EXPERT GROUP MEETING

“CSR and Public Policy – Reaching out to Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs)”

PROFILE OF PARTICIPANTS

20-21 November 2007

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Mr. Claudio Bruzzi Boechat Manager, Fundação Dom Cabral Rua Bernardo Guimaraes, 3071 Belo Horizonte - MG 30140-083 Brazil Tel: +55 (31) 3589-7200. Fax: +55 (31) 3589-7403 Prof. Claudio Boechat has been a professor, researcher and project manager at Fundação Dom Cabral (FDC), Brazil, since 2002. He graduated as electrical Engineer from the Federal University of Minas Gerais (Brazil, 1979), and holds a specialization degree in Economic Engineering (1995). Prior to joining FDC, Claudio Boechat was an executive at CEMIG Companhia Energética de Minas Gerais SA - where he held several managerial positions, particularly in the domain of quality promotion and control. At FDC, Claudio Boechat was actively involved in the creation of the “Andrade Gutierrez Nucleus of Sustainability and Corporate Responsibility” which he has been heading since then. His present professional activities centre on knowledge development in the field of responsible and sustainable business management. Claudio Boechat is a representative in the Globally Responsible Leaders Initiative and in the UN Global Compact Task Force for Principles for Responsible Management Education. He remains actively involved in teaching in executive development programmes. He is also the author of several articles and business case studies. PUBLICATIONS: -

“Liderança Globalmente Responsável: Um Chamado Ao Engajamento” [Globally Responsible Leadership: A Call to Commitment] “Sustentabilidade no Brasil” [Sustainability in Brazil], 2007 “Vínculos de Negócios Sustentáveis no Brasil” [Linkages of Sustainable Business in Brazil] 2005

Ms. Ana Díaz Álvarez Head - Social Innovation Fundación Novia Salcedo – Vaderegio Network Iparraguirre 9 1º, 48009 Bilbao Spain Tel: +34 (94) 425 59 59 Email: [email protected] Dr. Ana Díaz graduated in social Psychology at the University of the Basque Country in 1989 and in 1998 she completed her thesis in collaboration with the Westfäliches Wilhems Universität, Münster (Germany). She completed her Education with two post-graduate Master (“Expert in Technological Innovation Management”, and “Executive MBA”). In 1994 she joined Novia Salcedo Fundación (NSF) being Responsible for several Employment and Career Guidance programmes. Along this carrier she has been managing several EU programmes in the Field of Employment and Companies (she coordinated a NOW Project, managed a project with USA Corporates, leading a CSR Platform with 14 European Regions. Since 2001 she manages the Social Innovation and prospective studies Department at NSF, working on a team of 3 full-time researches.

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On-line CSR-Vaderegio Handbook: An on-line Guide of Resources for Local / Regional Authorities involved in the Promotion of CSR CSR-Vaderegio: Vademecum for the adoption of CSR concept in Regional Employment Policies and its deployment into local policies: a comparative study between the Basque Country, Sicily, Scotland and FlandersCSR-VADEREGIO II: Disseminating information on regional practice for the adoption of CSR and deployment in the policies of local regional authorities Agua, cambio climático y desarrollo sostenible [Water, Climate Change and Sustainable Development], Zaintek. Servicio de Vigilancia Tecnológica e Inteligencia Competitiva, 2005 La Responsabilidad Social de las Empresas. Dimensión Externa de la RSE [The Internal Dimension of CSR], Zaintek. Servicio de Vigilancia Tecnológica e Inteligencia Competitiva, 2005 La Responsabilidad Social de las Empresas españolas y el Eje Social del Desarrollo Sostenible [CSR and the social domain of sustainable development in Spain], Ministerio de Trabajo y Asuntos Sociales 2004 La Responsabilidad Social de las Empresas: Normas de Responsabilidad Social Empresarial [ Norms of CSR] Zaintek. Servicio de Vigilancia Tecnológica e Inteligencia Competitiva, 2004 La Responsabilidad Social de las Empresas: Nuevas respuestas para nuevos desafíos [CSR: New Responses to New Challenges], Zaintek. Servicio de Vigilancia Tecnológica e Inteligencia Competitiva, 2004 Igualdad de Oportunidades: Guía de Buenas Prácticas en Work Life Balance [Equal Opportunities: Best Practice Guide for Work Life Balance], Diputación Foral de Bizkaia. Gabinete del Diputado General. Área de Políticas de Género, coming soon

Mr. Thomas Dodd CSR Expert European Commission DG Enterprise and Industry BREY 5/150 B - 1049 Brussels Belgium Email: [email protected]

Since May 2004 Mr. Thomas Dodd has been a member of the Corporate Social Responsibility Team in the Directorate-General for Enterprise and Industry of the European Commission. He has contributed to the development of the European Commission Policy on CSR, and has worked on a number of initiatives to support responsible entrepreneurship and the uptake of CSR amongst small and medium-sized enterprises. He started working for the European Commission in 1995, managing emergency humanitarian assistance to various African countries. He subsequently completed a four-year posting in the Commission’s Delegation in Central America (Nicaragua). Thomas Dodd holds a first class honours degree in European Community Studies and Spanish from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, and a Masters Degree in European Studies from the College of Europe in Bruges, Belgium.

