BBC World Debate: How Accountable is Business?

Hello dear friends,

An interesting debate will be broadcast through BBC this weekend (17th and 18th of June), as part of their series on global issues called BBC World Debate. This debate was filmed during the GRI's Conference on Sustainability and Transparency last Friday in Amsterdam. It was a fair and straight forward debate, I must admit, and I hope you like it :)

(and you might see me on the second row... ;-))

If you prefer to listen to the full non-edited version, you can go to the GRI website and download the podcast - Friday morning Arena debate.

Showing Times (check your local time...):
Saturday 17th May: 0710 GMT, 1510 GMT and 1910 GMT;
Sunday 18th May at 0010, 0710, 1510 and 1910 GMT.


How Accountable is Business?

The World Debate asks whether companies, already forced to report on their finances, should also have to reveal details of their impact on the environment and society? How transparent do we expect companies to be and can we trust them to come clean? Can openness and profitability go hand in hand?

Speakers

Alessandro Carlucci – CEO Natura
Natura Cosméticos S.A. is a leading player in sales of cosmetics, fragrances, and toilet products in Brazil. It was founded 40 years ago and is based near Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Gerd Leipold - Executive director of Greenpeace International

Maud Olofsson - Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden
Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden and Minister for Enterprise and Energy.

Sir Michael Rake - Chairman of BT
Former Chairman of KPMG International.

Alex Sink - Chief Financial Officer of the Florida Department of Financial Services
Chief Financial Officer of the Florida Department of Financial Services and (Former President of Bank of America) Florida's Chief Financial Officer, responsible for monitoring the state's fiscal health and managing more than $74 billion in tax revenue coming in and out of state government annually.

Bruno Prior - Director, Summerleaze
Summerleaze is a UK based renewable energy company. His company is a renewable electricity generator primarily from landfill gas, but with an increasing emphasis on anaerobic digestion.