The Global Compact Leaders Summit
5 - 6 July 2007
at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland

Plenary meetings

Live Webcast

 

July 2007

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Thursday, 5 July 2007

9:00 - 10:00 - Opening Plenary [ Segment - English Video ]

United Nations Office at Geneva
H.E. Mr. Sergei Ordzhonikidze
Director-General

[ English ] 3 minutes

United Nations
H.E. Mr. Ban Ki-moon
Secretary-General

[ English ] 10 minutes

General Assembly
H.E. Ms. Sheikha Haya Rashed Al Khalifa
President

[ English ] 6 minutes

The Coca-Cola Company
Mr. E. Neville Isdell
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

[ English ] 13 minutes

Amnesty International
Ms. Irene Khan
Secretary-General

[ English ] 10 minutes

International Trade Union Confederation
Mr. Guy Ryder
General Secretary

[ English ] 10 minutes

France
H.E. Dr. Bernard Kouchner
Minister of Foreign and European Affairs

[ English ] [ French ] 10 minutes

10:00 - 10:30 - Session 1: From Principles To Action: Driving Value, Achieving Impact[ Segment - English Video ]

Plenary Presentations

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Dr. Peter M. Senge
Senior Lecturer

[ English ] 3 minutes

United Nations Global Compact
Mr. Georg Kell
Executive Director

[ English ] 9 minutes

Goldman Sachs
Mr. Anthony Ling
Chief Investment Officer

[ English ] 23 minutes

11:00 - 12:30 - Session 1: From Principles To Action: Driving Value, Achieving Impact [ Segment - English Video ] 1 hour and 5 minutes

Roundtable discussions

  • Presentations:
    • Mr. Francisco Gonzalez, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A.
      [ English ] 15 minutes
    • Mr. Wang Junjin, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Junyao Group
    • Mr. Youssef Mansour, Chief Executive Officer, Mansour Group
    • Mr. Jacob Maroga, Chief Executive, Eskom
    • Mr. Rafael Orduz Medina, President, ETB - Empresa de Telecomunicaciones de Bogotá
    • Mr. Maciej Witucki, President & Chief Executive Officer, Telekomunikacja Polska S.A.
  • Moderators:
    • Mr. Aron Cramer, President and Chief Executive Officer, Business for Social Responsibility (BSR)
    • Mr. Claude Fussler, Senior Advisor, UN Global Compact
    • Mr. Ernst Ligteringen, Chief Executive, Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)
    • Mr. Arun Maira, Senior Advisor, UN Global Compact
    • Mr. Luis Carlos Villegas, Chair, Industries National Associations (ANDI)
    • Mr. Ricardo Young, President, Instituto Ethos de Empresas e Responsabilidade Social

12:30 - 14:00 - Lunch [ English ] 42 minutes

  • Welcome:
    • Mr. A. J. Devanesan, President, Asia Pacific Resources International Holdings Ltd (APRIL) Lunch sponsor
  • Special Addresses:
    • Business Partnerships and the Role of the United Nations
      Mr. Kemal Dervis, Administrator, United Nations Development Programme
    • Caring for Climate: The Business Leadership Platform
      Mr. R.K. Pachauri, Chairman, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

Selected Initiatives

  • Principles for Responsible Management Education
    • Mr. Gerard van Schaik, President, European Foundation for Management Development
    • Mr. John Fernandes, President and Chief Executive Officer, The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business
    • Mr. Ángel Cabrera, President, Thunderbird School of Global Management and Chair, PRME Taskforce
  • International Standard Organization
    • Mr. Alan Bryden, Secretary-General, ISO
  • International Finance Corporation
    • Mr. Lars Thunell, Executive Vice President and CEO, IFC
  • The Water Initiative
    • Mr. Paul Polman, Chief Financial Officer, Nestlé
  • The Buenos Aires Declaration - Global Compact Latin American Declaration for Subsidiary Engagement
    • Mr. Rafael Miranda, Chief Executive Officer, Endesa
    • Mr. Diego de la Torre, Chair, Global Compact Local Network Peru

