Christine Bader

Companies can help solve the greatest challenges facing the world today. Frankly, they'd better - because they're helping create them. I'm not into philanthropy or dressing staff in matching t-shirts to paint a wall. That stuff is nice, but I'm about improving the impacts of a company's business, all the way out to the tippy toes of the supply chain. I've spent the past 15 years getting to know people working in, with, and against the world's biggest companies, pushing for more responsible practices. The result is "The Evolution of a Corporate Idealist: When Girl Meets Oil," based on my time with BP and weaving in the stories and reflections of others. I'm now a visiting scholar at Columbia University and serve as an advisor to BSR. You can find my articles and talks, including my TED talk, here and at christinebader.com.