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Ms. Pamela Hay Senior Trade Commissioner The Embassy of Canada to Austria Laurenzerberg 2, A-1010 Vienna, Austria Tel: +43 (1) 531 38 3000 Fax: +43 (1) 531 38 3906 Email: [email protected]

Pamela Hay is Program Manager and Senior Trade Commissioner of the Embassy's International Business Development Program in Austria, for Canada's Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade. She leads and manages a team of senior Austrian Commercial Officers to conceive and implement trade, investment and technology promotion programmes between Canada and Austria focused on the private sector, including small and medium enterprises (SMEs). She also represents the Canadian position on trade policy and access issues as they affect the Canada-EU relationship. Ms. Hay has 18 years of experience in private sector development, trade and investment promotion and renewable energy promotion in the context of climate change projects. She has served the Canadian Trade Commissioner Service abroad in Japan and Austria and has had responsibility for countries in 4 continents, with a focus on developing countries with respect to CO2 emission reduction projects. She has worked for 2 different federal departments, liaised extensively with Canadian and foreign ministries and industry, and cooperated with NGOs, development agencies and multilateral development banks, namely the ADB, WB, EBRD and Canada’s Export Development Agency. Ms. Hay holds a Masters of International Affairs and is doing a Master of Science in Renewable Energies (in progress).

Mr. Torben Jensen Project Manager Danish Centre for CSR - Commerce and Companies Agency (under the Ministry of Economic and Business Affairs)

Kampmannsgade 1 DK-1780 Kopenhagen V Denmark Tel: +45 33 30 77 00 Fax +45 33 30 77 99 Email: [email protected] Mr. Torben Jensen is Project Manager at the Danish Centre for CSR, the Commerce and Companies Agency, which is placed under the Ministry of Economic and Business Affairs. He has been involved with the training and education programme “People and Profit”, which aims at supporting Danish SMEs in their work on CSR. Besides, he is running a Nordic project on CSR-driven innovation, a two-year programme aiming at strengthening Nordic SMEs innovating new products and services while taking social and environmental considerations. The project will address both Nordic and international challenges to be solved by CSR-driven innovation solutions.

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Mr. Jensen obtained an MA from the Copenhagen University and a European Master in Human Rights and Democratisation. Prior to his position with the Ministry of Economic and Business Affairs, he has several years of experience within CSR, human rights and development, e.g. from the Danish Institute for Human Rights (2000-2004).

Mr. Utama Kajo Chairman, Standing Committee on Public Policy Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry Menara Kadin 29th Floor, Jl. HR. Rasuna Said Kuningan Jakarta Selatan 12160, Jakarta-12950 Indonesia Tel: +62 (21) 5 27 44 54 Email: [email protected]

After graduating as civil engineer, Mr. Utama Kajo worked at several construction companies. In 1980, he went back to university to study Business Administration in Singapore with a view to start his own business (export and import to and from world markets). In 1984 he joined the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICC-I) where he served at Deputy Chairman for Public Policy, Executive Director for the Corporate Governance Committee and Chairman for entrepreneurship R&D. In that period he was also in charge of coordinating Secretariats for WTO Negotiating Working Group. Since 2004, he is Chairman for the Standing Committee on Public Policy, ICC-I. At the same time, Mr. Kajo serves as board member in the Indonesian API Culture Association, Indonesian Handicraft Producers and Exporters Association, the Indonesian Exhibition and Convention Association, and the Indonesian Tooth Brush Manufacture Association.

Ms. Ida Ira Lardinois Advisor to the Belgian Federal Secretary of State on Sustainable Development and Social Economy 7 Place Quételet, B – 1210 Bruxelles Belgium Tel: +32 486 28 11 66 Email: [email protected] Ida Ira Lardinois obtained a Master in Organizational Psychology and Human Resources in 2000 at the University of Ghent in Belgium. After a first work experience as a Human Resources Officer in the Belgian public telecom enterprise, she joined the research and consultancy department of Agence Alter. She worked as a project leader on policy preparation and consultancy projects in the fields of social economy and public business support to entrepreneurs for different policy levels: regional, federal and European level. She contributed to the first Belgian bilingual newsletter on corporate social responsibility “Alter Business

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News” as author of several articles and as advisor. At the end of 2004 Ida Ira Lardinois joined the cabinet of the Belgian Secretary of State for Sustainable Development and Social Economy, her actual employer. She participated in the working group on CSR of the Interdepartmental Commission for Sustainable Development that produced the Belgian Reference Framework and Action Plan for Corporate Social Responsibility. She is amongst other tasks responsible for different awareness raising projects on sustainable development and CSR in Belgium.

