Peer Learning Sessions
April 26, 2010
Host: Herman Miller
Speakers: Susan Heaney, Michele Kahane, Natalie Thompson, Melinda Wolfe
The Business of Climate Change: Post Copenhagen Opportunities
February 24, 2010
Host: PricewaterhouseCoopers
Speakers: Rebecca Craft, Dianne Dillon-Ridgely, James Fuschetti, Helle Bank Jorgensen, Allison Taylor
The Green Consumer: Fact, Fiction and the Future of Marketing
June 30, 2009
Host: Herman Miller
Speakers: Scott Charon, Kathy Robb, Dave Stangis, and Freya Williams
Economic Crisis & Climate Change
February 12, 2009
Host: Swiss Re
Speakers: Adrienne Atwell, Emily Soong, and Rohit Aggarwala
Purpose in Business: Women’s Career Priorities
November 18, 2008
Host: Deloitte
Speakers: Nancy McGaw, Stephanie Quappe, Amy Brenner
June 2008
Host:Hunton & Williams, LLP
Speakers:Kathy Robb,Ira Feldman, Usha Wright
The New Chain Gang: Sustainable Suppliers
February 2008
Host: Hewlett-Packard Company
Speakers: Anna Walker, Bonnie Nixon
PlaNYC 2030: The Mayor’s Sustainability Plan to Keep New York Competitive
November 20, 2007
Host: Pfizer
Speakers: Laurie Kerr, Elizabeth C. Girardi Schoen
Combating Poverty: Innovative Business Approaches
May 11, 2007
Host:New York Regional Association of Grant Makers (NYRAG)
Speakers: from IBM and Deutsche Bank, as well as the co-authors of “Untapped: Creating Value in Underserved Markets.”
Sustaining Emerging Markets: Technology, Capital and Women
May 11, 2007
Host:Intel
Speakers: from Intel and Google.
Sustainability and Gender: Private Sector Perspectives
March 6, 2007
Host: The World Bank
Speakers: Peter van der Veen, Dominque Lallement, My Luu, Karen Mayer, John Strongman, Amanda Ellis.
Healthy Business: Climate Change, Health and Your Company’s Future
November 15, 2006
Host: JP Morgan Chase
Speakers: JP Morgan Chase, Johnson & Johnson, and Center for Health and the Global Environment at Harvard Medical School.
Food for Thought: Is there a Business Case for Sustainable Nutrition?
June 20, 2006
Host: Gerber
Speakers: Kathleen Reidy, Jim Thomas, Katy Raneri.
Missing Links: Next Generation Sustainable Supply Chain
May 16, 2006
Hos: Pfizer
Speakers: Elizabeth Girardi Schoen, Megan DeYoung, and David Refkin.
For Good Measure: Metrics for CSR
February 9, 2006
Host: Deloitte
Speakers: Joseph Delaney, Julie Hoesterey, Anita Roper, and Krista Gullo.
Global Diversity: New Business Definitions
December 8, 2005
Host: Philips Van Heusen
Speakers: Marcela Manubens, Indrani Franchini, Edith Hunt.
Responsible Technology: Business Solutions by/for Women
November 17, 2005
Hosts: Verizon Wireless and Burson Marsteller
Speakers: Debra Lewis, Danielle Harder, and Karina Howley.
Preserving Natural Capital, Building Financial Capital
October 18, 2005
Hosted: Smith Barney
Speakers: Bruce Kahn, Liz Hirsch, Leslie Lowe, and Sister Patricia Daly.
Reputation and Responsibility: The Corporate Connection
June 21, 2005
Hosts: Dow Jones & Co., and Hunton & Williams.
Moderator: Sarah Howell, Director
Speakers: Ron Alsop, Bill Nielsen, Karen Daragan, and Margaret Laney.
Corporate Culture Meets Sustainability: Getting the Right Blend
April 6, 2005
Host:Colgate-Palmolive
Speakers: Robyn Smith, Megan T. Campbell, and Lisa Sandberg.
Business & Buildings: The Sustainability Link
February 8, 2005
Host: Interface Inc.
Speakers: Hillary Brown, Tom Scarola, and Bob Fox.
December 6, 2004
Host: Alcoa and BP
Speakers: Anita Roper, and Neil Chapman
Ethics and Social Responsibility: Convergence or Divergence?
October 4, 2004
Hosts:Bertelsmann and Hunton & Williams
Speakers: Andrea Bonime-Blanc, Jacqueline E. Brevard, and Emmanuel Tchividjian.
Business Women and Business Responsibility: Results from the NYC Mayor’s Commission on Women’s Survey of NYC Companies
May 17, 2004
Host:McKinsey & Company
Speakers: Anne Sutherland Fuchs, Stephanie Cuskley, Jessica Lennon Whitney.
Toward True Sustainability Reporting: Balancing Social, Economic and Environmental Priorities
May 14, 2004
Hosts: Weyerhaeuser Co., and the Environmental Law Institute
Speakers: Sara Kendall, Clair E. Krizov, and Jay Benforado.
Toward Sustainable Supply Chains (introducing women in management to those on the factory floor)
February 3, 2004
Hosts:Eileen Fisher, Inc. and Interface, Inc.
Speakers: Marcela Manubens, Tom DeLuca, and Mil Niepold
Consumers as Stakeholders: Women Consumers and Corporate Responsbility
December 2, 2003
Host:Unilever
Speakers: Perry Yeatman, Jim. A. Guest, and Tom DeLuca
Public Health, Women, and Corporate Responsibility
October 31, 2003
Host: Pfizer
Speakers: Dr. Barbara DeBuono, Mark A. Goldberg, Dr. Jo Ivey Bouford.
Gender and Sustainability: Why Women Care More
June 24, 2003
Host: GE Structured Finance
Speakers: Judy Samuelson, and Nancy McGaw.
Sustainability, Finance and Women
April 29, 2003
Host: Swiss Re
Speakers: Adrienne Atwell, Joyce Haboucha, and Donna Katzin.