ABIS Annual Colloquium 2014
Transforming Tomorrow: Leadership for a Sustainable Future
The ABIS Annual Colloquium is a thought leadership forum in which business meets academia and society to explore core dimensions of the future contribution of business to sustainable globalisation.
Host The University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership, Cambridge, UK
Venue Churchill College, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
Focus New concepts & models for sustainability-driven leadership development and capability
Thematic Focus
Over the past few decades, sustainability issues have become progressively more prominent on business and political agendas, shifting from a focus on compliance and reputation management to longer-term risk management and competitive advantage. New business models are emerging in response to the perceived potential for a ‘perfect storm’ of global events - the challenge over the next 20 years of producing 50% more food and energy and 30% more fresh water, whilst simultaneously mitigating and adapting to climate change and a forecast population rise to over 9 billion by 2050.
A number of agencies, such as the World Business Council for Sustainable Development, the European Commission, and the OECD have formulated long-term frameworks and scenarios within which sustainable development at the planetary level may be achieved. Themes such as circular economy, inclusive capitalism, the future of financial markets, the digital revolution, and resilience & adaptation are likely to dominate the international sustainability discourse in the coming years. These themes point to two key recurring ideas: the need for systemic transformation, and the urgency for collective short-term action based on long-term vision and commitment.
The pace and scale at which companies are responding to this agenda varies widely, but awareness of the strategic importance to the long-term sustainability of an enterprise is steadily on the increase.
The Challenge of Transformation
Among executives who were taking part in sustainability leadership Programmees, 72% believed that sustainability was strongly or quite strongly embedded in the awareness of their organisations’ senior leaders. However, only 42% agreed it was embedded into existing strategies, plans and processes to any meaningful extent (The University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership).
Ultimately, though, progress may well depend on the emergence of political, economic and intellectual leadership far beyond what is currently in evidence. The leadership of sustainability-driven transformation will require vision and courage at the systems level, within organisations, and from individuals. The central questions are therefore:
- What needs to change in the current environment for these leaders to develop and emerge?
- And how can collective transformational leadership be facilitated and strengthened, across industries and between the private, public and civic sectors, in pursuit of long-term change?
These and many other questions will be raised and discussed with senior leaders of businesses, academic institutions and civil society at the ABIS Annual Colloquium 2014.
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ABIS Members
The General Assembly of ABIS will be convened at the end of the Annual Colloquium. All ABIS members are invited to attend the full Colloquium and General Assembly. ABIS members will each receive one free place at the Colloquium. Full details of the agenda of the General Assembly will be shared via email.
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Our Hosts
Polly Courtice LVO CISL Director
Polly Courtice LVO
CISL Director
Polly is Director of the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL), a member of the University of Cambridge’s Board of Executive and Professional Education, Director of HRH The Prince of Wales’s Business and Sustainability Programme and Academic Director of CISL's Master of Studies in Sustainability Leadership. She is a Non-Executive Director of Jupiter Green Investment Trust, an Advisor for the Lloyds Banking Group Sustainability Advisory Group and is also an Advisor on the CR Advisory Board for Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP. In 2008, Polly was made a Lieutenant of the Victorian Order (LVO) announced in the Queen's Birthday Honours list.
Speakers
Doug Baillie Chief HR Officer, Unilever
Doug Baillie
Chief HR Officer, Unilever
Born in Zimbabwe, Doug joined Unilever 36 years ago as a management trainee in South Africa. He was appointed as Chief HR Officer of Unilever in February 2011. Between these two milestones, the wealth of the various positions held by Doug is astonishing- Managing Director for Lever Pond in South Africa; National Manager for Unilever South Africa; Regional Liaison Member for Africa, Middle East, Central and Eastern Europe and Turkey; Vice President, Home and Personal Care for the Africa Business Group; President, Africa Regional Group; Group Vice-President – Africa, Middle East & Turkey (AMET); Group Vice-President – South Asia; President, Western Europe.
