Thursday 8 May

09:00 – 10:30am

Perceptions on sustainability reporting by SMEs have changed; in 2007 alone over a hundred new reports based on the GRI Guidelines were released. This forum looks at the challenges and opportunities SMEs face when reporting and asks what role can they play with regards to the need for sustainability and transparency in the global supply chain of large multinationals?

Speakers confirmed for Forum 1 are:

• Tom Dodd, CSR Team, Enterprise and Industry Directorate-General
• Eric J. Hespenheide, Deloitte & Touche LLP 

• Àngels Cobo Puig, Cooperative Escaler

• William Hughes, Impahla South Africa
• Jurgen Hoppenbrouwers, Deloitte Consulting
• Anna Fuster, Lavola
• Stefan Seidel, Puma