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Business leadership in disability-inclusive responses to COVID-19
Leaders in private sector companies can play a decisive role in making sure that the immediate and socio-economic responses to the global COVID-19 crisis are inclusive of persons with disabilities and their needs. The ILO Global Business and Disability Network and The Valuable 500 teamed up to take a closer look.
Moderated by Caroline Casey (Founder, The Valuable 500), Paul Polman (Chair and Co-founder, IMAGINE) and Matthias Thorns (Deputy Secretary-General, International Organisation of Employers (IOE)) discussed what business leaders can and should do to make COVID-19 responses inclusive of persons with disabilities.
The panel discussion was followed by presentations by: - Tomas Malango – Experimentation & Technology Support Director, Repsol - Sarbani Chakravarty – Director, India Business and Disability Network (IBDN) - Elham Youssefian – Inclusive Humanitarian Action and Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) Advisor, International Disability Alliance (IDA)
The webinar ended with short interventions by: - Yves Veulliet – Global Disability & Inclusion Leader, IBM - Don Watson – Vice-President Global Workplace and Enterprise Services, Merck - Manisha Mehta – Global Diversity & Inclusion Manager, Unilever - Diane Lightfoot – CEO, Business Disability Forum (BDF) UK
International Sign interpretation and live captioning were provided.
