Sustainability Reporting and Corporate Accountability: 20 years of debate on the role of the private sector in sustainable development. Is a Report or Explain Approach to Sustainability Reporting the Way Forward
The event, held at the HSBC Arena during Rio+20 was a multi-stakeholder roundtable, with direct questions to participants of the dialogue.
Objectives of the event included:
- discussion of the role of the private sector in sustainable development
- exploration of the ways to engage companies and hold them accountable
- investigation of what has been done, and what still needs to be done
- understanding the views on corporate transparency through sustainability reporting
Speakers at the event included:
- Chair: Oliver Greenfield, Green Economy Coalition
- Daniel Mittler, Greenpeace
- Teresa Fogelberg, Global Reporting Initiative
- Miriam Vilela, Earth Charter
- Mariette Van Huijste, SOMO-Netherlands
- Sonia Favaretto, Sustainability Director BMF&VBOVESPA
- Paul Simpson, CEO, Carbon Disclosure Project
- Steve Waygood, Aviva Investors
- Carlos Eduardo Lessa Brandao, IBGC
- Uchita de Zoysa, Centre for Environment, Sri Lanka