Bridging the Gap: Sustainable Environment

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1 DRAFT AGENDA Bridging the Gap: Sustainable Environment Part 2 - Globalization, Development and Environmental Management Second Part of the First United Nations Global Compact Academic Conference Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, USA 16:00 21:00 Registration 17:30 19:30 Welcoming reception 8:00 Continental Breakfast September 16, September 18, 2004 Jon M. Huntsman Hall (8 th Floor) 3730 Walnut Street Philadelphia Thursday, September 16 Friday, September 17 9:00 Welcome and overview of conference goals David Schmittlein, Deputy Dean of The Wharton School Conference Chair 9:15 Opening Speech Perspective of United Nations Global Compact Georg Kell, United Nations Global Compact Globalization, Sustainability and Responsible Citizenship 9:45 Plenary Session 1: Keynote speaker Poverty and the power of private sector and business activities in harnessing resources to create sustainable goods and services that are valued locally and globally. C.K. Prahalad, University of Michigan The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid: Eradicating Poverty Through Profits (Professor Prahalad s book of the same title is forthcoming with Pearson-Wharton School Publishing)

2 10:30 Break 11:00 Plenary Session 2 (Panel Discussion) - Financial and Business Models: Innovative financial and business models to promote entrepreneurial initiatives and to integrate the poor into environmentally sustainable practices. Chair - Cornis van der Lugt, UNEP, DTIE, Paris Eduardo Wanick, President, DuPont Latin America Sustainability from a Corporate Perspective Iqbal Quadir, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University Micro-finance Innovations for Sustainable Development Forest Reinhardt, Harvard Business School, Harvard University Market and Non-Market Strategies and the Business of Sustainability 12:30-14:00 Lunch (Speaker TBA) 14:00-15:30 Parallel Breakout Sessions Session A: Corporate Environmental and Social Responsibility: Chair - Jacob Park, Green Mountain College Shirley Justice, CREM Consultancy, The Netherlands, and Ravi Puranik, Partners in Change, India Corporate Social Responsibility in India, Policy and Practices of Dutch Companies Kishan Koday, UN Development Programme, Indonesia Country Office UNDP and the Global Compact: The Indonesian Example Carla Lettieri, Federal University of Rio De Janiero, Brazil The GC Network in Brazil: Mapping Key Stakeholders and Environmental Challenges Session B: Financial and Business Models: Chair - Andrew Metrick, The Wharton School Louis Boorstin, International Finance Corporation International Finance and Sustainability Initiatives Hewson Baltzel, Innovest Sustainability: Is There Any Profit There? Blaise Judja-Sato, President and CEO, VillageReach, Inc. Integrating Profit and People: The VillageReach Model

3 Session C: Technology and Innovation for Cleaner Production: Chair Serap Kara, Anadolu University Ernest Weiler, Rohm & Haas Company, and James Fava, Four Winds Life-Cycle Approaches to Sustainability and Innovation Cengiz Ultav, Member of the Executive Committee, Vestel Group Sustainability and Contract Manufacturing Practices Pari Patel, University of Sussex and Paul L. Robertson, University of Wollongong The Diffusion of Technologies for Fuel Saving and Emissions Control in Developing Nations 15:30 16:00 Break 16:00 Breakout session reports 16:30 Plenary Session 3 (Panel Discussion): - Educational Models: Chair Thassanee Wanick - SHARE Foundation for Sustainable Development Stephen M. Sammut, Senior Fellow, Wharton Entrepreneurial Program Private Equity in Emerging Markets: An Educational and Entrepreneurial Initiative at the Wharton School Nancy McGaw, Deputy Director, Business and Society Programs, Aspen Institute Integrating Sustainability into Management Education: A Status Report 17:30 Closure for the day 18:00 Social hour 19:00 Dinner (Speaker TBA)

4 Saturday, September 18 th 9:00 Plenary Session 4 (Panel Discussion): Sustainability and the Global Compact J. Kofi Bucknor, Managing Director, J. Kofi Bucknor & Associates (Ghana) An African Perspective on Globalization and the Global Compact Kristoffer Husoy, University of Oslo, and Dilek Cetindamar, Sabanci University Internalization of the UN Global Compact Principles Thomas P. Lyon, US Dept. of Justice and University of Michigan The Role of Voluntary Initiatives by Industry in Promoting Sustainability 10:30 11:00 Break 11:00 Parallel Breakout sessions Session D: Technology, Development and Corporate Perspectives: Chair Germaine H. Saad, Widener University John O. Adeoti, Nigerian Institute of Social and Economic Research Technological Issues in Environmental Management in a Late Industrialiser Esra Nemli, Istanbul University The Status of Corporate Sustainability in Turkish Companies Petronella Masawi-Shoko, Scientific and Industrial Research and Development Centre (SIRDC) - Zimbabwe Globalization, Development and Environmental Management Efforts in Zimbabwe Session E: Sustainability and Corporate Environmental and Social Responsibility: Chair - Anne Giesecke, American Bakers Association Rakesh Sarin, UCLA Intergenerational Equity: Values and Valuation Gürkan Kumbaroglu, Department of Industrial Engineering, Bogaziçi University The Clean Development Mechanism as a Useful Initiative to Promote the Development of Sustainable Environment Projects with Public-Private Participation: Experiences from Turkey Kaoru Kurusu, Osaka University, and Satoshi Miura, Toyo University Linking Human Security and Corporate Responsibility: How to Improve Japanese Contribution to the United Nations Global Compact

5 Session F: Public/Private Partnerships: Meeting the Development Challenge Akpobibibo Onduku, University of Bradford, West Yorkshire, UK Corporate Environmental Policies and Sustainable Livelihood: Quo Vadis Nigeria s Delta Andrew A. King, Dartmouth College, Michael J. Lenox, Duke University, and Ann Terlaak, University of Wisconsin, Madison The Role of Certified Environmental Management Standards: Is ISO a Signal or a Monitor Kaoru Yamaguchi, The Institute of Energy Economics, and Akihiro Watabe, Kanagawa University, Japan Public-Private Partnerships and International Collaboration to Promote Renewable Energy Supply in Asian Developing Countries 12:30 14:00 Lunch Student presentations & Poster session 14:00 Breakout Session reports 14:30 Plenary 5: Closing Keynote Stuart L. Hart, Johnson Graduate School of Management, Cornell University Creating Sustainable Value: Fusing the Business and Sustainability Agendas 15:15 Conference summary and conclusion 15:30 Adjourn