Oliver Niedermaier is Chairman and CEO of TAU Investment Management, LLC, a private equity firm designed to transform global supply chains. By upgrading and de-risking suppliers, TAU uses capitalist solutions to solve capitalism’s worst failures – the undervaluation of human and natural resources. By investing to enhance the operational performance of manufacturers, TAU delivers value to all stakeholders, including investors seeking both superior returns and social and environmental benefits. His presentation was at the 2013 BSR Conference.

BSR Conference 2013 (Part1) 

In this video, Rick Ridgeway, VP for Environmental Affairs at Patagonia discusses how networks enable partnerships and how Patagonia is deeply committed to collaboration.  Rick addresses the process of standarized tool development to measure sustainability by forming a network. Part 2 of the interview is here.

Published on Nov 18, 2013

BSR Conference 2014

Aron Cramer, President and CEO, BSR opening speech addressing transformation affecting business models, markets, products, and the personal including relationships.  Hearts, heads and hands are required. Transparency is a second theme of the conference so how do we turn it into an advantage, an asset? 

Gender Equality Workgroup

Teodorina Lessidrenska - Programme Executive Business Ethics, Globethics.net (Switzerland) Published on May 14, 2014

Teodorina Lessidrenska - Programme Executive Business Ethics, Globethics.net (Switzerland) on the document,  Declaration of Principles on Equality and Inequality for a Sustainable Economy [Draft] here.

All segments (1-16) of conference on Globethics YouTube Channel. 

Kumud M Srinivasan - President of Intel India and General Manager of the Intel Architecture Group (India) Published on May 14, 2014

Conference Programme highlights

Speakers at the Global Ethics Forum 2014 Conference at the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB) in Bangalore/India were influential high profile leaders from business, government, academia, civil society, and other key stakeholder groups. Speakers included:

• Walter Fust, International Chair Global Ethics Forum, President, Globethics.net and Former Ambassador, Switzerland;
• S.D. Shibulal, International Chair Global Ethics Forum and CEO and Co-founder, Infosys, India;
• Mervyn King, International Chair Global Ethics Forum and Chairman, International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC), UK/South Africa;
• Le Ping, Deputy Director, Research Institute of Globalization and China's Modernization, UIBE. China;
• Arnold Smit, BEN Africa, Driector of the Centre for Buinsess in Society, University of Stellenbosch Business School, South Africa;
• Klaus Leisinger, Chairman Emeritus, Novartis Foundation for Sustainable Development, Switzerland;
• Yahya Wijaya, Director, Center for Business Ethics, Indonesia;
• Prof. HH Sri Sri Ravi, Shankar, Art of Living, India;
• Alexander Ageev, Director General, Ethics Institute of Economics, Russia;
• Kumud Srinivasan, President, Intel India; and many others.

Activist and fundraiser Dan Pallotta calls out the double standard that drives our broken relationship to charities. Too many nonprofits, he says, are rewarded for how little they spend -- not for what they get done. Instead of equating frugality with morality, he asks us to start rewarding charities for their big goals and big accomplishments (even if that comes with big expenses). In this bold talk, he says: Let's change the way we think about changing the world. More TED talks here on YouTube. Published on Mar 11, 2013

Right now, millions of people are being thrown off their land because large corporations are being given special rights. The World Bank is driving this trend with its Doing Business rankings. Published on Mar 27, 2014 by The Rules, THE RULES IS A GLOBAL MOVEMENT TO BRING POWER BACK TO PEOPLE, AND CHANGE THE RULES THAT CREATE INEQUALITY AND POVERTY AROUND THE WORLD.

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Spanish Version here.

In this video, Rick Ridgeway discusses how networks enable partnerships in an interview at the BSR Conference 2013. Rick Ridgeway is VP for Environmental Affairs at Patagonia. Published on Nov 18, 2013

Patagonia partnered with NRDC on supply chain measurement of environmental footprint of facilities (mills and dye houses) as an example of cooperation and collaboration between NGO and Corporation.

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