Monday, 24 April 2017 14:48
We are delighted to invite you to the 2017 Oslo Business for Peace Award Ceremony! The celebration of the 2017 Honourees will take place at the Oslo City Hall on the 16th of May from 16:00 to 17:30. We welcome you to reserve your seat today, by filling out this form. Find out more about the ceremony on our Facebook page.
Tuesday, 28 March 2017 11:28
The theme for this year’s Summit is: Brundtland +30: Breakthrough Ideas for Futureproofing the Global Economy, marking the 30th anniversary of the 1987 Brundtland Commission report: “Our Common Future”.
We are proud to have Dr Brundtland participate at the 2017 Business for Peace Summit, giving the keynote “The State of the Union between Business and Society” at the Award Ceremony on May 16th. Since future-proofing is our aim, we have put great effort in making this year’s Summit intergenerational. This perspective will also shape the programme, meaning the 2017 Summit will serve as a platform for intergenerational dialogue between CEOs and board members, investors and representatives from civil society, politics and academia.
We are also proud to confirm that Norway’s Prime Minister Erna Solberg will attend our Roundtable conference for the third consecutive year. Solberg is also the co-chair of the UN Advocacy Group for the Sustainable Development Goals.
Among other exiting speakers are Professor Adam Grant from Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, who will give a speech at the University of Oslo on the 15th of May. He is a leading expert on how we can find motivation and meaning, and live more generous and creative lives. He has been recognised as one of the world’s 25 most influential management thinkers and Fortune’s 40 under 40. Grant is the author of two New York Times bestselling books (“Originals”& “Give and Take”), translated into 35 languages. His third book, “Option B” with Sheryl Sandberg, is on resilience.
Nisa Leung, Managing Partner of China’s Qiming Venture Partners, will be speaking at the roundtable conference. Qiming Venture Partners is a leading investment firm in China which currently manages five USD funds and four RMB funds with over USD 2.7 billion in assets and investments in more than 160 companies. Leung is leading the company’s healthcare investments.
The Business for Peace Summit is a two-day event that has rapidly gained recognition as one of the world’s prime meeting places for leaders who have as their purpose to improve society by being ”businessworthy” – in an ethical and responsible way creating value both for business and society.
The complete program for the Business for Peace Foundations Summit, will be released within few weeks.
The highlight of every Summit is the Award Ceremony, where the winners of the Oslo Business for Peace Award are celebrated at the Oslo City Hall. This year the celebration will take place on the 16th of May from 16:00 to 17:30. We welcome you to reserve your seat today, by filling out this form.
We also invite you to follow us on social media for updates on this event and more, and hope to welcome you at the Summit!
Friday, 24 March 2017 16:24
We are delighted to announce the winners of The Oslo Business for Peace Award 2017 on March 28th. John Danilovich, Secretary General of our international partner, International Chamber of Commerce, will be announcing the winners at an event at the Oslo City Hall, hosted by Governing Mayor Raymond Johansen.
You are welcome to join the event via the streaming system on our website and facebook page. Find out more about the previous honourees here.
The Award Ceremony and celebration of the 2017 Honourees will take place in Oslo City Hall on May 16th from 16:00 to 17:30. Secure your place today by registering via this link.
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Monday, 02 May 2016 19:25
As the Businessworthy pledge was handed over to PM Erna Solberg today by Business for Peace Honourees Arif Naqvi and Paul Polman, the www.businessworthy.org microsite went live.
The Business for Peace Foundation now welcomes all business leaders to commit to dedicating their effort and business into achieving the #SDGs.
By supporting the pledge – you are part of a vanguard of women and men in the business community who understand that business can not succeed in societies that fail, and that the #SDGs are a once in a lifetime opportunity for business to reconfirm its intent to be a problem solver in society.
Time: May 4 08:30-10.00
Place: Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO), Hausmanns gate 3 0186 Oslo
For registration and more information, please visit PRIOs website.
Friday, 15 April 2016 09:11
Thursday April 14th, The Nobel Peace Centre in Oslo was host to the debate “Peace as a business idea”, the first event of the 2016 Oslo Business for Peace Summit.
– Although the theme of today might seem contradictory, it most certainly is not. It is representative of a global move towards a new way of conducting business, said moderator Christian Borch as a part of his opening statement.
The panel consisting of Nina Jensen (WWF), Jonas Gahr Støre (AP), Tore Lærdal (Lærdal Global Health) and Hanne Sofie Lindahl (Changemaker) was quick to add their perspectives on what this implies for the collaboration between business and society.
– As a family owned company with a long perspective, the mutual trust we have built with communities in which we operate over 50 years, has enabled us to build partnerships and make an impact, said Tore Lærdal.
He emphasised how fleeting ownership structures of publicly traded companies often interfered with business leaders having a more long-term and sustainable perspective of their business.
Business now can identify a profitable way of solving some of the urgent and developing issues that we as a society face, such as climate change.
– Nina Jensen, Secretary General WWF Norway and member of the Business for Peace Board
A returning topic of the discussion was how to facilitate a constructive collaboration between business and the societies and communities they are a part of.
