In many ways, the future of our world will be defined by Asia. With a ballooning economic growth rate and a leadership role in implementing alternative energy solutions, the GlobeScan Hong Kong team recently hosted two key events with thought leaders to discuss how to accelerate the drive towards a more sustainable, better world. Our first event was hosted by Dream Impact, a community of socially minded entrepreneurs who share the same vision in creating collective social impact through business and … “All-In in Asia: The Future of Business Leadership”
GlobeScan and SustainAbility are delighted to invite you to a webinar to discuss the results of The 2018 Sustainability Leaders Survey. Join us for a dynamic and insightful conversation with global thought leaders who will share their insights on the 2018 survey findings and answer your questions on the current and future state of sustainability leadership. For your convenience, we are hosting separate webinars for Americas/EMEA and Asia Pacific audiences. We hope you can join us! On June 19, our Americas/EMEA webinar … “Upcoming Webinar | The 2018 Sustainability Leaders Survey”
SDG Goal 17 Leadership Forum hosted by Unilever and GlobeScan Read the full report from our online discussion of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 17 on global partnerships for sustainability. Learn from the perspectives of 328 participants who explored how partnerships can help fund the Goals and scale up social entrepreneurs. Our discussion focused on the impact partnerships can have in the provision of new models of financing the Goals and in empowering small-scale social entrepreneurs to scale up … “Partnerships for Progress: Perspectives from the SDG 17 Leadership Forum | Report”
Join us for the SDG Leadership Forum for Goal 8 on Wednesday 13th June 2018. As part of our ongoing series of online dialogues, the SDG Leadership Forum for Goal 8 (Decent Work and Economic Growth) is a chance for us to make a significant impact together and advance progress on the Global Goals. The UNDP describes the importance of Goal 8 well: “Over the past 25 years the number of workers living in extreme poverty has declined dramatically, despite the lasting … “3M and GlobeScan to Host SDG Leadership Forum for Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth”
In March, GlobeScan launched our SDG Leadership Series of open, interactive, online collaboration forums on each of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals. Our first Forum, hosted by Unilever, laid the foundations for the whole series with a focus on Partnerships for the Goals (#17). The event started with a video message from CEO Paul Polman and the discussions that followed explored how partnerships can help fund the Goals and scale up social entrepreneurs. The overall learning was that a successful … “GlobeScan Launches SDG Leadership Series of Online Stakeholder Collaboration Forums: Partnerships and Health”
The risk environment that faces global business is usually well mapped, from an operations perspective. Yet, this operational readiness masks a lack of preparedness in front of other types of external risks – ones that are more unpredictable and macro-societal in nature. On March 21, Christophe Guibeleguiet (co-CEO) and Lionel Bellier (Associate Director) from GlobeScan, and special guest Cécile Duprez-Naudy, Global Advocacy Lead at Nestlé hosted ‘Building Social Capital in a Volatile and Uncertain World’: an engaging 30-minute webinar discussion around … “Espresso Webinar Recap | Building Social Capital in a Volatile and Uncertain World”
The risk environment that faces global business is usually well mapped, from an operations perspective. Yet, this operational readiness masks a lack of preparedness in front of other types of external risks – ones that are more unpredictable and macro-societal in nature. On March 21 at 12 pm EST / 4 pm GMT, we invite you to join Christophe Guibeleguiet (co-CEO), Femke de Man (Director), and Lionel Bellier (Associate Director) from GlobeScan, and special guest Cécile Duprez-Naudy, Global Advocacy Lead … “Upcoming Espresso Webinar | Building Social Capital in a Volatile and Uncertain World”
Join us for the SDG Leadership Forum for Goal 3 on Wednesday 28th March 2018. As part of our ongoing series of online dialogues, the SDG Leadership Forum for Goal 3 (Ensure Healthy Lives and Promote Wellbeing) is a chance for us to make a significant impact together and advance progress on the Global Goals. In this live, online, text-based discussion, hosted by Johnson & Johnson and GlobeScan, we will focus on capacity building and empowering women in the healthcare … “Johnson & Johnson and GlobeScan to Host SDG Leadership Forum for Goal 3: Good Health and Well-Being”
To help celebrate the 30th anniversary of GlobeScan, I had the great pleasure of speaking with our founder and current Chairman, Doug Miller, to gain his personal insights into the evolution of the company and its global context. Tell me about the origins of GlobeScan, our heritage and values. Back in 1987, the World Commission on Environment and Development was asked to formulate “A global agenda for change” in response to an urgent call by the General Assembly of the … “Collective Wisdom – Celebrating 30 Years of GlobeScan”
Simon Boas Hoffmeyer is the Sustainability Director of the Carlsberg Group. Simon has a background in strategy, business development, PR and communications, and has been developing business-driven sustainability solutions for the last ten years. He is responsible for the development and implementation of the Carlsberg Group’s sustainability programme Together Towards ZERO. GlobeScan co-CEO Christophe Guibeleguiet recently spoke with Simon about making sustainability relevant and accessible for consumers and how to develop partnerships to achieve concrete sustainability goals. Based on your experience, … “Recognizing Leaders: Simon Boas Hoffmeyer, Carlsberg”