Mr. Alex MacGillivray Head of Programmes AccountAbility 250-252 Goswell Road Clerkenwell, London, EC1V 7EB United Kingdom Tel: +44 (20) 7549 0400 Fax: +44 (20) 7253 7440 Email: [email protected] Mr. Alex MacGillivray has nearly twenty years experience working on sustainable development, first in the private sector and then with think tanks and research institutes. He heads AccountAbility’s research and development programmes, leading the annual “State of Responsible Competitiveness” report and managing the MFA Forum (promoting productivity and decent work in the textile trade). He has worked on sustainability and corporate responsibility strategies in countries ranging from Finland and Canada to Nicaragua and Croatia. From 1996 to 1999 he sat on the UN expert group on sustainability indicators and until 2001 he was deputy director of the New Economics Foundation. Mr. MacGillivray has an MA from Oxford and an MSc from Imperial College. He speaks English, French and Spanish. His latest book A Brief History of Globalization was published in 2006.

Mr. Thomas McInerney Director of Research and Policy International Development Law Organization (IDLO) Via S. Sebastianello 16, 00187 Rome Italy Tel: +39 (06) 6979261 Fax: +39 (06) 6781946 Email: [email protected] Thomas F. McInerney is IDLO’s General Counsel and also heads the Research and Publications Unit. A regular presenter in IDLO courses, Mr. McInerney’s core areas of competence are corporate and securities law, organizational ethics and compliance, and regulatory law and policy. He holds a Juris Doctorate from DePaul University School of Law, a Masters in Philosophy from Loyola University, and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science with Honors from the College of William and Mary. Prior to joining IDLO, Mr. McInerney was an adjunct professor in Ethics and Law at Fordham University in New York. He is a member of the New York and Illinois bars and practiced corporate and securities law as an

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associate with the New York law firms of Dorsey & Whitney LLP, and Ross & Hardies. His recent publications have concerned legal reform in developing countries, corporate social responsibility, and corporate governance. PUBLICATIONS: -

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“The Emerging Regulatory Framework for Human Rights and Business” (2005) “Putting Regulation Before Responsibility: The Limits of Voluntary Corporate Social Responsibility”, Voices of Development Jurists, Vol II N°3, 2005 “Implications of High Performance Production and Work Practices for Theory of the Firm and Corporate Governance”, 2004, Columbia Business Law Review (N.135) “Law and Development as Democratic Practice”, Voice of Development Jurists (Vol I N°1, 2004), 37 Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law 935 (2005) “Issues in the Development of an Anti-Corruption Management System Standard”, Standards and Audits for Ethics Management Systems (Editor Josef Wieland) “The Regulation of Bribery in the United States”, International Review of Penal Law (Vol. 73)

Mr. David Murillo Coordinator of research on CSR and SMEs ESADE Business School Av. de Pedralbes, 60-62 E-08034 Barcelona Spain Tel: +34 932 806 162 Email: [email protected] David Murillo is a researcher at the Institute for Social Innovation at ESADE Business School, University Ramon Llull, and Academic Assistant at the same institution. He is the current coordinator of the SMEs and CSR research field at ESADE and manages the “Catalan Network for the promotion of CSR in SMEs”. At the same time, Mr. Murillo is a member of the scientific committee USE2009: Understanding Small Enterprises - The Centre for Research in Production, Management, and Work Environment in Small Enterprises (DK). He holds a degree in Business Administration, a degree in Human Studies and a diploma in Sociology. He has several papers and articles on CSR and SMEs, business ethics and political philosophy. REPORTS AND PUBLICATIONS: -

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Murillo, D. & J.M.Lozano (2006): “RSE y Pymes: Una apuesta por la excelencia empresarial” [CSR and SMEs: A commitment to corporate excellence], Barcelona, ESADE Murillo, D; Lozano J. (2006): “SMEs and CSR: An approach to CSR according to their own words”, Journal of Business Ethics, 67:227–240, Springer Publisher Murillo, D (2007 – pending publication): “La RSE en las pymes como acumulación de capital social” [CSR in SMES as social capital accumulation], Revista de Documentación Social

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June 2007 Kusyk, S.; Murillo, D.; Lozano J.M. (2007): “Iniciatives Públiques per a la Promoció de la RSE a les Pimes” [Public initiatives for the promotion of CSR in SMEs], Barcelona, ESADE May 2007 Murillo, D; Espanyó, J; Lozano, J.M. (2007): “La Responsabilitat Social de l'Empresa vista des de les Pimes” [CSR from the SMEs perspective], Barcelona, ESADE November 2006: “Model d’Indicadors de RSE in Pymes” [Framework of Indicators of CSR in SMEs], Barcelona, ESADE. April 2006: “El papel de la administración en la promoción de la RSE en las pymes” [The role of the Administration in the promotion of CSR in SMEs], Ministerio de Industria, turismo y comercio, Dirección General de Apoyo a la PYME, Madrid

