Peter Bakker, WBCSD: CSR is nice, but won't save the world - WCSS 2013

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Channel: TERI · 2013 · Nonprofits & Activism

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Mr Peter Bakker, President of the World Business Counsil for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), addressed the audience at the 10th World CEO Sustainability Summit held on January 30, 2013 in New Delhi, India. 

Mr Bakker is a distinguished business leader who until June 2011 was the CEO of TNT NV, the Netherlands based holding company of TNT Express and Royal TNT Post. Under his leadership, TNT became a leader in Corporate Responsibility via a ground-breaking partnership with the UN World Food Program; ambitious CO2 reduction targets from its Planet Me initiative; and multiple-year leading positions in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index.  Mr Bakker is the recipient of Clinton Global Citizen Award in 2009; SAM Sustainability Leadership Award in 2010; and the UN's WFP Ambassador Against Hunger in 2011. In addition he is the Chairman of War Child Netherlands.

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