I think the idea behind the Oslo Award, and the potential impact it may have, is important and inspiring. Nobel Laureate He Kofi A. Annan
The 2012 Oslo Business for Peace Summit
Each year, the Business for Peace Foundation arranges a Summit in Oslo, Norway. At each Summit, we examine the relationship between peace and trade through Keynote presentations and a panel debate. The Summit ends with the formal presentation of the Oslo Business for Peace Awards to the seven Honourees selected by our award committee.
This year, the Summit will examine “The Essences of Trust in Business Today” through contributions from H.E. Alexandra Christina, Countess of Fredriksborg and professors George J. Siedel and Javier Aranzadi.
Mr. Roberto Servitje Sendra, a 2010 Business for Peace Honouree and trailblazer in the field of practical Corporate Social Responsibility, will speak of the way forward for global business.
There is a growing awareness of the importance of ethical and responsible business as a way to promote peace and stability. This emerging awareness is demonstrated both in research and through policy decisions, as well as in good business practice. We see the increased transparency resulting from modern communications as an important driver, with the internet and social networking opening up new channels of oversight and influence. Business must accept and adapt to this development, drawing both guidance and benefit from it. Achieving business success is no longer merely a question of how the bottom line performs, but as much a function of how a business relates to its surroundings, and how society responds to its total performance.
Through our annual Summits on Business for Peace we wish to build a greater understanding of the importance of these interrelationships.