Mr. Martin Neureiter ISO 26000 Working Group Chairman Task Group 6 – Implementation Dieselgasse 1-3-11 A-1100 Vienna Austria Tel: +43 664 8465718 Email: [email protected] Martin Neureiter studied Law in Austria and London (London School of Economics). After working with the Salzburg Provincial Government (National Park Hohe Tauern), the European Federation for Nature and National Parks (Germany), he joined the Parliamentary Club of the Liberale Forum as political consultant where he became adviser to the party leader in the domains of law and constitution. Afterwards he was working as office manager at the European Parliament, later at the Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Federal Minister Dr. Wolfgang Schüssel, Presidency of the OSCE - Balkan Desk, the same position also with Foreign Minister Dr. Ferrero-Waldner, followed by a year in Kosovo as deputy head of the Democratization Department of the OSCE, finally three years partner in a Public Affairs Agency in Vienna. Since October 2004 he is owner and CEO of “The CSR Company”, a consultancy specialized on Corporate Social Responsibility. Mr. Neureiter also serves as Task Group Leader within the International Standards Organization for the writing of the ISO 26000 guidance standard on Social Responsibility to be published in 2009/2010 and leads the Austrian delegation to ISO. At the same time he is Chairman of the Austrian standardization committee 251 “CSR” in the Austrian Standardization Institute (ON). As CSR consultant he has worked with companies in Austria, Germany, India, Mongolia, Switzerland, Romania, Serbia, and Azerbaijan, to name a few. For the GPA (trade union) he created the “Responsible Manager of the Year” award, which was presented for the first time in Parliament in 2005 and is presented yearly by the president of the Austrian Parliament together with Mr. Neureiter.

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“Corporate Social Responsibility – Leitlinien und Konzepte im Management der gesellschaftlichen Verantwortung von Unternehmen” [CSR – Guidelines and Concepts for the Management of Social Responsibility in Businesses], published in 2004 - first German language book on the issue “Handbuch Corporate Citizenship” [Handbook on Corporate Citizenship], published in 2007 Guidance book on how to implement CSR – in cooperation with the Austrian Standards Institute, that has been translated into 6 languages

Mr. Nkosithabile Ndlovu Programme Manager - Competitiveness and Innovation African Institute of Corporate Citizenship (AICC) 1st floor, 9 St. Davids Place, Parktown Johannesburg South Africa Tel: +27 (11) 643 6604 Fax: +27 (11) 643 6918 Email: [email protected] As a Corporate Social Responsibility practitioner Mr. Nkosithabile Ndlovu has carried out research, engaged in policy debates, participated in international standards development, took part in debates and evaluation of Tri-sector Partnerships and provided corporate consultancy services (Social Impacts Assessments and Social Development Plans). Since 2004 he works for the African Institute of Corporate Citizenship (AICC) as Programme Manager for Competitiveness and Innovation. He also manages the AICC’s Southern Africa Corporate Citizenship programme, which is implemented in six countries (Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia and Zimbabwe) and was involved in the coordination of the Second Africa Corporate Citizenship Convention in 2004, which was attended by 200 delegates from all over the world. In 2005 he became a member of the Working Group developing the ISO 260000 Guidance Standard of Social Responsibility. Before that, he assisted in the coordination of the World Bank Angola Oil sector Corporate Social Responsibility strategy project (April 2003 – August 2004). Mr. Ndlovu holds a MBA on Corporate Social Responsibility from the Nottingham University Business School. PUBLICATIONS: -

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Co-author: Strategic Management-Oxford University Press (forthcoming): Chapter 10: “Corporate Citizenship and Sustainable Development – business imperatives with dilemmas and opportunities” Co-author: Rural local economic development through community-based tourism, Tourism: Africa's Key to Prosperity, Vol 33 Nos 1 and 2

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Ms. Diane Osgood Vice President, CSR Strategy Business for Social Responsibility 111 Sutter Street, 12th Floor San Francisco, California 94104 United States Tel: +1 415 984 3200 Fax: +1 415 984 3201 Email: [email protected] Ms. Diane Osgood leads the CSR Strategy department that develops multi-party projects on corporate social responsibility (CSR), human rights and environmental issues. She is also responsible for the Business for Social Responsibility (BSR) Annual Conference and communications. For almost 20 years Diane has provided strategic leadership and consulting services on sustainable development for multinational corporations, multilateral institutions and NGOs worldwide. She has worked with clients including DuPont, the World Bank, WWF, Monsanto, Sigma Alimentos and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development. Her focus is on corporate strategy, base of the pyramid solutions, community engagement and the role of new media in promoting sustainability. She serves as a global mediator among civil society groups, corporations and academics, initiating codes of conduct, integrating micro-credit into business operations, making the business case for poverty alleviation, developing ground-breaking tri-sector partnerships and presenting policy recommendations to US and European governments. Widely published in both business and academic journals, Diane earned her doctorate in Environmental Economics and Development Studies at the London School of Economics (1998), her MSc in Development Studies (Economics) at the London School of Economics (1992), and her BA in Economics at the University of San Francisco (1986). She began her career as a portfolio manager at Merrill Lynch in Switzerland.

Ms. Anna Peters Project Manager, Bertelsmann Stiftung Carl-Bertelsmann-Straße 256 D-33311 Gütersloh Germany Tel.: +49 (5241) 81 81401 Fax: +49 (5241) 81 681246 Email: [email protected] Ms. Anna Peters is Project Manager for Corporate Social Responsibility at the Bertelsmann Stiftung in Germany. Her main areas of activity are international aspects, awareness and communication, as well as development of CSR strategies. She is also experienced in corporate foundations and conducted research in the field of Global Public Policy Networks

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(GPPN). She developed CSR best practice teaching cases for business schools curricula. At the international level, Ms. Peters provided project-based CSR consultancy in Latin America. Currently she is implementing together with the Club of Rome a dialogue-series for young professionals and German CEOs on CSR related issues. Her last publication is “The CSR Navigator – public policies in Africa, the Americas, Asia and Europe” – an international investigation that traces the profiles of national CSR policies and provides a specific tool for further developing CSR policy initiatives. Anna Peters studied in Bonn, Passau and Santiago de Chile and holds a Masters degree in International Business and Cultural Studies from the University of Passau, Germany.

