UN Global Compact US Network Fall Symposium: Impact Investing and Social Business

Sponsored by: Levi Strauss & Co. and Seagate Technology

Speaker(s): Dow, Pepsi, Wells Fargo, Evergreen Coops, Toniic, Physic Ventures, Haas Business

Date & Time: Nov 1, 2011 8:15 AM - 5:30 PM (Pacific)

Location
Levi Strauss & Co.
1155 Battery St.
San Francisco, CA 94111
United States

The recent economic crisis has shaken confidence in established investment ideologies.  The emergence of the impact investing, social business and social entrepreneurship industries provide a compelling alternative, by offering to imbue investment with social purpose and, ultimately, to increase the scope of solutions to social problems that continue to proliferate even as philanthropy resources dwindle.  These industries have the potential to complement philanthropy and government intervention as a potent force for addressing global challenges at scale.

This twice yearly gathering of the UNGC US Network will explore these topics with speakers and panelists who are actively shaping this space.  All UN Global Compact members should find this event highly relevant and informative.  The symposium will feature a range of experts from organizations involved in impact investing and social business.  

Sponsored by: UN Global Compact US Network

Speaker(s):

• Tony Kingsbury, Executive-In-Residence, Center for Responsible Business, Haas School of Business, University of California at Berkeley.  On secondment from the Dow Chemical Co.
• Beth Sauerhaft, Ph.D., Director of Global Environmental Sustainability, PepsiCo.
• Julia W. Sze, CFA, Director, Investments, Wells Fargo Family Wealth
• Tim Mueller, Senior Advisor for the Cleveland Foundation on the Evergreen Cooperatives, Cleveland, OH
• Will Rosenzweig, Co-Founder and Managing Director at Physic Ventures
• Kellie McElhaney, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Margo N. Alexander Faculty Fellow in Corporate Responsibility, Faculty Director, Center for Responsible Business, Haas School of Business, University of California at Berkeley
• Ephi Banaynal, Global Director of Sustainability, SAP
• Morgan Simon, Co-founder and CEO of Toniic
• Sean Foote, Managing Director at Labrador Ventures
• R. Paul Herman, CEO + Founder, Chief Investment Officer, HIP Investor 

Date & Time: November 1, 2011 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM (Pacific)

Location
Levi Strauss & Co.
1155 Battery St.
San Francisco, CA 94111

United States

Fee: [No]

Contact Information:
UNGC US Network Secretariat
Fowler Center for Sustainable Value, Weatherhead School of Management, Case Western Reserve University
ungc-us@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.2160