Nestlé's CSV Forum 2014

On October 9th 2014, the HSG Hub São Paulo together with Nestlé Brazil coordinated the live transmission of the CSV (Creating Shared Value) Conference that took place in Lausanne, Switzerland. The live broadcast of the afternoon session was at the social headquarter of Nestlé Brazil in São Paulo.  Exchange students from the University of St. Gallen, as well as students and professors from partner universities, such as Insper, University of São Paulo and FGV attended the event. 

Questions could be sent by emails or via social media directly to the speakers. That way the participants of the event in São Paulo could actively take part to the discussions. On the topic of sustainable agriculture and supply chain, Johannes Boch from the HSG Hub São Paulo asked the speakers how they imagined a structure of public private partnership and collaboration in governance that creates impact and whether they had some best case examples.  During the same panel, students from the University of São Paulo sent a question to José López, Executive Vice President of Nestlé, about the concept of fairness when talking about shared value. The last panel dealt with the question of water scarcity and potential solutions. Here, Johannes Boch directed a question at Mr. Brabeck-Letmathe, Chairman of Nestlé, on how a world of a "self-sufficient" man who is consciously using resources is in agreement with growth strategies and capitalism and whether he thinks that big cooperations need a business model that focuses on sustainable economic development.

The event was an excellent opportunity to bring academia and business closer and to further strengthen the connections of the University of São Paulo with local Brazilian entities. 

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Attendees

During the conference

Representatives of the different institutes