SUMMARY
Sustainable development can be used as a tool to promote and legitimize a business’ activities to society, but it can also be a source of controversy. This is particularly true in the context of increasing scrutiny from various organizations, the media and citizens' movements regarding business activities – their analyses can have striking effects. A responsible business must thus ensure that its walk matches its talk.
Responsibility and the role of business in society are a constant theme running through this conference’s presentations. Speakers will also describe how to align strategy and business operations within sustainable development and corporate social responsibility challenges based tailored to an organization’s specific business environment.