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On
Thursday, 16 November, participants at the Global
Responsibility Founding Forum met for an afternoon opening
ceremony, two parallel discussion sessions, and an evening
reception for the official inauguration of Global
Responsibility. Javed Ahmad, Chief Executive
Officer of Global Responsibility, welcomed participants,
highlighted goals, and signaled the aim to offer a cost
effective state of the art service in corporate sustainability
reporting. Ulrika Wennberg, Business Development Director of
Global Responsibility, discussed past and future planned efforts
on sustainability reporting and the development of the Global
Responsibility Communication Platform. In
the first discussion session, Mats Hägerström, Global
Responsibility Sector Advisor, outlined the contents of the
Communication Platform, a web-based service for sustainability
reporting and stakeholder dialogue. In the second discussion
session, pioneer partner company representatives heard reports
on and discussed the status and direction of Platform technology
and the verification of Platform information.
During
the official inauguration of Global Responsibility, Stephen
Somerville, Reuters Foundation Trustee, introduced the
documentary film “The Global Youth Reporters from Sweden to
Jordan.” After the film, Chris Ryan, Director of the
International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics (IIIEE),
noted that the first Global Environmental Youth Convention was
hosted by the IIIEE in 2000 and that the second Convention would
be held in Turin, Italy in 2002. Karl Lidgren, Chairman of
Global Responsibility, highlighted improved cooperation with
business and noted that the Global Responsibility Forum will
allow for a free flow of information for those wanting to
participate. Domingo Jiménez-Beltrán, Executive Director of
the European Environment Agency, underscored the EU’s progress
toward consistent sustainability policy-making, lauded placing
accountability and transparency in the hands of business, and
stressed the networking role of the Global Responsibility Forum. |
Mats
Hägerström and Thierry Larrivée, Global Responsibility Sector
Advisors, Javed Ahmad, Chief Executive Officer of
Global Responsibility, Ulrika Wennberg, Business Development
Director of Global Responsibility.
Javed
Ahmad opens the Global Responsibility Founding Forum.
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Ulrika
Wennberg discusses past and future planned efforts on sustainability
reporting and the development of the Global Responsibility
Communication Platform. |
Ulrika
Wennberg, Business Development Director of Global Responsibility.
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Mats
Hägerström, Global Responsibility Sector Advisor.
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Mats
Hägerström, outlined the contents of the Communication Platform, a
web-based service for sustainability reporting and stakeholder
dialogue. |
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Participants
listening to the presentation on the Global Responsibility
Communication Platform.
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Carl Foung
(left), Administrative Director, International Institute for
Industrial Environmental Economics with fellow participants.
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Hans
Wennberg, Global Responsibility, speaks with Tony Rushton, Global Responsibility.
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Thierry
Larrivée, Global Responsibility Sector Advisor.
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Anna Lise
Mortensen, Vice-President, Director of Sustainability Issues,
Hartman.
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Pekka
Seitola, Cyber Com Consulting.
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Javed
Ahmad, Chief Executive Officer of Global Responsibility.
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Ice
sculpture at
the reception for the official inauguration of Global Responsibility.
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Images
from the
documentary film “The Global Youth Reporters from Sweden to
Jordan”, by Via Le Monde, Canada.
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Stephen
Somerville introduces the documentary film “The Global Youth
Reporters from Sweden to Jordan.” |
Stephen
Somerville, Reuters Foundation Trustee.
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Chris
Ryan, Director of the International Institute for Industrial
Environmental Economics.
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Chris
Ryan notes that the first Global Environmental Youth Convention was
hosted by the IIIEE in 2000 and that the second Convention would be
held in Turin, Italy in 2002. |
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Karl
Lidgren, Chairman of Global Responsibility.
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Karl
Lidgren highlights improved cooperation with business and noted that
the Global Responsibility Forum will allow for a free flow of
information for those wanting to participate. |
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Domingo
Jim�nez-Beltr�n underscores the EU�s progress toward consistent
sustainability policy-making, lauded placing accountability and
transparency in the hands of business, and stressed the networking
role of the Global Responsibility Forum. |
Domingo
Jim�nez-Beltr�n, Executive Director of the European Environment
Agency.
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Participants
at the reception for the official inauguration of Global
Responsibility.
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The
official inauguration of Global Responsibility.
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