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  • 2010 - The responsible company
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  • 2007 - Meeting on Diversity
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Plenary Session: The Way to The Responsible Company.

Gérard MESTRALLET (France)

Gerard Mestrallet, is CEO of GDF SUEZ, a world leader in independent power production. The Group provides highly efficient and innovative solutions to individuals, cities and businesses by relying on diversified gas-supply sources, flexible and low-emission power generation as well as unique expertise in four key sectors: liquefied natural gas, energy efficiency services, independent power production and environmental services. He is also Chairman of Suez Environnement. A committed and responsible actor, with the desire to make sustainable development a real corporate culture, GDF SUEZ is continuously multiplying their CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) actions for their clients (development of a green offer and an adapted offer for its poor customers), employees (insertion, equal opportunities, diversity, funding employee’s NGOs) and all its stakeholders (dialogue with communities, NGO partnerships).

Max ANDERSON (USA)

Max Anderson is the founder of The MBA Oath Initiative, a grassroots effort to establish a Hippocratic oath for MBAs and other business professionals. Launched in the spring of 2009, The MBA Oath challenges students and alumni of business schools to sign an online pledge committing themselves to principles of integrity, honesty, and fair dealing. Since it began, the oath has been signed by thousands of MBAs from more than 250 business schools. The movement has been covered in The New York Times, BusinessWeek, Bloomberg, The Economist, NPR, The Financial Times among dozens of other media outlets. Now Max has written, along with Peter Escher, a book about the movement, The MBA Oath: Setting a Higher Standard for Business Leaders. The book details the genesis of the oath, why it could make a difference, and how it can be applied to several real-world case studies. Max earned an A.B. from Princeton University, an MPA from the Harvard Kennedy School and an MBA with Distinction from Harvard Business School in 2009. He lives in New York City with his wife Jessica and their daughter.

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Olivier BARRAU (Haïti)

In Haiti, more than half of the inhabitants live on less than a dollar a day, and three quarters live on less than two dollars a day. Thus, only between 250,000 and 300,000 people there can afford a standard insurance coverage. Alternative Insurance Company, headed by Olivier BARRAU, was created in Port-au-Prince to enable deprived inhabitants to afford insurance coverage. AIC is already covering 50,000 Haitians and plans to reach 300,000 of them within 5 years. Olivier BARRAU's company is supported by Bill and Melinda GATES Foundation as well as the ILO (International Labour Organization).

Paul KING (United-Kingdom)

Paul King is at the origin of the British section of the World Business Council. Previously he worked for WWF-UK, where he was campaign director, notably for "One Million Sustainable Homes' and is co-founder of One Planet Living ®. Paul is Chairman of the Zero Carbon Hub and is involved in several organizations involved in sustainable construction. Internationally, he is a member and treasurer of the World Green Building Council (WGBC) and chairs the International Working Group. The WGBC is an international coalition that represents the global building industry, and the 66 member nations of the network represent 50% of the turnover in the building sector.

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