Jeremy Basset Global Marketing Strategy Director, Unilever
Jeremy Basset
Global Marketing Strategy Director, Unilever
As Unilever’s Global Marketing Strategy & Ventures Director, Jeremy is responsible for helping to shape Unilever’s Marketing and innovation strategy. Jeremy is also responsible for initiating and leading The Foundry, Unilever’s platform to engage with start-ups and innovative tech companies who can help Unilever pioneer the future.
Prior to his current role, Jeremy was Global Director in Unilever’s New Businesses Unit where he was responsible for leveraging Unilever’s brands and IP to develop new ventures. This included developing new technologies, business models and partnerships which stretched Unilever beyond the company’s core capabilities.
During Jeremy’s 10 years at Unilever, he has lived and worked in Australia, New Zealand, Singapore & the UK. Jeremy has a marketing and commercial background, with a degree in Accounting & Marketing, he’s CPA qualified and has an MBA from London Business School.
Richard Batley HR and CSR Director, Saint Gobain UK, Ireland and Southern Africa
Richard Batley
HR and CSR Director, Saint Gobain UK, Ireland & Southern Africa
Richard Batley has worked for Saint-Gobain since July 2004 (with British Gypsum until January 2011). He has previous experience in the chemical industry in the UK and USA. Richard also holds experience in HSE, Quality, Customer Services, Purchasing and IT project management as well as human resource management. Prior to this, Richard worked in builders merchant industries and financial services. Richard’s academic qualifications include BSc Economics and Psychology, MA Law and Industrial Relations, MBA. Richard is a Chartered Member of CIPD.
Xiang Bing Founding Dean and Professor of China Business and Globalization, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business
Xiang Bing
Founding Dean and Professor of China Business and Globalization, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business
Xiang Bing is the Founding Dean and a Professor of Chinese Business and Globalization at Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB), a leading business school in China. Established in November 2002, CKGSB is China’s first privately funded and faculty-governed business school.
Xiang’s research interests include the relationship between state and business, the reform of state-owned enterprises, innovation and the role of the private sector in China. He is a leading authority on Chinese business, innovations in China, the globalization of Chinese companies and the global implications of the transformation of China. He is an independent board member of a number of companies listed in Hong Kong, Chinese mainland and the US.
C B Bhattacharya Professor of Marketing, E.ON Chair in Corporate Responsibility, and Dean of International Relations, ESMT
C B Bhattacharya
Professor of Marketing, E.ON Chair in Corporate Responsibility, and Dean of International Relations, ESMT
CB Bhattacharya is the E.ON Chair Professor in Corporate Responsibility at ESMT European School of Management and Technology in Berlin, Germany. He received his PhD in Marketing from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania in 1993 and his MBA from the Indian Institute of Management in 1984.
His expertise is in the area of business strategy innovation aimed at increasing both business and social value, specifically how companies can use underleveraged "intangible assets" such as corporate identity and reputation, membership and brand communities, and corporate social responsibility to strengthen stakeholder relationships. Prof. Bhattacharya has published over 80 articles in leading journals and has over 9,000 citations per Google Scholar.
Prof. Bhattacharya is the founder of the ESMT Sustainable Business Roundtable, a forum to discuss opportunities and challenges to mainstreaming sustainability practices within organizations, which has grown to include over 20 multinational companies. In 2007 he started the Stakeholder Marketing Consortium with support from the Aspen Institute.
Nancy Bocken Lead researcher sustainable business development, Institute of Manufacturing, University of Cambridge
Nancy Bocken
Lead researcher sustainable business development, Institute of Manufacturing, University of Cambridge
Nancy Bocken is a passionate academic with a reputation for designing and delivering research that has a real impact on the way businesses operate. She is a Senior Research Associate at the EPSRC Centre for Industrial Sustainability at the Institute for Manufacturing, Department of Engineering, at the University of Cambridge. She is also Senior Researcher at TU Delft in a collaborative project on the Circular Economy, and has been supervising and teaching at CISL, the Cambridge Department of Engineering and Judge Business School. Her main areas of interest are sustainable business models, innovation for sustainability, scaling up sustainable businesses and closing the “idea–action” gap in sustainability.
