How Can Business Partner to Be a Transformative Force in Society?

Governments, business, civil society and the media, all have critical roles to play in establishing and sustaining a world in which communities and individuals can live in fairness and harmony, but Business has a key role to play.

Ros Tennyson is a specialist of cross-sector partnering and partneship brokerage. She worked almost 20 years for the International Business Leaders Forum (IBLF) and co-founded The Partnering Initiative and the Partnership Brokers Project.

Antonio Hautle heads Global Compact Network Switzerland & Liechtenstein an organisation which supports companies that have adopted some of the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as part of their objectives.

Both will draw on their extensive experience to help participants explore how to create, join or support effective partnerships to turn business into a transformative force for good in society.

After hearing each keynote speaker's presentation, there will be an open sharing of ideas and experiences between participants, with confidential exchanges in small groups, and questions to the speakers. The session will last 90 minutes, from 12:00 to 1:30 p.m. GMT (check your local time difference here).