It’s next week, so you’ve not got long to clear your diary, but it does look good. (See the agenda).
Key topics for discussion include:
- Collaboration
- Stakeholder Engagement
- Trust
- Supply Chain
- Resource Constraints
I’m particularly looking forward to the discussions on resource scarcity. This is a growing area of interest for companies; for example, water usage is increasingly monitored and reductions sought as part of the CSR programme, particularly for companies where water usage is necessarily high. Food scarcity is another topic; and energy is a third.
Examples of companies who discuss these issues on the corporate website—and, indeed, go further than just discussion—include:
- SABMiller on the nexus between water, food and energy: they host online debates, bringing together academics, thinkers and businesses.
- Unilever have an extensive section on Water Use, and discuss the Water Footprint Network, of which they were a founding member.
- Dupont on Food Security, discussing the index developed with the Economist Intelligence Unit, to help measure risk and the factors that drive food scarcity.
This subject will be covered in a couple of sessions, and there are lots of other fascinating topics, so if you haven’t already, book your ticket soon*, and prepare to get involved! There’s going to be lots of audience participation this year, with small round-table discussions of particular topics, speaker pitches and polling, question and answer sessions and real-life dilemma discussions.
Maybe meet you there?
(*And for the first time Ethical Corporation is offering special rate tickets to businesses with fewer than 250 employees – down to £350 +VAT for a one-day ticket or £750 +VAT for both days – a fifth of the normal price.)
Lucy is Editor at Corporate Eye