Interwoven with her academic work, Nancy regularly advises a range of organisations across sectors and continents, such as Unilever, Prudential, Marks and Spencer and Toyota, and various sustainability start-up initiatives. Nancy has held positions in the logistics, banking and consulting sectors. Originally from the Netherlands, she has lived and worked in France, the United Kingdom and the USA.
Nancy holds a PhD in Engineering from the University of Cambridge and a Masters in International Business. As a Fellow at CISL, Nancy is involved in supervision and teaching at the Master of Studies in Sustainability Leadership, and the development and delivery of new course content and new specialised and accredited programmes such as the Postgraduate Certificate in Sustainable Value Chains.
In 2013 Nancy was a Visiting Fellow at Yale University, School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, where she was lecturing on the Corporate Environmental Strategy course at Yale, while continuing her work on sustainable business models.
Trevor Davis Distinguished Engineer & Consumer Products Expert, IBM
Trevor Davis
Trevor is an IBM Distinguished Engineer, consumer products industry futurist and expert on good practices for developing and launching sustainable consumer brands successfully. As a Member of the IBM Industry Academy Trevor has a leading role in bringing the IBM Smarter Planet vision to life.
With over 20 years of international business experience, covering FMCG Marketing, R&D and Supply Chain, Trevor brings deep industry insight and a distinctive point of view to his work.
In recent years Trevor has pioneered using digital techniques and ‘Big Data’ as a means to engage with consumers and design, launch and track products. His work on using social listening to predict fashion trends – ‘Birth of a Trend’ - has been featured in Advertising Age, the New York Times and Forbes.
Prior to consultancy he worked in the automotive and aerospace industries on projects such as saving the world one day of oil production by making cars lighter, and improving reliability for the Space Shuttle.
John Elkington Co-Founder & Executive Chairman of Volans, and founding advisor to The B Team
John Elkington
Co-Founder & Executive Chairman of Volans, and founding advisor to The B Team
John Elkington is a writer and thinker, a serial-entrepreneur and an ‘advisor from the future’. At the age of 11 he raised money for the newly formed WWF and went on to dedicate his life to helping business leaders across the globe through informed ‘story-telling’ and delivering constructive discomfort - towards sustainability and innovation.
John is a world authority on corporate responsibility and sustainable development and is credited with coining the ‘triple bottom line’. In 2004, BusinessWeek described John as “a dean of the corporate responsibility movement for three decades”.
John serves on some 30 boards and advisory boards. He has just released his 19th book alongside Jochen Zeitz, former CEO of PUMA and now co-chair, with Sir Richard Branson, of The B Team. The book is titled The Breakthrough Challenge: 10 Ways to Connect Today’s Profits with Tomorrow’s Bottom Line.
Ian Ellison Sustainability Manager with Jaguar Land Rover, Vehicle Engineering
Ian Ellison
Sustainability Manager with Jaguar Land Rover, Vehicle Engineering
Ian is Sustainability Manager with Jaguar Land Rover, Vehicle Engineering. This role includes managing key vehicle sustainability attributes such as energy management, light-weighting and environmental lifecycle impacts (including: supply chain, closed-loop materials management, lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions and end of life) throughout the product development process. Ian was previously Corporate Responsibility Director for a European JV in the Aerospace and Defence sector. This role encompassed sustainability issues including sustainable development, climate change, eco-efficiency, sustainable procurement, CR reporting, health, safety and environmental management across Europe. Previous roles with the company included Strategic Change Director and Head of Systems & Strategy.
Ian has a degree in Mechanical Engineering. He is a Chartered Engineer, Chartered Management Accountant, Chartered IT Professional and Fellow of the British Computer Society. Other previous experience includes work in the software, electronics and automotive sectors. Ian is a CISL alumnus of the Master of Studies in Sustainability Leadership, the Postgraduate Certificate in Sustainable Business, the Climate Leadership Programme and The Prince of Wales's Business & Sustainability Programme.
