13th Annual Responsible Business Summit

The 13th Annual Responsible Business Summit will take place on May 19-20, 2014, London, UK. The theme is “embed sustainable innovation for business growth.” This is Europe’s leading and meeting place for business professionals looking to put sustainability at the heart of business growth. The conference organizers aim to put heads and the C-Suite from some of the world’s leading brands on the stage to outline the challenges and
opportunities that sustainability presents. This summit will address all the key issues faced both this year and the coming years. it will provide a great opportunity to hear from the top of some of the world’s leading brands on how sustainability is becoming an integral part to business plans.

Learn how to:

Delve into the future: Hear from leading CEOs on how sustainability drives innovation
Grasp the bigger picture: Learn from the C-suite on how and why CR improves business performance
Get started: Discover how to build and run new CR projects in context of your business
Take it to the top: Bring sustainability to every executive decision from the board to employees
Understand the practicalities: Meet those responsible for strategy implementation
They have recruited some of the best in the business to share insight on how sustainable innovation is at the heart of their company’s growth.

Updated list of speakers (organizations):

1. SABMiller, CEO, Alan Clark
2. Alliance Boots, Chairman, Stefano Pessina
3. Sainsbury’s, CEO, Justin King
4. National Grid plc, CEO, Steve Holliday
5. BUPA, CEO, Stuart Fletcher
6. British Land, CEO, Chris Grigg
7. The Southern Cooperative, CEO, Mark Smith
8. PureCircle, CEO, Magomet Malsagov
9. Anglo American and Shell, ex-Chairman, Sir Mark Moody-Stuart
10. Carillion Plc, Chief Sustainability Officer, David Picton
11. Bacardi, Regional President for Middle East and Africa, Senior Vice President Operations, Jon Grey
12. Nestlé S.A., Senior Vice President Global Head of Procurement, Marco Goncalves
13. Nestlé S.A., Global Head, Public Affairs, Janet Voute
14. BBVA (Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria), Global Head of Corporate Responsibility and Reputation, Antoni Ballabriga
15. Crown Estate, Head of Sustainability, Mark Gough
16. Royal Bank of Scotland, Head of Group Sustainability, Andrew Cave
17. Bacardi, Global Technical Director, Stuart Lowthian
18. Alcatel-Lucent, Head of Sustainability, Corporate Messaging & Brand, Christine Diamente
19. ITV, Head of Corporate Responsibility, Sara Hanson
20. PureCircle, Corporate Sustainability Director, Ajay Chandran
21. Tata Steel Europe
22. BNP Paribas Fortis
23. Solazyme
24. Zipcar UK
25. Waitrose
26. Molson Coors
27. BskyB
28. Bombardier Aerospace Belfast