2007
Global Compact Leaders Summit
Geneva, Palais des
Nations, 5-6 July 2007

Press
Briefing Schedule (Draft Version 3, 26 June 2007)

Venue:
Press Briefing Room (Room III) - Palais des Nations, Geneva

Media
Contacts:

Matthias
Stausberg, Spokesperson, UN Global Compact (stausberg@un.org,
+1-917-214-1337, +41-79-629-4431)

Eleonore
(Yasha) Kopera, Media Relations Manager (kopera@un.org,
+41-79-629-4457)

Day

Time
(Duration)

Topic/Title

Panelists
(Suggestion)

Moderation

05-Jul

10:35
(30
minutes)

Opening
Press Conference

(Mr.)
Ban Ki-Moon, UN Secretary-General
(Mr.) Neville
Isdell, Chairman & CEO, Coca-Cola
(Mr.) Jose Sergio
Gabrielli de Azevedo, CEO, Petrobras

(Ms.)
Huguette Labelle, Chair, Transparency International

Georg
Kell

The UN
Secretary-General and a panel of leaders from business and civil
society will discuss the status of the Global Compact and the
significance of the Leaders Summit, the largest event the UN has
ever convened on the topic of corporate citizenship.

05-Jul

12:00
(45
minutes)

Key
Summit Deliverables:
GC Annual Review Goldman-Sachs ESG
Research

McKinsey
CEO Survey

(Mr.)
Georg Kell, Executive Director, UN Global Compact

(Mr.)
Anthony Ling, Chief Investment Officer, Goldman Sachs

(Mr.)
Jeremy Oppenheim, Director, McKinsey & Company

Gavin
Power

Panelists
will discuss the findings of three key reports launched at
Summit, highlight key trends, drivers and actions in the
corporate citizenship arena.

05-Jul

14:30
(45
minutes)

Principles
for Responsible Management Education (PRME)

(Mr.)
Manuel Escudero, Head of Academic Initiatives, UN Global
Compact

(Mr.)
Angel Cabrera, Chair, PRME Task Force
President,
Thunderbird School of Global Management

(Mr.)
John Fernandes, President and CEO, AACSB International

(Ms.)
Carolyn Woo, Dean, Mendoza College of Business, University of
Notre Dame (tbc)

(Mr.)
Anders Aspling, Director, Global Responsibility Initiative,
EFMD/ Secretary General, Globally Responsible Leadership
Initiative

(Mr.)
Peter Lacy, European Academy for Business in Society

Matthias

Stausberg

The Principles for
Responsible Management Education (PRME), the first global guiding
framework for academic institutions to advance the broader cause
of corporate social responsibility, will be launched at the 2007
Global Compact Leaders Summit. The PRME have been developed by an
international task force of sixty deans, university presidents
and official representatives of leading business schools.

05-Jul

15:15
(45
minutes)

China
Africa Business Council

(Mr.) HU Deping,
President, China-Africa Business Council

(Mr.) Khalid
Malik, Resident Representative, United Nations Development
Programme, China

(Mr.) Jacob Chieh
Kuo Wood, Chairman, Golden Gate Nigeria Group of Companies

(Mr.) RUAN
Xiaoming, Chairman, Gemsy Holdings Group Co., Ltd.

Matthias
Stausberg

Panelists
will discuss development and objectives, and link to the Global
Compact of the China-Africa Business Council (CABC) a
non-governmental organization jointly founded by the China
Society for Promotion of the Guangcai Program, the United Nations
Development Programme and the Ministry of Commerce/China
International Center for Economic & Technical Exchanges. The
aim of CABC is to provide a practical business tool to facilitate
the strengthening of business ties between China and Africa.

05-Jul

16:00
(30
minutes)

Financial
Markets

(Mr.)
Anthony Ling, Chief Investment Officer, Goldman Sachs
International

(Mr.)
Colin Melvin, CEO, Hermes Equity Ownership Services

(Mr.)
Donald Macdonald, Chairman, Principles for Responsible
Investment

Gavin

Power

A panel
of leading finance experts will discuss major trends and
groundbreaking initiatives, including a new investment framework
with related research from Goldman Sachs, and the Principles for
Responsible Investment, the world’s first such global charter for
institutional investors.

Day

Time
(Duration)

Topic/Title

Panelists
(Suggestion)

Moderation

06-Jul

09:00

(30
minutes)

China
and Climate Change

(Mr.)
Prof. ZOU Ji, Senior Policy Advisor of the Chinese
Government on Climate Change (tbc)

(Mr.) Khalid
Malik, Resident Representative, United Nations Development
Programme, China

(Mr.)
WANG Jimin, Senior Advisor and former Chair, SINOPEC;
President China Business Council for Sustainable Development (tbc)

(tbc)

Panelists
will review current policy and directions in China with regard to
Climate Change as well as an array of significant projects that
are being undertaken in partnership between the government,
business, civil society and the United Nations.

06-Jul

09:45
(45
minutes)

Caring
for Climate:
The Business Leadership Platform

(Mr.)
Achim Steiner, Executive Director, United Nations Environment
Programme (UNEP)

(Mr.)
R.K. Pachauri, Chairman, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate
Change

(Mr.)
Bjorn Stigson, President, World Business Council for
Sustainable Development

(Ms.)
WANG Yuan, Deputy Director-General, China Development Bank

Gavin

Power

Caring for Climate:
The Business Leadership Platform is a practical approach for
Global Compact participants that wish to advance solutions to the
climate challenge. It also represents an opportunity to
demonstrate climate leadership on both the individual and
collective levels. The statement, to be launched at the Leaders
Summit, is a joint effort of business and civil society
representatives convened by the Global Compact, the UN Environment
Programme (UNEP) and the World Business Council for Sustainable
Development (WBCSD).

06-Jul

11:15
(45
minutes)

Governments
and Voluntary Initiatives

(Mr.)
Sten Tolgfors, Minister for Foreign Trade, Sweden

(Mr.)
Maxwell M. Mkwezalamba, Commissioner for Economic Affairs,
African Union

(Mr.)
Simon Zadek, Chief Executive, AccountAbility

Matthias

Stausberg

Governments and
voluntary initiatives. Panelists will offer their perspective on
the role of Governments in promoting responsible corporate
citizenship. This briefing follows a Ministerial Roundtable that
will take place earlier that morning from 8:00 am to 10:00 am on
how governments can use their soft power to encourage socially and
environmentally responsible business practices and the connection
between policies that promote corporate citizenship and
responsible competitiveness.