Speakers
Leaders from business, civil society and government will discuss what sustainability reporting means for them. Many have embarked on the GRI journey, using the guidelines to embed sustainability in their organizations and to manage change.
Key note speakers
HRH The Prince of Orange
The Netherlands
Plenary session: Thursday 5th October
Job Cohen
Mayor, City of Amsterdam
The Netherlands
Plenary session: Thursday 5th October
Al Gore
Chairman, Generation Investment Management
Former Vice President, USA
United States
Plenary session: Friday 6th October
Prof. Stuart Hart
Samuel Johnson Professor, Cornell University
United States
Plenary session: Thursday 5th October
Judy Henderson
Chair of Board of Directors, Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)
Immediate-past Chair, Australian Ethical Investment Ltd
Former Commissioner, World Commission on Dams
Australia
Plenary session: Thursday 5th October
Gerard Kleisterlee
CEO, Royal Philips Electronics
The Netherlands
Plenary session: Thursday 5th October
Ernst Ligteringen
Chief Executive, Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)
The Netherlands
Plenary session: Thursday 5th October
Leadership Track: Landscape
Mark Moody-Stuart
Chairman, Anglo American plc
Member, Board of Directors, Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)
Former Chair, Royal Dutch Shell
United Kingdom
Plenary session: Friday 6th October
Hugh Y. Scott-Barrett
Chief Financial Officer, ABN AMRO Bank
The Netherlands
Plenary session: Friday 6th October
Achim Steiner
Executive Director, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Germany
Plenary session: Thursday 5th October
Pieter van Geel
State Secretary of Housing, Spatial Planning and Environment
The Netherlands
Plenary session: Friday 6th October
Karien van Gennip
Minister of Foreign Trade
The Netherlands
Plenary session: Thursday 5th October
Leo van Wijk
CEO, KLM Group
The Netherlands
Organizational Stakeholders Dinner: 4th October
Margot Wallström
Vice President, European Commission
Belgium
Plenary session: Friday 6th October
Leadership tracks speakers and panelists
Philippe Adam
Vice President Marketing EMEA, Hyperion Solutions Corporation
United States
Leadership Track: Beyond the Launch
Roger Adams
Executive Director-Technical, Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA)
Member, Board of Directors, Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)
United Kingdom
Leadership Track: GRI Guidelines
Talia Aharoni
Managing Director,
MAALA – Business for Social Responsibility
Israel
Leadership Track: Emerging Markets II
Jacqueline Aloisi de Larderel
Former Assistant Executive Director, United Nations Environment Programme, Division of Technology, Industry and Economics
Member, Board of Directors, Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)
France
Leadership Track: Small Enterprises
Philip Armstrong
Head, Global Corporate Governance Forum, International Finance Corporation
United States
Leadership Track: Emerging Markets I
Ricardo Santos Azevedo
Executive Manager, Health, Security and the Environment, Petrobras
Brazil
Leadership Track: Business Case II
Juan José Barrera
Director General for Social Economy, Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs
Spain
Leadership Track: Public Policy
Seb Beloe
Director of Research and Advocacy, SustainAbility
United Kingdom
Leadership Track: Beyond the Launch
Fouad Benseddik
Director of Research and Institutional Relations, VIGEO
France
Leadership Track: Capital Markets II
Filippa Bergin
Executive Secretary,
Amnesty Business Group, Amnesty Sweden
Member, Stakeholder Council, Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)
Sweden
Leadership Track: License to Operate I
Peter Blom
CEO, Triodos Bank
The Netherlands
Leadership Track: Emerging Markets I | Plenary Panel
Hans Bolscher
Director Climate Change and Industry, Ministry of Public Housing, Spatial Planning and Environment
The Netherlands
Leadership Track: Supply Chain
Ton Boon von Oschssee
Ambassador Sustainable Development
The Netherlands
Leadership Track: Public Policy
Ronald Bown
President,
Asociación de Exportadores de Chile
Chile
Leadership Track: Small Enterprises
Jermyn Brooks
Board Member,
Transparency International
Germany
Leadership Track: GRI Guidelines
Alan Bryden
Secretary-General, International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
Switzerland
Leadership Track: Landscape
Soledad Burbano
International Affairs Director and Strategic Coordinator, Banco Solidario
Ecuador
Leadership Track: License to Operate II
Anne Copeland Chiu
Chair, Sustainable Development Committee,
International Finance Corporation
Member, Stakeholder Council, Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)
China
Leadership Track: Emerging Markets II
Paul Clements-Hunt
