Partnerships for Sustainable Development

The Oslo conference on good governance and social and environmental responsibility 28-30 March 2007

Over the past decade, the corporate social responsibility (CSR) agenda has moved centre stage within the business community. The Oslo conference aims to take the ongoing debate on business and sustainability even further. It will be a platform for an integrated approach comprising key players from business, government, academia, trade-unions and non-governmental organisations (NGOs).

Conference programme
The Oslo conference on good governance and social and environmental responsibility will address a broad range of sustainability issues in the global market place: human rights, decent work standards, environmental and climate change, corruption and corporate governance.

Can we continue to operate as we have, or do we need to think and act in radically different ways?

The top experts in the field will be speaking at the conference. It will be an innovative and challenging event, with focus on some of the most urgent issues facing us today. It will also provide an excellent environment for networking. Prominent speakers include Dr. Muhammad Yunus, Founder of Grameen Bank and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Achim Steiner, Executive Director of UNEP, Björn Stigson, President of the WBCSD, Bruce Jenks, Assistant Secretary General and Director of Strategic Partnerships, UNDP, Sharan Burrow, President of the International Trade Union Confederation,  Huguette Labelle, Chair of Transparency International, Justice Mervyn King, Chairperson of GRI, Josè Sergio Gabrielli de Azevedo, CEO of Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras), Kishor Chaukar, Managing Director of Tata Industries Jannik Lindbæk, Chairman of the Board, Statoil and Georg Kell, Executive Head of the UN Global Compact. The conference hosts are represented by Norway’s Ministers of Foreign Affairs, International Development, and the Environment.  

The conference will take place 28-30 March 2007 in Oslo, Norway.

Please register online at our web site: www.csr-oslo.org