Jack Frost PhD OBE Director, Johnson Matthey Fuel Cells
Jack Frost PhD OBE
Director, Johnson Matthey Fuel Cells
Jack is responsible for Johnson Matthey’s business in Fuel Cells. In the public service arena Jack has chaired the UK Government's Environmental Innovation Advisory Group, served as a Board Member of the Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership, member of the Sustainable Procurement Task Force, the Commission on Environmental Markets and Economic Performance and the Ecosystems Markets Task Force and leads for the Aldersgate Group on Innovation and the New Economy. He worked at scientific research facilities in France, Britain and the USA before taking up a lectureship at Heriot Watt University in Edinburgh. Jack then moved to British Petroleum where he spent 9 years leading different areas of BP's industrial research and development in catalysis. In 1993, he joined Johnson Matthey as Technology Manager. He was appointed Director, JM Fuel Cells, when the company created fuel cells as a separate business in January 2000. In 2013, he received an OBE for services to innovation in the Queen’s Birthday Honour’s List.
Jane Griffiths, PhD Company Group Chairman Janssen Pharmaceuticals
Jane Griffiths, PhD
Company Group Chairman, Janssen Pharmaceuticals
Jane Griffiths is the first female Company Group Chairman of Janssen in EMEA, the pharmaceutical division of the Johnson & Johnson family. Completing her PhD in Biochemistry at the University of Aberystwyth, UK in 1982, Dr. Jane Griffiths has worked her way up the Johnson & Johnson career ladder, starting as a sales representative.
Jane is a sponsor for the Women’s Leadership Initiative in Janssen and a Senior Advisory Board member of the EMEA Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association (HBA). Other industry roles include co-Chairwoman of the EFPIA Executive Committee and Chairwoman of the PhRMA Europe Committee. She is a Board member of the Johnson & Johnson Global Pharmaceuticals Sustainability Council. She is also Chair of the Johnson & Johnson Corporate Citizenship Trust in EMEA and a Board member. Her personal approach focuses on sustainability, accountability, openness and collaboration, and she is leading Janssen EMEA to live these values.
Theo Hacking Director, Graduate Programmes, University of Cambridge Programme - Sustainability Leadership
Theo Hacking
Director, Graduate Programmes, University of Cambridge Programme Programme for Sustainability Leadership
Before embarking on an academic career Theo spent 15 years working in industry and as a consultant in the fields of environmental management and sustainable development. From 2003 to 2006 he took a career break to undertake research towards a PhD at Cambridge, which involved an investigation into the 'Sustainability Assessment' of mining projects. After another short stint working in industry, Theo returned to Cambridge’s Engineering Department in 2008 as a Senior Research Associate. In this role he oversaw the establishment of an industry-funded research programme into energy efficiency in the built environment, and supervised research by Masters and PhD students. At CPSL Theo's primary responsibility is acting as the Programme Director for the Masters of Studies in Sustainability Leadership.
Jules Hayward Education Programme Lead, Ellen MacArthur Foundation
Jules Hayward
Education Programme Lead, Ellen MacArthur Foundation
Jules manages the education team at the Ellen MacArthur Foundation and their Pioneer University network and Disruptive Innovation Festival. Through the Ellen MacArthur Foundation Jules has developed an understanding of the framework of a circular economy, the Foundations organisational approach and leadership roles that might be required to accelerate a transition to a circular economy.
Jules has a background in landscape design, botany and horticulture with a Masters at Forum for the Future in Leadership for Sustainability.
Rodney Irwin Managing Director (Redefining Value and Education), The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD)
Rodney Irwin
Managing Director (Redefining Value and Education), The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD)
Rodney Irwin is the Managing Director (Redefining Value and Education) at the World Business Council for Sustainable Development in Geneva. Prior to this Dr Irwin was the Director of Reporting and Investment at WBCSD. Where he was responsible for a portfolio of projects designed to advance corporate reporting taking sustainable development into the mainstream reporting of an organization. He is the link between WBCSD members and standard / regulation setters and he is leading progressive projects in risk management, taxation, mandatory reporting and is developing education programs designed for senior finance staff. Prior to this role, Dr Irwin was the Group Director of Risk Management, Control and non-Financial Reporting at TNT NV. and he has held senior positions in Motorola, Abbey National and started his career at Ernst & Young. He holds a degree in Economics, a master’s degree in management and a Doctorate where he researched comparative corporate governance and its interrelationship with ethical decision making and reporting.
