Leadership

In just one week senior leaders from top brands will convene for episode one of 3BL Forum: Brands Taking Stands - Business Elects to Lead.

Porter Novelli and strategic partner Plan C joined together for a Climate Week virtual event on the business case for climate justice. The theme of the session was the role of racial justice and social equity in climate action. We heard from Jessica Appelgren of Impossible Foods; Celso White of Igniting Business Growth LLC; Bee Hui Yeh of the Power of We and Plan C and Erin Osher, Managing Director of Porter Novelli Seattle. Here, we’ve highlighted five key takeaways from the event:

The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), the UN Global Compact and the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs convened more than 12,000 sustainability leaders yesterday for the 5th annual SDG Business Forum.

CEO’s of three of America’s largest corporations in travel, hospitality and finance discuss business trends, digitization, and how their respective industries are likely to evolve in the coming years.

More than 1,000 Chief Executive Officers from companies in over 100 countries have demonstrated their support for the United Nations and inclusive multilateralism by signing onto a powerful Statement from Business Leaders for Renewed Global Cooperation.

In this session, panelists will discuss the opportunity for a clean rebuild of the economy post Covid-19, and how businesses must build new levels of resilience and understand that financial sustainability now means low carbon.

This October, 3BL Forum: Brands Taking Stands® – Business Elects to Lead will convene top brands and corporate leadership to engage in authentic and meaningful conversations around the corporate response to COVID-19, the movement for racial and economic justice, company-led get-out-the-vote initiatives and environmental, social, governance (ESG) factors through the lens of our rapidly changing perspectives.

We are excited to announce the kick off of our Fall Coffee Talk Series, hosted by CyberGrants team members, and covering pertinent topics impacting Corporate Social Responsibility leaders.

With an increasing focus on digital transformation, analytics, robust customer experience programs, and the acceleration of distributed projects, assets and workforces, Black & Veatch today announced Irvin Bishop Jr. as Chief Information Officer (CIO).

Crown Media Family Networks, home to a unique universe of brands powered by positivity and optimism across networks that include Hallmark Channel, today announced Wonya Lucas as president and CEO. Crown Media Family Networks is a subsidiary company of Hallmark Cards, Inc. headed by CEO Mike Perry, to whom Lucas will report.