International Women’s Day Web Seminar
March 8, 2010
11-12:30 pm EST
Corporate social responsibility (CSR), sustainability and 'Going Green' has emerged as a new management paradigm for safeguarding a company’s brand reputation, engaging employees, maintaining customers and driving revenue. Our leadership in the 21st century is increasingly being defined by innovative approaches that integrate sustainability and profitability.
Join us for this exciting webseminar where representatives from Royal Dutch Shell, General Mills and Unilever Bangladesh Limited will be discussing their Corporate Social Responsibility programs and how it is impacting women all across the world.
Women perform 66 percent of the world's work, and produce 50 percent of the food, yet earn only 10 percent of the income and own 1 percent of the property.
Through CSR, companies are empowering women in communities around the world to fulfill their potential by reducing poverty and driving economic growth. They are providing women with access to healthcare, job training, technology advancement and education while boosting their confidence and encouraging them to make social change.
Empowering women is a critical component of CSR initiatives and ‘How’ an organization can best develop and incorporate initiatives into their core, everyday business practices.
In honor of International Women’s Day, we will explore how some top companies are changing the world by empowering women, learn more about their innovative programs, and how they are having a global impact on women by engaging in conscious commerce.
The seminar will be moderated by an early pioneer in corporate social responsibility, Samantha Taylor, Founder of Reputation Dynamics, and will feature presenters Josefine van Zanten, Vice President, Diversity & Inclusion from Royal Dutch Shell; Ellen Goldberg Luger, Executive Director General Mills Foundation and Vice President, General Mills and Sabin Rahman, Internal Communications Manager, Unilever Bangladesh Limited.
Josefine van Zanten from Royal Dutch Shell will address:
· A development program that is specifically designed for women.
· How participant benefit including expanded networking and more visible roles
· Improved advancement potential of the women
· How these women give back to their communities through more active external participation.
Ellen Goldberg Luger from General Mills will discuss programs such as:
- African Women and Children’s Hunger Project – an initiative focused on sustainable agricultural development in Malawi and Tanzania.
- Food Production Tech Transfer -- goal is to link General Mills food safety and food processing expertise, along with nine other food companies and associations, with up to 200 small and medium-sized mills and food processors in 15 sub-Saharan countries.
- Join My Village – an initiative to empower women and girls in 75 villages in Malawi.
- Water cellars for mothers’ in China – The General Mills Foundation has contributed funds to build water-collecting cisterns – known in China as “water cellars for mothers” in the village of Wupu.
Sabin Rahman from Unilever Bangladesh Limited will share with the audience their programs:
- Project Joyeeta enables women in rural communities to become financially independent by selling Unilever products, all the while providing them with valuable entrepreneurial skills.
- Fair and Lovely Foundation provides scholarships that allow women to attend school and obtain degrees in fields such as engineering, commerce, science and medicine.
- FAL Foundation also provides courses to women with entrepreneurial aspirations where upon completion, they are able to start up their own businesses and become a support system for other women.
Our web seminars are easy and incredibly convenient. You just need a phone for audio and a separate Internet connection (dial-up is fine) to view slides and presentation materials. It all takes place in real time so you can participate in live Q & A with the presenters without leaving your desk or conference room.
Moderator:
Samantha Taylor, Founder, Reputation Dynamics
Presenters:
Josefine van Zanten, Vice President, Diversity & Inclusion, Royal Dutch Shell
Ellen Goldberg Luger, Executive Director General Mills Foundation and Vice President, General Mills
Sabin Rahman, Internal Communications Manager, Unilever Bangladesh Limited
Who should attend:
• Specialists in Corporate Social Responsibility
• Diversity & Inclusion Professional
• Senior HR Executives
• Chief Diversity Officers
• Global Workforce Strategists
• Recruitment and Retention Specialists
• Benefits Officers
• Non-HR Managers who wrestle with Diversity & Inclusion
o Senior VPs
o Divisional Managers
o Line Managers
o Network Group Leaders/Affinity Group Champions
• WorkLife Professionals
This is a DBP member benefit and DBP members attend at no charge.
For sponsorship and non-member registration information, please contact your Account Sales Director or email sponsorship@workingmother.com