Mr. Phua Boon Leng Senior Assistant Director, Dispute Resolution Labour Relations and Workplaces Division Ministry of Manpower 18 Havelock Road, 059764 Singapore Tel: +65 6317 1207 Fax: +65 6535 4811 Email: [email protected] Boon Leng oversees the policy development and operations of the Dispute Resolution Branch within the Labour Relations and Workplaces Division of the Ministry of Manpower, Singapore. He is responsible for developing new policies and implementing processes aimed at facilitating workers and their employers find amicable solutions to their employment disputes though conciliation and mediation efforts. He also participates actively in tripartite initiatives at the national level, such as the formation of the Singapore Compact. Prior to his current position, Boon Leng had a wide range of experiences formulating foreign manpower policies and manpower skills needs through his numerous postings within the Ministry of Manpower, Singapore. He was also seconded to the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC), where he actively helped forged collaborative partnerships between employers and the Unions in providing skills training and career development for their workers. Boon Leng graduated with a Mechanical Engineering Degree (with Honours) from the National University of Singapore, where he also attained a MSc. In Building Science. Boon Leng also obtained a MSc. (with Distinction) in International Employment Relations and Human Resource Management from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), and was also awarded the Basil Blackwell prize by the School’s Department of Industrial Relations for outstanding overall performance.

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Mr. Jose Antonio Puppim de Oliveira Associate Professor Brazilian School of Public and Business Administration – EBAPE Getulio Vargas Foundation - FGV Praia de Botafogo 190, room 507 CEP: 22250-900, Rio de Janeiro - RJ, Brazil Tel: +55 (21) 2559-5737 Fax: +55 (21) 2559-5710 e-mail: [email protected] Jose Antonio Puppim de Oliveira is Associate Professor at the Brazilian School of Public and Business Administration (EBAPE), Getulio Vargas Foundation (FGV). He teaches and researches on public policy, political economy of sustainable development and corporate social responsibility (CSR). He is particularly interested in researching the driving forces and impact on local development of CSR in developing countries. He has taught in post-graduate courses in universities in Germany, Spain, Portugal, Ecuador, Japan and Argentina. He has also been instructor and consultant for several national and international organizations including the World Bank Institute, the United Nations, OECD, federations of industries, and state and federal governments, as well as various small and large firms in the private sector. Mr. Puppim de Oliveira holds a Ph.D. in Planning from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT, USA), a Master’s degree in Regional Planning from Hokkaido University (Japan) and a degree in Engineering from the Aeronautics Technological Institute (ITA), Brazil. PUBLICATIONS: -

Special issue of the Journal of Corporate Citizenship on “Corporate Citizenship in Latin America: New Challenges for Business” (2006) “Environmental Upgrading of Industrial Clusters in LDCs: Understanding their Connections with Global Chains”

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“Implementation of Environmental Policies in Developing Countries” (State University of New York - SUNY Press, USA) “Business in Society: Sustainability and CSR” (Elsevier/Campus, Brazil) “Upgrading Clusters and Small Enterprises: Experiences in Environmental Standards, Labor and Innovation” (Editor, Ashgate Publishing, U.K.).

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Mr. Ben Quinones Chairman Coalition of Socially Responsible SMEs in Asia CSRSME Asia c/o OTI Consulting Philippines, Inc. Penthouse, ACE Bldg., Rada corner Dela Rosa Strs. Legaspi Village, Makati city 1229 Philippines Tel. +632 888 4490/91 Fax +632 888 4492 Email: [email protected] Mr. Ben Quinones Holds Masters degree in Agricultural Economics, University of the Philippines at Los Baños and was awarded Most Outstanding Alumni in Development Economics. He worked in the Philippine government in the field of economic planning (National Economic Development Agency), and banking and credit (Technical Board for Agricultural Credit) and was deputed to UN-Food and Agriculture Organization to work with the Asia Pacific Rural and Agricultural Credit Association (APRACA) in Bangkok, Thailand. In 1986, he became the Secretary General of APRACA where he developed the program Linking Banks with Self-Help Groups, now the largest poverty alleviation program in India. Afterwards Mr. Quinones worked as Project Manager of the Asian Development Bank funded Cooperative Strengthening Project and joined the Asian and Pacific Development Center in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia as Regional Coordinator for Poverty Alleviation and Rural Development. In 1993 he founded the Ventures and Entrepreneurship Development Center in the Orient (VEDCOR) and designed the Bayanihan Savings Program (BSP). In 2003, Mr. Quinones founded the Coalition of Socially Responsible SMEs in Asia (CSRSME Asia), initiated the Asian Forum for Solidarity Economy in collaboration with Charles Leopold Mayer Foundation of France, and designed the Bayanihan Banking Window in collaboration with Planters Development Bank. Amongst others, he serves as president to SPACE (microfinance network funded by French organization Entrepreneurs du Monde), is the head of head of Socio-Economic and Entrepreneurship Development Department of CLSF, Philippines, and is Board Member of Tekton Business Development Organization. PUBLICATIONS: -

