Rethinking Systems of Decent Work
Event Information
About this event
Welcome to the 2021 Business for Peace Spotlight Series: Rethinking Systems of Decent Work!
Each May, Business for Peace hosts its annual Summit, including the pinnacle Business for Peace Award Ceremony. However, due to the coronavirus pandemic, we postponed our 2020 Summit and decided to host an exciting new digital event series as a scaled down version of our usual events. In line with our vision to recognise, inspire and accelerate "businessworthy" leadership, we will continue to host valuable, impactful discussions about current global issues affecting sustainability and ethical business leadership.
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Event Description
The socio-economic consequences of the COVID-19 have been severe, exposing existing vulnerabilities and exacerbating inequalities on a global scale. Those with unstable incomes and little-to-no social protections have been pushed deeper into poverty. Women around the world have been left more vulnerable to job and income losses and are at higher risk of experiencing domestic violence and abuse. School disruption and the disappearance of entry level jobs, internships, and job training programmes have marginalised youth and left them with an uncertain future.
As the world “builds back better”, all stakeholders need to come together to ensure that current work systems, labour markets, and employment opportunities are fair, offer social protections, and ensure decent living wages and decent working conditions. They need to be resilient and flexible, designed to protect workers instead of focusing on profits alone.
This is part of the 2021 Business for Peace Spotlight Series.
Speakers
- Moderator, Fiona Reynolds, CEO, Principles for Responsible Investment
- Guy Ryder, Director General, International Labour Organisation
- Felicitas Pantoja, CEO & Founder, Coffee for Peace
- Roger Bjørnstad, Chief Economist, The Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions (LO)
- Paul Polman, Co-Founder & Chair, Imagine
Organizer Business for Peace
Organizer of Rethinking Systems of Decent Work
Business for Peace is an international foundation based in Oslo that aims to support, inspire, and recognise global business leaders who are positively changing the face of business.
At the centre of the Foundation’s activities is the annual Oslo Business for Peace Award, conferred to exceptional individuals who exemplify the Foundation’s concept of being businessworthy: ethically and responsibly creating value both for both business and society.
The Foundation also hosts an annual Summit bringing together business leaders, investors, leaders of NGOs, politicians, academics, and civil society from all over the world to discuss the practical actions needed in order to make substantial and sustainable business contributions to society.
