Leadership tracks focused on key issues

Leadership tracks focused on key issues

Leadership tracks are smaller sessions focussed on specific parts of the larger sustainability reporting picture. Each session is chaired by a senior and experienced leader and starts with an expert speaker setting the scene for later discussion among the panel. Panel discussion will also open up to audience involvement.

Block I - Thursday 5 October - 13:30 - 15:00

Business Case I
A return on investment: How to assess the value of sustainability reporting?

Chair:
Daniel Gagnier
Senior Vice President, Alcan

Introduction:
Björn Stigson
President, World Business Council for Sustainable Development

Panelists:
Chris Tuppen
Head of Sustainable Development and Corporate Acountability, British Telecom
Piet Sprengers
Head Sustainability Policy, ASN Bank
Hanns Michael Hölz
Global Head of Sustainable Development, Deutsche Bank
Alberto Andreu Pinillos
General Manager, Corporate Reputation & CSR, Telefónica

Chair:
Herman Mulder

Introduction:
Sean Harrigan
Former President, California Public Employees' Retirement System

Panelists:
Mindy Lubber
President, The Coalition for Environmentally Responsible Economies
Paul Clements-Hunt
Head, United Nations Environment Program Finance Initiative
Kersty Jenkinson
Senior Analyst, Governance & Socially Responsible Investment, F&C Asset Management
Rene Moeckli
Sustainable Development Advisor, Royal Dutch Shell

Chair:
Oded Grajew
Founder, Instituto Ethos

Introduction:
Peter Blom
CEO, Triodos Bank

Panelists:
Soledad Teixidó
Executive Director, PROHumana/Chile
Kimanthi Mutua
Managing Director, K-Rep Bank, Kenya
Malini Mehra
Founder & Director, Center for Social Markets
Jeremy Hobbs
Executive Director, Oxfam International
Philip Armstrong
Head Global Corporate Governance Forum, International Finance Corporation

License to Operate: Civil Society I
What role can reporting play in valuing global sustainability impacts?

Chair:
Ricardo Young President, Instituto Ethos

Introduction:
A.N.Singh
Deputy Managing Director, Corporate Services, Tata Steel

Panelists:
Filippa Bergin
Executive Secretary, Amnesty Business Group, Amnesty Sweden
Fabio Feldmann
Former Secretary of Environment, São Paulo State
Samantha Mostyn
Group Executive, Culture & Reputation, Insurance Australia Group
Paul Freundlich
President, The Fair Trade Foundation

Block II - Thursday 5 October - 15:30 - 17:00

Business Case II
How does sustainability reporting contribute to stakeholder relations and communications?

Chair:
Daniel Gagnier
Senior Vice President, Alcan

Introduction:
Martin Hancock
Chair, United Nations Environment Program Finance Initiative

Panelists:
Aron Cramer
President & CEO, Business for Social Responsibility
Ricardo Santos Azevedo
Executive Manager, Health, Security and Environment, Petrobras
John Evans
General Secretary, Trade Union Advisory Committee to the OECD
Petra van Hoeken
Head Group Sustainable Development, ABN AMRO

Capital Markets II
G3 and consolidation – is there an end in sight for rating survey and questionnaire fatigue?

Chair:
Herman Mulder

Introduction:
Matthew Kiernan
Founder & Chief Executive, Innovest

Panelists:
Guilherme Leal
Co-Chairman of the Board, Natura Cosméticos
Edoardo Gai
Head Sustainability Services, SAM Group
Fouad Benseddik
Director of Research and Institutional Relations, VIGEO
Robert Rubinstein
Founder & CEO, Brooklyn Bridge-TBLI Group

Emerging Markets II
How can sustainability reporting increase competitiveness?

Chair:
Oded Grajew
Founder, Instituto Ethos

Introduction:
Girish Ramachandran
Head European Operations, TATA Consultancy Services

Panelists:
Anne Copeland Chiu
Chair, Sustainable Development Committee, International Finance Corporation
Christopher Wells
Manager, Environmental and Social Risk, Latin America, ABN AMRO
Ambreen Waheed
Executive Director, Responsible Business Initiative, Pakistan
Talia Aharoni
Managing Director MAALA – Business for Social Responsibility, Israel

License to Operate: Civil Society II
How can sustainability reporting help with assessment of work place and community impacts?

Chair:
Ricardo Young President, Instituto Ethos

Introduction:
Kumaran (Kumi) Shunmugam Naidoo
Secretary-General, CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation

Panelists:
Soledad Burbano
International Affairs Director and Strategic Coordinator, Banco Solidario, Ecuador
Ruth Rosenbaum
Center for Reflection, Education and Action
Pierre Habbard
Senior Advisor, Trade Union Advisory Committee to the OECD
Marcello Palazzi
Co-founder, Progressio Foundation

Block III - Friday 6 October - 9:00 - 10:30

Corporate Governance
How can sustainability reporting contribute in the Boardroom?

Chair:
Mervyn King
First Vice President, Institute of Directors

Introduction:
Michael Rea
Independent consultant

Panelists:
Robert Massie
Senior Fellow, The Coalition for Environmentally Responsible Economies
Anne Simpson
CEO, International Corporate Governance Network
George Dallas
Managing Director and Global Practice Leader, Governance Services, Standard and Poor's
Jean-Marc Huët
Chief Financial Officer, Royal Numico

Public Policy
Will a voluntary or mandatory approach to reporting better advance sustainability?

