Asia Business Responsibility Conclave Exhibition & Conference, Nov 6-8, Mumbai

This is an interesting conclave for those of you keen on knowing how seriously (or otherwise!) Indian corporates are taking the social and environmental responsibility aspects.

ABRC 2012 – a pan Asia high quality conference will address:

The Business Responsibility Charter and Rio + 20 summit
Aligning of businesses for socio- environmental development using bottom of the pyramid solutions, social ventures
Best Practices- global, national and voluntary codes of conduct
Business partnerships with stakeholders and ways of working amicably together for a sustainable future
Lessons learnt and experiences encountered by drawing on practices adopted by established agencies

Panel discussions on:

Business responsibility and sustainable development
Business responsibility and corporate governance
Responsibility of business towards conservation of resources
Balancing values- stakeholders, long and short term
Business response to Rio + 20
Challenges of developing and deploying sustainable business models
Socially responsible investments
Sustainable and innovative challenges
Business responsibility and GRI framework
Role of business in sustainable development- possible partnerships with development funds/ aid organizations
Fair and just labour practices
Making NGOs work for the social and environmental agenda of business
Promoting social entrepreneurship for the triple bottom line
Technologies for bottom of the pyramid
Adherence to advertising ethics
Human rights protection in conduct of business
Protection of women’s rights in the business conduct
Consumer in the conduct of business
Ethics agenda in business conduct

Speakers from: GRI, AccountAbility, IICA, KfW, NITIE, GIZ, SEBI, JSW, Tata, M&M, Shapoorji Pallonji, PwC, Deloitte, BAIF, ICICI, Yes Bank, Nokia, Dell India, Cognizant, Competition Council of India, Advertising Standards Council of India, Consumer Association of India, Independence Ethics Committee and many more thought and practice leaders.