Advancing Sustainability Amid 2024 Elections

BSR Members Only

Date and Time

April 23, 2024
11:30 am-12:30 pm EDT

Location

Webinar

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In 2024, countries representing more than half of the world’s population will host major elections, all with profound implications for efforts to advance sustainable business. The elections themselves are fraught with risks of misinformation, disinformation, civil unrest, election irregularities, and more. The outcomes of the elections will play an important role in determining the future of global commerce and cooperation.

Amid this uncertainty, how can companies prepare for and respond to election processes and outcomes in a way that helps them continue and extend progress on just and sustainable business and manage risks emanating from the elections? And how can they support stable, free, and fair elections and political systems that enable economic growth and progress on sustainability?

This session aims to help BSR members:

• Understand and navigate the complexities of these elections and their potential impacts on just and sustainable business,
• Prepare their companies for multiple potential outcomes and uncertainties and take appropriate steps to ensure stable and far democratic processes,
• Maintain commitments to sustainable business amid potential disruptions and changes resulting from elections.

Join us as we provide actionable insights for businesses seeking to promote sustainability in the face of a turbulent political landscape.

Scheduled Speakers

• Daniella Ballou-Aares, Founder and CEO, Leadership Now Project
• Daniel Sachs, Founder and Chief Executive, P Capital Partners
• Aron Cramer, President and CEO, BSR
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Aron Cramer
President and CEO, BSR
San Francisco
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Aron is recognized globally as a preeminent authority on just and sustainable business. In addition to leading BSR, which has grown substantially throughout his tenure as President and CEO, Aron advises senior executives at BSR’s 300+ member companies and other global businesses and partners on the full spectrum of environmental, social, and governance issues.
Aron joined BSR in 1995 as the founding director of its Business and Human Rights program. He later opened BSR's Paris office in 2002, where he worked until becoming President and CEO in 2004. Aron has served on advisory boards to CEOs at AXA, Barrick Gold, Marks & Spencer, Nike, Recruit Holdings, SAP, Shell, and he serves as a director of the We Mean Business Coalition and RISE.
Aron speaks frequently at leading business and public fora and is widely quoted in top-tier media, such as the Financial Times, Le Figaro (France), The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Axios, and Politico. He is co-author of the book Sustainable Excellence: The Future of Business in a Fast-Changing World, which spotlights innovative sustainability strategies that enable business success.
Prior to joining BSR, Aron practiced law in San Francisco and worked as a journalist at ABC News in New York. He holds a BA from Tufts University and a JD from the University of California, Berkeley.
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Recent Insights From Aron Cramer
• Sustainable Business in Context: US Politics and Global Impacts / November 21, 2024 / Insights+
• Reflections from Climate Week NYC: The Tension Between Pragmatism and Ambition / October 1, 2024 / Audio
• How the Election Will Affect America’s Response to the Climate Crisis / September 27, 2024 / News
• Climate Week NYC: A New Set of Inconvenient Truths for Sustainable Business / September 18, 2024 / Blog
• Navigating U.S. Election Uncertainty: A Call to Action for Sustainable Business / August 1, 2024 / Audio
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• Jen Stark, Co-Director, Center for Business and Social Justice, BSR
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Jen Stark
Co-Director, Center for Business and Social Justice, BSR
Washington, D.C.
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Jen is the Co-Director of the Center for Business and Social Justice.
She is a strategy development and implementation expert at complex health and humanitarian organizations with 20+ years of experience. She launched the Center in 2022 alongside Jarrid Green to illuminate a path for companies to shift from performative to transformational actions with a focus on public policy engagement and influence. 
Prior to joining BSR, she directed investments at the Tara Health Foundation to advance meaningful change among private sector employers on gender and racial equity, including historic progress on paid family and medical leave, reproductive health, and other workplace protections. Before working in philanthropy, she founded the corporate relations program at Planned Parenthood Federation of America to unlock advocacy, grantmaking and employee support to preserve access to reproductive healthcare nationwide. She also managed the disaster fundraising team at the American Red Cross, coordinating large scale efforts to responsibly raise and deploy hundreds of millions of dollars. She is frequently cited in business press on flashpoint topics and is an advisor to Gauge.ai, the University of Michigan’s Erb Institute, and GoFundMe’s Compassion Leadership Network. 
Jen holds a BA in Economics and Political Science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and is based in Washington, DC with her family, where she also plays cello in a community orchestra.   
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Recent Insights From Jen Stark
• How U.S. Business Leaders Are Making Their Voices Heard Ahead of the Election / October 30, 2024 / News
• New Research Reveals Strong Support for Social Justice by US Workers and Consumers, Challenging Business to Take Action / October 1, 2024 / News
• Don’t Take the Off-Ramp: Four Tips for Business Leaders to Advance Social Justice Amidst DEI Blowback / August 30, 2024 / Blog
• Lowe’s changes some DEI policies amid legal attacks on diversity programs and activist pressure / August 28, 2024 / News
• Roe v. the workplace: The new battleground for women’s reproductive rights / August 12, 2024 / News
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