Chair:
Ton Boon von Ochssee
Ambassador Sustainable Development, The Netherlands

Introduction:
Penny Wong
Senator, Australia

Panelists:
Juan Jose Barrera
Director General for Social Economy, Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs (Spain)
Deborah Doane
Chair, CORE Coalition
David Vidal
Director of Research, Global Corporate Citizenship, The Conference Board
Cornis van der Lugt
Division Office, UNEP Division of Technology, Industry and Economics

Small Enterprises
Too small to report? What is the relevance of sustainability reporting for SMEs?

Chair:
Jacqueline Aloisi de Larderel
Former Assistant Executive Director, United Nations Environment Program, Division of Technology, Industry and Economics

Introduction:
Gabriel Solórzano
President, Financiera Nicaraguense de Desarrollo

Panelists:
Ronald Bown
President, Asociación de Exportadores de Chile and Miguel González Guzmán
Agricola la Masia
Aditi Haldar
Counsellor, Sustainability Services, Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Development
María José García López
Fundación para la investigación en Salud and Isabel Vallejo President Federación Empresarial de Farmacéuticos Españoles
Willem Lageweg
Director, MVO Nederland

Best Practice
Innovative examples of sustainability reporting

Chair:
Luis Perera
Partner, PriceWaterhouse Coopers Chile

Introduction:
Sandrijn Weites
Senior Vice President, Sustainability Strategy & Reporting, ABN AMRO Bank

Panelists:
Lynn Patterson
Head of Corporate Responsibility Communications, Royal Bank of Canada
Toshihiko Goto
Chair, Environmental Auditing Research Group
Alice Tepper Marlin
President, Social Accountability International
Åsa Pettersson
Co-ordinator, Public Affairs, Vattenfall

Beyond the Launch
G3 and its implementation

Chair:
Linda Funnell-Milner
Director, Corporate ResponseAbility

Introduction:
Ans Kolk
Professor of Sustainable Management, University of Amsterdam

Panelists:
Philippe Adam
Vice President Marketing EMEA, Hyperion Solutions Corporation
Seb Beloe
Director of Research and Advocacy, SustainAbility
Constance Kane
Senior Consultant, World Education International
Peter Wong
Senior Partner, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, Hong Kong

Block IV - Friday 6 October - 11:00 - 12:30

Landscape
How does it all fit together? The principal global CSR norms and standards.

Chair:
Elisabeth Dahlin
Swedish Ambassador, Global Responsibility

Introduction:
Daniel Gagnier
Senior Vice President, Alcan

Panelists:
Björn Stigson
President, World Business Council for Sustainable Development
Simon Zadek
Chief Executive, AccountAbility
Georg Kell
Executive Director, United Nations Global Compact
Ernst Ligteringen
Chief Executive, Global Reporting Initiative
Alan Bryden
Secretary-General, ISO

Public Agencies
What is the value of sustainability reporting by public agencies?

Chair:
Phil Hughes Director, Centre for Public Agency Sustainability Reporting

Introduction:
Marijke Vos
Alderwoman, City of Amsterdam

Panelists:
Robyn Leeson
Manager - City Sustainability, City of Melbourne
Lynda King
Senior Business Strategy Advisor, BC Hydro
Judith Moore
Senior Environmental Specialist, The World Bank
Nic Frederiks
Senior Consultant, Environmental and Building Department City of Amsterdam

Supply Chain
How can sustainability reporting help support supply chain management?

Chair:
Hans Bolscher
Director Climate Change and Industry, Ministry of Public Housing, Spatial Planning and Environment (Netherlands)

Introduction:
Antônio Sérgio Oliveira Santana
Executive Director, Management Systems, Petrobras

Panelists:
Gerd Leipold
Executive Director, Greenpeace International
Trini Leung
Expert on NGO Human Rights
Bart-Jan Krouwel
Director of Sustainability, Rabobank
Pieter van der Gaag
Project Leader Ecology and Economy, Netherlands Committee of the World Conservation Union

Assurance
What is value of assurance in sustainability reporting?

Chair:
David Devlin
President, European Federation of Accountants

Introduction:
Shireen Naidoo
Director, KPMG Sustainability Advisory Services

Panelists:
Shizuo (Ricky) Fukada
Steering Committee Chairman, Keidanren - Council for Better Corporate Citizenship
Alan Knight
Head of Standards and Related Services, AccountAbility
Mark Weintraub
Head of Sustainable Development Strategy, Policy and Reporting, Royal Dutch Shell
Denise Esdon
Deputy Chair, International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board, International Federation of Accountants

GRI Guidelines
What do you see beyond G3? Point GRI in the right direction for the development of the reporting framework

Chair:
Roger Adams Executive Director-Technical, Association of Chartered Certified Accountants

Introduction:
Jermyn Brooks
Board member, Transparency International

Panelists:
Allen White
Vice President, Tellus Institute
Hidemi Tomita
Vice President, Corporate Social & Environmental Affairs, SONY
Gemma Crijns
Project coordinator CSR Platform, Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations
Gye-Hyung Lee
President, Korean Standards Association