CGI Conversation Hosted by CNBC's Becky Quick - CGI 2014 Annual Meeting

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The global economic crisis that took hold six years ago and the subsequent recession raised new hopes, expectations, and fears about the relationship between corporations and consumers. While more than 50 percent of consumers worldwide say that they are willing to reward companies that give back to society, they often still pick the easy and affordable options that provide short-term gratification and convenience. Corporations are exploring how to produce meaningfully sustainable products and services that are better for consumer health, fairer to those who produce them, and cleaner for our planet, while also helping consumers navigate an abundance of choices. As the relationship between business and consumers continues to reset after the economic crisis, CEOs in this panel discussion will: • identify the role consumers expect corporations and their leaders to play in moving society and economic opportunity, as well as innovation, forward • explore the value of socially-responsible corporate efforts to investors and which social benefits all stakeholders expect corporations to provide • determine ways for CGI members to promote transparency and understanding between business and society, enabling consumers to make educated purchasing decisions that are in their long-term interests MODERATOR: Becky Quick, Co-anchor, Squawk Box, CNBC Opening Conversation: PARTICIPANTS: President Bill Clinton, Founding Chairman, Clinton Global Initiative; 42nd President of the United States Panel Discussion: PARTICIPANTS: Antony Jenkins, Group Chief Executive, Barclays Penny Pritzker, U.S. Secretary of Commerce, U.S. Department of Commerce Tony James, President and COO, Blackstone Closing Conversation: PARTICIPANTS: John P. Bilbrey, President and CEO, The Hershey Company Hugh Grant, Chairman and CEO, Monsanto Company Lisa Jackson, Vice President, Environmental Initiatives, Apple