Dr Irwin has also completed in 2012 a Masters in Sustainability Leadership at Cambridge University as a member of the inaugural cohort. In addition, Dr Irwin is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland, a Certified Fraud examiner, a Certified Compliance and Ethics Professional and a Specialist member of the Institute of Risk Management. Rodney is also a member of the Advisory Council of the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board.
Peter Lacy Managing Director Accenture Strategy Practice & Accenture Sustainability Services - Asia Pacific
Peter Lacy
Managing Director Accenture Strategy Practice & Accenture Sustainability Services Asia Pacific Region
Peter Lacy leads Accenture’s Strategy and Sustainability practice in Asia Pacific and Greater China and is based in Shanghai.
Peter has worked for over a decade with the CEOs and top management of a range of Fortune 500 companies, the United Nations, European Union and public sector organizations on sustainability, climate change and resource efficiency, helping organisations shift from strategy to execution.
Before Accenture, Peter worked for McKinsey and Co, Andersen Consulting and the Academy of Business in Society, where he was founding executive director. He has advised top executives and boards for companies such as GSK, Diageo, BP, Coca-Cola, M&S, Exxon-Mobil, Vodafone, General Electric and Motorola.
He has twice led the world’s largest study on CEO attitudes to sustainability for the United Nations Global Compact and was a founding signatory of the United Nations Principles for Responsible Management Education.
Geoff McDonald Director, Bridge Partnership
Geoff McDonald
Director, Bridge Partnership
Geoff joined Bridge Partnership in September 2014 as a Director. His current focus at Bridge is in building in capabilities that will help organisations to truly embed purpose as their driver of growth and profitability.
Geoff spent 25 years with Unilever in the areas of human resources, marketing, communications and sustainability working across Africa Middle-East and Turkey, Australasia and Asia, Europe and the Americas.
Geoff’s HR experience has spanned leadership and talent development, organisational change, capability development, with particular reference to marketing, and business transformation. Most recently, he has led ground breaking work where the HR function has played a central role in transforming Unilever’s business model with purpose at its core.
Geoff walks the talk and is an active campaigner for mental wellbeing. He is the non- Executive Director of Mental Health First Aid England. He also sits on a number of Advisory Boards linked to sustainability and the development of young people from disadvantaged communities.
Sir Mark Moody-Stuart Chairman of Hermes Equity Ownership Services
Sir Mark Moody-Stuart
Chairman of Hermes Equity Ownership Services
Sir Mark Moody-Stuart is Chairman of Hermes Equity Ownership Services and was Chairman of the Royal Dutch Shell Group from 1998 to 2001 and of Anglo American plc from 2002 to 2009. After a doctorate in geology in 1966 at Cambridge, he worked for Shell starting as an exploration geologist, living in Holland, Spain, Oman, Brunei, Australia, Nigeria, Turkey and Malaysia, and UK.
He has held a number of esteemed positions including Director of Accenture and Saudi Aramco and of HSBC (2001-10), Chairman of the Innovative Vector Control Consortium, Vice Chairman of the United Nations Global Compact Board and Chairman of the Global Compact Foundation 2006 and of the Global Business Coalition for HIV/AIDS 2002-2011, board member of the Global Reporting Initiative 2002-7 and the International Institute for Sustainable Development 2002-2011.
Most recently, Sir Mark authored Responsible Leadership – Lessons from the front line of sustainability and ethics.
George Njenga Dean, Strathmore Business School
George Njenga
Dean, Strathmore Business School
George N. Njenga is the current and founding Dean of Strathmore Business School. Presently, he is the Deputy Vice Chancellor, Research and Quality Assurance and the Academic Director for the SBS Advanced Management Program. He is also a senior lecturer at Strathmore University in Ethics and Leadership.
