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Leaders Gather in London to Ask Should Companies Be Doing More to Promote LGBT Rights?

The Economist Events are hosting its third annual Pride and Prejudice Summit, a 24-hour live streamed event across three cities including London.

The third annual Pride and Prejudice Summit, hosted by The Economist Events, will continue to challenge and push forward the global conversation around lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) diversity and inclusion, with a focus on evaluating how advocacy can translate these well intentioned discussions into meaningful action to improve the legal rights and societal treatment of LGBT people worldwide.

Pride and Prejudice 2018 will include a panel of speakers comprising of chief executives, politicians and activists. For the London panel it will be including:

• Vittorio Colao, chief executive officer, Vodafone Group
• Alison Brittain, chief executive, Whitbread
• Matt Brittin, president, EMEA business and operations, Google
• Sir Roger Carr, chairman, BAE Systems
• Sir Nick Clegg, former deputy prime minister, United Kingdom
• Bruce Daisley, vice-president, EMEA, Twitter
• Moya Greene, chief executive, Royal Mail
• Tamara Ingram, worldwide chief executive, J. Walter Thompson

Over the past several months, The Economist Intelligence Unit has conducted a global survey of executives to examine current attitudes towards advocacy and the perceived effectiveness of corporate advocacy initiatives, and to assess how advocacy correlates with corporate strength. The findings will be presented at each summit and will contribute to the discussions in each location.

The survey findings will be presented at the event and will drive discussions throughout the day.

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Rebecca .