From 8:00 AM to 9:00 AM
Check-in, Reception of Materials
From 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM
Plenary 1
How social responsibility can contribute to sustainable
development
In this Plenary we will debate how socially responsible
corporate management can play a key role in promoting sustainable
development, and what are the pitfalls and challenges posed
to companies at the start of this new century in which environmental
destruction, the concentration of wealth, and increasing
social inequalities have reached alarming levels, jeopardizing
the sustainability of business and of society as a whole.
From 11:00 AM to 11:30 AM
Coffee break and networking
From 11:30 AM to 1:30 PM
Roundtable 1
Water: private use of a public asset
Water is one of mankind’s common goods, and is strategic
in the planet’s sustainability. We are witnessing
on a worldwide scale the dilemmas and conflicts linked to
the private use of this resource. In this Round Table these
dilemmas and conflicts will be analyzed in order to pursue
a sustainable use of this resource.
From 1:30 PM to 3:00 PM
Lunch and networking
From 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM
Thematic Panel 1
Partnerships and business development for sustainability
of the North and Northeast of Brazil
The development of business through partnerships and the
building of networks for integrated action will play a central
role in strategies for regional sustainability. In this
Panel we are presenting initiatives being undertaken to
help solve the major problems facing Brazil’s north
and northeast regions.
Thematic Panel 2
Panorama of business for social responsibility in
the world: international networks for the promotion of the
CSR movement
This Panel aims to offer an overview of this movement, today
spreading and interconnecting through partnerships and learning
networks in many of the world’s nations. We will present
trends, debate particularities, dilemmas and opportunities
towards overcoming the challenges faced in promoting the
movement internationally.
Brazilian Panel 1
Panorama and evolution of the social responsibility
movement: mobilization networks
The corporate social responsibility movement is growing
in Brazil. In this Panel, prepared jointly with the Ethos
Institute’s associates, partners and fellow stakeholders,
we will hold a full discussion of the breakthroughs, pitfalls
and prospects for the Brazilian movement.
Coordinators: Emílio Martos and Paulo Itacarambi,
Instituto Ethos
Workshop 1
Environment management
This Workshop will address the strategic role of environmental
management in planning for sustainable development, examining
the tools used by companies. It will also address conceptual
issues concerning the integration of environmental management
in strategies to strengthen intangible corporate assets
and their practical repercussions in companies’ day
to day business.
Coordinator: Eduardo de Souza Martins, Elabore Assessoria
Estratégica em Meio Ambiente
From 5:00 PM to 5:30 PM
Coffee break and networking
From 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM
Thematic panel 3
Self-regulation of business social responsibility
There are countless global and local strategies aiming at
the self-regulation of corporate social responsibility.
To debate this issue we shall be putting forward two important
initiatives: the setting-up of a new series of ISO standards
relating to corporate social responsibility, in which process
Brazil plays a crucial role, and the experience accumulated
by GRI (Global Reporting Initiative), in its Sustainability
Reporting Guidelines, launched in June 2000
Thematic panel 4
Ethical communication and values building for a
sustainable society
Communication plays an important role in building society’s
values. It disseminates values, forms opinion, spurs actions,
promotes a nation’s culture. In this Panel we will
debate the impacts and the contribution of corporate communication
in creating and disseminating the ethical values of a sustainable
society.
Panel Brazil 1
Panorama and evolution of the social responsibility
movement: mobilization networks (continued)
Workshop 1
Environment management (continued)
From 7:30 PM to 8:00 PM
Intermission for networking
From 8:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Brazilian cultural attraction |