Oct 12, 2012

2nd Annual CSR Extractives Summit will be taking place in New Orleans on November 12-13.

Ethical Corporation conferences are widely recognized as the best in the field of corporate responsibility and sustainability.
If you’re interested in how extractives companies handle CSR and sustainability, you may find an upcoming business conference of use.
The 2nd Annual CSR Extractives Summit will be taking place in New Orleans on November 12-13.
 
Anyway, if you’d like to get all the info you need in one place (full speaker line-up, complete agenda, info on who you’ll be meeting) then please see agenda do download your brochure here http://events.ethicalcorp.com/risk-management-usa/conference-agenda.php

Hot Topics & Speakers

  • Opening Address: Recent CSR developments in the extractives sector
  • How updates to the IFC Performance Standards & Equator Principles will impact on how you report, engage and get project finance
  • Dodd Frank Act Section 1502 conflict minerals and supply chain transparency: Track and eliminate conflict minerals from your supply chain.
  • Ruggie - UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human rights:  How they can impact on your corporate risk management strategy
  • Amnesty International, Extractives & Human Rights Lead, Simon Billeness
  • Cerrejon, Social Responsibility, Ines Andrade
  • Internal embedding of sustainability part 1 - how to bridge the gap between sustainability strategy and operations on the ground
  • Internal Embedding part 2 - Good business starts at home: why sustainability should be part of your employee engagement strategy and how to make it pay
  • External stakeholder engagement part 1 – How to handle transparency to ensure key stakeholders get the information they need, and you protect and strengthen your brand
  • External engagement part 2: Create positive relations with NGOs to better handle controversy, criticism and reputational risk
For more information visit :
http://events.ethicalcorp.com/risk-management-usa/conference-agenda.php or contact Brian Smith  brian.smith (at) ethicalcorp.com