– I am more optimistic now than ever before, said Nina Jensen. Business now can identify a profitable way of solving some of the urgent and developing issues that we as a society face, such as climate change. However, it’s naïve to believe that business will solve this themselves, in a vacuum, but rather in a collaboration with society through clear expectations and demands from political institutions.
But – business solutions to evolving problems cannot be politically decided, they need to grow forth through a myriad of failed attempts and budding initiatives.
– What country is in a better position to show the way towards a leading position in combining economic growth with the responsible stewardship of natural resources such as the ocean, asked Jonas Gahr Støre rhetorically. Following up – it will demand great effort from us, but we are in a special global position, with special responsibility.
How do we move forward to build impact? Can we identify a new kind of collaboration?
– Yes, said Gahr Støre, it is a necessity, but as politicians we must be aware not to micro-manage business in the direction that we see fit.
– Yes, said Jensen, citing the need for public action through grass roots movements. Through wide spread accessibility of new technologies, all of us have tremendous power to engage with our surroundings and communities – and with power comes great responsibility, she said.
Tore Lærdal, speaking as a 2016 Business for Peace Honouree, got final remarks, and used the opportunity to emphasise the need to strengthen the social contract between society and business.
We must strengthen our global effort, through multinational institutions such as United Nations, if we are to achieve our mutual goals in the years to come
– Tore Lærdal, co-owner and Chairman of the Board of Lærdal Medical and Business for Peace Honouree 2016
Saturday, 09 April 2016 13:36
One of the world’s foremost leaders in sustainable growth is coming to Oslo!
2015 Business for Peace Honouree and Unilever CEO Paul Polman will be in Oslo to attend the 2016 Business for Peace Summit. In association with the Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise (NHO), the University of Oslo and BI Norwegian Business School, the Business for Peace Foundation is pleased to offer you the chance to hear him speak.
Place: Universitetets Aula, Karl Johans gate 47, 0162 Oslo
Time: 2 May 2016, 09:30-10:30
Monday, 04 April 2016 16:56
I samarbeid med Nobels Fredssenter inviterer Business for Peace Foundation til paneldebatt med temaet «Fred som forretningsidé» på Fredssenteret torsdag 14. april kl 18:00. Årets utdeling av Oslo Business for Peace Award nærmer seg. Prisen er en heder til næringslivsledere som jobber for å skape verdier for samfunnet i tillegg til bedriften de leder.
I år er det tre vinnere, og norske Tore Lærdal, administrerende direktør i Lærdal Medical, er en av dem. Lærdal og flere andre spennende gjester kommer for å diskutere «Fred som forretningsidé».
Vi drøfter om næringslivet kan og bør spille en rolle for fred, miljø og utvikling. De bedriftene som er involvert i utvikling og fredsarbeid – motiveres de av profitt eller veldedighet? Og er det greit å tjene penger i fattige, krigsherjede land? Vi vil også utforske når det fungerer godt og når det går galt, og hva bedrifter kan og bør gjøre for å bidra til fred.
I panelet sitter:
Tore Lærdal – Business for Peace Honouree 2016
Jonas Gahr Støre – leder i Arbeiderpartiet
Nina Jensen – generalsekretær i WWF-Norge og styremedlem i Business for Peace
Hanne Sofie Lindahl – leder i Changemaker
Moderator er Christian Borch.
Thursday, 21 January 2016 10:09
The Oslo Business for Peace Summit 2016 has been a fantastic experience!
We would like to thank you all for contributing in making the tenth Oslo Business for Peace Summit the best event ever.
Warm congratulations to our three Honourees, Sarah Beydoun, Dr Jennifer Riria and Tore Lærdal – we are very proud to have you as part of the Business for Peace family.
A very big thank you to our Honourees, partners, sponsors, speakers, moderators, and our fantastic team of volunteers. You all helped us make this an unforgettable two days!
We look forward to welcoming you back in Oslo May 15-16, 2017!
Friday, 06 March 2015 11:45
The Business for Peace Summit brings together high-level leaders to focus on the role of the private sector in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals and to celebrate the 2015 Business for Peace Honourees.
Dominic Barton (Global Managing Director, McKinsey & Company), Arif Naqvi (Group Chief Executive of Abraaj), Jane Nelson (Director of the Corporate Social Responsibility Initiative at Harvard Kennedy School), David Blood (founding partner, Generation Investment Management), and many more compose a compelling high impact line-up at the 2015 Summit.
Last year, almost 1000 people, including Georg Kell (Executive Director UN Global Compact) and the Governing Mayor, City of Oslo, attended the magnificent ceremony in Oslo City Hall, celebrating 2014 Business for Peace Honourees Selima Ahmad, Richard Branson, Ouided Bouchamaoui, Kesha Kumari Damini,Adnan Kassar and Marilyn Carson Nelson
May 5 – Business for Peace 2015 Welcoming Reception
May 6 – Business for Peace 2015 Roundtable
May 6 – Business for Peace 2015 Award Ceremony and Dinner
While attendance at the Reception and Roundtable is by invitation only, the Award Ceremony is open to the public. More info will come here when registrations open.