Sedex AGM 2012

The 2012 Sedex AGM & Members’ Forum took place on 13 March 2012 at Glaziers Hall in London. We were delighted to see so many members there, over 200 members and stakeholders attended the event.

The event had a ‘back to basics’ theme and explored some of the most pressing issues in ethical trade, including anti-corruption and labour exploitation. Industry experts discussed these important topics in interactive panel sessions and members had the opportunity to put questions to the participants.

There was also a special session looking at how companies can support their suppliers to implement sustainable solutions. During this session we also lauched the Supplier Workbook, a new resource that will be available free to all Sedex members.

For more information please download the event agenda.

Speakers

We would like to thank all our speakers and particularly this year’s keynote speaker Karen Hamilton, VP of Sustainability at Unilever who shared her perspective on why sustainability is such an important issue for business.

Other speakers included:

Live web stream

To make the AGM & Members’ Forum more accessible to all our members, we provided a live web-stream of the event. This allowed our members in India to hold a satellite event, hosted by Kariwala Industries.

If you missed any of the presentations, all the videos are available to view online. If you have not already registered you will need to do this before you can access the presentations.

Elections to the Sedex Board of Directors

In accordance with the Sedex Articles of Association,  elections for new Sedex Board Directors were held at the AGM. Our new Board members are:

  • George Padelopoulos, B&Q, A Board Director
  • Annette Hansen, Danisco, AB Board Director
  • John Scott, Pepsico, AB Board Director

In addition, Anil Kariwala was re-elected to continue his excellent work representing B members.

Thank you to Rob Jones and Petar Sobic, who stepped down from the Board, for their hard work and dedication during their time on the Sedex Board.

Exhibitors

This year we also had an exhibition area where members could get information from a range of ethical trade organisations, industry initiatives and NGOs. Exhibitors included:

For more information on the Sedex AGM & Members’ Forum please email events@sedexglobal.com.