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Corporate Responsibility 2008

Sustaining Momentum and Responsible Growth

Thursday 13 March 2008
to Friday 14 March 2008

Location

Chatham House, London
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In partnership with FTSE Group

Lead sponsor Nestlé about our lead sponsor

Supported by Barclays , DFID and Merck & Co., Inc. (MSD)


Conference overview

At their 2007 Summit, the G8 nations signalled an unprecedented interest in corporate responsibility. Not only did they encourage the business sector to use specific Corporate Responsibility instruments, such as the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises and the UN Global Compact, but they committed to establishing a high level dialogue with leading emerging economies on the subject. What are the emerging governmental expectations of the business sector, and how far are these fair and reasonable?

Is government trying to play 'catch-up' with a sector that is already leading across a broad front?

If so, what support for Corporate Responsibility is it most important for government to give at this point?

This high-level conference is now in its fifth successive year as a joint venture between Chatham House and FTSE Group. The two day event will examine the latest thinking on the responsibilities of business, government and civil society and assess how far corporate responsibility has become a normal part of everyday business.


Speaker highlights


Government

Baroness Chalker of Wallasey

Richard Howitt, MEP

William Kingsmill
Head, Growth and Investment Group
Department for International Development, UK


International organizations

Dr Rainer Geiger
Deputy Director, Financial and Enterprise Affairs Division
OECD

Adam B. Greene
Vice President, International Labor Standards & Corporate Responsibility
U.S. Council for International Business

Georg Kell
Executive Director, UN Global Compact
United Nations


Finance

Christine Farnish
Director, Public Policy & Sustainability, Barclays Corporate Affairs
Barclays Plc

Lord Hastings of Scarisbrick CBE
Global Head of Citizenship and Diversity
KPMG

Anthony Ling
Chief Investment Officer, Global Investment Research
Goldman Sachs

Bill McClory
Trustee
BT Pension Fund

Will Oulton
Head, Responsible Investment
FTSE Group

Denis Schmidli
Senior Product Specialist
Pictet Asset Management

Dr Rory Sullivan
Director, Investor Responsibility & Corporate Governance
Insight Investment


Business

Kathryn Barker
Head of Corporate Responsibility
Severn Trent Water

David Greeley
Senior Director, Global HIV/AIDS Programs
Merck & Co., Inc

Paul Polman
Executive Vice President
Zone Director for United States of America, Canada, Latin America, Caribbean
Nestlé SA

Ben Stimson
Group head of Corporate Responsibility
BSkyB


Not for profit and academic organizations

Eric Olson
Vice President, Advisory Services
Business for Social Responsibility, USA

Dr Craig Mackenzie
Director, Carbon Benchmarking Project
University of Edinburgh Business School

Dr Sally Uren
Director, Business Programme
Forum for the Future

Media partners and other supporters


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