CSR Event

2nd Summit on the Future of the Corporation

We stand today at an historical moment. Many aspects of the global economy are out of synch with 21st century imperatives. While the character of corporations that produce needed goods and services—the "real economy"—is undergoing intense change, the "financial economy" is fueled more by money shuffling than by long-term wealth creation. The current global financial crisis has exposed a system of untenable leverage and speculative behavior that has left the real economy dangerously short of affordable, reliable and timely capital to meet its investment and operating needs. The result: an erosion of prospects for the creation and prosperity of sustainable companies to meet the pressing social and environmental challenges in the coming decades.

To explore the causes, consequences and solutions to these conditions, Corporation 20/20 (www.corporation2020.org) invites you to participate in the 2ND SUMMIT ON THE FUTURE OF THE CORPORATION: RESTORING THE PRIMACY OF THE REAL ECONOMY. Join leaders from business, civil society, labor, law and the media in a dynamic forum to debate one of the most pressing issues of our time: how can financial markets be returned to their rightful role as servant to, rather than master of, the real economy?