CRO Conference Sneak Peek
CRO Conference Thursday May 10 Features 27 Speakers, 200+ Corporate Responsibility Leaders--A Sneak Peek
When the corporate responsibility movement started humbly a few years back, it would have been impossible to imagine that in Spring 2007, two Fortune 500 CEOs would be keynoting the Corporate Responsibility Officer conference. But on May 10 in NYC, it is actually happening. Here is a sneak peek:
Keynote: Tim Solso, Chairman and CEO, Cummins
Running the $11 billion leader in diesel engines and making the CRO Magazine 100 Best Corporate Citizens list 8 years running is no small feat. With high scores in the diversity, employee relations and product areas of the list criteria, the audience can expect to hear some success secrets.
Keynote: Doug Baker, Chairman, CEO and President, Ecolab
Another 8-year 100 Best listee, Ecolab scored highest in the product, environment and community areas. Attendees are eagerly awaiting Doug Baker, CEO of the $5 billion market leader to spell out his company's sustainability vision--with highlights from its highly praised sustainability report.
Sustainability Panel: The Sustainability Advocates vs. The Corporates
Expect to learn a lot when the two biggest sustainability advocates--Mindy Lubber from CERES and John Elkington from SustainAbility face off with two of America's corporate leaders in sustainable practices--Trip Jobe from Neenah Paper and Neel Bradham from textile and carpet giant Interface Inc.
Sustainability Success Story: Mattel
Imagine the challenges of the toy market--sourcing up to 75% of your product from your own factories and many others throughout Asia, and selling the product in 43 countries while maintaining strict manufacturing principles and workplace standards. Mattel's sustainability chief (and super frequent-flier) Jeff Denchfield explains how Mattel manages to stay in tight with stakeholders while staying on top of the global toy market.
Governance, Risk and Compliance Panel
Since the 2002 Sarbanes-Oxley Act, governance, risk and compliance, or GRC, has become a major part of the $32 billion corporate responsibility market. While many these CR functions are "defense-oriented" and have been joined by "offense-oriented" functions wherein companies use CR to sell product, raise capital and recruit talent, GRC is still causing companies a great deal of pain. Moderator Adam Turteltaub is joined by Altria SVP David Greenberg, Deloitte Partner Tom Connors, New York Life VP Sandra Bograd and OCEG COO John Hovis.
The General Counsel's Role in Corporate Responsibility
Is the GC simply there to protect the corporate castle? Or is she in charge of building CR into an offensive weapon as well? Those questions and more are answered by Ryder Systems' EVP and General Counsel Bob Fatovic and Deputy Counsel Marcia Narine, Integrity Interactive VP Richard Cellini and Cummins Senior Counsel Mark Sifferlen.
The Provider Presidential Debate
Just like in the U.S. presidential debates, everyone benefits from comparison shopping. Never before have these six heads of large professional service providers--Deloitte, SAP, Grant Thornton, SAI Global, Golin Harris, and KLD Research & Analytics--been on stage together for such a high-level audience to comparatively assess.
A few tickets remain. Click here to see the whole program and register.