GRAND RAPIDS – West Michigan Sustainable Business Forum will present a luncheon Nov. 16 on social responsibility in the supply chain and other topics for its November membership meeting at Grand Rapids Public Museum.
Featured speakers are Sean Ansett, principal of At Stake Advisors, and Dale Robertson, President and CEO of the Grand Rapids Public Museum.
Robertson will discuss recent sustainability initiatives underway at the museum, including potential changes to its riverfront green infrastructure as part of the Grand River restoration project.
Ansett is the founder of At Stake Advisors, a sustainability consultancy based in Kalamazoo, Chief Sustainability Officer at Fairphone, Acting Board Chair of Liberty&Justice Clothing, a fair trade garment factory in Liberia, and Senior Associate and tutor at the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership. Previously he was the Executive Director of the Bangladesh Safety Accord covering over 170 global brands,1600 factories and 2 million workers, Director of Corporate Responsibility at Burberry in London, and Director of Global Partnerships at Gap Inc. where he led the retailers social responsibility and stakeholder engagement strategy.
He will share his first hand experience working in over thirty countries and lessons of how to create value rather than destroying it. He will share deeply personal perspectives regarding the opportunities and challenges in implementing sustainability programs and the possibilities for charting a path forward.
November Monthly Meeting
Monday, November 16
12 pm to 2 pm
Grand Rapids Public Museum
272 Pearl St NW, Grand Rapids, MI 49504
$15 Members /$20 Non-Members if paid online
Tentative Agenda
12 pm Networking and lunch
12:30 pm Welcome and Introductions
12:45 pm Grand Rapids Public Museum
1:15 pm Sean Ansett, At Stake Advisors
To register, click on http://wmsbf.org/