Head, United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP-FI)
Switzerland
Leadership Track: Capital Markets I
Jo Confino
Executive Editor, The Guardian
United Kingdom
Plenary Panel
Aron Cramer
President & CEO, Business for Social Responsibility
(BSR)
United States
Leadership Track: Business Case II
Gemma Crijns
Project coordinator CSR Platform, Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations
The Netherlands
Leadership Track: GRI Guidelines
Elisabeth Dahlin
Swedish Ambassador, Global Responsibility
Sweden
Leadership Track: Landscape
George Dallas
Managing Director and Global Practice Leader, Governance Services, Standard and Poor's
United States
Leadership Track: Corporate Governance
David Devlin
President, European Federation of Accountants (FEE)
Belgium
Leadership Track: Assurance
Deborah Doane
Chair, CORE Coalition
Associate, New Economics Foundation
Member, Stakeholder Council, Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)
United Kingdom
Leadership Track: Public Policy
Richard Edelman
President & CEO, Edelman
United States
Plenary Panel
Denise Esdon
Deputy Chair, International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board, International Federation of Accountants (IAASB-IFAC)
United States
Leadership Track: Assurance
John Evans
General Secretary, Trade Union Advisory Committee to the OECD (TUAC)
Member, Board of Directors, Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)
United Kingdom
Leadership Track: Business Case II
Fabio Feldmann
Director, Fabio Feldmann Consultores
Former Secretary of Environment, São Paulo State
Brazil
Leadership Track: License to Operate I
Nic Frederiks
Senior Consultant, Environmental and Building Department, City of Amsterdam
The Netherlands
Leadership Track: Public Agencies
Paul Freundlich
President, The Fair Trade Foundation
Member, Stakeholder Council, Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)
United States
Leadership Track: License to Operate I
Shizuo (Ricky) Fukada
Steering Committee Chairman, Keidanren - Council for Better Corporate Citizenship (CBCC)
Japan
Leadership Track: Assurance
Linda Funnell-Milner
Director, Corporate ResponseAbility
Member, Stakeholder Council, Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)
Australia
Leadership Track: Beyond the Launch
Daniel Gagnier
Senior Vice President, Alcan
Canada
Leadership Track: Business Case I | Business Case II
Edoardo Gai
Head of Sustainability Services, SAM Group
Switzerland
Leadership Track: Capital Markets II
Toshihiko Goto
Chair, Environmental Auditing Research Group
Member, Board of Directors, Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)
Japan
Leadership Track: Best Practice
Oded Grajew
Founder, Instituto Ethos
Brazil
Leadership Track: Emerging Markets I | Emerging Markets II
Miguel González Guzmán
Agrícola La Masia (Valle del Maipo)
Chile
Leadership Track: Small Enterprises
Pierre Habbard
Senior Policy Advisor, Trade Union Advisory Committee to the OECD (TUAC)
Member, Stakeholder Council, Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)
France
Leadership Track: License to Operate II
Aditi Haldar
Counsellor, Sustainability Services, CII-ITC Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Development
Member, Stakeholder Council, Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)
India
Leadership Track: Small Enterprises
Martin Hancock
Chief Operating Officer, Westpac Institutional Bank, London
Chair, United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP-FI)
United Kingdom
Leadership Track: Business Case II
Sean Harrigan
Former President, California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS)
Member, Board of Directors, Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)
United States
Leadership Track: Capital Markets I
Jeremy Hobbs
Executive Director,
Oxfam International
United Kingdom
Leadership Track: Emerging Markets I
Lex Holst
Vice President Group Sustainable Development and Health, Security and the Environment, Royal Dutch Shell
The Netherlands
Plenary Panel
Hanns Michael Hölz
Global Head of Sustainable Development, Deutsche Bank Group
Member, Board of Directors, Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)
Germany
Leadership Track: Business Case I
Petra van Hoeken
Head, Group Sustainable Development, ABN AMRO Bank
The Netherlands
Leadership Track: Business Case II
Jean-Marc Huët
Chief Financial Officer, Royal Numico
The Netherlands
Leadership Track: Corporate Governance
Phil Hughes
Director, Centre for Public Agency Sustainability Reporting
Australia
Leadership Track: Public Agencies
Kirsty Jenkinson
Senior Analyst, Governance & Socially Responsible Investment, F&C Asset Management
United Kingdom
Leadership Track: Capital Markets I
Hannah Jones
Vice President, Corporate Responsibility, Nike Inc.
