Agenda

With disasters like the BP Gulf of Mexico incident, the value of incorporating social and environmental risk into your company's core strategy is clear. In this opening session, hear from three corporate leaders on how it's done in practice.

• Find out how Rio Tinto are evolving their corporate strategy beyond 'reactive' CSR to an integrated, holistic risk management system
• Hear how Anglo Gold Ashanti created effective tools to map external risks in a weak institutional capacity, drawing from their stakeholder engagement strategy in Africa
• Hear from ERM about how mere regulatory compliance is no longer enough and the importance of integrating non-technical risks into early project life cycle decision-making to get projects planned, built and operated on schedule.

The impact of SEC changes on how transparent you should be on conflict minerals can’t be ignored. In this session BlackBerry will discuss the process they follow to assess and monitor their supply chain’s utilization of conflict minerals. Whereas De Beers will share lessons learned from their Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KP).

• Find out how you can apply De Beers KP best practices to control your exposure to risks from beyond your direct sphere of influence
• Critical assessment of KP by Global Witness: what you can take away and what should be left out while implementing Dodd Frank 1502 and OECD Guidance on Due Diligence
• Lessons from collaboration within your industry: how to work towards an efficient, standardized reporting model on conflict minerals

Andrew Bone, Director International Relations, De Beers
Arnie Bawden, Supply Chain Social Responsibility Manager, BlackBerry
Annie Dunnebacke, Conflict Minerals Deputy Director, Global Witness

This session will analyse how Dodd Frank 1504 and the EU Transparency and Accounting Directives will impact your business in 2013 and how to be prepared. You will hear regulatory expectations from two different stakeholder groups: an NGO and an investor.

• Learn from Calvert, leading investment house, on why these regulations are essential to help them assess whether they should invest in your business
• Get up-to-date on the risks of non-compliance and on the best ways to implement these regulations in your organization
• Find out what the benefits of these revenue transparency laws are for your key stakeholder groups (communities, governments, citizens)

Bennett Freeman, Senior Vice President, Sustainability Research and Policy, Calvert Investments
Joseph Williams, Senior Advocacy & Communications Officer, Publish What You Pay

This session will help you to learn how to minimise your social risks by linking core business activity with community needs. Anglo American will share lessons learnt on this, through emphasis on securing their license to operate and getting acceptance and trust from the local communities as top priorities. Code REDD will also share their experience on the ground.

• Understand social issues: See how Anglo American uses its Socio-Economic Assessment Toolbox (SEAT) to measure and manage socio economic impacts of its operations in host communities
• Find out how to control your long term social risk by ensuring sustainable development of communities
• Integrate environmental, social, community, biodiversity, and GHG emissions reductions goals into a holistic cost-effective program to match your business goals with community priorities

Jon Samuel, Head of Social Performance, Anglo American
Christine Svarer, Head of Private Sector Engagement, Care International
Karin L. Burns, Executive Director, Code REDD

This highly interactive session will discuss the below topics in a roundtable format led and facilitated by industry experts. 20-25 to a table, conference participants will share experiences and best practice under the Chatham House rule.

1. Biodiversity Enhancements –Opportunities for Brownfields Operations

• Build sustainable biodiversity outcomes/solutions by partnering with credible NGO's
• Incorporate biodiversity into corporate decision-making

Ben Ferris, Environmental Director, Kumtor Operating Company (Centerra Gold)
Jason Sali, Business and Biodiversity Programme, Fauna and Flora International

2. Water scarcity: how to improve water use at the operational level and avoid conflicts with the local communities

• Smart water: how mining companies in Chile are facing the challenge of water scarcity through efficiency, recycling, reuse, new technologies and new sources
• Build cooperation: Constructive community engagement into sustainable water use

Juan Ramón Candia, Head of Water & Environment, Fundacion Chile

4. Community Engagement as an opportunity, not an obligation: Lessons from the field of Counterinsurgency

• How CSR initiatives can help extractive companies understand & navigate unstable emerging markets
• How outreach campaigns can be designed and executed to maximize secondary benefits to risk management, local recruitment & workforce stability, and extractive companies' overall position in local society

Nick Krohley, Founder & CEO, Subaltern Research Services

3. Translating Free Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) into practice

• Learn what it means to obtain FPIC from the local community
• Where to draw the line between the governmental approval and communities consent for your operations

Rebecca Adamson, President & Founder, First Peoples

5. Making Projects Bankable & in compliance with the Equator Principles (EPs) and IFC Performance Standards

• What are lenders looking for and what are the common mistakes?
• How important is understanding of local regulatory systems and cultural sensitivities?
• What systems support will be required and what is next on the horizon?

Tunde Morakinyo, Partner, ERM

This highly interactive session will discuss the below topics in a roundtable format led and facilitated by the industry experts. 20-25 to a table, conference participants will share experiences and best practice under the Chatham House rule.
1. Focus on communities: Policy, standards and good practices for achieving respect, trust and a common understanding with local communities

• Stakeholder engagement practices for overcoming misinformation, distrust and community resistance
• How to develop a common understanding and partnerships with host communities in transitional economies

Charlotte Wolff, General CSR Manager, Arcelor Mittal

2. Spread CSR best practice down your supply chain - learn from De Beers' Best Practice Principles Assurance Programme

• Learn from De Beers' experience of tackling the challenge of managing 4000 suppliers
• Hear tips on how to refine your own approach to supply chain management through De Beers' experience of setting standards and procedures for supply chain management

Purvi Shah, Responsible Business Initiative Executive, De Beers
Feriel Zerouki, Best Practice Principles Manager, De Beers

3. How to manage and reduce environmental impacts of your operations

• Improve government relations and address resource nationalism
• Discover opportunities for shared value creation
• Learn how to achieve no net loss/net gain/net positive impact from your operations

Dillon Ripley Lanius, Corporate Partnerships, Code REDD

4. Effective ways to communicate your sustainability work with key stakeholder groups

• Hear about which messages are authentic and why
• Find out why stakeholder mapping matters and why it can benefit your company
• See some examples of good communication and discuss why they work

Toby Webb, Founder, Ethical Corporation

Developing a long-term capacity-building plan in the country where you operate presents huge opportunities not just for the host country's economy but also for your company. By collaborating with regional government and civil society you will mitigate any potential risks and conflicts, ensure your social license and sustain your operations.

• Find the 'sweet spot' between corporate objectives and strategies and country development trajectory to achieve long-term shared value
• Best ways to integrate local contractors into your supply chain, create employment, develop skills for a win-win situation for you and your stakeholders
• Key tips to work towards no net loss and net positive gain and measure success

In this highly interactive panel, you will learn from the collaborative initiative of the leading oil and gas companies closely working within IPIECA and ICMM on business and human rights projects. They will cover key aspects of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights as well as the Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights. ICMM will provide their standpoint on the evolution of Human Rights in the mining sector plus key lessons from their collaborative work with IPIECA on the topic. Join the session to learn how to protect human rights victims and avoid human rights violations in your operations.

• Build effective grievance mechanisms: create the channels and ensure an accurate flow of information
• Best ways to implement Human Rights Due diligence into site operations in different geo- political contexts
• Hear from Oil and Gas leaders and ICMM on how they translate Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights into practice

Bert Fokkema, Human Rights Implementation Manager, Shell / Chair Human Rights Task Force, IPIECA
Jaume Corbella López, Corporate Responsibility Analyst, Repsol
Claire White, Social and Economic Development Manager, ICMM
Roper Cleland, Project Manager - Social Responsibility, IPIECA

Commented on and led by Toby Webb, Founder, Ethical Corporation