Business as a force for good

I RECENTLY attended the Asian Forum on Enterprise for Society (AFES) as organized by the Ramon V. del Rosario Center for Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) of the Asian Institute of Management. The theme was "Boosting Innovation and Inclusion Together" and it brought together speakers and panelists from around the world to discuss how businesses could better fulfill their roles in society as value creators and positively impact society.

One highlight for me was the Keynote speaker, Peter Brabeck-Letmathe, the chairman emeritus of Nestlé and an active member of the Foundation Board of the World Economic Forum. Peter championed the idea that business should be responsible for creating shared value across its value chain and that business could indeed be a force for good, sharing examples from his experience in Nestlé.