United States
Plenary Panel
Constance Kane
Senior Consultant/Africa Division, World Education International
Member, Stakeholder Council, Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)
United States
Leadership Track: Beyond the Launch
Georg Kell
Executive Director, United Nations Global Compact
United States
Leadership Track: Landscape
Matthew J. Kiernan
Founder & Chief Executive, Innovest
Strategic Value Advisors, Inc.
United States
Leadership Track: Capital Markets II
Lynda King
Senior Business Strategy Advisor, BC Hydro
Canada
Leadership Track: Public Agencies
Mervyn E King
First Vice President, Institute of Directors (IoD)
Chair-elect, Board of Directors, Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)
South Africa
Leadership Track: Corporate Governance
Alan Knight
Head of Standards and Related Services, AccountAbility
United Kingdom
Leadership Track: Assurance
Ans Kolk
Professor of Sustainable Management, University of Amsterdam
The Netherlands
Leadership Track: Beyond the Launch
Bart-Jan Krouwel
Director of Sustainability, Rabobank
The Netherlands
Leadership Track: Supply Chain
Willem Lageweg
Director, MVO Nederland (CSR Netherlands)
The Netherlands
Leadership Track: Small Enterprises
Guilherme Leal
Co-Chairman of the Board, Natura Cosméticos
Brazil
Leadership Track: Capital Markets II
Gye-Hyung Lee
President, Korean Standards Association
Korea
Leadership Track: GRI Guidelines
Robyn Leeson
Manager - City Sustainability, City of Melbourne
Australia
Leadership Track: Public Agencies
Gerd Leipold
Executive Director, Greenpeace International
The Netherlands
Leadership Track: Supply Chain
Trini Leung
NGO Human Rights Expert
China
Leadership Track: Supply Chain
María José García López
Fundación para la investigación en Salud (FUINSA)
Associate Professor, University Rey Juan Carlos
Spain
Leadership Track: Small Enterprises
Mindy Lubber
President, The Coalition for Environmentally Responsible Economies (Ceres)
United States
Leadership Track: Capital Markets I
Robert Massie
Senior Fellow, The Coalition for Environmentally Responsible Economies (Ceres)
Co-Founder, Global Reporting Initiative
United States
Leadership Track: Corporate Governance
Malini Mehra
Founder & Director Center for Social Markets
United Kingdom
Leadership Track: Emerging Markets I
Rene Moeckli
Sustainable Development Advisor, Royal Dutch Shell
The Netherlands
Leadership Track: Capital Markets I
Judith Moore
Senior Environmental Specialist, The World Bank
United States
Leadership Track: Public Agencies
Samantha Mostyn
Group Executive, Culture & Reputation, Insurance Australia Group
Australia
Leadership Track: License to Operate I
Herman Mulder
Independent
Former Senior Executive Vice President, Group Risk, ABN AMRO Bank
The Netherlands
Leadership Track: Capital Markets I | Capital Markets II
Kimanthi Mutua
Managing Director K-Rep Bank
Kenya
Leadership Track: Emerging Markets I
Kumaran (Kumi) Shunmugam Naidoo
Secretary General, CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation
Member, Board of Directors, Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)
South Africa
Leadership Track: License to Operate II
Shireen Naidoo
Director, KPMG Sustainability Advisory Services
South Africa
Leadership Track: Assurance
Marcello Palazzi
Co-Founder, Progressio Foundation
The Netherlands
Leadership Track: License to Operate II
Lynn Patterson
Head of Corporate Responsibility Communications, Royal Bank of Canada (RBC)
Canada
Leadership Track: Best Practice
Luis Perera
Partner, PriceWaterhouseCoopers Chile
Chile
Leadership Track: Best Practice
Åsa Pettersson
Co-ordinator, Public Affairs, Vattenfall
Sweden
Leadership Track: Best Practice
Alberto Andreu Pinillos
General Manager, Corporate Reputation & CSR,
Telefonica S.A.
