
How do we resolve interdependent global challenges in a fragmented world?
There are deep divisions and inequities amid urgent shared global challenges, giving rise to the question of resolving challenges in a fragmented world.
Aron is recognized globally as a preeminent authority on just and sustainable business. In addition to leading BSR, which has grown substantially throughout his tenure as President and CEO, Aron advises senior executives at BSR’s 300+ member companies and other global businesses and partners on the full spectrum of environmental, social, and governance issues. Aron joined BSR in 1995 as the founding director of its Business and Human Rights Program. He later opened BSR's Paris office in 2002, where he worked until becoming President and CEO in 2004. Aron has served on advisory boards to CEOs at AXA, Barrick Gold, Marks & Spencer, Nike, SAP, Shell, as well as the Erb Institute at the University of Michigan. He is also a director of the Value Reporting Foundation, the We Mean Business Coalition, and the Clean Energy Buyers’ Alliance, and he serves as a member of the Steering Council for the World Economic Forum’s Board of Stewards of its Future of Consumption System Initiative.
There are deep divisions and inequities amid urgent shared global challenges, giving rise to the question of resolving challenges in a fragmented world.
The social contract governing the global economy is no longer fit for purpose. A new, modern social contract would bring about more equitable prosperity.
The Annual Meeting was the first major gathering of the people who made the Paris Agreement and the Sustainable Development Goals a reality, says Aron Cramer.