Geoge was the Director of the Strathmore School of Accountancy in 2002-2005. Whilst in that position, he successfully set up the Certified Financial Analyst (CFA) and Certified Information Systems Audit Program (CISA) formal training programs for the first time in Kenya. He helped initiate the first successful School of Finance and Banking in Kigali, Rwanda. He also worked as a senior auditor at Ernst and Young Kenya between 1989 and 1992. Since 1992 he has held other positions in Strathmore University.
He is a founding board member of the Association of African Business Schools and an International advisory board member of Global Business Schools Network.
Michael Skapinker Associate Editor and Business and Society columnist, Financial Times
Michael Skapinker
Associate Editor and Business and Society columnist, Financial Times
Michael Skapinker is an Associate Editor and Business and Society columnist on the Financial Times. He was born in South Africa and educated at the University of the Witwatersrand and Queens' College, Cambridge. He began his journalistic career in Greece and joined the FT in London in 1986. He has held many positions, including management editor, editor of FT Weekend and editor of FT Special Reports.
He received the Work Foundation Members’ Award for his contribution to the understanding of working life in 2003. He was named Columnist of the Year at the 2008 WorkWorld Media Awards and Business Commentator of the Year at the 2012 Editorial Intelligence Comment Awards.
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Programme
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Tuesday, 9 December – Doctoral Workshop
If you are a Doctoral student seeking to pursue a research career in 'Business in Society' fields, the 2014 ABIS Doctoral Workshop offers you an excellent opportunity to understand the potential pathways that lie ahead.
You will meet doctoral candidates from across Europe and beyond as well as distinguished international senior scholars and practitioners in the field. In alignment with ABIS core values, the event will aim at strengthening the dialogue between senior academics, practitioners and young researchers.
This year, we will focus the discussion primarily on the key success factors for engaging business in research, and how to transform scientific outputs into valuable insights for practitioner audiences.
Participants will hear insights on the challenges of global research. Additionally, we will devote one session to perspective advice on how to get published. We will close the day with a forward looking sight on career development opportunities after your PhD.
- Get a deeper understanding on business – academia collaboration
- Set the agenda for transdisciplinary research work
- Explore research methodologies appropriate to the field of business in society
- Understand the challenges of global research and European Union funding opportunities
- Build research collaborations that could last a lifetime
- Network with peers globally
Download the agenda here
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| 13:00 |
Registration opens - Møller Centre |
| 14:00 |
Welcome and Introductory Remarks
Joris Lenssen, ABIS Managing Director |
| 14:15 |
Session 1 – Connecting Research, Practice & Policy For Impact Enhancement
How might Doctoral research in 'business in society' fields impact policy and practice?
- Nigel Roome, Chair of the ABIS Academic Board
- Chris Pinney, High Meadows Institute President
- Thomas Dodd, Policy Officer for the EU Bioeconomy Strategy, European Commission
Moderator - Joris Lenssen, ABIS Managing Director |
| 15:30 |
Coffee break and networking |
| 16:00 |
Session 2 – How to Get Published? Insights from Editors and Publishers
Gain practical advice and interact with representatives of academic institutions and publishers.
- Erik Hansen, Visiting Professor of Energy Transition Management, Leuphana University of Lüneburg
- Mollie Painter, College of Business Law & Social Sciences, Nottingham Business School
- John Peters, Director, GSE/Greenleaf
Moderator - Nigel Roome, Chair of the ABIS Academic Board |
| 17:00 |
Coffee break and networking |
| 17:30 |
Session 3 – Life Beyond Doctoral Studies
Career development: Students will meet senior research fellows and PhD recruiters and discuss challenges of planning and succeeding in a research career.
