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Donald Brandt & Edward Fox, Arizona Public Service
Arizona Public Service Chairman and CEO Donald Brandt, and Vice President and Chief Sustainability Officer Edward Fox, spoke of the company’s commitment to creating long-term value for APS and its communities.
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David Jones, Havas
Global CEO of Havas and author of the best-selling new book, “Who Cares Wins: Why Good Business is Better Business”, explored the wide-ranging evolutions in communication that had changed the game for business and corporate citizenship professionals. He prescribed new perspectives on messages, audiences and media, emphasizing that social media had taken corporate citizenship “out of the silo.”
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Brendan LeBlanc & Leisha John, Ernst & Young
Beth Rosemond, Assistant Director, Corporate Responsibility, for Ernst & Young, moderated a discussion by Brendan LeBlanc, Executive Director, Climate Change and Sustainability Services at Ernst and Young, and Leisha John, Ernst & Young Americas Director of Environmental Sustainability, of the growing trends in corporate sustainability as well as the findings of the Ernst & Young and GreenBiz Group Survey on Sustainability Reporting.
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James Nevels, The Hershey Company
James Nevels, chairman of the Board of Directors of The Hershey Company, addressed a general session of the conference and shared a story of Hershey’s corporate citizenship and his personal journey. Nevels spoke of his own business philosophy and the values he brings to the Hershey board.
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Brad Smith, Microsoft
Microsoft General Counsel and Executive Vice President, Legal and Corporate Affairs, urged conference attendees to ensure their corporate citizenship efforts are real and serve as their companies’ conscience. Smith shared the story of Microsoft’s journey to pursue initiatives with an “edge,” join the company’s voice with its deeds, and develop efforts that were both strategic and meaningful.
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Katherine Smith, Boston College Center for Corporate Citizenship
Katherine Smith, Executive Director of the Boston College Center for Corporate Citizenship, explored the link between corporate citizenship and financial performance, examined the volatile environments and multiple contexts in which corporate citizenship professionals operate, and explained what it took for them to become an indispensable connector in leadership networks.
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Trisa Thompson, Dell
Trisa Thompson, Vice President of Corporate Responsibility for Dell, spoke on “Powering the Possible Through Innovation: Revolutionizing the Approach to Corporate Responsibility.” Thompson came to her current job from a legal background but said the position she has held for 18 months marries her avocation and vocation.
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