GPPi to present on "Business Responsibility" at German Council for Sustainable Development conference

On September 26, GPPi Associate Director Jan Martin Witte will be a panelist on the topic of ​“business responsibility” at the annual German Council for Sustainable Development conference. The conference, entitled ​“The Art of Thinking of Tomorrow”, will be held at the Berlin Congress Center at Alexanderplatz in Berlin. The panel will address the question of whether voluntary corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives will be sufficient to implement sustainable development, or whether other approaches are needed.

The objective of the conference is to develop innovative ideas regarding sustainable development by addressing topics such as future energy sources, corporate social responsibility, the implications of demographic change for cities and rural areas, the synergy of cultural work and civil society’s commitment to sustainability, sustainability on TV as well as the establishment of social security systems in emerging economies. Chancellor Angela Merkel will address the conference, speaking about the sustainable development strategy of the German government.