Reflections from the private sector 1 Reality checks: Context Business today : Resilience ( cash flow) : Growth opportunity eg M&A : Maintain skills , Core competences AND - R&D and innovation capability, safety policy and practice - mission, brand strength, reputation , - corporate responsibility - responding on climate change Timing : Crisis as opportunity

Reality checks: Context

Business today : Resilience ( cash flow)

: Growth opportunity eg M&A

: Maintain skills , Core competences AND

- R&D and innovation capability, safety policy and practice

- mission, brand strength, reputation ,

- corporate responsibility

- responding on climate change

Timing : Crisis as opportunity

Reflections from the private sector- 2 Regulatory and policy environment ( FAO, ILO, WHO, and Regional and national ) Existing regulations – safety, labelling, documentation New regulations eg GHS Organisational evolution and excellence in companies : distributed knowledge, staying competitive global and local brands in industries : eg by systems to share knowledge across all companies

Regulatory and policy environment

( FAO, ILO, WHO, and Regional and national )

Existing regulations – safety, labelling, documentation

New regulations eg GHS

Organisational evolution and excellence

in companies : distributed knowledge,

staying competitive

global and local brands

in industries :

eg by systems to share knowledge across all companies

Comments 1 Target audiences : corporate strategy gurus - “future of business” On targets: “what gets measured gets done” - only Global competitiveness is helping the search for local , bottom up Social responsibility now has to be more visible – reported Social mission is developing a way to link brand growth eg to MDG’s The world is less polarised than the manifesto suggests

Target audiences :

corporate strategy gurus - “future of business”

On targets: “what gets measured gets done” - only

Global competitiveness

is helping the search for local , bottom up

Social responsibility now has to be more visible – reported

Social mission is developing a way to link brand growth

eg to MDG’s

The world is less polarised than the manifesto suggests

Comments 2 Reporting/ metrics , ranking agencies help steer “ good corporate behaviour” Metrics and indicators evolve slowly. Regulatory environment is a very important direction setter. Innovation gateways internal and external Partnership Scaling Up Sustainability: purality of objectives; determined in society Climate change: imperative for open source technologies

Reporting/ metrics , ranking agencies help steer “ good corporate behaviour”

Metrics and indicators evolve slowly.

Regulatory environment is a very important direction setter.

Innovation gateways internal and external

Partnership

Scaling Up

Sustainability: purality of objectives; determined in society

Climate change: imperative for open source technologies