Quinones (2006), “Financial Linkages in the Philippines: The Case of the Philippine Credit and Finance Corporation”, Ford Foundation/UN-FAO Quinones & H. D. Seibel (2000), “Social Capital in Microfinance: Case Studies in the Philippines”, Kluwer Publishing House, The Netherlands Quinones (2000), “Microfinance and Poverty Alleviation: Case Studies from Asia and the Pacific”, Continuum, Wellington House, London Quinones et.al. (1997), “Creating the Vision: Microfinancing the Poor in Asia Pacific”, Asian and Pacific Development Centre (APDC), Kuala Lumpur Quinones (1990), “How to Mobilize Savings Among Low Income People”, International Savings Banks Institute, Denmark

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Mr. Ernesto Samayoa Advisor to the Minister Ministry of Economy of El Salvador (MINEC) Alameda Juan Pablo II y Calle Guadalupe Edificio C1 - C2, Centro de Gobierno, San Salvador El Salvador Tel: (503) 2231-5600 Email: [email protected] Ernesto Samayoa graduated as Industrial Engineer from the José Simeón Cañas University, and also received a Masters degree on Business Administration at the Economics and Business Administration Institute, FEPADE, in El Salvador, Central America. Since the late 90´s to 2004, Ernesto Samayoa worked in the apparel industry as manager of one of the biggest manufacturing companies from El Salvador, having close relations with brands representatives to implement and improve codes of conduct of the company. In early 2005, he began to coordinate a CSR program funded by the World Bank in partnership with FUNDEMAS (the local CSR NGO) and the Ministry of Economy as resident consultant and advisor to the Minister. The program focused on three key industrial sectors: apparel, sugar and coffee, with the objective to start to build a CSR framework as a development tool for El Salvador. Since March 2006, he has been simultaneously coordinating a USAID funded program on environment, and the CSR tasks at the Ministry of Economy, in coordination with other governmental and private entities. In April 2005, he participated at the third Caribbean and Central American CSR conference, held in San Pedro Sulas, Honduras. In November 2005, Mr. Samayoa was invited to participate as speaker at the Annual Conference of the Business for Social Responsibility, Questioning Assumptions – Changing Frameworks, held in Washington, DC. In the past two years he has participated as speaker for several opportunities to discuss on CSR and the governmental roles, and the advantages of implementing it at Salvadoran SMEs.

Ms. Elisabeth Schmid Austrian Development Agency (ADA) Private Sector Development/MSMEs Zelinkagasse 2, A-1010 Vienna Austria Tel: +43 (1) 90 3 99 573 Fax: +43 (1) 90 3 99 1573 Email: [email protected] Ms. Elisabeth Schmid studied Business Administration at the Leopold Franzens Universität in Innsbruck and worked for 8 years in the field of finance as auditor and controller. Since 2002 she is engaged in development cooperation. For more than three years Ms. Schmid worked with an Austrian NGO (HORIZONT3000) in Ecuador, where she was responsible for technical assistance at the local university for a special course for micro-entrepreneurs. In 2005, she started working with the Austrian Development Agency in the unit for Private Sector Development. In addition to her other tasks she took over the responsibility for ADA’s strategy regarding CSR in development cooperation just this month.

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Ms. Sandra Spatzierer Austrian Development Agency (ADA) Private Sector Development/MSMEs Zelinkagasse 2, A-1010 Vienna Austria Tel: +43 (1) 90 3 99 573 Fax: +43 (1) 90 3 99 1573 Email: [email protected] Sandra Spatzierer was born on 30th May 1980 in Vienna, Austria. After finishing commercial academy, she spent one year working in France. Continuing with her commercial education she studied International Business Administration on the Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration in Austria as well as at the Universidad de Complutense de Madrid, Spain, and the Universitatea Ovidius Constanta in Romania. Ms. Spatzierer specialised on International Development Economics and wrote her thesis on “The sustainability of PublicPrivate Partnerships Projects of Development Cooperation”. This implied a study trip to Nicaragua where projects in the cocoa, coffee and energy sectors were evaluated through interviews with project managers and the public. Before entering the Austrian Development Agency, Sandra Spatzierer worked several years in the communication sector in Austria, Switzerland and Spain. In the Austrian Development Agency, Ms. Spatzierer is responsible for the initiation, planning and implementation of business and development partnerships together with Austrian companies. The aim of private sector partnerships is to maximize the positive development effects of private business relations and investments and in this way not only to facilitate economic success but also to initiate long-term improvements in the living and economic conditions in the partner countries.

