Nordic-German Sustainable Business Summit - AHK

Nordic-German Sustainable Business Summit ™*
May 19th 2015
Bristol Conference Center, Oslo
The 2015 Sustainable Business Summit will be an arena for Nordic and German companies, organizations and
policy-makers to develop and define corporate sustainable best practices. The summit wants to establish a larger
understanding of the impact of leadership involvement. Brand new developed scenarios from the leading
companies in the Nordics and Germany will be presented for the first time and demonstrate the sustainable
future.
*Front page illustration: Center for Corporate Diversity
Preliminary program
May 19th, 2015
8:30 - 9:00
Registration
9:00 - 10:15
Session 1: Sustainable Innovation and Growth
What will it take for the corporate world to include the sustainable innovation perspective in the day-today business? How can sustainability principles precede and initiate innovation practices?
Introduction speeches: Perspectives from business leaders and government representatives:
Anna Johansson, Swedish Minister for Infrastructure, Ministry of Enterprise and
Innovation (tbc)
Lars Jacob Hiim, Norwegian State Secretary, Ministry for Trade, Industry and Fishery
Christian Rynning Tønnesen, CEO, Statkraft, Member of the Global Commission on
the Economy and Climate
Dagfinn Høybråten, Secretary General, Nordic Council of Ministers
Oliver Rittgen, CEO Bayer Nordic SE, CEO Country Group Nordic, Finland
Dr. Ole Janssen, MinDirig, Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy, Germany (tbc)
10:15 – 10:45 Coffee Break and refreshment
10:45 – 13:00 Session 2: Smart innovation will change the corporate world: Industrial
scenarios for a sustainable future presented by leading Nordic and German
companies
Introductory comment: Marit Hoel, dr. philos, Director, Center for Corporate Diversity
“The dynamics of responsibility and sustainable innovation.”
Moderator: Gry Nordhus, Director Communication, Siemens AS, Norway
Part 1: Infrastructure and technological innovations: Great possibilities and the framework to
realize them?
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The Siemens scenario: The future of infrastructure
Maersk Company : Sustainability as a source of Innovation
Deutsche Telekom: Business through Sustainability – a shared value approach
The Volvo scenario: New technology and global commitment
Comment: Ola Elvestuen, Chair of the Committee on Energy and the Environment, The
Norwegian Parliament
Part 2: Health science innovation demands major resources: How can large companies create
opportunities for cooperation and transparency
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The Bayer scenario: Health and life science innovation
Comment : Anne Lise Ryel, Secretary General of the Norwegian Cancer Society
13:00 – 14:15 Bristol Lunch
14:15 – 16:30: Session 3: Sustainable Leadership
Top level involvement was viewed as crucial to promote targets for mainstreaming diversity in Nordic
public and private sectors. This session will explore the extent of leadership involvement in social
responsibility and sustainability corporate policies in Nordic and German companies.
How is top management involved? Are new initiatives emerging from board discussions? Does the
board of the companies commit to ownership of initiative and practices? How are new practices and
targets executed by top company leadership?
The Nordic-German Top Leadership Panel
Chairs, CEOs and Business Leaders perspectives
Moderator: Per Otto Dyb, Chair, Innovation Norway
Introduction: Johan H. Andresen, Owner and Chair, Ferd AS, and Head of Council on
Ethics for the Norwegian Government Pension Fund Global, Norway
Carina Lundberg-Markow, Head of Corporate Sustainability, Folksam, Sweden
Johan H. Andresen, Owner and Chair, Ferd AS, and Head of Council on
Ethics for the Norwegian Government Pension Fund Global, Norway
Oliver Rittgen, CEO Bayer Nordic SE, CEO Country Group Nordic, Finland
Anne Marit Panengstuen, CEO, Siemens AS, Norway
Anette Trettebergstuen, Member of the Committee on Labour and Social
Affairs, The Norwegian Parliament
Malin Ripa, Head of CSR management, Volvo Group, Sweden
Kari Hietanen, Executive Vice President, Wärtsilä Oyj Abp, Finland (tbc)
Per Bondevik, Manager, Ethical Trade Initiative, Norway
Hardy Nitsche, CEO, 360report GmbH, Germany
16:00 – 17:00:
Networking Hour
Organization committee:
Gry Nordhus, Director Communication, Siemens AS, Norway
Torstein Myhre, CEO, Bayer AS, Norway
Carina Lundberg-Markow, Head of Sustainability, Folksam, Sweden
Dr. Heinz-Gerd Peters, Group Corporate Responsibility, Deutsche Telekom AG, Germany
Malin Ripa, Head of CSR management, Volvo Group, Sweden
Marit Hoel, dr.philos, Director Center for Corporate Diversity, Norway
Kathrin Luze-Hercz, Deputy Managing Director,German-Norwegian Chamber of Commerce