Assessing impacts of business on development: What do alternative frameworks offer?

Event Details

Time: May 12, 2009 from 4pm to 7pm
Location: Anglo American
Street: 20 Carlton House Terrace
City/Town: London SW1Y 5AN
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Event Type: business for development impact, event, series
Organized By: Overseas Development Institute, Department for International Development & Business Action for Africa
Latest Activity: May. 19, 2009

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Event Description

Tuesday, 12 May, 16.00 to 19.00 followed by reception (Registration from 15.30).

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This meeting, together with the associated framework paper, aims to address the gap in our understanding of how businesses impact on development, outline alternative approaches to this assessment, and stimulate a discussion on how to facilitate wider adoption of impact assessment.

4.00pm	Introduction / framing the session – Simon Maxwell, ODI
4.05 - 5.15pm	Session 1: Sharing experiences with different assessment approaches
	Caroline Ashley, ODI
	Edward Bickham, External Affairs Director, Anglo American
	Joaquim Croca, Head of Corporate Responsibility Performance & Reporting, Vodafone Group
	Miguel Veiga-Pestana, Vice-President Global External Affairs, Unilever
	Respondents: Geraldine Murphy, DFID; Karen Ellis, ODI; Oxfam
5.15 - 5.40pm	Tea break
5.40 - 6.00pm	Session 2: Donor insights and experiences - Marie Rosencrantz, Socially Responsible Investment Adviser, CDC
6.00 - 7.00pm	Session 3: Moving Forward: efficacy vs ease and the business case for action
	Graham Clewer, Director, Community Trade, The Body Shop
	Mike Barry, Head of Sustainable Business, Marks & Spencer
	Jessica Davis, WBCSD
7.00 - 8.00pm	Networking reception and ‘marketplace’ of new impact assessment tools