- Frank Tietze, Cambridge Institute for Manufacturing
- Lutz Preuss, Royal Holloway University of London
- Katie Wheat, Project Manager - VITAE
Moderator – Fabien Martinez, Project Manager & Postdoctoral Research Fellow, ABIS |
| 18:30 |
Closing remarks
Joris Lenssen, ABIS Managing Director |
| 19:00 |
Welcome reception: All Colloquium and Doctoral Workshop participants welcome |
Contact
Elena Urizar - elena.urizar@abis-global.org
Wednesday, 10 December (Day One)
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Registration opens.
Møller Centre, Milling Area
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Initial welcome to the 2014 Annual Colloquium
Joris Lenssen, Managing Director, The Academy of Business in Society (ABIS)
Møller Centre, SC4
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09.00
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Research and Knowledge Sessions (I)
Parallel sessions by theme to showcase latest papers, research insights and in-depth exploration of leading edge corporate case studies and leadership frameworks. Download agenda here
Møller Centre, Study Centre
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10:45
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Break
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11:00
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Capacity Building Workshops
1.New Models of Communication to Support Sustainability Leadership
Mallen Baker, Managing Director of DaisywheelInteractive
2. Sustainability-Driven Stakeholder Engagement in Emerging and Developing Markets
Tobias Webb, Founder & Managing Director of Innovation Forum
3. True Value methodology - an approach which allows for an overarching integrated assessment of a company’s performance.
Brent Hire, Strategic Innovation Consultant, KPMG
Barend van Bergen (KPMG Partner, lead author on A New Vision of Value (True Value) and Global Head of Sustainability Advisory)
Pier Mario Gribaudi (Global Lead SD Vision 2030, Holcim Cement LTD)
Møller Centre, Study Centre
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12:15
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Lunch
Churchill College, Dining Hall
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13.00
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Official Welcome to the Colloquium
Gilbert Lenssen, President, The Academy of Business in Society (ABIS)
Polly Courtice, Director, Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL)
Churchill College, Dining Hall
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Opening Keynotes: Two Keynote Speaker perspectives on Transformative Leadership for Sustainability
Having recently interviewed 100s of leaders to write the ‘The Breakthrough Challenge’, John will explain why change–as–usual strategies are not enough to move business from Breakdown to Breakthrough. Peter Lacy will then showcase the insights around transformative leadership qualities for systematic change identified in Accenture's 2013 Global CEO study, also in the broader context of a shift towards a Circular Economy.
- John Elkington, Executive Chairman, Volans and founding advisor to The B Team
- Peter Lacy, Managing Director, Strategy and Sustainability Practice Asia Pacific, Accenture
Moderator: Polly Courtice, Director, CISL
Churchill College, Wolfson Hall
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14.00
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Panel Session: Transformative Leadership for a Sustainable Future – the challenge for business
Speakers:
- Richard Batley, HR and CSR Director Saint Gobain UK, Ireland and Southern Africa
- Doug Baillie, Chief HR Officer, Unilever
- Trevor Davis, Distinguished Engineer & Consumer Products Expert, IBM
Moderator: Michael Skapinker, Assistant Editor, Financial Times
Churchill College, Wolfson Hall
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15.00
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Refreshments
Churchill College, Wolfson Hall
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15.30
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The Challenges of Leading Systemic Transformation
Focus: To explore in depth, where and how systemic change is required, and the major challenges and opportunities facing business in taking leadership within these systems.
Delegates will have the choice to attend two out of four parallel sessions:
1. National and International Policy Frameworks
- Jack Frost, Director, Johnson Matthey
- Tom Dodd, Policy Officer, EU Bioeconomy Strategy, DG Research and Innovation, European Commision
Moderator: Joris Lenssen, Managing Director, ABIS
Churchill College, Wolfson Hall
2. Supply chains (Land, food and water)
- Martin Roberts, Director, University of Cambridge Natural Capital Leaders Platform, CISL
- Justin DeKoszmovszky, Head of Sustainability, Ovo Energy
Moderator: Theo Hacking, Director of Graduate Programmes, CISL
Churchill College, Bevin Room
3. Finance and Accounting
Møller Centre, SC1
4. Emerging and Developing Economies
- Frank Welvaert, CSR Director EMEA, Johnson & Johnson
- Luk Van Wassenhove, The Henry Ford Chaired Professor of Manufacturing, INSEAD
Moderator: Mollie Painter Morland, ABIS and Nottingham Trent University
Møller Centre, SC3
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Break/ Transition back to Wolfson Hall
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17:15
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Bridging the panels
In this session the chairs of the four panels on systematic change will come together to share the key insights from their sessions.
