Responsible Business Summit West 2017 | Ethical Corporation | 14 November 2017 | Hotel Kabuki, 1625 Post Street, San Francisco, CA 94115, US

RBSWEST is the Bay area’s leading business conference with 200+ CEOs, VP’s and Directors of CSR from America’s most innovative brands linking social impact to commercial success.

• Discover the business case: Co-create solutions that meet both the business needs and social purpose using the right evidence.
• Understand which impacts your business should focus on: Discover how to practically align this back business strategy and needs.
• Maximize technology for social good: Learn how technology can be applied for social good and impact.
• Influence the business using the right language and KPIs: Understand what the longer term education piece looks like to make engagement stick.
• Successfully engage external stakeholders: Understand how social impact can be used as an effective tool to attract customers, engage investors and build talent.

3 reasons why you have to attend #RBSWEST:

1) Critical Insight from CEOs and Business Leaders:
Understanding what it takes to deliver a true business of purpose and how to accelerate change through technology. CEOs and Leaders from north America’s most innovative brands will share their ideas that will shape your role and future strategy. Get this invaluable insight at the event to ensure you stay ahead of the curve.

2) A Cutting-Edge Agenda:
Gain practical takeaways on the biggest challenges and opportunities, as decided by you and your peers. Whether your focus is Business Strategy, Sustainability, CSR, Supply Chain, Marketing and Communications our conference tracks will tailor both days to your specific needs

3) Learn From and Benchmark Against 200+ Corporate CSR Peers:
We know that the best person to give you advice is someone that has direct, ‘tried-and-trusted’ experience. #RBSWest features corporate speakers, with a total focus on corporate priorities and sustainability learning. Get over 16 hours of best practice and future strategy planning at North America’s most senior conference on CSR.

2017 Speakers:

Bill Weihl
Director of Sustainability, Facebook

Olivia Khalili
Director, Oath for Good "formerly Yahoo"

Liz Maw
CEO, Net Impact

Davis Smith
Founder & CEO, Cotopaxi

Bruce Klafter
Vice-President, Corporate Social & Environmental Responsibility, Flex

Anna Lisa Lukes
Director, Corporate Social Responsibility and Executive Director, Golden State Foods

Sarah Middleton
Executive Director, PIMCO Foundation

Dennis van der Putten
Head of ESG Research/Responsible Investing, Actiam

Deirdre White
CEO, Pyxera Global

Mark Robertson
Director of Communications & Stakeholder Relations, ICTI Care

Kevin Hagen
Director Corporate Responsibility, Iron Mountain

Alexander Gershenson
CEO, SupplyShift

Thomas Odenwald
EVP, SupplyShift

Betsy Henning
CEO and Founder, AHA

Cecily Joseph
Vice President, Corporate Responsibility, Symantec

Nelson Switzer
Chief Sustainability Officer, Nestlé Waters North America

Marcel Jacobs
Director supplier sustainability, Philips Group Procurement

Brendon Steele
Director of Stakeholder Engagement, Future500

John D. Edelman
Managing Director, Global Engagement and Corporate Responsibility, Edelman

Chris Fox
VP of Corporate Social Responsibility, Hanesbrands Inc

Ben Anderson
Chief B Keeper, B Lab

Bennett Freeman
Chair of the advisory board, Global Witness;
Former US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy

Matt Horton
Chief Commercial Officer, Proterra

Sam Polk
Co-Founder and CEO, Everytable

Natalie Zerial
Senior Manager, Human Rights, UN Global Compact

Diane Wakeley Solinger
Director, Google.org, Googler Giving

Kate E. Brandt
Lead for Sustainability, Google

Michael Kobori
Vice-President, Sustainability, Levi Strauss & Co.

Patsy Doerr
Global Head, Corporate Responsibility, Sustainability & Inclusion, Thomson Reuters

Tiffany Apczynski
Vice President of Public Policy and Social Impact, Zendesk

Timothy P. Dunn
Managing Partner and Chief Investment Officer, Terra Alpha Investments

Jennifer Silberman
Vice President, Corporate Responsibility and Chief Sustainability Officer, Target

John J. Kotlarczyk, Jr., CCEP, CIPP/US
Global Director, CSR & Waste Reduction, Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.

Sean Grundy
Co-Founder & CEO, Bevi

Jessica Brown
Associate Director, Climate Policy Initiative

Colleen Vien
Sustainability Director, Timberland

Ryland Devero
Head of Digital Strategy, Nothing But Nets, UN Foundation

Matt Petersen
President & CEO, Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator

David Tulauskas
Sustainability Director, General Motors

Melodie Kinet
Director of Business Development, Samasource

Rebecca MacKinnon
Director, Ranking Digital Rights project

2017 Sponsors & Partners:

GOLD:
•Supply Shift
•Goodera

SILVER:
• AHA

BRONZE:
• NEXT Era Energy

CO-SPONSOR:
• Sama Source
• VMware

MEDIA PARTNERS:
• Future 500
• The Sustainability Consortium
• Silicon Valley Leadership Group
• ICTI CARE
• McPherson Strategies
• PYXERA Global
• Sustainability Management Association
• The Global Compact Network Canada
• Advanced Energy Economy (AEE)
• Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI)
• Climate Social
• CLEANWEB