Member, Stakeholder Council, Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)
Spain
Leadership Track: Business Case I
Girish Ramachandran
Head, European Operations, TATA Consultancy Services
The Netherlands
Leadership Track: Emerging Markets II
Michael Rea
Independent consultant
Former KPMG Partner
South Africa
Leadership Track: Corporate Governance
Ruth Rosenbaum
Executive Director, Center for Reflection, Education and Action (CREA)
Member, Stakeholder Council, Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)
United States
Leadership Track: License to Operate II
Robert Rubinstein
Founder & CEO, Brooklyn Bridge-TBLI Group
The Netherlands
Leadership Track: Capital Markets II
Antônio Sérgio Oliveira Santana
Executive Manager, Management Systems, Petrobras
Brazil
Leadership Track: Supply Chain
Ildo Luís Sauer
Director Gas and Energy, Petrobras
Brazil
Plenary Panel
Anne Simpson
CEO, International Corporate Governance Network
United States
Leadership Track: Corporate Governance
A. N. Singh
Deputy Managing Director, Corporate Services, Tata Steel Limited
India
Leadership Track: License to Operate I
Gabriel Solórzano
President, Financiera Nicaraguense de Desarrollo S.A. (FINDESA)
Nicaragua
Leadership Track: Small Enterprises
Piet Sprengers
Head Sustainability Policy, ASN Bank
Former Managing Director, VBDO
The Netherlands
Leadership Track: Business Case I
Björn Stigson
President, World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD)
Member, Board of Directors, Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)
Switzerland
Leadership Track: Business Case I | Landscape
Soledad Teixidó
President, Fundación PROhumana
Chile
Leadership Track: Emerging Markets I
Alice Tepper Marlin
President, Social Accountability International (SAI)
Member, Stakeholder Council, Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)
United States
Leadership Track: Best Practice
Hidemi Tomita
Vice President, Corporate Social & Environmental Affairs, SONY Corporation
Japan
Leadership Track: GRI Guidelines
Chris Tuppen
Head of Sustainable Development and Corporate Accountability, British Telecom
United Kingdom
Leadership Track: Business Case I
Isabel Vallejo
President, Federación Empresarial de Farmacéuticos Españoles (FEFE)
Spain
Leadership Track: Small Enterprises
Pieter van der Gaag
Head of Communications, Netherlands Committee of the World Conservation Union (IUCN)
Member, Stakeholder Council, Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)
The Netherlands
Leadership Track: Supply Chain
Cornis van der Lugt
Division Office, UNEP Division of Technology, Industry and Economics
France
Leadership Track: Public Policy
David Vidal
Director of Research, Global Corporate Citizenship, The Conference Board
United States
Leadership Track: Public Policy
Marijke Vos
Alderwoman, City of Amsterdam
The Netherlands
Leadership Track: Public Agencies
Ambreen Waheed
Executive Director, Responsible Business Initiative
Member, Stakeholder Council, Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)
Pakistan
Leadership Track: Emerging Markets II
Mark Weintraub
Head of Sustainable Development Strategy, Policy and Reporting, Royal Dutch Shell
The Netherlands
Leadership Track: Assurance
Sandrijn Weites
Senior Vice President,
Sustainability Strategy & Reporting, ABN AMRO Bank
The Netherlands
Leadership Track: Best Practice
Christopher Wells
Manager, Environmental and Social Risk, Latin America, ABN AMRO Bank
Member, Stakeholder Council, Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)
Brazil
Leadership Track: Emerging Markets II
Allen White
Vice President, Tellus Institute
Former Chief Executive, Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)
United States
Leadership Track: GRI Guidelines
Penny Wong
Senator, South Australia
Australia
Leadership Track: Public Policy
Peter H. Y. Wong
Senior Partner, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, Hong Kong
Board Member, International Federation of Accountants
Member, Board of Directors, Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)
China
Leadership Track: Beyond the Launch
Ricardo Young
President, Instituto Ethos
Member, Board of Directors, Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)
Brazil
Leadership Track: License to Operate I | License to Operate II
Simon Zadek
Chief Executive, AccountAbility
United Kingdom
Leadership Track: Landscape
Music
Merlijn Twaalfhoven
Musician, artist and composer, La Vie sur Terre
The Netherlands
G3 Launch | OS Dinner | GRI Global Network Dinner