Moderator: Polly Courtice
Churchill College, Wolfson Hall
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17:45
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ABIS Annual General Assembly
Churchill College, Wolfson Hall
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19.00
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Free time
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20:00
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Gala Dinner
Guest speaker: David Pencheon, Director - Sustainable Development Unit (SDU) - NHS England and Public Health England
Churchill College, Dining Hall
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Thursday, 11 December (Day Two)
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Research and Knowledge Sessions (II) continued from Day One
Showcase the latest papers and research insights and exploration of leading corporate case studies and leadership frameworks. Download agenda here
Møller Centre, Study Centre
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10:00
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Reflections on Responsible Leadership: Managing Context, Complexity and Responsibility
Interview with Sir Mark Moody Stuart, Board (Vice Chairman), United Nations Global Compact and Jane Griffiths, Company Group Chairman, Janssen Europe, Middle East and Africa
Moderator: Simon Pickard, Director General, ABIS
Churchill College, Wolfson Hall
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11:00
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Break
Churchill College
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11.30
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Leadership and Organisations: How Do We Enable Transformation for a Sustainable Future?
Focus: to explore different models of innovation and approaches that businesses have taken to demonstrate leadership and transform from ‘business as usual’ to ‘sustainable business’ and the implications of this for leadership education.
Session A - Four parallel workshops.
Delegates will have the opportunity to attend two out of the four.
1. Circular Economy:
- Ian Ellison, Sustainability Manager, Jaguar Landrover
- Jules Hayward , Ellen MacArthur Foundation
Moderator: Malcolm McIntosh, Founding Director and Professor, Asia Pacific Centre for Sustainable Enterprise, Griffith University
Churchill College, Wolfson Hall
2. Disruptive Innovation:
- Nancy Bocken, Lead Researcher Sustainable Business Development, Institute for Manufacturing, University of Cambridge
- Jeremy Basset, Global Marketing Strategy Director, Unilever
Møller Centre, SC3
3. Embedding Sustainability into Strategy and Decisions:
- Carmel McQuaid, Head of Sustainable Business, Marks & Spencer
- Abby Ghobadian, Henley Business School
Moderator: Mike Peirce, Deputy Director, CISL
Møller Centre, SC1
4. Purpose-driven, Values-based Leadership:
- Geoff McDonald, Director, Bridge Partnership
- David Grayson, CBE, Director of Doughty Centre for Corporate Responsibility, Cranfield School of Management
Moderator: Polly Courtice, Director, CISL
Møller Centre, SC4
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12.30
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Lunch
Churchill College, Dining Hall
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13.30
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Leadership and Organisations: How Do We Enable Transformation for a Sustainable Future?
Session B – Continuation of workshops
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14.30
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Refreshments
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15:00
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Transforming Today for a More Sustainable Tomorrow
Business school perspectives and the implications for global leadership development.
- Alfons Sauquet, Global Dean, ESADE Business School, Spain
- CB Bhattacharya, Dean of International Relations, ESMT Berlin, Germany
- Xiang Bing, Dean, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business, China
- George Njenga, Dean, Strathmore Business School, Kenya
Moderator: Della Bradshaw, Business Education Editor, Financial Times
Churchill College, Wolfson Hall
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Closing Keynote: Responsible Leadership for a Sustainable Future
Speaker: Polly Courtice, Director, CISL
Churchill College, Wolfson Hall
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16.50
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Final remarks
Churchill College, Wolfson Hall
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17.00
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Conference close
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Discover 30 presentations of a range of academic papers, practitioner articles and case examples during the Research and Knowledge sessions.
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