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    1. Disability in sustainability efforts: Businesses leading the way
  1. Multiplying positive change: Partnerships for disability inclusion in business
  1. Disability in sustainability efforts: Businesses leading the way

Disability in sustainability efforts: Businesses leading the way

Multiplying positive change: Partnerships for disability inclusion in business

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15 November 2023
14:30 - 15:45 GMT+1 (Europe/Zurich)
Geneva
Multiplying positive change: Partnerships for disability inclusion in business
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One of the most effective way businesses can improve their disability inclusion practices is by partnering with other companies and non-business entities. At the same time, the ILO Global Business and Disability Network (GBDN) itself collaborates with relevant initiatives toto promote the inclusion of persons with disabilities in the world of work. Speakers will address collaboration on disability inclusion from their respective perspectives as multilateral and bilateral development partners as well as private, not-for profit global initiatives. The ILO Director-General will deliver closing remarks for the conference, after the partnership session.

Panelists

Alexander Görsdorf
Alexander Görsdorf
Deputy Commissioner Global Disability Summit (GDS) Task Force, Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, Germany
Louis E. Orslene
Louis E. Orslene
Director Employer and Workplace Policy Team, Department of Labor, United States of America
Susanne Bruyere
Susanne Bruyere
Director of K. Lisa Yang and Hock E. Tan Institute on Employment and Disability, Cornell University
Stephane Leblois
Stephane Leblois
Director of Partnerships, The Valuable 500
Brendan Roach
Brendan Roach
Director of Strategy and Networkology, PurpleSpace
Fernanda Hopenhaym
Fernanda Hopenhaym
Independent Expert, UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights
Tatiana Sakharuk
Tatiana Sakharuk
CEO, United Nations Global Compact Ukraine
Megan Galvin
Megan Galvin
Corporate Sustainability Manager, United Nations Global Compact

Closing remarks

Gilbert F. Houngbo
Gilbert F. Houngbo
Director-General, International Labour Organization (ILO)

Moderator

Bruce Roch
Bruce Roch
Global Head Inclusion & Diversity, Adecco
Event details

Date

15 November 2023
14:30 - 15:45 GMT+1

Location

ILO Headquarters, Geneva, Switzerland

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Disability in sustainability efforts: Businesses leading the way
Disability in sustainability efforts: Businesses leading the way

Disability in sustainability efforts: Businesses leading the way

14 - 15 November 2023
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    • ILO Global Business and Disability Network

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