The conference is co-hosted by the Royal Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The Royal Norwegian Ministry of the Environment and Oslo Municipality.
Conference hosts:
- The Royal Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- The Royal Norwegian Minsistry of the Environment
- The Municipality of Oslo
Conference organiser:
- Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Co-organisers:
- Norwegian Ministry of the Environment
-The Municipality of Oslo
- World Business Council for Sustainable Development, WBCSD
- United Nations Environment Programme , UNEP
- United Nations Global Compact Office, UNGC
- Global Reporting Initiative, GRI
- United Nations Comission on Sustainable Development
Sponsors:
- Confederation of Norwegian Enterprises, NHO
- Det Norske Veritas
- Innovation Norway
- Jotun
- Storebrand
- Statoil
- Hydro
- Telenor
Partnering Business Schools:
-Norwegian School of Management, BI
Plannings committee:
The planning committee is made up of a broad range of representatives from the private and public sectors as well as civil society and academia. The committee is chaired by State Secretary Liv Monica Stubholt.
- Stubholt, Liv Monica, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs (chair)
- Bjerke, Siri, Director, Norway Division, Innovation Norway
- Bjørseth, Alf, Scatec
- Boasson, Elin Lerum, Researcher, Fridtjof Nansen Institute
- Diis, Bøhn, International Department, Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions
- Djupvik, Jostein, Assistant Manager, Norwegian Export Credit Agency
- Eskeland, Gunnar, Research Director, Center for International Climate and Research – Oslo
- Farberg, Jan, Director General, Ministry of Trade and Industry
- Grieg, Elisabeth, Managing Director, Grieg International
- Halvorsen, Arvid, Senior Vice President, Corporate Social Responsibility, Hydro
- Hofseth, Paul, Ministry of the Environment
- Nordskag, Morten, Ministry of the Environment
- Hypher, Olav, Vice President, Corporate Responsibility, Telenor
- Iversen, Leif, General Manager, Ethical Trading Initiative Norway
- Kreutzer, Idar, CEO, Storebrand
- Midttun, Atle, Professor, Institute for Innovation and Economic Organisation, Norwegian School of Management
- Molin, Nils, Corporate Social Responsibility, Kongsberg Gruppen
Conference Rapporteur Team:
To facilitate the efficient conduct of the Conference, and to enable the writing and editing of a Conference Report (Oslo Agenda for Action), a special Rapporteur Team is being formed, consisting of young CSR oriented researchers and young / mid-management CSR staffers from engaged industries and businesses. Their collective work also to possibly result in a CSR Research Agenda.
Rapporteuers:
- Diis Bøhn, Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions (LO)
- Siri Granum Carson, Norwegian Technical University, NTNU
- Maria Gjølberg, Centre for Development and Environment, University of Oslo
- Cindy Horst, Peace and Research Institute Oslo, Norway
- Hilde E. Johansen, The Norwegian Savings Banks Association
- Ivar Kolstad, Christian Michelsen Institute
- Terje Kronen, the Norwegian Forum for Environment and Development
- Stine Madland Kaasa, Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Oluf Langhelle, University of Stavanger
- Ylva Lindberg, Sigla, Norway
- Erik Lundeby, Norwegian Confederation of Enterprise (NHO)
- Bente Pretlove, DNV
- Gro Skaaren-Fystro, Transparency International Norway
- Kjetil Gaasemyr Staalesen, DnBNOR, Norway
- Gunhild Ørstavik, the Norwegian Forum for Environment and Development
Editorial Board:
- Atle Midttun,Norwegian School of Management, Chair
- Terje Kronen, the Norwegian Forum for Environment and Development
- Erik Lundeby, NHO
- Bente Pretlov, DNV
- Diis Bøhn, Norwegian Confederation of Enterprise (NHO)
- Morten Nordskag, MFA, Secretary