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Q&A on Prospects for CSR & Sustainability in 2021

This session will be with the CSR Meetup Founder Michael Hopkins discussing 5 specific perspectives on CSR and sustainability in the world in 2021, followed by the participants questions and remarks.

Michael's thoughts for 2021 in a 3 minutes video can be watched here:
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/michaelhopkinscsr_csr-sustainability-optimistic-activity-6754328966519123968-_4tK/

Prof. Dr. Michael Hopkins FRSA, is both an academic and a businessman, as well as a widely published author on CSR and Sustainability. Since leaving the United Nations in 1988, Michael set up and has ran the Research and Advisory company on CSR and Sustainability, MHC International Ltd (MHCi) with HQ in London, UK. Michael has property in USA, France, Switzerland, and Kenya, and bides his time mainly between Europe and Kenya.

He has worked for IBM, ITT, BAT etc in the Corporate sector, the United Nations (ILO in Geneva for 13 years as senior economist), advises UEFA on CSR, and been an academic (IDS, University of Sussex, UK). He has held a number of Professorships (Middlesex, Brunel, Geneva and George Mason Universities). He founded, and directed, the Centre for CSR Research at Middlesex University in year 2000, and also founded in 2007 CSR activities at University of Geneva where he led their graduate CSR programme for 7 years. Currently he is Adjunct Professor of CSR at George Mason University, Virginia, USA; Visiting Professor at Management University of Africa, Nairobi, Kenya; Visiting and Adjunct Professor at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), New Delhi, India. He is also co-founder of the London based Institute for Responsible Leadership set up in 2018 along with Nairobi Rotarian Mike Eldon.

In 2013 Michael was nominated one of the world’s top 100 thought leaders and in 2014 received for his work on CSR and employment a lifetime achievement award from Delhi University and then an Honorary Doctorate from London Metropolitan University.

His fourteenth academic book appeared in Jan 2016: CSR and Sustainability - From the Margins to the Mainstream A Text Book (Taylor and Francis, UK, 2016), and a popular shorter book on
Brrrexit! Why England will be left out in the cold: The UK Decides upon Perpetual Winter Amazon.com, Jan 2020). His new book on CSR/Sustainability and the Big Issues of the Day, will appear later in 2021. Michael also appears as keynote speaker around the world and is a frequent interviewee on Dukascopy TV, based in Geneva, Switzerland.

Videos and published articles can be found on MHCi’s training subsidiary CSRFi https://www.csrfi.com/?page_id=1620 . A selection of Michael’s older publications can be also be found on Research Gate as well as www.mhcinternational.com.

As for the session, ‘’I don't have any reservation in accepting that I had never listened to such illustrative and pertinent words on the subject in my professional career spanning over 32 years. You are undoubtedly brilliant and your words of wisdom are appreciated. I personally believe that all the participants must have benefitted from the input on the subject.’’ wrote Prof. (Dr.) Ajay Kumar, Director GL Bajaj Institute of Management & Research, Sr. Vice President, Delhi-NCR, CEGR;
National General Secretary, ICCI; Founder Member, CPTI; Founder President, ICPEI. Aug 7 2020.

Gilles Bach, co-organizer CSR Meetup Global Project coordinator and Michael Hopkins, Founder CSR Meetups in the year 2010.

The link for the webinar at 6pm is normally the following:
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https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81529678314?pwd=dTVRN3JpUkdIS05zNmR2NklVT0Qzdz09

Meeting ID: 815 2967 8314
Passcode: 593410

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