Mr. Peter Tomek Advisor International Organization of Employers (IOE) Schwarzenbergplatz 4, A-1031 Vienna Austria Tel: + 43 664 3554318 Email: [email protected] Mr. Peter Tomek is Austrian Employers Delegate to the International Labour Organization ILO (member of the ILO Governing Body 2003 – 2008) and Delegate of International Employers Organisation to UNIDO. He is titular member in following committees: Employment and Social Policy, Legal Instruments and International Labour Standards, Program, Finance and Administration, and Sectoral Activities. Before that, Mr. Tomek was working with the company Boehringer Ingelheim (Pharmaceutical and Chemical Industry) as division head – Human Resources and Legal Austria and CEEC and member of HR Committee International (worldwide HR Development for Top Executives in 109 companies and 72 countries). Since 1987, he is also member of the Labour and Social Court in Vienna. Mr. Tomek studied Law and Statistics.

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Mr. Antonio Vives Cumpetere – CSR consulting and training Former Head of Sustainable Development Department in Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Tel: +1 703-759-2806 Fax: +1 703-759-2649 New York, United States Email: [email protected] Mr. Vives was with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) in various capacities for 28 years. Most recently his expertise has been devoted to sustainability, corporate social responsibility, business climate, infrastructure finance, financial market development and micro and SME finance in emerging economies. He has led the IDB efforts in Sustainability, producing the IDB's first Sustainability Report and creating the Sustainable Energy and Climate Change Initiative. He has been a member of the Investment Committee of the Pension Fund of the Bank (currently over US$2.5 billion in assets) for 25 years, 15 of which as Vice-Chairman. Mr. Vives has also been a lecturer in more than 100 international conferences, on CSR, infrastructure finance, financial markets development, business climate and micro and SME finance. He has been a professor at the IESA Graduate School of Management in Venezuela, and at the graduate business schools of Carnegie Mellon, George Washington and Virginia Tech universities. Mr. Vives holds a degree in Chemical Engineering, a master's degree in Industrial Administration (MBA), and a Ph.D. in Finance (Corporate Finance and Capital Markets), both from the business school of Carnegie Mellon University. PUBLICATIONS: -

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“Corporate Social Responsibility in Emerging Markets”, book in preparation “Corporate Social Responsibility: The Role of Law and Markets”, forthcoming “Un buen negocio para todos”, Proceedings of the IV Inter-American Conference on CSR, Inter-American Development Bank, 2007, with Estrella Peinado “Financial Structuring of Infrastructure Projects in Public-Private Partnerships: A tool for designing feasible structures”, in Public-Private Partnerships, Euromoney Books, 2007 “El papel de la RSE en America Latina: Diferente al de Europa?” [The Role of CSR in Latin America – Different to Europe?], forthcoming “Who is Responsible for Responsibility?”, Proceedings of the III Inter-American Conference on CSR, Inter-American Development Bank, 2006, with Estrella Peinado “Social and Environmental Responsibility in Small and Medium Enterprises in Latin America”, Journal of Corporate Citizenship, Number 21, January 2006 “Deeds not Words”, Proceedings of the II Inter-American Conference on CSR, InterAmerican Development Bank, 2006, with Estrella Peinado “The Role of Multilateral Development Institutions in Fostering Corporate Social Responsibility”, Development, Vol. 47, number 3, October 2004 “CSR as a Competitiveness Tool: Proceedings of the Inter-American Conference on CSR”, Inter-American Development Bank, 2004, with Estrella Peinado “Alliances for Development: Proceedings of The Americas Conference on Corporate Social Responsibility”, IDB, 2003, with Amy Heinecke “Responsabilidad Social de la Empresa en las PyMEs de Latinoamérica” [CSR in Latin American SMEs], Inter-American Development Bank, 2006

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Ms. Vu Thi Thu Hang Vice Manager Business Office for Sustainable Development Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry 4th Floor, 9 Dao Duy Anh Str, Hanoi Viet Nam Tel: +84 (4) 5743063 Fax: +84 (4) 5743492 Email: [email protected] Ms. Vu holds a Bachelor of Arts in International Economics from the Hanoi Foreign Trade University and a MSc in Environment in Sustainable Development form the Hanoi National University and in Vietnam. After gaining some experience in the private sector, she joined the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) in 2001 as Assistant in the Programme “Vietnam Business Links Initiative (VBLI)”. Since 2006 Ms. Vu is Vice Manager of the Business Office for Sustainable Development (SDforB) where she is responsible for CSR related activities in the field of providing consultancy and training to businesses mainly SMEs, on Occupational Health and Safety (OHS), social management system (SMS), and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). In her function she also acts as local trainer and consultant on Social Management System under InWEnt’s programme on Social Standard Exchange of Experience in Southeast Asia and Practical Learning (SEAL). At the same time, Ms. Vu manages cross-sector partnerships with the participation of more 30 organizations (ministries, multi-national companies, NGOs etc.) with the view to promote Corporate Social Responsibility practices amongst SMEs. Ms. Vu speaks Vietnamese, English and French. PUBLICATIONS: -

“Current Status of CSR in Vietnam”, April 2007 “Gender issues and female employees in the footwear industry”, 2002 “Guidebook on Occupational Health and Safety Management in Footwear Industry”, 2003 “Handbook on General Housekeeping in Footwear and Garment Industries”, 2007 “OHS and environments conditions in the footwear industry in comparison with ISO 14001 & OHSAS 18001”, 2003 “Overview of CSR in Garment Industry, Vietnam”, 2003 “The COC of the Vietnam Footwear Industry, 2004 -Working Time Chapter” “The CSR Navigator, Public Policy in Africa, the Americas, Asia and Europe”, 2007, “Vietnam” Chapter