14:00 - 14:45 - Session 2: Responding To Megatrends - Shaping The Future
[ Segment - English Video ]

Plenary Presentations

McKinsey & Company
Mr. Jeremy Oppenheim
Director

[ English ] 19 minutes

Oxfam International
Mr. Jeremy Hobbs
Executive Director

[ English ] 9 minutes

Jordan
H.R.H. Prince El Hassan bin Talal
Prince

[ English ] 17 minutes

15:15 - 16:45 - Session 2: Responding To Megatrends - Shaping The Future
[ Segment - English Video ]

Roundtable discussions

  • Presentations:
    • Mr. Pat Davies, Chief Executive, Sasol Ltd. [ English ] 12 minutes
    • Mr. Arima Toshio, President, Fuji Xerox Company Ltd.
    • Mr. David Arkless, Senior Vice President, Global Corporate Affairs, Manpower
    • Mr. Fernando Chico, President, PROMECAP and ASUR (Grupo Aeropuertuario del Sureste)
    • Mr. Kookhyun Moon, President and Chief Executive Officer, Yuhan-Kimberly
    • Mr. Joaquin Ayuso, Chief Executive Officer, Ferrovial
  • Moderators: [ English ] 21 minutes
    • Mr. Aron Cramer, President and Chief Executive Officer, Business for Social Responsibility (BSR)
    • Mr. Claude Fussler, Senior Advisor, UN Global Compact
    • Mr. Ernst Ligteringen, Chief Executive, Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)
    • Mr. Arun Maira, Senior Advisor, UN Global Compact
    • Mr. Luis Carlos Villegas, Chair, Industries National Associations (ANDI)
    • Mr. Ricardo Young, President, Instituto Ethos de Empresas e Responsabilidade Social

17:15 - 18:30 - Closing Plenary - Reflections on the discussions of the day

Petrobras SA
Mr. Jose Sérgio Gabrielli de Azevedo
President and Chief Executive Officer

[ English ] 9 minutes

China Ocean Shipping Group
Captain Wei Jiafu
President and Chief Executive Officer

[ English ] 11 minutes

Koç Holding A.S.
Mr. Ali Y. Koç, President
Corporate Communication and Information Technology Group

[ English ] 15 minutes

Special Initiatives

  • Moderator:
    • Mr. Bertrand Collomb, Chairman, Lafarge
      [ English ] 2 minutes
  • Making the Connection: Using the Global Reporting Initiative's G3 Reporting Guidelines for the UN Global Compact's Communication on Progress
    • Mr. Ernst Ligteringen, Chief Executive, Global Reporting Initiative
      [ English ] 3 minutes
  • Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative
    • Mr. Peter Eigen, Chair of the Advisory Board, EITI
      [ English ] 5 minutes
  • World Conservation Union
    • Ms. Purificació Canals, Vice President, World Conservation Union (IUCN)
      [ English ] 2 minutes
  • International Organization of Employers
  • The Guangcai Programme China
    • Mr. Li Hejun, Chairman, Farsighted Group
      [ English ] 6 minutes
  • Measuring Business Success from Sustainability Certification
    • Ms. Tensie Whelan, Executive Director, Rainforest Alliance
    • Mr. Frank A. Dottori, Chief Executive Officer, Tembec
      [ English ] 3 minutes
  • Business Council on Climate Change
    • Mr. Jared Blumenfeld, Executive Director, Department of the Environment for the City of San Francisco
      [ English ] 5 minutes
  • Business Guide to Partnering with NGOs and the United Nations
    • Neil Makin, External Affairs Director, Cadbury Schweppes
    • Paul Steele, Chief Operating Officer, WWF-International
  • The GLN Global Compact Implementation Tool
    • Mr. Steve Rochlin, Head North America, AccountAbility
      [ English ] 2 minutes

Presentation of the "Joint Declaration Of Global Compact Participants On The Role Of Business In Society"

Talal Abu-Ghazaleh & Co. International
Mr. Talal Abu-Ghazaleh
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

[ English ] 3 minutes

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