Executive Director, Public Policy & Corporate Responsibility, Verizon Inc.
Tim Wilkinson, Director, International Commerce, Authentix
Bunker Roy, Founder, Barefoot College (Invited) |
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| 1245 – 1400 |
Lunch |
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| 1400 – 1500 |
Multi-stakeholder Partnerships - Global Solutions
Here we look at companies that are creating innovative solutions to global problems through successful multi-stakeholder partnerships. We will highlight companies that are partnering with government, NGOs and civil society to promote a more holistic approach to sustainable development and advance the broader goals of the United Nations.
Ros Tennyson, Director, The Partnering Initiative, IBLF
David Williams, CEO, Impact DTG
Ravi Singh, Secretary General and CEO, WWF, India
David Croft, Global Conformance and Sustainability Director, Cadbury-Schweppes
Khalid Malik, UNDP Resident representative and United Nations Coordinator, China |
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| 1500 – 1600 |
Business and Human Rights
More and more companies are realizing the relevance of human rights to their business and the need to respect and promote human rights throughout their operations. This panel will deal with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and how leading companies are seeing the many benefits of advancing human rights both within and outside their organisation.
Moderator: Eric Olson, Vice President, Advisory Services, Business for Social Responsibility
Michael Wilkinson, Vice President Sustainable Development, Royal Dutch Shell
John Morrison, Programme Director, Business Leaders Initiative on Human Rights (BLIHR)
R. Gopalakrishnan, Executive Director, Tata & Sons
Sheela Patel, Co-Founder, SPARC (Inivited)
Mirai Chatterjee, Member of the Board, SEWA (Invited) |
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| 1600 – 1630 |
Networking Coffee Break |
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| 1630 – 1715 |
Caring for Climate – The Business Leadership Platform
Moderator: Claude Fussler, Programme Director for Caring for Climate, UN Global Compact |
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| 1715 – 1800 |
Closing Summary Remarks - Actions to Advance the ESG Agenda
Moderator: Rageh Omaar, Broadcast Journalist
Georg Kell, Executive Director, UN Global Compact
Dr. Amit Mitra, Secretary General, Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry
Eric Olson, Vice President, Advisory Services, Business for Social Responsibility
Alex McGillivray, Head of Programmes, AccountAbility |
This is a provisional agenda indicative of the level of speakers who have been invited and is subject to change at the discretion of the organizers. Responsible Business Global Forum Agenda updated on 31 October, 2008. |
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