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Ms. Halina Ward Director International Institute for Environment and Development 3 Endsleigh Street, London WC1H 0DD United Kingdom Tel: +44 (20) 7388 2117 Fax: +44 (20) 7388 2826 Email: [email protected] Halina Ward is Director of IIED’s Programme on Business and Sustainable Development. The Programme works through research, advocacy and in collaboration with partners - mostly in middle and low income countries – to identify practical ways of maximizing positive business contributions to sustainable development. The public policy dimension of “business and sustainable development” and a focus on the importance of creating local agendas on responsible business are overarching features of the Progamme’s work. In 2006-7, Ms. Ward spent an extended period based in Almaty, Kazakhstan, focusing on the relationship between oil and gas contracts and sustainable development in the country. She has also recently completed a project, together with partners in Kosovo, to develop a public policy framework for mining and community development and community consultation there. Before joining IIED in 2001, Ms. Ward was a Senior Fellow with the Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House). She has also worked for environmental consultancy ERM and as a solicitor practising commercial environment law. Ms. Ward has an LLM in Law and Development and an LLB from the University of London. PUBLICATIONS:

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“CSR and Developing Countries: What scope for government action?”, with Tom Fox, Emma Wilson, Lyuba Zarsky (background paper for UNDESA Sustainable Development Innovation Brief Number 1, February 2007)

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“Public Sector Roles in Corporate Social Responsibility: a baseline assessment”, with Tom Fox and Bruce Howard, (World Bank Group, 2002) “Public Sector Roles in Corporate Social Responsibility: Taking Stock” (World Bank Group, 2004) “Corporate Social Responsibility at a Crossroads: Scenarios for CSR in the UK to 2015”, with Craig Smith, (IIED, 2006) “Lifting the Lid on Foreign Investment Contracts: the Real Deal for Sustainable Development”, with Dominic Ayine et al (IIED, 2006) “Corporate Responsibility and the Business of Law” (Globalt Ansvar, 2005)

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“Legal Issues in Corporate Citizenship”, (Globalt Ansvar, 2003)

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Ms. Ann Zammit Consultant 3 Rue Henri-Blanvalet 1207 Geneva Switzerland Email: [email protected] Ms. Ann Zammit is a development economist who studied economics and political science in Oxford and economics at Cambridge. Her working career includes university teaching in Chile and the UK, policy-oriented work for the OECD, the Organization of American States (OAS), and UNRISD, and for the Government of Malta; coestablishing the International Broadcasting Trust (a non-profit making film production company) that produced documentaries on global development issues for the BBC and Channel 4 in the UK. For several years she was on the senior staff at the Geneva-based South Centre, an intergovernmental body of developing countries, where she worked on various policy issues that were being negotiated in the WTO or discussed elsewhere in the UN, as well as preparing policy documents for meetings of the Non-Aligned Movement and the Group of 77. Her current policy-oriented research work concerns the global production system, global value chains and decent work for women. She speaks English, Spanish and French. PUBLICATIONS:

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Zammit (2003), “Development at Risk: Rethinking UN-Business Partnerships”, UNRISD and South Centre, Geneva Singh and Zammit (2004), “Labour Standards and the Race to the Bottom: Rethinking Globalization and Workers Rights from Developmental and Solidaristic Perspectives”. Oxford Review of Economic Policy, Vol. 20, 1 Singh and Zammit (2006), “Corporate Governance, Crony Capitalism and Economic Crises: Should the US Business Model Replace the Asian Way of Doing Business?” Corporate Governance: An International Review, July Ann Zammit. (forthcoming), “Value Chains and Decent Work for Women: What is to be Done?”, draft paper for ILO

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Ms. Tami Zilberg Founder, Israel Center for Social Responsibility (ICSR) 56 Jerusalem Blvd. Tel-Aviv, 68090 Israel Tel: +972 (3) 6836215 Email:[email protected] Ms. Tami Zielberg is founder of the Israel Center for Social Responsibility (ICSR). She is lecturing on CSR issues, and advises NGOs, public agencies and private sector entities on CSR implementation. Ms. Zielberg is also member of the ISO Working Group for the development of a guidance standard on social responsibility (ISO26000) and participates in the Editing Committee for this standard. At the same time she is a member of the Israeli Expert Group that developed the Israeli Standard for Social Responsibility (IS10000). Before that, she devoted herself for many years to the journalistic profession, both as a writer and senior editor. Ms. Zielberg studied Psychology (in Bar-Ilan University in Israel), worked first as Educational Psychologist and later as Organizational Psychologist (mainly with the service industry in Israel). PUBLICATIONS: -

“Stakeholder Engagement” chapter in the “Guidance for Waste Management” for the Israeli Ministry of Environmental Protection; Various articles about CSR in Globes (Israel’s leading economic newspaper) and YNET (Israel's leading news website) Several reports and publications for the Israel Center for Civil Society

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