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Corporate responsibility in 2013:
Why it's essential and how to make it pay

Collaboration Stakeholder Engagement * Trust * Supply Chain * Resource Constraints*

The 12th annual Responsible Business Summit, 500+ top attendees, 65+ speakers and 5+ CEOs, sharing best practice and discussing the latest sustainability challenges faced in 2013.

Why attend the Responsible Business Summit 2013?

Build Key Relationships - From the CEO of BSKYB to the Executive Director of Greenpeace to the Executive Editor of The Economist. No other summit brings together so many high-level attendees. Build career and knowledge-enhancing relationships with leading figures in the corporate, NGO and media world.
Key CSR Topics for 2013 - From macro keynotes to in-depth practical breakout sessions, get the solutions your job requires. Several months of research with key stakeholders means we’ll deliver the most crucial topics such as supply chain performance, human rights management, and NGO engagement.
Active Participation - Live Twitter feeds, use of live polling, scenario-based discussion, ‘Question Time’-style debates and issue-based roundtables will ensure that you - not just the speakers - are at the heart of the discussion.
Guaranteed corporate networking and insight - This year’s Summit will deliver a strong corporate focus. They’ll be limited passes available to solution providers and vendors - ensuring you the best chance to network with predominately corporates and NGOs.
Emerging Markets Perspectives - This year’s speakers include heads of CSR from leading companies based in the UAE, Jordan, Hong Kong and more. Get a truly global perspective and learn from those at the vanguard of CSR in a rapidly changing landscape.

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The Rt Hon
Gregory Barker
Minister of State for Climate Change

Barbara J. Krumsiek
Chief Executive Officer and Chair
Calvert Investments

Stuart Fletcher
Chief Executive Officer
BUPA

Ronan Dunne
Chief Executive Officer
Telefonica UK (02)

Jane Griffiths
Company Group Chairman
Janssen Pharmaceuticals

Meet some of our expert speakers

Discover what the likes of Patagonia M&S, The Economist, ING Group and more have to say on corporate responsibility and sustainability PLUS trends and predictions for 2013. View the Q and As interviews here in the build-up to this year’s #RBS13

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Who you will meet and why they are coming

See for yourself some of the senior delegates we have attending from the world of business, media, NGO and academia here

Here are what some of the delegates already booked to attend are saying:

My previous boss suggested that I attend, as she felt I would gain a lot from the experience. It will be my first time at this summit and I am quite excited.

Chasity Scoggins, Sustainability Manager, Delhaize America

The agenda topics are top of my mind for me at the moment plus the [senior] level of participants."

Kjell Lundén Pettersson, Senior Manager, Arla Food

One of our biggest initiatives right now is providing health education and access to quality health care services in third world factories. This conference provides a tremendous opportunity to mingle with relevant stakeholders.

Rachel Cline, Manager Institutional Development, Project HOPE

We want to use the event to make contacts with businesses and describe the support that Keeping Children Safe can offer to companies wishing to meet these principles.(Children's Rights and Business)

Corinne Davey, Director, Keeping Children Safe

How the company of 2020 will manage in a resource constrained world

Download the one hour webinar and selected findings here and learn from our panellists listed below.

Raji Hattar
Chief Sustainability and
Compliance Officer
Aramex

Nicola Kimm
Sustainability Director
CSM Global

Ioannis Ioannou
Assistant Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship
London Business School

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"How the company of 2020 will operate in a resource constrained webinar"

Key Topics for 2013

Collaboration with key stakeholders - Find out how post RIO +20 corporations can come together alongside civil society, NGO and government to successfully address long term corporate responsibility and sustainability challenges.
Emphasis on emerging markets - Learn how to exploit high potential growth markets using new socially innovative community investment initiatives that create long-term shared value.
Restoration of trust - Examine how the hard hit financial sector will rebuild its image and ethics in the wake of several damaging scandals. Learn how the lessons of brand reputation from other consumer facing sectors can be applied to the financial sector.
Human rights in action - Insight into application of Ruggie Principles framework in embedded systems for human rights management.
Resource scarcity in 2020 - Learn the steps required right now to create a clear and coherent business model in response to a resource-constrained world more vulnerable to food, energy and water challenges.
Your career in CSR and sustainability- Find out what top CSR directors look for when hiring their team. Find out the attributes, qualities and skill sets required to succeed in a field increasingly important to overall business strategy.
Secure top talent - Examine the role your CSR credentials play in attracting an intelligent, loyal and motivated workforce
Supply chain management - Build competitive advantage and protect reputation using a robust and ethical sourcing policy for even the most controversial products such as tuna, cocoa, palm oil and pulp and paper.
Strategy from the very top - Receive c-suite and executive level insight from companies such as Nestle, Rezidor Group, CSM Global, BSKYB, Janssen and more

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Brand New Formats for 2013

The summit is back in its twelfth year - and is of more value to the CSR Director than ever before. So what’s new?

We have totally revamped the standard conference format to deliver the most interactive and value-added summit to date.

Issue-Based Roundtables: Each roundtable with a maximum ten people will discuss our agenda topics. Notes in the form of bullet points will be taken on a flipchart, summarised afterwards and sent around via email / on the conference website.
Live Polling: Live Polling will be used throughout the summit to decide which solutions from our speakers delegates agree with most.
Crisis Communications Live: This will be run as a live scenario session with our speakers presented with a series of live crises unfolding in front of them. They’ll be asked to respond to key questions around each crisis and the audience will critique their response.
Tackling Real Life Dilemmas: Speakers will be presented with real life examples of challenges faced by companies and asked for their views on how to solve the problems. We then turn to the audience for comment and to vote on the best solution offered.
Question time: Pre-requested questions collected from the audience are presented to the speakers. They are then probed on their answers by the moderator who also takes comments from the audience.
The 90 second speaker pitch: Session format: The 90 second speaker pitch: Each speaker addresses the audience at the start with ninety seconds on why their case study deserves extra discussion. The audience votes to decide who goes first and has 10 minutes extra. We then have a discussion based session focused on problem solving.
Speed Networking: Same as speed dating but less awkward and no hidden agenda (okay maybe not). In one networking coffee break delegates will be encouraged to begin a discussion with someone new every 60 seconds.
Crowd-Sourced Problem Solving: Sessions voted for by you with the challenges resolved using your collective knowledge and input.
Scenarios for the Future: Speakers will be presented with potential collaboration or business opportunity scenarios for the near future. They then offer comments and practical ways to approach these. We then turn to the audience for comment and to vote on the best solution offered.

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Testimonials

I was very impressed by the organisation of the event and the content of the presentations. Also, of course, the diversity of attendees and the level of speakers was particularly impressive. A very beneficial event for anyone wanting to hear the very best in business and sustainability.

Charlie Watson, CSR Manager, Noble Resources

Very good conference with inspiring and approachable audience of senior management

Christoph Grobbel, Financial Officer & Chief Sales Officer, South Pole Carbon

I liked the Summit Conference. The many different presenters gave me a good outlook on how corporate responsibility/sustainability is being worked with around the world. It was also very useful to gather with others working with the same issues as we are. Sharing experience is essential in this field.

Geir Haheim, Legal Counsel, Helse Vest RHF

The Responsible Business Summit was very informative and helped me in reviewing our
CR strategy.

Tea Lindfors, CSR Manager, Amer Sports

The conference offered me a great opportunity to strengthen my understanding around sustainability and ethical compliance. Knowledge and insight gained from this event, will definitely prove to be valuable both on a personal and professional basis.

Harman Singh, Marketing Manager, Sedex Information Exchange

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