Plenary sessions - senior and influential leaders

Plenary sessions - senior and influential leaders

Speakers from business and civil society gather together for plenary sessions on the formative issues driving sustainability reporting. What do you know about your organization’s sustainability impact? How can sustainability reporting enhance trust? What is the future of sustainability? See the full list of plenary speakers below.

All three plenary sessions take place in the main hall of the Okura Hotel, which has a capacity of 1100 people. GRI is discussing possible translation services for French and Spanish.

Thursday
5 October

9:00 - 12:15

Plenary

What do we
know about our
sustainability
impact?

Ernst Ligteringen
Chief Executive, Global Reporting Initiative
Welcome and introduction

Job Cohen
Mayor, City of Amsterdam
The challenges of sustainability: The Amsterdam Experience

HRH The Prince of Orange
Facing the truth, acting responsible, working together

Stuart Hart
Samuel Johnson Professor, Cornell University
Globalization, the base of the pyramid, and sustainability reporting

Gerard Kleisterlee
CEO, Royal Philips Electronics
The global challenges of the 21st century: the footprint and role of the corporate community

Karien van Gennip
Minister of Foreign Trade, The Netherlands
The business case for sustainability reporting

Achim Steiner
Executive Director, United Nations Environment Program (UNEP)
Communicating progress to stakeholders, accountable and tranparent

Ernst Ligteringen
The evolution of sustainability reporting

Judy Henderson
Chair of Board of Directors, Global Reporting Initiative
G3: a milestone in the global journey of GRI

Formal launch of the G3 Guidelines

Thursday
5 October

17:00 - 18:00

Plenary Panel

How can
sustainability
reporting
enhance trust?

Chaired by:
Richard Edelman
President & CEO, Edelman

Co-chaired by:
Jo Confino
Executive Editor, The Guardian

Panelists:
Hannah Jones
Vice President, Corporate Responsibility, Nike

Lex Holst
Vice President, Group Sustainable Development and HSE, Royal Dutch Shell

Peter Blom
CEO, Triodos Bank

Ildo Luís Sauer
Director Gas and Energy, Petrobras

Friday
6 October

14:00 - 17:00

Plenary

The Future
of Sustainability:
is there an
alternative scenario?

Pieter van Geel
State Secretary of Housing, Spatial Planning and Environment (Netherlands)
How markets play a key role on our journey towards a sustainable future

Hugh Scott-Barrett
Chief Financial Officer, ABN AMRO Bank
The business case for sustainable development and reporting

Margot Wallström
Vice President, European Commission
Action or reaction: CSR reporting and climate change as tools for smart growth

Al Gore
Chairman, Generation Investment Management
Former Vice President, USA
Valuing the full spectrum for long term performance

Mark Moody-Stuart
Chairman, Anglo American
Former Chair, Royal Dutch Shell
Building on conference input

GRI Chair - elect
Closure