Business and Society Program

Business & Society Leaders Forum

For Corporate Responsibility Executives

The Aspen Business & Society Leaders Forum engages, by invitation, senior executives pushing the boundaries of what it means to be a socially, environmentally, and economically sustainable company. The Forum is a working platform for business leaders in global firms that have significant capacity to address complex societal problems—that rebound to the business environment. The Forum creates space for critical thinking and reflection about business practice, and supports effective business-to-business collaboration. The ultimate goal is long-term value creation for both business and wider society.

This group will meet periodically to support one another in their complex roles as leaders of business, and to leverage the capacity of the Aspen Business and Society program.

For more information, please contact Laurie Ginsberg.

July 2012 Aspen Convening

Business executives of multinational corporations including FedEx, Waste Management, GE, BBVA and Cargill participated in the inaugural meeting July 8-11, 2012 in Aspen, CO. The focus was on mega-trends that have significant consequences for business, and the design of transformative b-to-b collaborations.

February 2013 Mid-year Convening

Leaders Forum members gathered in February in New York City. This mid-year meeting continued to focus on large-scale collaboration, as well as business integration, culture and values. We brought together other Business & Society Program constituents for an Aspen-style dialogue on “How the financial markets value CSR.”