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11.08.2006 - 03:28pm ET
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Day 2 of 2006 BSR Conference Begins in New York with Energy Expert, Author and Rocky Mountain Institute CEO Amory Lovins
Mr. Lovins will speak at 9:00 am, Thursday, Nov. 9, at Grand Hyatt Ballroom
(CSRwire) SAN FRANCISCO- The 2006 Business for Social Responsibility (BSR)
Conference continues into its second day Thursday, with a breakfast
plenary featuring Time Magazine's "Hero for the Planet" Amory Lovins,
author of Natural Capitalism: Creating the Next Industrial Revolution and
founder of the Rocky Mountain Institute.
Lovins' plenary will be followed by 15 breakout sessions throughout the
day, including "Governments as Agents of Change" (10:30 am), which
features the Swedish Ambassador for Corporate Social Responsibility
Elisabeth Dahlin, and a Conversation with John Ruggie (3:00
pm), the UN Secretary General's Special Representative on Business and
Human Rights. The dynamic and inspiring Majora Carter, founder of
Sustainable South Bronx, delivers the afternoon plenary and will share her
experiences on solving urban problems and climate change through innovative
environmental strategies.
The BSR Annual Conference is the world's largest gathering of CSR
practitioners, attracting 1,200 people from more than 40 countries. In
previous years, speakers have included President Bill Clinton,
Madeleine Albright, Paul Wolfowitz (as President of the World Bank),
and former Prime Minister of Israel Shimon Peres.
Other keynote speakers this year include:
Richard Parsons, Chairman and CEO of Time Warner
Inc.
E. Neville Isdell, Chairman and CEO of The Coca-Cola
Company
Dr. Daniel Vasella, Chairman and CEO of pharmaceutical giant
Novartis AG
Victoria Hale, Founder and CEO of Institute for OneWorld
Health (the U.S.'s first non-profit pharmaceutical company)
For details, visit
www.bsr.org/conference. For press credentials, contact Barbara-Anne at
bagreenwald@bsr.org or
+1-415-984-3233.
About BSR
Since 1992, BSR has been a leading provider of socially responsible
business solutions to many of the world's leading corporations.
Headquartered in San Francisco and with offices in Europe and China, BSR
is a nonprofit business association that serves its 250 member companies
and other Global 1000 enterprises. Through advisory services, convenings
and research, BSR works with corporations and concerned stakeholders of
all types to create a more just and sustainable global economy. For more
information, visit www.bsr.org.
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