You can grow your business even as you wholly commit to humanity & the planet—even during this unprecedented confluence of crises. In fact, relevance & long-term prosperity for your business will absolutely depend on it. How you get there is to Lea... View More
Bonnie Nixon, Professor, Sustainable Supply Chains, Harvard University and UCLA Value “chains” and supply “chains” are broken for more than 27 million human beings around the world. Usually when most people in the United States are asked whe... View More
Lisa Kenney, CEO, Reimagine Gender A global reimagining of gender is underway. The majority of millennials and GenZ see gender as a spectrum, rather than a binary. These changing understandings are not only here to stay, they continue to expand rapi... View More
Kavya Vaghul, Senior Director, Research, JUST Capital JUST Capital has just released the first iteration of its Corporate Racial Equity Tracker, a comprehensive resource detailing disclosure from America’s 100 largest employers on their commitment... View More
Gwen Migita, Vice President Social Impact, Sustainability, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, at Caesars Entertainment provides an introduction to the second day of Just Brands '21.... View More
This session will explore lessons from Caesars Entertainment’s partnership with indigenous communities, specifically focusing on the case of the Harrah's Cherokee Hotel and Casino. The panel will explore the socio-economic impacts of the partnershi... View More
This panel will share best practices and lessons learned from companies with active employee resource groups around diversity, equity, inclusion and justice issues. Speakers will address the origin, evolution and current activities of each employee r... View More
Going beyond sustainability, many organizations, driven by events of the past year, are taking a hard look at their diversity, equity and inclusion practices. Many companies are including DEI in their CSR or ESG reporting, but today, are typically us... View More
With five generations in the workforce, we know there is a significant amount of tension and a high risk of misunderstanding and communication breakdowns. This session will convene panelists from each of the four generations currently most active in ... View More
2020 will go down in history as a defining moment and catalyst in the long fight for social justice. For some companies, change had been brewing for years. Yet, for many, 2020 put brands on check – some for the first time. Consumers, employees and ... View More
Philip McKenzie, Cultural Anthropologist & Strategist, InfluencerCon Stephanie Ryan, Growth Catalyst, B Lab David Casey, Chief Diversity Officer, CVS This conversation will discuss how some companies stood out by addressing the disproportionate ef... View More
Etienne White, VP, Brands for Good, Sustainable Brands In the last year, though many have been under incredible strain, Women (vs men) have been disproportionately affected by the rise in COVID, in COVID long-tail, in unemployment, in gun violence, ... View More
This discussion will share progress made by participating companies on diversity, equity, inclusion and justice commitments and targets set in 2020. Speakers will share not just updates on their own work, but lessons learned along the way and tips fo... View More
Kurt Merriweather, VP of Innovation, Certified Diversity Executive, The Diversity Movement The Diversity Movement is a stellar team of results-oriented, data-driven thought leaders on organization-wide diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives.... View More
This session sets up key questions companies are facing around diversity, equity, inclusion and justice in business.... View More