2014/15: “The Power of Collaboration”
Topic
Over the past few years, the globalised world has faced deep changes as far as economic growth, social welfare and the environment are concerned. Traditional organisational models of behavior are being questioned, making isolation obsolete in an interconnected world. Global Sustain chose for its 8th Yearbook the theme “The Power of Collaboration”, since cross-sector partnerships are more than ever needed in order to accelerate action and address all the above challenges.
Special Topics
- Win-win partnerships
- Facilitating supplier collaboration
- Delivering long-lasting, mutual benefits with innovative strategic partnerships
- Human rights and transparency
- Quantifying and measuring partnerships’ true value
- Collaboration between academics, companies, NGOs and governments
- The impact of business goals on engagement in social partnerships
- Encouraging and incentivizing employees to engage into collaborative actions
- Leveraging and maximising partnership objectives and strengths for mutual returns
- Civil society and industry partnerships
- Transforming stakeholder dialogue into stakeholder collaboration
- Communicating collaborations effectively
- Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and partnerships
Participants
Dr. Kandeh Yumkella
UN Under-Secretary-General Chief Executive, SE4ALL
Dr. Fabiola Gianotti
Director-General, CERN
Prof. Athena Linos
Founder & President, Prolepsis
Danielle Chesebrough
Senior Manager, Sustainable Stock Exchanges Initiative
Peter Bakker
President, WBCSD
Paula Fracasso
Business & Life Coach, People Biz, Inc.
Dr. Sally Uren
Chief Executive, Forum for the Future
Panayiotis Papanikolas
Chairman & CEO, GEFYRA S.A..VINCI Concessions
Alpha Bank
Carlos Moedas
EU Commissioner, DG Research, Science and Innovation
Prof. Dr. Peter Jenni
Senior Research Staff, CERN
Hazel Henderson
President, Ethical Markets Media
Georgia Kartsanis
Founder & CEO, SARGIA Partners
Tom Smith
Acting General Manager, Supplier Ethical Data Exchange
Alicia Marie
Founder & Managing Director, People Biz, Inc
Prof. Ian Towers
Programme Director, IISM, SRH Berlin
Byron N. Vassiliades
Chairman & CEO, Greek Environmental & Energy Network
National Bank of Greece
Georg Kell
Executive Director, United Nations Global Compact
Jeremy Nicholls
CEO, Social Value International
Fiona Reynolds
Managing Director, UN PRI
Yannis Salavopoulos
Founder & President, CAPITALS Business Circle
Dr. George Ioannou
Director, MBA International Programme, AUEB
Nikitas Konstantellos
CEO, ICAP Group
Prof. Dr. Anabel Ternes
General Manager, IISM, SRH Berlin
Serge Schmidt
Managing Director, Halyps S.A./ Italcementi Group
Adele Wiman
Research Fellow, Vienna University of Economics and Business
Kim Carstensen
Director General, Forest Stewardship Council (FSC®)
Dr. Anne Gregory
Chair, Global Alliance
Alastair Fishbacher
Director, SSI
Peter Webster
CEO, EIRIS
Polly Courtice
Director, Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership
Constantinos Evripides
CEO, GENESIS Pharma
Tobias Webb
Founder & Chairman, Innovation Forum
Vassilios Katsos
President & CEO, Pharmathen S.A.
Norma Schonherr
Research Fellow, Vienna University of Economics and Business
Event
Athens
Global Sustain presented its 8th “Yearbook” entitled “The Power of Collaboration” with great success. The official presentation took place on Tuesday, July 7th, at a special and carbon neutral event, at Michael Cacoyannis Foundation and was attended by senior executives from the business world, and Global Sustain friends and partners.
Berlin
Global Sustain presented its 8th “Yearbook” entitled “The Power of Collaboration” during the “Sustainable Innovation Forum”, organized in collaboration with CAPITALS Business Circle, on November 30, at Microsoft Digital Eatery Berlin. During the Forum, Mr. Michael Spanos, Managing Director of Global Sustain participated in a special discussion panel entitled “How Innovation & Technology enable Sustainability” and discussed with Mr. Ioannis Salavopoulos, Managing Director, Global Sustain GmbH Germany and President of CAPITALS Business Circle and Mr. Björn N. Siebert, Manager Economic & Innovation Policy of Bitkom, about the access to new technologies and its relation to the living conditions, productivity and incomes.
Brussels
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